nvdia doubt

anoop_chandran · 01-18-2002, 01:22 AM

hi,

i have a redhat7.0-kernel2.4.3-XFree864.0.2 and Windows XP dual booting...

the problem(??) is concerned with how my AGP card is denoted in either of these OSes ..

in linux it says...nVidia Riva TNT 2 | Vanta
while in Windos XP device manger says:nVidia Riva TNT 2 M64

i had in fact bought Riva TNT2 M64.why does linux say its Vanta?should i replace the driver provided by XFree86 ?

pls help..

bye...

isajera · 01-18-2002, 02:14 AM

aren't vanta and the m64 the same chipset? i think just the riva tnt 2 part should be enough to determine what driver you need.

anoop_chandran · 01-18-2002, 02:33 AM

hmmm.. i'm not so sure...

i dunno whether this is worth mentionng...coz it says "creative"
check out this article:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/video/creative-m64.html

---->>>>according to nVidia, its Riva TNT2 M64 is not a Vanta but
an absolutely new chipset with Riva TNT2 core and a 64bit
memory bus.

bye......

therion12 · 01-18-2002, 08:06 AM

Vanta Graphics Core: 128-bit
Pixels per Second: 200 Million
Memory Bandwidth: 1.0Gb/sec.

TNT M64 Graphics Core: 128-Bit
Pixels per Second: 250 Million
Memory Bandwidth: 1.2Gb/sec

This is quoted directly from nVIDIA's offical website.

dj_relentless · 01-19-2002, 01:14 AM

Does it crash in windows? if not then its prolly a m64..I'd prolly change the driver in linux..(you good always rip it out and see if there anything on the card that'll tell you)
Windows is usually good for probing vid cards..

Aussie · 01-19-2002, 01:41 AM

If you install the nvidia drivers then it won't matter.

anoop_chandran · 01-20-2002, 01:50 AM

first of all i'm sorry for the delay.

dj, it doesn't crash in windows ,i have winXP and play unreal with not much problems,...may be i should get a driver from nvidia itself for linux ...

thanx to all..
bye..