On Tuesday 14 November 2006 22:07, William Case wrote: > Hi Anne; > > That is why I am spending so much time on this. > > On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 21:56 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 14 November 2006 19:49, William Case wrote: > > > If it is a driver locking problem, then there can be an expectation > > > that it is being worked on. Buying a new video card is a $200 - $300 > > > solution, > > > > That depends on your expectations. You wil get a video card for a > > fraction of that, that will way out-do your ancient one. My local vendor > > offers a choice of PCI card, ATi AGP card or NVidia AGP card, all from > > £20ish, and both of the AGP cards have 128MB memory. > > > > Anne > > My present ATI Rage is a PCI, AGP with 128 MB of memory. > If you can change to AGP, do. Others have suggested what they consider reasonable price cards capable of doing compiz etc. I don't need it, so I couldn't comment on that. Nor do I need 3D at all, so I don't bother with the proprietary drivers. It's all a matter of deciding what matters to you and how much you are prepared to spend to get it. Anne
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