Here's output from lspci. I got ubuntu 8.04 and I want to know how I can improve my video card's performance. Please let me know and thanks, guys.

x@xx:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
02:07.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
02:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
02:07.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
02:09.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)

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looks like all u got is an integrated VGA card. disable the integrated one in the bios and buy a real one?

Intel cards are not in par with nVidia or ATi ones, but they offer 3d acceleration, and their drivers are open sourced, unlike these of the other two competitors.

All you need is to setup them, which is a distro dependent thing sometimes. I can't help with intel cards because I never used one, but there's no reason to substitute hardware that is perfectly fine.

If the guy is worried about preformance there is no reason he should be sticking with integrated video. and plus, he could have 128mb ram for all we kno, just add some ram.

Yes the Intel Drivers are open source.. they are included as part of X in all distros and should be installed automatically.
If what he has isn't cutting it performance wise, then the only real option is to upgrade to a decent nVidia or ATI card and disable the on-board video.

If all you are doing is offie type applications (word processing, spreadsheet, web browsing) then integrated video is fine. if you are doing any type of 3D gaming then a decent graphics card is a must.

I guess so. However (slight off-topic) there's no need to disable it, you can as well run a dual head setup and use the intel card on a second monitor if you have one. X can use many cards without so much problems and you can run your games on the new card and use your intel card to display another desktop at the same time.

Thanks farslayer for the reply, as well as to the other fellas. Farslayer, I am doing basic but important stuff on my computer, mostly, video and word processing. Again, keep in mind that what I'm doing requires precision and detail - this is no joke!

For example, I need to improve video performance for studying video in precise detail. Also, openoffice writer is slow in scrolling. I need to improve my video to accelerate my scrolling on writer. It's very important. I've never had a problem like this under XP. What do you recommend at this point?

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Are you using compiz?

Use the intel display driver. You say you're using Ubuntu, doesn't it have some type of GUI for doing this ? If not go and edit your '/etc/X11/xorg.conf', and change the driver to 'intel' if it's currently 'vesa'. You'll probably need to make other changes.

Hi, texmex. thanks for replyikng. actually, in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, it says 'intel'. do you recommend that i change it to 'vesa' just to experiment?

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Try running this in a console:
It should say:
If you want you can try vesa, but the intel drivers support hardware acceleration unlike vesa.

Vesa is not going to perform better.

If you have the intel driver working, most likely you have all the acceleration that your card can get. So, indeed, it seems you need a better card.

Hi, texmex. I did what you asked and I got this:

x@xx:~$ glxinfo | grep direct
direct rendering: No (LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT set)

WHat would be the next steps?

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Post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, so we can see if you have the appropriate modules/extension enabled

From the intel linux graphics install guide..
http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/install.html