Why are my graphics so choppy in Ubuntu?

[Nvidiaguy07]

ok so this is what happens when i move any windows or anything. http://bayimg.com/BAmNlAAbK

I was just taking the window and moving it back and forward. It does the same thing when im watching videos too. Overall Ubuntu doesn't feel as smooth as it should be to me.

Did i not install some driver i should have thats making this happen? I installed Ubuntu (8.10), then did all the updates, then enabled the nvidia driver for my 8800GT (NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver version 177)

Im basically a linux noob so i dont know what drivers i should install for my system, im used to installing chipset drivers, lan, audio, etc.

For the comp in my sig should i have installed anything else?

 

[SickBeast]

You shouldn't need drivers aside from the graphics card and a wifi card if you have one.

I have yet to encounter the issue you're having. It looks to be related to your refresh rate potentially.

Are you using Compiz Fusion?

You may be able to manually install a newer NV driver as well.

 

[Nothinman]

then enabled the nvidia driver for my 8800GT (NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver version 177)

Run 'grep -i nvidia /var/log/Xorg.0.log' and see if you see something like

(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"

which means that Xorg is using the binary nVidia driver instead of the open source nv driver.

You may be able to manually install a newer NV driver as well.

That should only be done as a very last resort because it shuffles around files that should be handled by the package manager which can cause problems down the road.