Video card question?

[Guest]

Hi, I have a 22" monitor running on 1680x1050 resolution. Currently I have a Geforce 6200 video card:
peshko@peshko-desktop:~$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)] (rev a1)
I've had this video card for almost three years, even then it was pretty cheap (around $40).
I have installed the latest NVIDIA drivers which I downloaded from their website nvidia.com.
After running glxgears I realized that my video card is running slow (110 FPS).
KDE 4.1 runs ok on my 22" screen but there is a little lag when minimizing or opening windows that take a big part of the screen.
I switched off the compiz effects and it is running better now but still I think it should be even smoother.
Any recommendations. I believe the problem is in my video card and I was going to change it these days but I'm really not sure what video card should I buy, I need a video card that has a good linux support and that will run everything smoothly on my 22" screen.
Thanks.

peshko

[Snowhog]

Re: Video card question?

Take a look at HOWTO: Install and use the Envy script installer for video drivers

[Guest]

Re: Video card question?

I used the envy script to install the nvidia driver, still glxgears gives me about 130-140 fps, I run it using the -fullscreen option, without this option I get about 400-500 fps.
Anyway, I still want to change my video card, I will appreciate recommendation for a good video card in $50-70 price range, I don't think I need to spend more money than this because I really don't play any games and all I want is a card that runs KDE+compiz smoothly on my 22" screen.