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stroky

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Registered: 2023-05-17

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How to know which gpu is used ?

Hey,
I was tinkering around GPU and i tried to check if my system is using GPU.
But nvtop is saying no GPU to monitor.
Also how i can check usage and more info about my GPU?

       /\         stroky@archd
      /  \        os     Arch Linux
     /\   \       host   H310M S2 2.0
    /      \      kernel 6.6.72-1-lts
   /   ,,   \     uptime 18m
  /   |  |  -\    pkgs   1992
 /_-''    ''-_\   memory 2138M / 15942M

❯ lspci | grep -i VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce G210] (rev a2)
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❯ glxinfo | grep -i "OpenGL render"
OpenGL renderer string: NVA8
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❯ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:01\:00.0/power/runtime_status
active
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❯ nvtop
No GPU to monitor.
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❯ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce G210] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0000
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau

docs i refered: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA … eactivated

Thank you.

Last edited by stroky (2025-02-24 04:35:04)

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

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Re: How to know which gpu is used ?

before mods close this for necrobumb (the topic is from 2016) your card is ecen older (according to wikipedia: nvid gt310 from nov. 2009)
it was also an oem-only series and from the very bad english I guess this was somewhat a dumbster find

long story short buddy: running a h310 board with 16g of ram that gpu is about 10 years too old - go look for something modern from at least the 900 series

stroky

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Registered: 2023-05-17

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Re: How to know which gpu is used ?

before mods close this for necrobumb (the topic is from 2016) your card is ecen older (according to wikipedia: nvid gt310 from nov. 2009)
it was also an oem-only series and from the very bad english I guess this was somewhat a dumbster find

long story short buddy: running a h310 board with 16g of ram that gpu is about 10 years too old - go look for something modern from at least the 900 series

Thanks Buddy

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: How to know which gpu is used ?

Tesla chips were last supported w/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-340xx-dkms/
It's gonna be an increasing PITA to make that work w/ newer kernels, check the AUR comments.

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Re: How to know which gpu is used ?

Split off from https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=212455

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