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    Exclamation General Graphics Card Question

    I havent found the answer I need in the search without finding thousands of posts on getting games running or installing nVidia graphics card help, so I decided to make this post.

    I am just installed the 64bit Ubuntu 9.04 yesterday. I remember when I had my older computer with different linux (kubuntu, Xandros, and Suse) OS I had to install the graphics driver (for my PCI card) and it took FOREVER to get working. I could never get my glxgears to run well. However, now that I built a new computer I do not have an actual graphics card, it is built in with the motherboard and it shares memory with the computer (8GB).

    My question is, do I need to install a graphic card driver for this or is there something else I should be doing? I know in windows it wouldnt let me install a driver because all of the settings were built in.

    My motherboard is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131323

    Thanks to whoever cah help.

    **EDIT** it says at the top of the thread Kubuntu...but its really Ubuntu. Sorry, hit the wrong button.
    Last edited by HolyShnikes; September 14th, 2009 at 06:03 PM.

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    NoaHall is offline Iced Blended Vanilla Crème Ubuntu
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    Re: General Graphics Card Question

    System -> Admin -> Hardware drivers.

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    Re: General Graphics Card Question

    Quote Originally Posted by NoaHall View Post
    System -> Admin -> Hardware drivers.
    I don't think that really answers my question. Will this tell me if it is already installed or if it needs to be installed or something like that?

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    NoaHall is offline Iced Blended Vanilla Crème Ubuntu
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    Re: General Graphics Card Question

    Yes. So, yes it does answer your question.

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    Re: General Graphics Card Question

    Quote Originally Posted by NoaHall View Post
    Yes. So, yes it does answer your question.
    Thanks.

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