Video Card Memory Usage

logosys · 09-24-2005, 05:12 PM

Howdy,

Can anyone tell me how to determine how much of my video card memory is being utilized? I have a feeling that my OS, using a generic driver, is not using the full 128MB of video memory allowed by my card (Inno3D GeForce4). Thanks so much.

tredegar · 09-26-2005, 03:20 AM

If you are using "a generic driver" you are unlikely to be getting the best performance from your video card. The GeForce4, I believe, is based on an NVIDIA chipset: Try installing the NVIDIA driver for linux from NVIDIA.

win32sux · 12-27-2006, 04:25 PM

hi, i'm in need of a way to do precisely what was asked (but never answered) in this thread... i was about to open a new thread but i used the "find similar threads" thing and i found this... so anyways, i'd like to know if there's a way to see how much video card memory is being used any given moment... maybe something sort of like the command:

Code:

cat /proc/meminfo

but specifically for graphics memory... anyone know how to do this??