Archlinux and Intel X3100

Question

I'm thinking about buying a notebook with this video card, an Intel X3100, and I'd like to know how good it is. I've heard Intel has nice OSS drivers, but I'm not sure about its hardware.
I don't use OpenGL a lot, but these are the things I'd like to work nicely:
- Blender
- Video playback
Games and compiz effects aren't necessary, but it would be nice if they work, too.

Answer 1

Hello Archers,
Could anyone tell me why compositing doesn't seem to work on my X3100?
When i turn on compositing in KDE4 the screen gets white with visible only borders of windows (or rather their shadows).
Here is my xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "NTT base config"
Screen 0 "BaseScreen" 0 0
Screen 1 "ExtendedScreen" Below "BaseScreen"
InputDevice "IntegratedKeyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Touchpad" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
Option "AIGLX"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "BaseScreen"
Device "IntelX3100"
Monitor "LVDS"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 2048 2048
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "ExtendedScreen"
Device "IntelX3100VGA"
Monitor "VGA"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
ViewPort 0 800
Virtual 2048 2048
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "IntelX3100"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "DRI" "true"
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "XvMCSurfaces" "6" # <i> 6 lub 7
#Option "PageFlip"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
Option "ExaNoComposite" "false"
#Option "MonitorLayout" "NONE,LFP+CRT"
#Option "DevicePrescence" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "IntelX3100VGA"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:1"
Option "DRI" "true"
Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
Option "ExaNoComposite" "false"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 260 160 # mm
Identifier "LVDS"
VendorName "AUO"
ModelName "3314"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 320 240 # mm
Identifier "VGA"
VendorName "PTS"
ModelName "miro P17F98i"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertRefresh values to use DDC:
HorizSync 30.0 - 98.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "GLcore"
Load "record"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "xtrap"
Load "glx"
Load "freetype"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse2"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1000"
Option "RightEdge" "5850"
Option "TopEdge" "330"
Option "BottomEdge" "6050"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.06"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "IntegratedKeyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection