NVIDIA 1.0-2313 Drivers
November 29th, 2001 byAndy “God, I Wish I Was In LA Watching Lakers’ Games” Mecham sent word that NVIDIA released new Linux drivers this morning. The changelog lists:
- nForce 220D/420/420D Integrated GPU support (see products supported list)
- OpenGL® 1.3 with NVIDIA extensions
- Support for accelerated offscreen rendering via SGIX_pbuffer and SGIX_fbconfig extensions
- Improved Viewperf and Quake performance
- Enhanced mobile support
- Improved AMD support
- Performer multi-threaded support
These drivers apparently support the graphics adaptor on motherboards designed around the new nForce chipsets. NVIDIA has also released a script called NVchooser.sh that determines which files you should download if you’re unsure.
You can download them from the new NVIDIA Linux Drivers Page.
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
The last Nvidia drivers performed better for me than the Windows counterparts. I wonder if my system will see an improvement here? Props to Nvidia for their continued support of Linux gamers!
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
I didn’t see an improvement, but my FPS are better than the same game in Windows anyway. Ohh, I rebuilt the src GLX drivers with no problems. The README seems to leave them out for some reason
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Thanks for the great drivers Nvidia, as usual, it is unfortunate they are not open source – it takes away a number of advantages. When I get a G5 (assuming it will use Nvida hardware), I just hope I don’t have to use Mac OS X all the time.
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
The important question, though, is can these drivers finally get Sin (for Linux) working???? :(
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Bling bling, baby! We’re going for 3!
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
My current NVidia drivers work like a charm, with no hangs or crashes since I went to 2x AGP. Is this version as stable as the last?
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
I would NOT recommend upgrading to these drivers if you are running RedHat 6.2 (and apparently, Mandrake 7.1). The dynamic loader in these distribs apparently has a bug which causes problems w/ pthreads & the NV drivers. The TROUBLESHOOTING section of the README file details the issues.
Things are working great w/ the new drivers on RH7.2, but if you’re using RH6.2 or previous, things *will* crash.
NOTE: to all the NVIDIA-bashers out there: this is NOT an NVIDIA bug – it is (was) a bug in Linux.
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
I get a notice, when building the drivers, about the GPLONLY symbols (damned newer kernels) and also a bunch of errors from depmod. Since dummy me didn’t keep a backup driver, and the new install *thought* it worked right and erased the old one, I’m now stuck using the non-accel driver.
This bites.
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
For some reason these new drivers won’t work for me. I had to remove them and reinstall the 1.0-1541 drivers. Once I reinstalled the old drivers my system came up fine. I don’t get it. The error said “No screen available” which is bull of course. Back to reading documentation I guess.
Red Hat 7.1
Duron 800
Geforce 2 MX 200 <-(drivers detected a MX 400…. wierd)
Giga-Byte GA-7Zmm KM133 chipset I think.
256 MB RAM
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Wow, just installed the new drivers and get a nice boost in Q3 from 64.5 FPS to 77 FPS in 1280x1024x32 w/ all quality settings turned on. Haven’t tried any other games yet, I hope it’s not a Q3 only thing :) Maybe I should rename Q3 to quack or something :)[br][br]
So Far, so good….
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
I just want give Nvidia a big “Thank you!!” you are doing a very good jobb. I allso want to thank all that support Nvidia and buy there products. thank you!!
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Nvidia is doing a great job… Keep up the good work. =)
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Parsec project has just released the long awaited update for LAN-test. [br] I am mirroring it so go and get the Linux files from http://calypso.tky.hut.fi
Luigi
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Really nice. Little speed boost [few fps, not too many], but once again it’s nice to see nv still releasing drivers.
Or, indeed, what problems there are with the closed drivers, now? And you not wanting to put cloved stuff on your system… exactly how many of you have read glibc’s source? How do _you_ know that there’re no nasty trojans in it?
Gary (-;
PS No, I haven’t read the glibc source, either.
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
What motherboard/videocard are you using, to get AGP 4x to work.
I have an Abit KT7a (KT133a chipset) and a GeForce2 Pro.
AGP 4x reboots my PC when i run 3D.
(i’m using Nvidia AGP, not kernel AGP)
Everything runs great with AGP disabled.
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
I still don’t understand why the don’t include any devfs patch to their release. Could someone find any reason ??
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
I still don’t understand why the don’t include any devfs patch to their release. Could someone find any reason ??
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
I still don’t understand why the don’t include any devfs patch to their release. Could someone find any reason ??
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Even on my unfashionable DDR GeForce256 + dual Celeron 466 + v2.2 kernel these drivers are a noticable improvement in both 2D and 3D modes, and are rock steady. Now that’s support.
My next video card will *definitely* have an NVIDIA chipset!
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
The new drivers work real nice for me, but then again, I had no issues with the last ones, either.