Video Card Rehashing

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Bob Hemus wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 10:36 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
>>> 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)

No, you're using the nv X driver, not the nvidia X driver.  Sorry, you 
loose.  However, I can tell you that your GeForce2 MX is an NV11 GPU. 
You'll be in legacy land soon.

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