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differences in the entry: vendor
NVIDIA-Corporation
differences in the entry: model name
NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] (rev a1)
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
10de:0421
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified 2007
differences in the entry: interface
PCI-E
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
trisquel_5_0 , trisquel_5_5
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
2.6.38-11-generic, 3.0.0-17-generic
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
[p]This video card works well in Trisquel 5.0 with the "nouveau" driver and with 3D acceleration.[/p]
[p]lspci -vmmnn[/p]
[code]
Slot: 01:00.0
Class: VGA compatible controller [0300]
Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation [10de]
Device: G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] [0421]
SVendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. [1043]
SDevice: Device [824e]
Rev: a1
[/code]
[p]lspci -nnk[/p]
[code]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] [10de:0421] (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:824e]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb
[/code]
[p][b]Note:[/b][/p]
[p]The brand of this video card is [b]XFX[/b], and they make 2 differents models of this card. One with 512MB of memory ( DDR 2 ) and other one ( the one i have ) with 1GB of memory ( DDR2 ) with "Turbo-Cache" technology.[/p]
[p]This is the hardware setup that I used to make the test ([a]http://h-node.org/meet/user/en/RetroG|RetroG[/a]): [/p]
[p][b]Motherboard:[/b] ASROCK Wolfdale1333-D667.[/p]
[p][b]CPU:[/b] Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2,53GHZ.[/p]
[p][b]RAM:[/b] Kingston 2GB (667 MHZ) DDR2.[/p]
[p][b]HD:[/b] Western Digital 320GB SATAII.[/p]
[p][b]Monitor:[/b] LG Flatron W1943SE 19" LCD.[/p]
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