Video Card Rehashing

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Shawn Tayler wrote:
> 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?

You've got an NV35, which will be supported in drivers for the forseeable 
future, so there isn't an urgent need to upgade.  But I certainly wouldn't 
object if you wanted something a but more current.  :)

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