> > A couple of months ago I've bought a graphics accelerated card for > > a really tempting price at a usually respectful shop. According to the box, > > it was NVidia TNT2 M64, 32MB, AGP. But on the board itself there is > > no NVidia identificator and the chipset is SiS305. > > > > I am currently using XFree86 4.1.0 with the sis driver. It is ok, but with > > no hardware acceleration and fewer video modes than with XFree86 3.3.6, > > even if we use the apropriate Modeline options (the numbers that work > > quite well in 3.3.6 seem to be misinterpreted by the X engine). Also, the > > driver sees only 16 MB. > > > > I know that this board is capable of hardware acceleration because the > > driver for windows that I tested worked pretty fine with games. And > > similar games on Linux become terribly slow. > > > > I have tried the nvidia driver several times, following every instruction, > > but it does not find any graphics board (no useful clue from troublesooting > > sections), so I suspect it has nothing to do with NVidia. > > basically, you seem to have gotten screwed. That card is not an nvidia card at all. It is a sis card. If I were you I'd take that card back and tell them it's not an nvidia card and that you want your money back.
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