Ubuntu video slow

[George]

On 11/28/05, ulrich steffens <ulrich at barfuss-jerusalem.org> wrote:
> Am Montag, den 28.11.2005, 12:19 +0200 schrieb George:
> > I installed Ubuntu two days ago and I'm very satisfied. I hadn't
> > worked with linux before so I'm learning my way around.
> >
> > I've managed to install mostly everything I need to keep me from using
> > windows. I've come across some difficulties with video though.
> >
> > Ubuntu did detect and install the nvidia driver but everything I do
> > with gnome seems very slow, opening windows, redrawing them, things
> > like that. I installed zsnes and snes9x to test the video
> > acceleration, both were running slow and couldn't get stable
> > framerate. Compared to windows xp.
> >
> > Also, ubuntu won't let me set a resolution over 1024*768. That's the
> > resolution I was using in windows but in gnome everything looks much
> > bigger so I have trouble working like this on my desktop.
> >
> hi george,
> there is no need to screw your system and following a guide on the
> forums which suggests you should use drivers outside of ubuntus
> repositiries! just follow the 'ubuntu starter guide' that you'll find
> under 'system > help > ubuuntu starter guide > hardware'.
>
> if there are problems just report back!
>
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> ulrich steffens
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I did what it said there but still things are going very slow. It's
not unusable but less usable than windows.