Intel N10 graphics and i915 driver

[Jos Vos]

Hi,

On an Atom-based netbook with an "Intel N10 Family Integrated Graphics
Controller" that is using the i915 driver, the system appears to be too
slow to play high-resolution video content (it is then CPU-bound).
This has been tested on F14.

Someone with the same netbook running Windows has no problem at all,
so this suggests that the Linux video driver is not smart enough.

So my questions are: (a) does there exist a better video driver for
this chip and/or (b) is the i915 driver expected to provide better
video performance for this type of use in the future?

Thanks,

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