On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Brian Fahrlander <wheeldwel...@gmail.com> wrote: > J Bickhard wrote: >> A 32MB card isn't enough? Geez. I'm getting a similar-spec NVIDIA card > Oh, it'll work...and trust me: as a guy who (other than this one > machine I'm on) every machine I have is obsolete in the eyes of Windows > guys. A 32M card is like complaining how hard it is to get memory for a > 486 anymore. At one of the repair depos for which I work, they throw > away 64M cards. Really; $10 or so will get you a good, solid card. $50 > will even get you one that does a really great job AND a warranty, too. > (Think: 6100 series, new) >>> How many FPS are we talking about? >>> >> I get about 9FPS. 15 or so when I'm pointing at the ground or sky ;-) >> > Good news: that sucks SO bad, it doesn't suggest your card is bad, > but rather the rendering isn't turned on. :/ Firstly, thanks to everyone for taking time out to help me. Rendering isn't turned on? Lessee. I thought I had it turned on in the Catalyst Control Center... > > Now I don't know what has to happen (any more) to make the right on > Windows, but it sounds as if the OpenGL or DirectX isn't kicked in. > Even on a P3, even in Windows- it sounds like your configuration is bad. > > When you download that iso (get the Desktop version!) boot from it > in this machine. It won't touch the hard drive unless you tell it to > install. Meanwhile it'll let you look at all the details of the > machine, without the complications of Windows. I already have Ubuntu (and Kubuntu) 9.04 Desktop edition. I'll just use that ;-) > > "lshw" will tell you more about your hardware than you've probably > ever known before. There's a log on virtual terminal 1 that shows what > it's learned about the machine, etc. It's also a great way to get files > off a corrupted Windows box so you can make that day-saving transfer > before you flush and fill it! It's handy. And the "memtest" option > lets you literally test ALL memory, hard. Leave it on all night on > machines that aren't quite right. It'll work it out. There's a memory test option on the main menu thingie of the Live cd (install, try out ubuntu without touching your HD, test memory, etc) > > If you get stuck or want more info, drop me a line off-list. I'm > happy to help- I used to be on Windows for a long time, too. I've been on windows for my whole life. When I was five years old (i think) my dad got an AMD Athlon XP. Up untill then, he was using a Gateway 2000 486DX-2, so I got to use it. I can officially say that MS-DOS 6.0 and MS WIndows 3.1 were the first OS I ever used. I've been a windows user ever since (not that i LIKE microsoft, just I've been using windows for years)...
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