Okay, well... lets start with some specifics. I'm running Ubuntu 6.10 the Edgy Eft AMD 64 release. Im using a true MSI AMD 64 board / processor with 1.0 GB RAM and a 200 GB HD. For GFX, I have an NVIDIA 7600 GS. (Non SLI) I successfully installed Ubuntu alongside WIndows XP Pro in a separate partition with no difficulties. Ubuntu boots just fine, and I was able to get updates and connect to the internet no problem. Got the latest 64-bit WINE with all dependencies up and running. My real problem is rather frustrating, however. I installed the Nvidia glx by means of the apt get install - etc, etc console command, and all went as planned. Reboot, shiny white Nvidia logo, 85 hz refresh rate. so far so good. Or is it? I cant seem to run in any other color mode but 24-bit (which I dont plan on getting used to!) also games run (with 3D acceleration) but they SKIP. My machine is *not* the kind of machine you would expect to skip on a cheezy 3D GL billiards game. or space invaders. or pong. its just not right. I wanted to install Forceware for Linux to fix the issue, but I havent the slightest clue how to install the .run file because it always gives me a "path / file access error" or a "that file doesnt exist..." and if I double-click the .run file it just freezes then closes a loading window. Do I perhaps need mainboard drivers with it? I do admit to being relatively new to Linux, but I sincerely want this one to work out, I enjoy Ubuntu a lot.

Post the output of glxinfo. Any errors?

AFAIK, 32 bit colour is actually just 24 bit with some extra padding added (no extra info). Therefore, there is no difference between 24 bit and 32 bit anyway. I don't think Linux supports 32 bit.

I'm not sure about your games skipping. What is the output of "glxinfo" as nullprog suggested above? Does "glxgears" give you anything interesting?

--Ian

PS: Can you try and break your question up in future. It is quite hard to decipher what you are asking. Blank lines tend to help - particularly if you are asking several questions or making several points.

I'd say yes, how many frames per second do you get from glxgears ? I have a 7600 GT and get around 10255 FPS on average...

Are these the procedures you followed to install it?

Should the above not enable the new driver, you can enable it manually by opening the X config file:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and replacing "nv" with "nvidia"

Well this post is a little old, but everything's up to date and working perfectly. The issue was I had somehow installed legacy drivers instead of the standard nvidia ones. Things are great - ubuntu rocks! Only minor concern is not with Ubuntu itself, but rather Beryl. I love the effects and it works 100% well, but games are soooo slow when in the beryl manager. is there a quick workaround for this?

Beryl may be great eye candy but its not a finished product yet. For that reason, its been decided not to make the default in Feisty. Beryl takes more CPU to run and that might impact the performanace of CPU intensive games.