Ubuntu 8.10 Video Card Recommendation

[rwalkerIII]

Before upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10, I'm looking for a video card recommendation. Which card best works for standard desktop work (not a laptop and no games) with 3D acceleration with Ubuntu 8.10? Any ideas?

[m_l17]

I would get any current Nvidia video card within your budget.

[rwalkerIII]

Thanks. I have a GeForce 4 now, but the 8.10 upgrade says it no longer supports the Nvidia driver. So, that means no 3D effects.

[skompier]

Thanks. I have a GeForce 4 now, but the 8.10 upgrade says it no longer supports the Nvidia driver. So, that means no 3D effects.

I'm using an nVidia 7800 in 8.10 with no problems. I'm running the version 177 restricted drivers and all is well.

[Vadi]

I'm on 8600 GT here and it's working quite fine also.

[powel212]

I agree that any Nvidia card should do well but if you want specifics I would recommend Nvidia Gforce 8600 or newer.

in addition:

I have found that running Ubuntu on my flash drive and sticking it into many different machines with different graphics cards. The default driver that the OS uses is usually good enough. But many times can't enable desktop effects easily. To fix this problem just download $sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Then using this tool should be able to enable desktop effects more easily.

Please note I have not tried this method on any machine older than 2 years old. (most computers of this age won't allow booting from USB).

Powel

[rwalkerIII]

Thanks all for the advice.