Question needs asked

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 17 January 2014 00:51:17 Gene Heskett did opine:

> Greetings all;
> 
> I had to replace my GeForce 9400gt card about 3 weeks ago because the
> color mapping was going in the toilet, and put a EVGA 8400GS in its
> place, still using the nouveau driver.
> 
> Video performance can best be described as sucking dead toads through
> soda straws, long 4 or 5 second pauses then catchups, which also cut
> the sound to mostly unintelligible gibberish.
> 
> Is there anything that can be done?  I note this newer card isn't listed
> in the man page.  If support is "in progress" I can wait, with "baited"
> breath, if not, can anyone suggest a usable card, not an AMD/ATI
> related one, that this older driver still supports, and which is still
> in the supply pipeline and purchasable for under say $75 USD?
> 
> Cheers, Gene

Ping, and thanks.

Cheers, Gene
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