On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Somewhat on topic. How does one know what version of nvidia-drivers to >>> use for their card? I went to the nvidia site and my card is not listed >>> anywhere. I have a FX-5200 with 128Mbs of ram I think. I'm just >>> curious cause I have trouble when I try to upgrade the drivers. I'm >>> currently using nvidia-drivers-173.14.09. >>> >> >> The readme file in the driver archive (and on the unix download page >> at ndivia's site) contains the list of supported GPUs and which driver >> can operate them. The FX-5200 is listed as being supported by the >> legacy driver 173.14.xx series. >> >> >> > > OK. I looked on the site but couldn't find anything even close to my > FX-5200. Maybe I was in the wrong place or something.
Here's the list section of the README file on the web: http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/180.44/README/appendix-a.html