I went into the nvidia xserver settings and under x server information and under nvidia driver version it says 270.41.06. You know I'm beginning to think that it might be my computer and not the driver, I've tried 3 different ones And three different video cards, a via that was onboard a old matrox 906-01 rev and now I have a old nvidia geforce 6600 gt and if the Nvidia xserver is right the 270.41.06 is the one I wanted in there. So hell I don't know. The only thing I upgraded on my Emachine t3104 was I added anouther half gig of memory which makes it 3/4 of a gig total.
On Sep 21, 9:01 pm, Matthew Dey <[email protected]> wrote: > Nvidia has the best proprietary driver. Ati's proprietary driver can be > good sometimes just need to take a minute and research what you're buying. > It would be nice to know more about what cards you have tried. At any rate > the problem you're going to run into though is that your computer's > motherboard has an AGP slot (assuming you haven't replaced the > motherboard). This is going to limit your choices down to cards that are > either > A: old legacy chipsets that require legacy versions of the drivers > B: newer standard PCI slot cards that cost more simply because they use the > old PCI slot instead of the newer PCI Express. > > If your heart is set on buying a new graphics card with decent horsepower > you might tryhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125281 > > or > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143069 > > On the same website they have old geforce 6200 cards for a cheap price new > that will work good enough on your computer assuming you're not looking at > doing hd video or 3d games. I'd also recommend that you research on what > kind of power supply wattage any cards you intend to buy require before you > buy anything. For example the power supply might not be putting out enough > power to run the card you want in it and you'll need a new power supply that > can handle the power demand. > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Christopher Miller < > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 21, 2011, at 12:48 PM, jbander wrote: > > > > Thats pretty much it, I would like to know were a good place to go to > > > find a used video card that with work with multiple linux programs ,I > > > would like it plug and play. Tight budget. I have a old emachine > > > t3104. I've tried three so fare with little success, still freezes. I > > > run Ubuntu 11.04 > > > Used: try ebay. > > > You can still get a decent new video card from somewhere like newegg.comfor > > a decent price. > > > If the machine is freezing after three video cards, then it's probably > > something unrelated to the video card. > > > Also, Linux video card drivers tend to suck badly. Trying every card in > > existance might not be as effective as simply obtaining a new machine with > > some kind of Intel Integrated graphics. The Intel graphics suck (read: are > > über slow), but the drivers themselves rock and rarely crash on me. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > References can be found at:http://goo.gl/anqri > > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor > >http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
