Is he using THE Nvidia drivers from their site?  I've been using that 
driver for a few months now on a GeForce2 AGP card with zero problem - and 
I've used it on QuakeIII, Soldier Of Fortune, HOMM, Myth, Descent, etc.
Note: this stability was achieved after making sure my case was being 
cooled properly.  Those GF cards get HOT.


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Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Nathan England wrote:

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> Not to start a flame war, but I want some opinions on video cards under X and 
> how you feel the support is.
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> I use an ATI Rage 128 16mb agp. The linux support is great, 2d and 3d is 
> excellent with this card. I have no complaints.
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> My best friend uses a GForce 2 MX 32mb pci card. The nVidia drivers are 
> excellent for 3d gaming, but his machine freezes up a lot. When playing 3D 
> games or using konqueror to view the web it locks up very often with the 
> nvidia drivers. But while using the frame buffer, it works flawlessy, but no 
> accelleration.
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> What is your take on this? Do the nVidia drivers lock up machines a lot? Or 
> should he look into a new card?
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> What video cards do plug users use? What kinds of problems do you have with 
> normal 2d vs. 3D ?