On 19/02/2009 15:26, Paul Sutton wrote: > I have a geforce 4, I can run compiz but loose the text on the menus in > open office, so turning off compiz I have a really nice, and fairly > smooth system, > > I think i need a new card at somepoint though. > > Paul > > I found that on my recent laptop with Intel integrated graphics the Compiz effects still don't run that well, in the end I'm not fussed about eye candy and simply turn it off. I'm too busy to worry about wobbly windows ;-)
Dianne, do you know if your video card is AGP, PCI or PCI-Express? My old desktop had an ATI Radeon 9250 in it and it ran perfectly with Compiz. That was an AGP card and I dare say you'd be able to get one off eBay for less than a tenner, plus it uses open source drivers. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
