- #NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARD SERIAL NUMBER HOW TO#
- #NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARD SERIAL NUMBER DRIVERS#
- #NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARD SERIAL NUMBER DRIVER#
- #NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARD SERIAL NUMBER MANUAL#
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center So by checking the opengl rendering library, we can find out if hardware acceleration is present or not.Ĭheck the glxinfo command output for OpenGL details $ glxinfo | grep OpenGL So it is possible to render graphics using opengl without actually having an opengl compatible gpu. However there are libraries like MESA that implement the opengl functions entirely inside software. OpenGL just defines the functions and the implementation is done inside the hardware which makes it very fast. The 3d processing functions provided by the hardware adhere to the OpenGL specifications, and with the right hardware, applications can access them through the opengl api.
#NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARD SERIAL NUMBER DRIVERS#
For this, the graphics card must support hardware acceleration and the correct drivers must be installed on the system to use this feature. With hardware based 3d acceleration, applications that need to draw 3d graphics can use the hardware directly to process and generate the graphics, speeding up 3d rendering significantly. Google up for that model to find the product specifiation document, and look for Video/Graphics information in it. The above output shows that its a "Intel DG35EC" motherboard. To find your motherboard model, use dmidecode or inxi command.ĭmidecode $ sudo dmidecode -t baseboard | grep -i 'Product' These contain technical details about the hardware. Vendors publish product specification documents for every motherboard model they manufacture. In that case, lookup the motherboard model and find its specifications. The series covers many similar models, while the pci id might not be documented on the website. However for integrated graphics chipsets like Intel GMA, you may not get sufficient details by just searching the series name (82G35 over here) or pci id. The specifications and other details would be available on the vendor's website. Integrated chipsets vs dedicated gpusįor dedicated units like nvidia or ati, you can easily search online for the model number or pci id. $ lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12Ġ1:00.0 VGA compatible controller : NVIDIA Corporation GT218 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 ) Here is a sample output from a system having an nvidia geforce 210 graphics card.
#NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARD SERIAL NUMBER DRIVER#
The active device driver is also listed in the "configuration" line. The pci details is indicated in the same way. Product: 82G35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller Ĭapabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom WARNING: you should run this program as super-user. The lshw command can also be used to get the above information. Now you can search google for more details using the Vendor name and the pci id. The first part (8086) indicates the vendor id (which is Intel here) and the second number (2982) indicates the pci id, which indicates the model of the graphics unit. Such a number is present for almost all graphics card. Note the numbers in the bracket - 8086:2982. VGA compatible controller : Intel Corporation 82G35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller The first line has the nae of the vendor, the model name/series and the pci id. Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) Memory at e0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device įlags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44 $ lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12Ġ0:02.0 VGA compatible controller : Intel Corporation 82G35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 )
#NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARD SERIAL NUMBER HOW TO#
First one is lscpi and here is a quick example showing how to fetch details about graphics unit (also called vga card or video card). But here we shall be using commands to find out the same information.
#NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARD SERIAL NUMBER MANUAL#
Ofcourse, its easier if you have the hardware manual that came along when you purchased the computer. So if you have an external graphics card like Nvidia or Ati, then you need to find the model name/number and then lookup further details online.