[PLUG] Advice needed

Nat Taylor bioborg at gmail.com
Thu Apr 9 05:45:07 UTC 2015


https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCards

(Did you already try this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia ?)

Maybe you just want to look through these and find a video card on one of
them that looks good (an nvidia or an ATI, as opposed to an onboard one)
http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/


Then there's this:

ATI

Radeon HD 5450

Cedar PRO/radeon

Yes

Yes

Yes

v11.04 Natty

Supports compiz and Unity with the default open source driver in Natty.

2011-07-23

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have a desktop machine which seems to be having problems with the on-MB
> video.  One solution is to install a separate video card.  Another solution
> is to replace the MB or even the entire system.  The former solution looks
> preferable as it is less complicated and less disruptive, so my first
> question is how to select a video card.  No gaming, occasional videos may
> be the most I demand of the machine.  It would be nice to have 3d
> supported.   I have tried asking Mr. G, but he seems interested mostly in
> high-end stuff, and is seldom interested in Linux.
>
> The gory details of the system are:
>
> Ubuntu 12.04, Unity desktop.  Virtual box running win 2k
>
> Asus M3N78-VM MB, new 6/2009. Video is Nvidia GeForce 8200(rev a2)
> CPU AMD Athlon X2 2.5Ghz
> RAM 6G
> HD 500G sata, 500G external sata,
> PSU Antec EA380D (new 9/8/14)
> Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 216BW (failing PS, to be replaced)
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
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