[lug] Moving from integrated to AGP video card

[D. Stimits]

Bear Giles wrote:
> Does anyone else have experience moving from an integrated to an AGP 
> (nvidia) card?
>
> I didn't have a problem with identical hardware running windows.
>
> On Linux, I went into the bios and tried changing the default video 
> driver, no joy.  X -configure doesn't seem to see video card either.  
> It's rather annoying since the integrated controller is limited to 
> 1024x768 under Linux.
>
>
My experience is that the nvidia cards just work. The only exception 
being cards that are actually defective or being powered by a power 
supply with insufficient capacity. I've also seen brand-name boxes that 
won't accept a full set of BIOS setup options, as the manufacturer only 
supports running the system on their own setup and intentionally 
lobotomizes the BIOS. If you don't see text mode during boot, then the 
BIOS isn't using that card, or the card/power/defect combination are bad.


D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net