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[Eric Appleman <erappleman@xxxxxxxxx>]

AFAIK, the Y570's GPU is now "supported" by recent official Nvidia 
drivers for both Windows and Linux. That wasn't the case when it when it 
first came out.

On 12/26/2011 09:18 AM, Bruno Pagani wrote:
> Any machine that is supported by nVidia driver is supported normally.
>
> The problem is to know which ones they are, and effectively, we've seen
> some problems with Lenovo ones.
>
> Le 26/12/2011 15:12, Simon Sheehan a écrit :
> > I was particularly hoping to pick up on a decent boxing day sale
> > today. Are there any particular laptops you might recommend that
> > support Bumblebee and Optimus? I had particularly liked this machine
> > for its features and price.
> >
> > Is there any sort of list available of machines that fully support it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2011-12-26, at 6:17 AM, Lekensteyn <lekensteyn@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:lekensteyn@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> > > Gary,
> > >
> > > I've digged in your tables, have a look at
> > > https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/149#issuecomment-3273992
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Lekensteyn
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Gary Gatling <gsgatlin@xxxxxxxx
> > > <mailto:gsgatlin@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     My suggestion is do not buy a lenovo ideapad yet.
> > >
> > >     https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/53
> > >
> > >     https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/149
> > >
> > >     https://github.com/MrMEEE/ironhide/issues/100
> > >
> > >     Does not work at all with nvidia chip. I have a ideapad y470 but
> > >     reportedly it does not work even with nouveau drivers with
> > >     Bumblebee. Since nouveau doesn't even work on a Y470, Lenovo must
> > >     be doing some really weird stuff internally. Avoid like the plague.
> > >
> > >     I have not seen anyone have success yet with an ideapad and post
> > >     about it on the web somewhere. I would be SOOO happy to be proven
> > >     wrong about this however. :)
> > >
> > >     http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Optimus-in-Linux-Ideapad-Y570/td-p/490107
> > >
> > >     http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Y570-There-are-no-drivers-for-GF-555-M-graphic-card/td-p/615631
> > >
> > >     http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Nvidia-driver-for-Y570/td-p/467713
> > >
> > >     https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee/issues/366
> > >
> > >     Hope that helps. Cheers,
> > >
> > >     On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Simon Sheehan
> > >     <sheehan.simon19@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:sheehan.simon19@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > >
> > >         Hello everyone, I was looking at purchasing a Lenovo Ideapad
> > >         Y570. It appears to have Optimus, with the NVIDIA GeForce GT
> > >         555M 1GB.
> > >
> > >         My friend has the same card, but on a Dell XPS 17. I wanted
> > >         to confirm this would work on this Lenovo Model, before
> > >         purchasing it and attempting to run GNU/Linux with the
> > >         Optimus technology. Has anyone been able to confirm such
> > >         findings?
> > >
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