Motherboard and Video Card compatibility question

[Gallienus]

Hello all I'm helping a friend set up a pc she can use to learn linux on. The motherboard of her pc is this
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/detail_spec.aspx?ID=en-us0000114

I have a MSi nvidia card laying around that I want to give her for the pc. This is the video card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127219

I just want to make absolutely sure the video card is compatible. Any advice is welcome.

[saikee]

Looks OK to me.

Your video is a AGP 4/8x and the mobo support and has a AGP 8X slot so it should take it.

[banzaikai]

I think what Gallienus meant was how the card would work with Linux, not the mobo.

Speaking from a Fedora point of view, I'd point out that:

- There's an on-board SiS661 video chip on the mobo already, no extra card needed. However, the SiS661 isn't 3D capable. If she doesn't need 3D stuff, then it'll be fine. If the 3D is needed or desired, then make sure the onboard can be disabled, or APIC is enabled to allow a dual-head setup without IRQs conflicting. Personally, I'd shove that nVidia in there and not look back.

- The NX7600 card is one of the more recent ones, so the newer dkms/nvidia-x11 drivers can be used (older GeForce cards need to use the 97xx or 96xx versions). I'm not sure if the dkms package is available with the Debian-based distros (apt/Synaptic) yet.

- The other thing that may be a problem is that on-board NIC (the IP101). Some forums state that it uses the {pick one} RTL8181 | 8139too | forcedeth | skge module. There's mention that the Fedora 8 Testing has the correct module/ID included in the latest build. Since I don't have an IP101 handy, I can't say what earlier Fedoras ID it as. You could also stick a cheap NIC in there (like a D-Link DFE-530+) and use that until the newer modules are developed.

banzai "nVidi-nut" kai

[webwolf]

That card should work like a charm on any halfway recent distrobution. On Ubuntu/Feisty use nvidia-glx-new