RHEL3 and Nvidia 260.19.36 driver
 

Hi, I have a RHEL3 system running a Nvidia NVS 285 graphics card. The driver installed is Nvidia 260.19.36. This drivers support a lot of other cards like Quadro fx 370. So if I replace my NVS 285 card with Quadro fx 370, do I need to install/compile driver again.

Nvidia drivers are compiled to match the installed and running kernel. The function of the module does not depend upon which GPU is installed, only that it A: matches the kernel using it, and B: supports the GPU installed.

This means that if you replace one supported GPU with another supported GPU the same driver functions with both. If you replace an non-supported GPU with a supported GPU the driver will now function as well.

I'd suggest stopping exactly where you are, and updating your system. RHEL3 is *ANCIENT*...it reached end-of-life in October 2010. So it's *THIRTEEN YEARS* out of date, complete with every unpatched/unupdated security fix and program update.

Spending time to update to the latest graphics drivers on a system that's so old, would be like putting a coat of paint on a house with holes in the roof. Why bother??

Thank you very much .