I run an Nvidia 6600LE which runs perfect on 8.10. I think you can pick those up pretty cheap now too.
Simon Wears munkyju...@gmail.com | http://munkyju...@gmail.com MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net On 19 Feb 2009, at 10:06, Dianne Reuby <pramc...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > I'm running 8.10, and my graphics card is an Nvidia GeForce4 MX440, > old > but OK for my needs. I've also been given a Relisys Teo Teco TL766 > flat > screen monitor to replace my old CRT. > > Up until 8.10 I had full special effects using Compiz. But since 8.10 > the driver that Nvidia finally released is just a pain. > > If I have special effects enabled, I don't have any status bars, > min/max/close buttons. Even with effects disabled, I can only have > 1024x768. I can change that to a higher res, but I lose the settings > when I reboot, even after saving the X.org config. Evolution layout > changes every time I reboot. The icons on my panel change position > every > time I reboot. Word processing files don't display properly if they > have > a lot of formatting - I have to scroll off the screen and back to > display them. There are bits of dialogue and menu boxes left showing > after they're closed. All trivial I know, but it is irritating. > > My main PC use is internet, email, word processing, some very basic > photo/graphics editing. So I don't really need a fancy card for games. > > But I'm really thinking about getting a new card, and I've been > looking > up the various Ubuntu hardware sites. I don't want to buy a card and > then find that the manufacturer hasn't released a decent driver for > Linux. So can I have any recommendations? Should I stick to Nvidia? > Do I > need to take the monitor into account? > > TIA > Dianne > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
