Quote Originally Posted by Harrison View Post
The good thing about a lot of hardware these days is how it is all quite standardised. Most graphics and sound cards have built in support for generic drivers, so even if you can get the most from a piece of hardware, at least it will work.
Graphics cards tend to adhere to the VESA standard, so using the VESA drivers is enough for basic graphics use. I've seen some insanely high resolutions with VESA drivers before.