What's a good video card?

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:58:10 -0600,
  Les Mikesell <les at futuresource.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 11:41, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> > > 
> > > Download the driver from nvidia and follow the instructions.  Repeat 
> > > at kernel updates.  Look for the card that will fit your requirements.
> > 
> > While this will work for many people, if you keep your computer long enough
> > you will need to choose between updating your kernel or dumping the video
> > card.
> 
> Does this take care of itself if you use the rpm-install version from
> rpm.livna.org and add it to your yum repositories?

I doubt it. If there is a major kernel change that breaks a driver after
Nvidia has stopped supporting that card, you are going to have to choose
between a kernel upgrade and a new video card.

For a lot of people, video cards will have improved enough in that time
frame, that they will just buy a new card.