On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 07:21 +1100, Stephen K�hn wrote: > NVidia has the best drivers for any video card under GNU/linux > currently; most problems with NVidia cards either comes from overheating > or the chipset goes south; if your graphics card has a fan unit on it, > check that the fan is actually working and dust-free; GPU cooling fans > can be purchsed elsewhere as well - made by 3d party companies - such as > Thermaltake.
I currently have an NVidia GeForce FX5300 PCI Express running which will only run under the VESA driver under MDK 10.1OE with kernel 2.6.8.1. I have a Pentium 4 3200E CPU and 512mb ram. I gather from the twicki and the NVidia driver page that I may need to install a Linux kernal with SMB support for this CPU, Video Card, and PCI-Express support. However, the kernals with SMP support that show up on my graphic urpmi install program are 2.4 kernels with descriptions that they are for systems with 1GB or more ram. Does anyone know if it will hurt my system to install one of these SMP enabled kernels? The NVidia driver docs indicate that I can compile the driver against kernel source code with SMP support. I'm lost. Any help would be appreciated. I suppose I should have started a new thread. Sorry, if this is poor list etiquette. > > I would not use an ATI under GNU/linux as the driver support is not > there, nor are the other abilities of the graphics cards. The ATI > drivers are problematic at best and do not deliver the full capabilities > of the ATI graphics card. They literally ARE made for MS Windows or OS/X > only. > > Experience is the best teacher. _ -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free
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