Just to add another data point, I have no problems using Gazebo with an 
ATI HD 4670 on Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit. I have to disable the compositing 
effects (compiz, etc) though, or the 3d part of the program will flicker.

I am on a Dell XPS 1645 (Intel Core i7 1.6Ghz, 4gb ram) that I got 
primarily for the purpose of running ros/robotics applications.

-Peter

On 03/15/2010 01:32 PM, Pal, Arnab wrote:
> Kaijen,
> Thanks for the info.
> I guess now I can go ahead and finally buy my laptop.
>
> Kind regards,
> Arnab Pal.
> Graduate student, ECE department.
> Lee College Of Engineering.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ros-users-bounces@code.ros.org on behalf of Kaijen Hsiao
> Sent: Mon 3/15/2010 2:06 PM
> To: ros-users@code.ros.org
> Subject: Re: [ros-users] Graphics card selection for running gazebo
>
> Hi Arnab,
> I recently bought an NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB card for my desktop, which
> runs Gazebo just fine in Ubuntu Karmic.  I'm guessing the laptop version
> would work just fine also.  Can't speak for the other two, but I think
> essentially all modern NVIDIA cards run Gazebo fine, so it's highly likely
> they'll be fine also.
>
> -Kaijen
>
>
> Message: 10
>    
>> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:02:51 -0400
>> From: "Pal, Arnab"<apal1@uncc.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [ros-users] FW: Graphics card selection for running
>>         gazebo
>> To:<ros-users@code.ros.org>
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>> Hey Josh,
>> Actually I am a little worried that such a situation should not occur that
>> I buy a laptop for using ROS with a graphic card and gazebo doesn't support
>> it.
>> I am looking forward to buy NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 1024MB or GT 320M or
>> NVIDIA GeForce G 210M 512MB. I hope these cards work waith Gazebo.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Arnab Pal.
>> Graduate student, ECE department.
>> Lee College Of Engineering.
>>
>>
>>      
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>
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