nacl_helper

[Michael Havens]

The GPU is onboard in this case. It is in an old VISTA computer. it doesn't
seem to be affecting anything, I just never noticed it before.

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> the intel GPU's are pretty fair nowadays, with the HD 4200+ graphics
> systems. but if you have a discrete GPU from nvidia or AMD as well as one
> on the motherboard you may want to disable the onboard one. this can cause
> issues unless your drivers can integrate it well. Laptops are a bit
> different because of the nvidia optimus functionality to use the intel gpu
> unless a workload of sufficient complexity comes along to require the
> additional horsepower.
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Michael Butash <michael at butash.net>
> wrote:
>
>>  Correct, even anything since the Core line of intel's have come with
>> (crappy) gpu's on them in the cpu die, for better or usually worse.
>>
>> Intel's usually cause more harm than good sadly, thus disabling them
>> occasionally helps if your browser is trying to offload gpu function to a
>> chronically dysfunctional gpu (or driver).
>>
>> -mb
>>
>>
>> On 03/16/2015 12:19 PM, Rusty Ramser wrote:
>>
>>  What kind of system are you using, Mike?  Even if you don’t have a
>> desktop PC with a high-powered Nvidia or Radeon GPU card plugged into the
>> motherboard, your system will have some type of GPU.  If you don’t have an
>> add-on card, it will probably be provided by a (usually weak) on-board
>> Intel HD type of GPU.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org [
>> mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org
>> <plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org>] *On Behalf Of *Michael Havens
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 16, 2015 12:14
>> *To:* Mike Butash; Main PLUG discussion list
>> *Subject:* Re: nacl_helper
>>
>>
>>
>> but I have no gpu (I don't think).
>>
>>
>>   :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>>
>>
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