[lug] PCI video card that "just works" with FC10?

[Zan Lynx]

Tony Dyson wrote:
> Another freeze-up this morning persuaded me to fit an old Matrox G450 & 
> see if stability improved, while I ponder a longer term solution.
> 
> After the Nvidia card had gone cold, it was apparent that it's cooling 
> fan no longer turned freely. Naturally, it's built into an elaborate 
> heat-sink & cant easily be replaced by a generic part.
> 
> So the change of O/S version may have been entirely coincidental & the 
> proprietary drivers may well be entirely blameless.
> 
> As I consider what to next, I'm being reintroduced to the quaint old 
> custom of "waiting while the screen re-draws" ;-)

What in the world are you doing to the poor video card?  I remember my 
Matrox G200 "back in the day" was hot stuff.  It played Quake 1,2,3 
really well and text looked nice on terminal windows.