nvidia optimus laptop and occulus...dont throw your money!!!

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nvidia optimus laptop and occulus...dont throw your money!!!

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if you are considering buying a laptop with nvidia optimus card...( alll cards today are optimus ) please reconsider...
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Re: nvidia optimus laptop and occulus...dont throw your mone

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Yep, Optimus is horrible for VR.

I was one of the ones that got burned with an Optimus laptop. Never again.
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Optimus is also horrible for any Linux system.
Yes, there is Bumblebee to make it work, but setting that up and making it work is a nightmare to begin with.
This is an area where linux graphics card drivers are really behind.

My next laptop will definitely not use optimus. I don't care about the battery life as I am mostly plugged in anyway.
And by now, most busses - not sure about trains - (at least in Germany) have power sockets, too.
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