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I have an Nvidia geforce 9500 gs card on Ubuntu 13.04. I downloaded the driver already but cannot change performance settings and my streaming video is very choppy. I can't even find System/administration/hardware drivers; it doesn't exist.

Zanna
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To open the settings menu to allow installing additional proprietary drivers go to the "System Settings..." menu on the top panel. Choose "Software and Updates"

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In the following window select then "Additional Drivers" tab:

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This will let you select available stable proprietary drivers for your graphics card (above shown for a virtual machine).

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On selecting the recommended "Nvidia Current" driver it will install on your system. Nvidia settings can then be accessed most easily from the Dash:

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Takkat
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You run the following command as root:

nvidia-settings

Depending on your version of Ubuntu, run

gksu nvidia-settings

nvidia setings

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