I'm going to add that thats fanless, and that's a quality I like in a video card if my computer's gonna be anywhere near my tv and I'm gonna watch movies on it... $35 on newegg... Should play videos just fine, but you could definitely do better if you research the Certified list...
3d should work fine, but its not up for super modern games via steam, if so, you should maybe check this: (might work with your current card, too, try nvidia experimental driver ) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valve#NVIDIA_Graphics Driver Upgrades Some games will run fine with your current set up, others may require updated drivers to get the best performance, and a few may refuse to run without the driver updates. Determine what graphics hardware you are using and follow the appropriate section below. NVIDIA Graphics 1. In 12.04, launch the Additional Hardware Drivers dialog from System Settings. In 12.10, launch Software Sources, then click on the Additional Drivers tab in the Software Sources menu. 2. Install the newest *nvidia-experimental-NNN* driver. Note that you probably will need to scroll down to see the experimental drivers. [image: ahd_2.png] If your graphics is too new, it is likely that no result found in the dialog. An alternative method of installing the drivers is to install manually: 1. Visit nVidia DevZone forum <https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/board/99/> to find the latest version of drivers. You may try versions indicated "long-lived branch release" for better support. 2. Download the appropriate version (e.g. Linux_x86 / Linux_x86_64) of driver. 3. Logout X window and login text mode terminal (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-F1) 4. Kill X window (e.g. /etc/init.d/lightdm stop ) 5. Remove nvidia-xxx packages (e.g. dpkg --purge nvidia-* ) 6. Change the file mode of the downloaded file (e.g. chmod 700 NVIDIA-*.run ) 7. Execute the downloaded file and follow its instruction to install the driver. 8. Execute nvidia-xconfig to generate /etc/X11/xorg.conf 9. Restart X window (e.g. /etc/init.d/lightdm start ) On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Nat Taylor <biob...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.heidtm...@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. >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
