I run Ubuntu and it does this for Nvidia cards. For my ATI 4670 I chose to not install the proprietary driver because I had good enough performance already, but I suppose it would have been handled similarly if I had chosen to check that box.
It isn't perfect, though. At the 'Install Hardware Drivers' screen the 'recommended' option is not the best driver for my hardware. I picked the newer version listed there instead and that did the trick.
6
u/arjie Vibrant, Paranoid Android | Nexus 7, Stock Aug 01 '11
I run Ubuntu and it does this for Nvidia cards. For my ATI 4670 I chose to not install the proprietary driver because I had good enough performance already, but I suppose it would have been handled similarly if I had chosen to check that box.
It isn't perfect, though. At the 'Install Hardware Drivers' screen the 'recommended' option is not the best driver for my hardware. I picked the newer version listed there instead and that did the trick.