{HELP!} How do I get games to run fast on Ubuntu Linux?

[SiliconCactus]

Let me tell you a story.

I purchased a computer from a friend of mine. Really good quality for gaming.

Unfortunately, it had no operating system.

So, not having much money at the time, I used Linux.

Tried playing games.

Performance was inadequate. To the point of unplayability.

I tried several games and several different versions of Linux.

It was all crap.

So I saved some money and purchased Windows Vista Ultimate.

And now I have no problems.

I'm so sorry that your extremely subjective tests favored Windows, even though Linux is a massively better kernel than Windows, and that you did a stuffty job setting up Linux.

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[KoopaScooper]

So I saved some money and purchased Windows Vista Ultimate.

I think this here invalidated your intelligence.
Clearly you were doing it wrong.

[Mr.jacksaunt]

forget you glass :(

[BassCrossMegaman1]

GLASS NO
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
NOOO

[Swollow]

um I could have gone my whole life not seeing that

[SiliconCactus]

he's posting the same images in different sizes

if you adblock them and install the no-pagestretch theme for stylish, you can just browse without seeing it.

[DontCare4Free]

Back to the issue at hand, what does it say if you run lspci and lsmod (from the terminal)?

[Muzzles56]

the fact its a laptop with an "unknown graphics card" obviously means its integrated and cant run much

[dorkdotdan]

the fact its a laptop with an "unknown graphics card" obviously means its integrated and cant run much

This. I had a very similar model laptop and pretty much the only thing I could run was minesweeper.

[brickybob]

Since you have an Intel CPU on a laptop, I'm assuming that you have Intel integrated graphics; which is stuff.

The best "fix" I can give you is to install XFCE or LXDE and use that instead of Unity.  Unity is most demanding DE and is terrible compared to other DE's.