14 DAY TRIAL // Nvidia Linux Display Driver version 169.07 was released yesterday. If you own a GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GTS 512 or 8800M graphics card, you should know that this driver offers support for them.
The highlists of this release are:
￭ Added CUDA driver to .run file. ￭ Improved modesetting support on Quadro/GeForce 8 series GPUs. ￭ Fixed several X rendering issues. ￭ Fixed problems scrolling ARGB X drawables in Qt. ￭ Improved support for interlaced DVI, HDMI, and HDTV modesetting. ￭ Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 8 series GPUs. ￭ Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 6200/7200/7300 GPUs multi-core/SMP systems. ￭ Improved hotkey switching support for some Lenovo notebooks. ￭ Fixed a problem with Compiz after VT-switching. ￭ Improved RENDER performance. ￭ Improved interaction with Barco and Chi Mei 56" DFPs, as well as with some Gateway 19" DFPs. ￭ Added an interface to monitor PowerMizer state information. ￭ Fixed rendering corruption in Maya's Graph Editor. ￭ Improved interaction between SLI AFR and swap groups on certain Quadro FX GPUs. ￭ Fixed a bug that caused corruption with redirected XV on GPUs without TurboCache support. ￭ Improved display device detection on GeForce 8 series GPUs. ￭ Improved usability of NVIDIA-settings at lower resolutions like 1024x768 and 800x600. ￭ Improved GLX visual consolidation when using Xinerama with Quadro/GeForce 8 series and older GPUs. ￭ Added experimental support for running the X server at Depth 30 (10 bits per component) on Quadro G8x and later GPUs. ￭ Worked around a Linux kernel/toolchain bug that caused soft lockup errors when suspending on some Intel systems.
Nvidia really made some Linux users happy with this driver - a true Christmas present - which will let them fully enjoy their video cards capabilities.
You can download the latest Nvidia video driver for Linux operating systems for x86 architecture and AMD64/EM64T from Softpedia.