Running Kubuntu 8.04 w/ latest updates on a Dual Core Pentium 4 on an HP Pavilion...
I decided that my Nvidia GeForce Fx 5200 AGP card was getting outdated (and my fascination with SecondLife pointed this up) so I started looking for replacements..
..First I tried an ATI Radeon 9250 (Diamond Stealth branded if that matters). THAT was painful. The flgx driver the system insisted I use (pick another and the Settings | Peripherals | Monitor/Display Screen Configuration Module reset it to flgx) kind of worked - once I got the refresh rate correct everything was crisp, but when I opened or moved windows they left blocks of 'after images'; response was terrible and, well, SecondLife ran worse than with the modest 5200 card.
After several iterations of trying different things suggested on various forums on the internet I ruined the Xorg.conf file (good thing I'm comfortable at the command line) and had to go to a backup version.
I decided to try another card - living in the hinterlands, I had few local options, and Wal Mart was the other option.. picked up a GeForce 6200 OC - never opened it - research pulled up lots of problems and besides, SecondLife doesn't support it..
Finally, I pulled the ATI card and re-installed the 5200 - which I was able to get back to where I was in the first place. A bit slow, but runs clean.
I've ordered a GeForce 7600 (which IS on the Secondlife Linux client README list) and that's the level of hell I'm scheduled to visit when it comes.
So - if anyone has comments, suggestions (or dire warnings) I'd appreciate them.
I decided that my Nvidia GeForce Fx 5200 AGP card was getting outdated (and my fascination with SecondLife pointed this up) so I started looking for replacements..
..First I tried an ATI Radeon 9250 (Diamond Stealth branded if that matters). THAT was painful. The flgx driver the system insisted I use (pick another and the Settings | Peripherals | Monitor/Display Screen Configuration Module reset it to flgx) kind of worked - once I got the refresh rate correct everything was crisp, but when I opened or moved windows they left blocks of 'after images'; response was terrible and, well, SecondLife ran worse than with the modest 5200 card.
After several iterations of trying different things suggested on various forums on the internet I ruined the Xorg.conf file (good thing I'm comfortable at the command line) and had to go to a backup version.
I decided to try another card - living in the hinterlands, I had few local options, and Wal Mart was the other option.. picked up a GeForce 6200 OC - never opened it - research pulled up lots of problems and besides, SecondLife doesn't support it..
Finally, I pulled the ATI card and re-installed the 5200 - which I was able to get back to where I was in the first place. A bit slow, but runs clean.
I've ordered a GeForce 7600 (which IS on the Secondlife Linux client README list) and that's the level of hell I'm scheduled to visit when it comes.
So - if anyone has comments, suggestions (or dire warnings) I'd appreciate them.
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