Video Card Rehashing

[Shawn Tayler]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 14:42:39 -0500 (EST) Net Llama!
<netllama at linux-sxs.org> exclaimed:

> 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
> >>

$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/cards/0
Model:           GeForce FX 5900XT
IRQ:             16
Video BIOS:      04.35.20.38.51
Card Type:       AGP
DMA Size:        32 bits
DMA Mask:        0xffffffff

Good info Lonnie.  I take it from this display, my home system, that I
should be looking at a replacement?


Shawn