[mythtv-users] I inherited a box of video cards

Steve Allison mythtv-users at stalks.nooblet.org
Sun Aug 16 10:39:46 UTC 2009


drew einhorn wrote:
> Is there a good utility I can run
> that will give me an understandable
> description of each cards capabilities.
>
> I can stick them in a box, boot, and do a dmesg, but that's likely to 
> give me
> a whole lot of gibberish that I can't understand without a lot of time
> researching what it all means.
>
> Some of these cards are worth keeping, and some are junk.
>
> I wish I knew how to tell the difference.
>
> -- 
> Drew Einhorn
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A quick hack would be to boot up, do "lspci|grep VGA", note down the
model and google it.


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