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 <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
