dag: would you please pick up the kernel-module-nvidia packages

[Walter Francis]

Using Nvidia chipset and a Nvidia card are pretty different beasts.

Nvidia graphics cards are very well supported and are *the* best card
to get for 3D in Linux today.  You don't want ATI for 3D, as ATI has
yet to release any decent drivers.

Sure, there are 3D drivers.  They are missing a LOT of GL extensions
which makes a huge difference in games such as UT, UT2004, etc.

If you have a fast enough CPU you can probably play a simple game
like Tuxracer in software mode.