As pointed out in the #fedora FAQ on fedora.artoo.net, there are rpms for the nvidia driver, along with installation instructions.
What is so hard about installing with the source from nVidia's site? I just installed Fedora Core 1 and did this on the weekend and it worked PERFECTLY!
1. Go to http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-4496.html 2. Download NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run 3. Boot system in text mode (edit /etc/inittab and set run level to 3) 3. type "export CC=gcc32" 4. type "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run" 5. Edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file as described in the readme file 6. Boot the system in Gui mode (edit /etc/inittab and set run level to 5)