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NVidia Linux Driver 96.29 is available
Angel Sunset
Linutic
Join date: 7 Apr 2005
Posts: 636
11-08-2006 00:26
Just some feedback, which may interest Tofu for example :)

I installed the new driver from NVidia.

It has no REAL effect on the frame rate.

Turning on Bump Mapped & Cloth still causes SL Linux to instantly vanish into nothingness :p

As in my signature - Open GL Version is now NVidia 2.1.0, for what it is worth.
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Lecina Enigma
Linux Client User-x86_64
Join date: 16 Nov 2005
Posts: 32
11-08-2006 16:42
Here the Improvements, which are mostly to make the Driver aiglx compatible "texture_from_pixmaps", Ximera Improvements, Quadro added for sli etc...so no performance update more an feature update (imho important ones):


Linux Display Driver - x86

Version: 1.0-9629
Operating System: Linux x86
Release Date: November 7, 2006

Release Highlights

* Added initial support for GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap.
* Added new "Display Configuration" page in nvidia-settings.
* Improved workstation OpenGL performance in Xinerama.
* Added support for NVIDIA Quadro Plex.
* Added support for Quad SLI.
* Improved X driver error recovery.
* Improved workstation overlay performance.
* Added SMBus functionality to the Linux/i2c interface.
* Fixed DFP scaling support.
* Added support for OpenGL 2.1.
* Added new "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" X configuration option to control the order of display devices when in TwinView.
* Fixed some problems related to TV Out.
* Added new NVIDIA logo artwork to nvidia-settings and X driver splashscreen; the X driver splashscreen can now be configured with the new "LogoPath" X configuration option.
Lecina Enigma
Linux Client User-x86_64
Join date: 16 Nov 2005
Posts: 32
11-08-2006 16:45
From: Angel Sunset
Just some feedback, which may interest Tofu for example :)

Turning on Bump Mapped & Cloth still causes SL Linux to instantly vanish into nothingness :p

As in my signature - Open GL Version is now NVidia 2.1.0, for what it is worth.


I have a lil improvement in FPs, but thats cause i own a 7900GS 256MB, and this wasnt really supported with the 8xxx line (just G70,71,75 support).

I'm not experiancing any Problems with "Bump Mapped & Cloth".

all in all this driver isnt great changed from 9626.


For any futher Problems with Nvidia Card, that cannot be solved by Linden Lab i prefer to go to NvNews

Click me

This is the official unoffical Forum from Nvidia, where technicans from Nvidia are reading and answering as well they are collectiong there the debug logs.