Video Cards

[daniell59]

Please forgive me if this is an inane question.
What is the significance of the different video cards.
I know that my system functions best with none selected in Visual Effects.
This is my Video Card. Asus EAH3450

Thanks

[K_45]

That card with fglrx driver should work with desktop effects. There are a number of differences in GPU's, such as ROP's, texture units, clock speed, API support, but this shouldn't effect desktop effects. Ubuntu is not Windows in terms of resources (yet).

[daniell59]

That card with fglrx driver should work with desktop effects. There are a number of differences in GPU's, such as ROP's, texture units, clock speed, API support, but this shouldn't effect desktop effects. Ubuntu is not Windows in terms of resources (yet).

Whenever I would choose anything except none, I would have a problem going from one window to another one. Why, I don't know.

[K_45]

Have you tried the proprietary driver?

[daniell59]

Have you tried the proprietary driver?

I think that I did.

[K_45]

Enter


fglrxinfo

in a terminal, what is the output?

[daniell59]

Enter


fglrxinfo

in a terminal, what is the output?

display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series
OpenGL version string: 3.2.9756 Compatibility Profile Context

[K_45]

You are using the driver, but effects can't be enabled? What is the exact problem?

[daniell59]

You are using the driver, but effects can't be enabled? What is the exact problem?

When I have more than one window open, and I want to go to another one, the response is very sluggish. It may take several seconds to respond.
When none is selected, I have no problme.

[the-penguin]

It sounds like this could be the RAM, since the video card is supported and quite powerful.
How much RAM does your computer have?
If you don't know you can find it in the System Monitor, it's usually just listen as Memory.

regards,
Jason

[daniell59]

it sounds like this could be the ram, since the video card is supported and quite powerful.
How much ram does your computer have?
If you don't know you can find it in the system monitor, it's usually just listen as memory.

Regards,
jason

4gig

[K_45]

What are your system specs? PC/laptop?

Run
sudo lshw -html > results.html

Open the html file and note down the specs.

[daniell59]

What are your system specs? PC/laptop?

Run
sudo lshw -html > results.html

Open the html file and note down the specs.

How do I open the HTML file?

[K_45]

Firefox or Chromium. Double click on it.

[daniell59]

Firefox or Chromium. Double click on it.

I am sorry but I am not following you. Do I double click in the terminal?

[K_45]

Run


firefox results.html &

[daniell59]

Run


firefox results.html &

Thanks for your input, I will read what you have suggested.