New XFX 8800GT card not recognized

[Owen Townend]

On 2/25/08, Leo Noordhuizen <leo.noordhuizen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I just upgraded from a Nvidia 8500 graphics card to a XFX 8800GT card. I
> was rather surprised that the card isnt recognized having a nVidia chipset.
> How can I convince the system to behave ? I presume that the nVidia
> drivers should work with this card.
>
> Thanks, Leo
>
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Hey,
  Are you using the pre-compiled binary (eg from synaptic) or the latest
from the nvidia site?
  Try http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
  Download and run it and it may help solve the problem.

cheers,
Owen.
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