@xtym I went with your suggestion using 390…
[buzzzbuilder@localhost ~]$ lsmod | grep -i nvidia
nvidia_drm 53248 2
nvidia_modeset 1056768 12 nvidia_drm
nvidia 14729216 501 nvidia_modeset
drm_kms_helper 212992 1 nvidia_drm
drm 512000 5 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm
ipmi_msghandler 73728 2 ipmi_devintf,nvidia
[buzzzbuilder@localhost ~]$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=(hd2,gpt2)/vmlinuz-5.3.16-300.fc31.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora_localhost–live-root ro resume=/dev/mapper/fedora_localhost–live-swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora_localhost-live/root rd.lvm.lv=fedora_localhost-live/swap rhgb quiet rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau nvidia-drm.modeset=1
[buzzzbuilder@localhost ~]$ ls /etc/modprobe.d/
firewalld-sysctls.conf lockd.conf nvdimm-security.conf
kvm.conf mlx4.conf truescale.conf
[buzzzbuilder@localhost ~]$ glxinfo | grep -i OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.132
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.132
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 390.132
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
OpenGL ES profile extensions:
[buzzzbuilder@localhost ~]$ glxinfo -B
name of display: :1
display: :1 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
Dedicated video memory: 4096 MB
Total available memory: 4096 MB
Currently available dedicated video memory: 3637 MB
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.132
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.132
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 390.132
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
Well I would say that your advice @xtym and intuition is spot on! I think we have salvaged the use of this GPU ! which should be better than my previous 1G card I had in it. I was hoping for 4K graphics when my son got me this card, lesson learned on researching the product and trusting a vendor online.
For now I will stick to your last suggestion. Thank You so much for your help, and involvement from others as well. CHEERS