Video Card Rehashing

[Bob Hemus]

On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 10:36 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Michael Hipp wrote:
> > Net Llama! wrote:
> >> As for downgrading to an older GPU, I'd strongly recommend against that,
> >> not so much for performance reasons (for TV-out its not going to make any
> >> noticable difference), but more because of driver support reasons.  The
> >> 1.0-9629 driver that was released today, is possibly going to be the last
> >> driver that supports NVIDIA GPUs older than NV3x.  Your Ti-4200 and the
> >> MX4xx line are NV25 and NV18 respectively, so you're going to be in legacy
> >> territory within 6 months time.
> >>
> >> Is there a good reason why you aren't considering something newer?  You
> >> can get a GeForce 6 series graphics card on newegg for under $50:
> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1069609639+1305520548+106790703&Subcategory=48&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=
> >> All of them have TV-out.
> >
> > Lonni... Great info! Thanks. But how does one tell what NVxx a 
> > particular card is made of? It isn't obvious to me from the descriptions 
> > such as the ones at Newegg.
> 
> Googling.  Or if you have the hardware around, look at the 2nd field of 
> the VBIOS :
> $ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/cards/0
> Model:           GeForce FX 5200
> IRQ:             209
> Video BIOS:      04.34.20.22.00
> Card Type:       AGP
> DMA Size:        32 bits
> DMA Mask:        0xffffffff
> 
> The card above has an NV34 GPU.
> 
Lonnie, is it Suse (your favorite) or what?  When I bob at Hemus:~>
cat /proc/driver/nvidia/cards/0
I get cat: /proc/driver/nvidia/cards/0: No such file or directory

So.. I  Hemus:/home/bob # firefox /proc
and get file:///proc/driver, with these two files; rtc 11/08/06 11:15:33
File:snd-page-alloc 11/08/06 11:15:33

Where would be mine?  I can find in <My Computer> Display Info
Vendor:  nVidia Corporation
  Model:  GeForce2 MX/MX 400
  Driver:  nv (No 3D Support)
Bob