[gentoo-user] nvidia card swap

[gentoo-user] nvidia card swap

[James]

hello,

I have a system using  this card:
 "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"

and I want to use this card:
"NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"

to hopefully get more perfomance on  3D applications.

Can I just swap the hardware or do I have to edit
(xorg.conf) and recompile some software, such as
xorg-server ?


ideas?

James



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Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia card swap

[Rumen Yotov]

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:49:33 +0000 (UTC)
James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> hello,
> 
> I have a system using  this card:
>  "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
> 
> and I want to use this card:
> "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
> 
> to hopefully get more perfomance on  3D applications.
> 
> Can I just swap the hardware or do I have to edit
> (xorg.conf) and recompile some software, such as
> xorg-server ?
> 
> 
> ideas?
> 
> James
> 
> 
> 
Hi,
Currently don't have a NVidia card, but IIRC the former
uses: x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers, the latter:
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers.
But please check again, can't confirm.No other changed needed.
HTH. Rumen
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[gentoo-user] Re: nvidia card swap

[James]

Rumen Yotov <rumen <at> qrypto.org> writes:



> >  "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"

> > "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"

> Currently don't have a NVidia card, but IIRC the former
> uses: x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers, the latter:
> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers.
> But please check again, can't confirm.No other changed needed

Hello
Rumen,

Thank 
Rumen,


James




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[gentoo-user] Re: nvidia card swap

[»Q«]

In <news:20070121040830.15c77163@rumen.goto.bg>,
Rumen Yotov <rumen@qrypto.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:49:33 +0000 (UTC)
> James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > hello,
> > 
> > I have a system using  this card:
> >  "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
> > 
> > and I want to use this card:
> > "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
>  
> Hi,
> Currently don't have a NVidia card, but IIRC the former
> uses: x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers, the latter:
> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers.
> But please check again, can't confirm.No other changed needed.

It looks like the GF2 MX 400 is supported by the current
nvidia-drivers, so the legacy ones were never needed here.

<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml#doc_chap2_sect4>


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia card swap

[Dale]

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»Q« wrote:
> In <news:20070121040830.15c77163@rumen.goto.bg>,
> Rumen Yotov <rumen@qrypto.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:49:33 +0000 (UTC)
>> James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> hello,
>>>
>>> I have a system using  this card:
>>>  "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
>>>
>>> and I want to use this card:
>>> "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
>>>       
>>  
>> Hi,
>> Currently don't have a NVidia card, but IIRC the former
>> uses: x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers, the latter:
>> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers.
>> But please check again, can't confirm.No other changed needed.
>>     
>
> It looks like the GF2 MX 400 is supported by the current
> nvidia-drivers, so the legacy ones were never needed here.
>
> <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml#doc_chap2_sect4>
>
>
>   

After he installs the new card, he may have to reemerge the drivers
though and reload the modules too.

Dale

:-)  :-)  :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia card swap

[Norberto Bensa]

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Dale wrote:
> >>> I have a system using  this card:
> >>>  "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
> >>>
> >>> and I want to use this card:
> >>> "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
>
> After he installs the new card, he may have to reemerge the drivers
> though and reload the modules too.


Nope. I've swaped my MX200 for a FX5500. Turn the box on and enjoy. :)


Regards,

Norberto

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia card swap

[Dale]

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Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Dale wrote:
>   
>>>>> I have a system using  this card:
>>>>>  "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
>>>>>
>>>>> and I want to use this card:
>>>>> "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
>>>>>           
>> After he installs the new card, he may have to reemerge the drivers
>> though and reload the modules too.
>>     
>
>
> Nope. I've swaped my MX200 for a FX5500. Turn the box on and enjoy. :)
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Norberto
>   

Hmmm.  Now I know.  That's interesting though.  I guess it doesn't look
to see what kind of card you have until it loads up then.  Learn
something every day.

Dale

:-)  :-)  :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia card swap

[Hemmann, Volker Armin]

On Sunday 21 January 2007 02:49, James wrote:
> hello,
>
> I have a system using  this card:
>  "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
>
> and I want to use this card:
> "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
>
> to hopefully get more perfomance on  3D applications.
>
> Can I just swap the hardware or do I have to edit
> (xorg.conf) and recompile some software, such as
> xorg-server ?
>
>
> ideas?

just replace them. If you have not done anything stupid in xorg.conf, 
everything will work.

About the drivers: even the legacy drivers can drive the 5200 so there is no 
need to do anything.
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[gentoo-user] Re: nvidia card swap

[James]

Hemmann, Volker Armin <volker.armin.hemmann <at> tu-clausthal.de> writes:


> >  "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
> > "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"

> just replace them. 

OK, I've got to wait for a window of opportunity,
in the next few days to swap the cards. If I have trouble,
I'll post a new thread.

Thanks to all that responded!


James



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