[CentOS] Re: Generating xorg.config -- varying "nv" driver supportbetween versions

Fri Aug 5 15:32:13 UTC 2005
Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org>

"David Evennou (Data Masters)" <de at data-masters.com> wrote:
> Hi Bryan,
> I have the FX5200-TD128 card.

FX5200/5500 = NV34.
They are considered one of the poorest performing designs of
its generation.

Despite having newer 3D features, those suckers are typically
much slower than NV25/28 (GeForce4 Ti) series, even using
those newer 3D features (which the GF4 Ti backfills in the
driver).  Of course, if you're running with the 2D-only MIT
"nv" driver, that matters little.  ;->

> The "Device" SECTION still has (generic) for the GeForce FX
> BoardName.

Sometimes the NV30 driver will drive newer versions, but it's
recommended you have a XFree/Xorg version with an "nv" driver
that knows about the specifics of your GPU, namely NV34.



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