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| − | ''' | + | For some time now I've been on the lookout for a "modern" GPU with a PCI interface to breathe some life into my older machines without breaking the bank but it was never much of a priority. That is until a few weeks ago when [https://twitter.com/DosFox1/status/1284214493539708929?s=20 DosFox posted about an odd unbranded PCI Nvidia GT 610 on Twitter] so I decided to pick one up myself. The only branding on the card is from "MQX POWER" but it looks an ''awful lot'' like a Zotac card based on the orange ports and black PCB. |
| − | + | Zotac did produce a [https://www.zotac.com/au/product/graphics_card/gt-610-pci PCI version of the GT 610] but with only 512MB of GDDR3 video memory. | |
| − | + | They also made a PCI version of the [https://www.zotac.com/us/product/graphics_card/gt-520-pci GT 520] with 1024MB video memory. | |
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| + | So what are these cards? | ||
<gallery mode="traditional"> | <gallery mode="traditional"> | ||
| − | GT610_1.jpg | + | GT610_1.jpg |
GT610_2.jpg | GT610_2.jpg | ||
GT610_3.jpg | GT610_3.jpg | ||
GT610_4.jpg | GT610_4.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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| + | == PCB Comparison == | ||
| + | Zotec provides high resolution images of both the [http://hkftp.zotac.com/External/VGA/GTseries/GT520/ZT-50610-10L/Image/ZT-50610-10L.zip GT 520] and [http://hkftp.zotac.com/External/VGA/GTseries/GT610/ZT-60606-10L/Images/ZT-60606-10L_ws.zip GT 610] that I'll use for comparison. | ||
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| + | <gallery mode="traditional"> | ||
| + | ZT-50610-10L_image1.JPG|GT 520 Front | ||
| + | ZT-50610-10L_image3.JPG|GT 520 Back | ||
| + | ZT-60606-10L image1.jpg|GT 610 Front | ||
| + | ZT-60606-10L image3.jpg|GT 610 Back | ||
| + | ZT-60602-10L_image1.jpg|GT 610 PCI-e Synergy Edition Front | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | The GT 520 and GT 610 have nearly identical circuit boards, so much so that the product imagery for the back of the GT 610 '''has the sticker for a GT 520''' under the edge of the heatsink! | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
| + | eBay Links: | ||
| + | * https://www.ebay.ca/itm/254589095523 "MQX POWER GeForce GT610 1GB PCI VGA,DVI,HDMI 3D Video Card Graphics" | ||
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(Specifically mention DosFox) | (Specifically mention DosFox) | ||
Revision as of 16:56, 5 August 2020
For some time now I've been on the lookout for a "modern" GPU with a PCI interface to breathe some life into my older machines without breaking the bank but it was never much of a priority. That is until a few weeks ago when DosFox posted about an odd unbranded PCI Nvidia GT 610 on Twitter so I decided to pick one up myself. The only branding on the card is from "MQX POWER" but it looks an awful lot like a Zotac card based on the orange ports and black PCB.
Zotac did produce a PCI version of the GT 610 but with only 512MB of GDDR3 video memory. They also made a PCI version of the GT 520 with 1024MB video memory.
So what are these cards?
PCB Comparison
Zotec provides high resolution images of both the GT 520 and GT 610 that I'll use for comparison.
GT 520 Front
GT 520 Back
GT 610 Front
GT 610 Back
GT 610 PCI-e Synergy Edition Front
The GT 520 and GT 610 have nearly identical circuit boards, so much so that the product imagery for the back of the GT 610 has the sticker for a GT 520 under the edge of the heatsink!
Links
eBay Links:
- https://www.ebay.ca/itm/254589095523 "MQX POWER GeForce GT610 1GB PCI VGA,DVI,HDMI 3D Video Card Graphics"
(Specifically mention DosFox)
Dumping the BIOS
BIOS flash chip is a 64KB http://www.issiusa.com/pdf/Pm25LD512_010_020.pdf
13100001_vb1.rom flash_Pm25LD512.bin md5sum 10b158b890b14f93f5dfaeac3b7c7672
lcpci output
38:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 610] (rev a1) 38:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)
Extended output:
# lspci -s 38:00 -vvvv -xxx 38:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 610] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. GF119 [GeForce GT 610] Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 3 Region 0: Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Region 1: Memory at d8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Region 3: Memory at d6000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Region 5: I/O ports at e000 [disabled] [size=128] [virtual] Expansion ROM at ed080000 [disabled] [size=512K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [78] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us, L1 <64us ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- SlotPowerLimit 0.000W DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag+ PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s <1us, L1 <4us ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp- LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk- ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?> Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia 00: de 10 4a 10 06 01 10 00 a1 00 00 03 10 00 80 00 10: 00 00 00 ec 0c 00 00 d8 00 00 00 00 0c 00 00 d6 20: 00 00 00 00 01 e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 da 19 28 12 30: 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 01 00 00 40: da 19 28 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ce d6 23 00 00 00 00 00 60: 01 68 03 00 08 00 00 00 05 78 80 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 b4 01 00 a0 8d 00 00 80: 10 29 00 00 01 4d 05 00 00 00 11 10 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 09 00 14 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 38:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. GF119 HDMI Audio Controller Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 22 Region 0: Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [78] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us, L1 <64us ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- SlotPowerLimit 0.000W DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag+ PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s <1us, L1 <4us ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp- LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk- ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel 00: de 10 08 0e 06 01 10 00 a1 00 03 04 10 00 80 00 10: 00 00 00 ed 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 da 19 28 12 30: 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 02 00 00 40: da 19 28 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ce d6 23 00 00 00 00 00 60: 01 68 03 00 08 00 00 00 05 78 80 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 01 00 a0 8d 00 00 80: 10 29 00 00 01 4d 05 00 00 00 11 10 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00