On 03/13/2014 10:39 AM, CS DBA issued this missive:
Hi All;
My shiny new Thinkpad W540 is due to arrive tomorrow. I'm preparing what
I think I might need for the Fedora 20 install.
Nvidia support question, the W540 is equipped with this card:
NVIDIA Quadro K1100M 2GB
Anyone have any thoughts on the best video packages that would support
this card?
Is the nouveau driver sufficient, or would the kmod-nvidia driver be
better?
Do I need to download and install the Nvidia binaries?
The screen on the laptop is a 1920x1080
From http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/:
"Performance level selection (also known as "reclocking") is not
supported yet. Expect low 3D performance on laptops using a Tesla GPU
and all Fermi/Kepler cards. (see CodeNames)"
And buried inside the "CodeNames" link:
NVE0 family (Kepler)
First family to support using 4 monitors simultaneously on one GPU,
older generations had only 2 CRTCs.
Code name Official Name
NVE7 (GK107) GeForce GT (640[M], 645M, 650M, 710M, 720M, 730M, 740M,
745M, 750M, 755M), GTX (650, 660M)
Quadro 410, K500[M], K600, K1000[M], K1100M, K2000[M],
^^^^^^
NVS 510, 1000
So, yes, the card is supported by nouveau, but you'll have poor 3D
performance since the card is a "Kepler". I have a "Tesla" on THIS
machine so I use the kmod-nvidia stuff on it.
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