[wellylug] embedded Intel graphics

[Jethro Carr]

On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 00:45 +1200, Ray Smith wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying to set up an Ubuntu machine for my son. Unfortunately the
> graphics are embedded and I can't afford to buy a decent card right
> now. I have the Intel 82865G chip on the mother board. I managed to do
> the roll back to version 2.4 of the driver and got anywhere from 210
> to 300 fps on glxgears, but the 3D games are unplayable. I found a web
> site http://intellinuxgraphics.org/ that has the newest Intel drivers
> and they supposedly support this chip set, but I am clueless on how to
> go about setting this up. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 

hi Ray,

I looked up your chipset online, rather than being an issue with the
driver it might just be the unfortunate fact that the integrated video
really sucks, it is an old chipset now.

Does your computer have an AGP slot? You can pick up a cheap video card
for AGP on trademe easily, nobody wants them these days since the new
systems all come with PCI-express.

regards,
jethro

-- 
Jethro Carr
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog
www.amberdms.com
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