Video Card Driver issues

[rokytnji]

Seems like things have gone down hill for you after you used the gui installer. I did a new install on this Compaq Laptop yesterday on a new internall SSD. It is a close match to your video chip by one number.

Code:

@biker1:~$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6250]
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD PALM GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3

you won't get a inxi command found. I installed inxi via

Code:

sudo apt-get install inxi

in my install.

Code:

@biker1:~$ glxinfo | grep -i "direct rendering"
direct rendering: Yes

You said

Code:

I chose a propriety one as it seems open-source ones don't seem fit for games. I clicked "Apply Changes", and a bar loaded up and took a while to complete, so I assumed that was it installed,

But your latest readout still shows radeon (which is open sources) driver being used.

No direct rendering anymore either. Looks to me like your attempt to install the proprietary driver went way wrong somehow.
Without seeing what happened with the install process. I can't say what happended myself.
I am getting kinda lost on this thread on what to suggest next.