Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > A new HAL made no difference. Sigh. > > Another option occurs to me: get a new video card and stop using the > onboard one. I've barely paid any attention to the threads about ATI > vs NVIDIA, and don't know if there are any others worth considering. > Care to make a suggestion for someone who rarely (read: almost never) > plays games or does other work that stress a video card, and just > wants the stuff to work? In current machines, it would be a PCI-X > (not PCI-E) card. > > ++ kevin > >
I have a old FX-5200 and it does all right. I tested KDE 4 the other day, it is not the fastest thing on that. I'm not sure if it is a setting on my part or just needs a better card. I'm on the old PCI stuff too. Dale :-) :-)

