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differences in the entry: vendor
NVIDIA-Corporation
differences in the entry: model name
nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS]
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
10de:10c3
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified
differences in the entry: interface
PCI-E
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
trisquel_7_0
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
3.13.0-121-lowlatency
differences in the entry: how does it work with free software?
works_with_3D
differences in the entry: free driver used
nouveau
differences in the entry: Description
lspci
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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3] (rev a2)
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sudo lspci -nnk
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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3] [10de:10c3] (rev a2)
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1303]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
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[h1]Verify 3D support[/h1]
grep -i "vendor\|rendering"
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glxinfo | grep "direct rendering:"
[code] -i "vendor\|rendering"
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
OpenGL vendor string: nouveau
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glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer string:"
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OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8
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[h1]Notes[/h1]
Is a basic Nvidia video card but works very well with the nouveau driver. Without fan the temperature keep in the range 50-70ºC.
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