Need to identify a GFX Card.

[Nick]

Well, I know what type of GFX Card it is and who makes it, but I've got no way of knowing how much memory is on board unless I install it, which is a whole lot of bother I don't want to go through.

I've had a look on the manufacturers site but with no luck... so now I'm stuck... help!

[streetster]

is it too much bother to whack it into a pc, turn it on, see what it says before the post screen, and then turn it off before it gets as far as loading windows , maybe share what you already know about the card and other people might be able to help

mark

[Benjamin]

Check the website of the card manufacturer

[streetster]

I've had a look on the manufacturers site but with no luck

[Nick]

Oops, yeah thatd help

Its a Matrox G400, but not a dual head model... and er... that's all I know.

Dont want to go dismantling my main rig.... way too much to disconnect and spaghetti to untangle!

[streetster]

any codes on the chip, or stickers anywhere that might hint at how much ram its got?

mark

edit:

from

picture i guess that if it looks like that ithas 16mb of ram, if it hasnt got empty bits then 32.. but the memory might be on the other side...

[Nick]

Thats my puppy... but all the chip slots are filled, so its a 32 meg one then?

[streetster]

dunno tbh i'm just going by the pictures on google.. then i saw some more which only have 4 chips and are 16mb (ie no spare 'holes' for the ram)... dont you have any other pcs you can just quickly pop open and be 100% whether this card is 16/32mb

mark

[SilentDeath]

get the codes from the ram chips, it might be obvios just from reading them more likely though you will have to look them up on google/manuf site.