Video Card for SuperMicro SuperWorkstation 5046A-XB

[Steven P. Ulrick]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:47:56 -0500
Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 19:34:58 -0500,
>   "Steven P. Ulrick" <lists-fedora at afolkey2.net> wrote:
> > 
> > What I am now after is a video card.  I don't need anything fancy.
> > I think I would be satisfied with whatever functionality that I can
> > get just using the apporpriate open source driver.  So, I don't
> > mind using, let's say an NVidia card.  I further don't mind
> > completely and totally AVOIDING any issues involved with depending
> > on a proprietary company keeping their proprietary binary blob in
> > sync with the latest Kernel updates.  I just want a card that will
> > "Just Work" the above described system, with a minimum of headaches.
> 
> With which version of Fedora? Things are changing a lot in Fedora 11,
> so which cards work has been changing throughout rawhide.

Going with Fedora 11 was/is my intention.

> Right now my ATI rv530 based card is working pretty well for normal
> stuff. I don't do much 3d with it, but did do a short test using
> tremulous today and it seemed to work OK.

Steven P. Ulrick