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It took a while, but I've now implemented a database of GPU Models from AMD, Intel and NVIDIA for you to choose from for your PC Info. This means we can soon do a graph of what GPUs people use! So from the 1st of August with the next refreshed user statistics information, we will have a GPU graph!

As a result of these changes, any GPU Model you previously entered manually has been wiped (lots of weird spellings). Sorry, but it's the easiest way to make it accurate going forward. Now you only need to enter a couple characters and it will search and hopefully find your exact model for you to click.

I'm not currently including NVIDIA Quadro, because that's a workstation card. Same for the AMD FirePro stuff. However, if we get repeated requests to add them in, I might, but I doubt they're that used in our audience. I bet you will surprise me though...

If we really are missing a proper GPU, let me know in the comments. I would be surprised, since we have over 500 in the database.

If you've no idea what I'm talking about: see the user statistics page here for all the goodness. You can see the most popular distribution, desktop environment, RAM and so on. You can set your details through the User Control Panel, specifically this page. It's updated on the 1st of every month, with whatever people have given as their current information.

I know, exciting stuff, right? It's going to be interesting to see what the most popular GPU is amongst our readers.

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no_information_here Jul 28, 2017
Quoting: GuestFor anyone not sure about what model GPU they're running, something like the following may help:

lspci | grep VGA

(that assumes you have lspci available of course)
GLX can also query information:

glxinfo | grep Device

There are other ways as well, depending on the distro used. I'm not really up to speed on all the graphical tools available, so I encourage people to suggest alternatives.
Hmm. Not so useful in my case (Neon/Ubuntu 16.04). For "lspci | grep VGA" I get:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1c82 (rev a1)

...which probably doesn't help for this survey. For glxinfo I get nothing. In the Nvidia control panel, it tells me the card model on the "XScreen 0" tab. Your instructions may be more revealing for people running Mesa?

(I knew my card, but wanted work it out from scratch like you suggested).
WorMzy Jul 28, 2017
Looks good!

You seem to be missing my GPU's model: GeForce GTX 970Ti, which is surprising because I'm pretty sure you had one yourself previously. :P
Liam Dawe Jul 28, 2017
Quoting: WorMzyLooks good!

You seem to be missing my GPU's model: GeForce GTX 970Ti, which is surprising because I'm pretty sure you had one yourself previously. :P
The 970, 980 and 980ti are all in there. There's no such card as a 970ti.
grigi Jul 28, 2017
So I have a AMD Firepro M4000 in my motebook, which is pretty much identical to the AMD Radeon 7770M.
Neither of those are in the database.
GustyGhost Jul 28, 2017
Liam, you have been gathering this info long enough to have some meaningful trend data by now. Has anybody put it to use yet?
Liam Dawe Jul 28, 2017
I've gone ahead and now added in:
- The entire Radeon HD 7xxxM series
- The entire Radeon HD 6xxxM series

Quoting: AnxiousInfusionLiam, you have been gathering this info long enough to have some meaningful trend data by now. Has anybody put it to use yet?
I've seen developers pass the data around on Twitter a few times, I've also seen the link thrown on the Steam forum multiple times too :)
tuxintuxedo Jul 28, 2017
Quoting: no_information_here
Quoting: GuestFor anyone not sure about what model GPU they're running, something like the following may help:

lspci | grep VGA

(that assumes you have lspci available of course)
GLX can also query information:

glxinfo | grep Device

There are other ways as well, depending on the distro used. I'm not really up to speed on all the graphical tools available, so I encourage people to suggest alternatives.
Hmm. Not so useful in my case (Neon/Ubuntu 16.04). For "lspci | grep VGA" I get:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1c82 (rev a1)

...which probably doesn't help for this survey. For glxinfo I get nothing. In the Nvidia control panel, it tells me the card model on the "XScreen 0" tab. Your instructions may be more revealing for people running Mesa?

(I knew my card, but wanted work it out from scratch like you suggested).
You might want to try the update-pciids command (maybe sudo is needed).
Lakorta Jul 28, 2017
If you use Steam you can also click Help -> System Information (upper left corner). This will give you a nice list with hard- and software infos.
Linas Jul 28, 2017
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No Quadro cards? Mine is Quadro K1100M (GK107GLM) specifically.
WorMzy Jul 28, 2017
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: WorMzyLooks good!

You seem to be missing my GPU's model: GeForce GTX 970Ti, which is surprising because I'm pretty sure you had one yourself previously. :P
The 970, 980 and 980ti are all in there. There's no such card as a 970ti.

Oh wow, that's embarassing. I've had "970Ti" in various signatures since I got it three years ago.. I just checked my ebuyer orders, and sure enough, it's just a 970.
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