Dianne Reuby wrote: >> Rob Beard wrote: >> >> However it may be possible to fit a >> graphics card. I don't suppose you know the make and model number of >> your motherboard do you, or if it's a branded PC (say a Dell, HP etc), >> what the make and model number is? >> >> It is possible that your motherboard may have an AGP slot for an >> external graphics card, or a PCI Express slot (or two). As a minimum it >> should have a PCI slot (assuming it's a desktop PC and not a laptop). >> > > It's a Packard Bell m/board RC410-M, specs from the site: > > <snip> > Expansion Slots > * 1x PCI Express 16X. > * 3x PCI Ahh yeah you have a 16x PCI Express slot so you should be able to add another card. As suggested elsewhere, the NVidia cards are pretty good and reasonably priced.
As much as I like the fact ATI have released information for their graphics cards so an open source driver can be written, I was a bit miffed to find they have stopped supporting some older cards with their latest proprietary driver. I'll say one thing for NVidia, although they don't release the information to create a 3D open source driver, they do tend to support their previous graphics cards in newer drivers. So if you decide to try a different graphics card, I would maybe suggest something like this from eBuyer.com at £22. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173699 Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/