nVidia heeft vandaag een nieuwe set display drivers uitgebracht met versienummer 1.0-8174 die geschikt zijn voor zowel het IA32- als het AMD64/EM64T-platform. Voordat je deze drivers mag gebruiken moet je eerst akkoord gaan met de nVidia Software License, al zal dat voor de meeste personen geen enkel probleem zijn. In deze release zijn onder andere diverse bugfixes doorgevoerd, is ondersteuning voor enkele nieuwe kaarten toegevoegd and kunnen nu ook kaarten in SLI-opstelling worden gebruikt. Het complete changelog ziet er als volgt uit:
IA32 Release Highlights:AMD64/EM64T Release Highlights:
- Fixed GeForce 7800 GTX clocking problem that affected 3D performance.
- Added support for NVIDIA SLI. Please see the README for details.
- Added a new utility 'nvidia-xconfig', which is a commandline tool for updating X configuration files.
- Added support for new GeForce 6100, GeForce 6150 and GeForce 7800 GTX 512.
- Added manpages for 'nvidia-xconfig', 'nvidia-settings', and 'nvidia-installer'.
- Made UseEdidFreqs "on" by default; the NVIDIA X driver will use the valid HorizSync and VertRefresh frequency ranges from the EDID whenever possible.
- Added support for Stereo Digital Flat Panels such as the SeeReal and Sharp3D DFPs.
- Added HTML version of the README.
- Added support for static Rotation; see the "Rotate" X config option in the README.
- Improved stability on 64-bit Linux 2.6 kernels.
- Fixed driver installation when SELinux is enabled.
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- Fixed GeForce 7800 GTX clocking problem that affected 3D performance.
- Added support for NVIDIA SLI. Please see the README for details.
- Added a new utility 'nvidia-xconfig', which is a commandline tool for updating X configuration files.
- Added support for new GeForce 6100, GeForce 6150 and GeForce 7800 GTX 512.
- Added manpages for 'nvidia-xconfig', 'nvidia-settings', and 'nvidia-installer'.
- Made UseEdidFreqs "on" by default; the NVIDIA X driver will use the valid HorizSync and VertRefresh frequency ranges from the EDID whenever possible.
- Added support for Stereo Digital Flat Panels such as the SeeReal and Sharp3D DFPs.
- Added HTML version of the README.
- Added support for static Rotation; see the "Rotate" X config option in the README.
- Improved stability on 64-bit Linux 2.6 kernels.
- Fixed driver installation when SELinux is enabled.
Het performance-probleem met de GeForce 7800 GTX is opgelost.