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kalisti · Joined: 11 May 2011 Posts: 23

Hirens Boot CD confirmed it is a NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti4200 AGP8x

Thanks Pemasu!

Original Post:

Hi, I'm running puppy 4.3.1. trying to follow this thread on installing nvidia drivers. I installed Xorg DRI. Got glxgears running, got a framerate of 215, at another point a framerate of 400-something.
And that's as far as I get. I can't seem to find a way to find out what version my card is. I've tried

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5169 Location: Finland

Well, you should read your posted link to the end. You need to dowload and install devx sfs and kernel source sfs which are spesific for your puppy.
Then download right nvidia installer package. Then you need to run it and after that the right kernel module driver nvidia will be installed. Then you need to switch the driver with xorgwizard to use the newly compiled and installed nvidia.

That link seems to have good guide to do as I described.

Xor DRI gives acceleration and 3D support for you nvidia driver. First you need to get it installed and load it with xorgwizard.

kalisti · Joined: 11 May 2011 Posts: 23

Well, I did read it to the end. I still don't know which driver to get..

I have Xorg DRI installed and loaded.

r1tz · Posted: Thu 12 May 2011, 05:23 Post subject:

as far as i know, only after yo uinstalled your drivers will your computer regonize your graphics card.

in other words, you compputer do not know what card you have unless you install driver.

hmmm?

EDIT:i think i am wrong. i should be.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5169 Location: Finland

I read your first post and your topic really bad. My mistake. I am sorry.
Well, find out from net, what specs you desktop or laptop has. Usually you can obtain the graphics card information that way.
Use hiren`s boot cd to obtain information of your card. It has really good diagnostic applications.
Or use from menu > system > system status and config > hardinfo hardware information > pci devices

kalisti · Joined: 11 May 2011 Posts: 23

Pemasu, you seem to think this thread is about how to install a nvidia driver. It is not.
I do not know what graphics card I have. As I've said, she's a rescue. The only clue I have is a sticker on the front that reads:

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5169 Location: Finland

I fixed my above post. Read above.

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4352 Location: merriam, kansas

Look in menu > system > Pupscan interface information > pci
interfaces.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5169 Location: Finland

I think that Hiren`s boot cd with it`s diagnostic tools is for you.
http://www.hirensbootcd.net/download.html

Pupscan might provide useful information also.

In console #lspci -nn -v

kalisti · Joined: 11 May 2011 Posts: 23

pemasu:
I will look for hiren's boot cd. Hardinfo gives me the following:

kalisti · Joined: 11 May 2011 Posts: 23

It's not very intelligible to me, so here it is: (I tried to attach it as a file but the forum does not seem to want it)

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4352 Location: merriam, kansas

What is the make, model and specs of your computer??

kalisti · Joined: 11 May 2011 Posts: 23

Yep, my next move was to scroogle that.

It is a Medion PC MT6,
type: MED MT 164
Pentium 4 2.6Ghz
514MB RAM

And thanks for helping out folks.

kalisti · Joined: 11 May 2011 Posts: 23

Well, it turned up several results that say it has a GeForce 4 8X Ti 4200 Vers. 1.0, so I will give that a shot. The official website does not list this PC anymore.

I feel silly for not having done this already. Thanks again. I hope this is the right one.

Edit: Still, it remains a guess. I cannot be sure this is actually what is in this PC.

kalisti · Joined: 11 May 2011 Posts: 23

Edit: I'll make a new thread, as this post was not about finding out what graphics card I have, but the installation process of a nvidia driver.