posterboy
08-20-2005, 08:03 AM
I had not seen any notice on here, but there new drivers, 1.0-7676. Don't (yet) know what has changed. Installation went well on FC4.
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infiniphunk
08-20-2005, 11:05 AM
Improvement on performance for Geforce 7800 card?nvidia (http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-7676.html)
Maybe check out this thread (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=54863) at nVNews for more details.
Maybe check out this thread (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=54863) at nVNews for more details.
paj12
08-20-2005, 01:27 PM
Improvement on performance for Geforce 7800 card?
What he said. This appears to be primarily a bugfix release. I wouldn't know, though. They lost me after 7174 when they dropped support for GeForce 2 cards. :(
What he said. This appears to be primarily a bugfix release. I wouldn't know, though. They lost me after 7174 when they dropped support for GeForce 2 cards. :(
pezplaya
08-20-2005, 01:37 PM
What he said. This appears to be primarily a bugfix release. I wouldn't know, though. They lost me after 7174 when they dropped support for GeForce 2 cards. :(
what! I didn't know they dropped support for GF2 cards... I guess it's good I upgraded mine not too long ago. I'm glad I found out though because I'm building a computer for my dad and put a GF2 card in it...
what! I didn't know they dropped support for GF2 cards... I guess it's good I upgraded mine not too long ago. I'm glad I found out though because I'm building a computer for my dad and put a GF2 card in it...
paj12
08-20-2005, 08:01 PM
From Appendix A of the README (ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7676/README.txt):
Below are the legacy GPUs that are no longer supported in the unified driver.
These GPUs will continue to be maintained through the special legacy NVIDIA
GPU driver releases.
NVIDIA chip name Device PCI ID
------------------------------- -------------------------------
RIVA TNT 0x0020
RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro 0x0028
RIVA TNT2 Ultra 0x0029
Vanta/Vanta LT 0x002C
RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro 0x002D
Aladdin TNT2 0x00A0
GeForce 256 0x0100
GeForce DDR 0x0101
Quadro 0x0103
GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro 0x0150
GeForce2 Ti 0x0151
GeForce2 Ultra 0x0152
Quadro2 Pro 0x0153
The latest version of the nvidia drivers that supports the old chipsets is 1.0-7174. That's not saying you shouldn't go with that GF2 in you dad's comp, though. With that card, it pretty much goes without saying you're not going to be playing the latest and greatest games, so having the absolute latest driver isn't that big of a deal.
Below are the legacy GPUs that are no longer supported in the unified driver.
These GPUs will continue to be maintained through the special legacy NVIDIA
GPU driver releases.
NVIDIA chip name Device PCI ID
------------------------------- -------------------------------
RIVA TNT 0x0020
RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro 0x0028
RIVA TNT2 Ultra 0x0029
Vanta/Vanta LT 0x002C
RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro 0x002D
Aladdin TNT2 0x00A0
GeForce 256 0x0100
GeForce DDR 0x0101
Quadro 0x0103
GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro 0x0150
GeForce2 Ti 0x0151
GeForce2 Ultra 0x0152
Quadro2 Pro 0x0153
The latest version of the nvidia drivers that supports the old chipsets is 1.0-7174. That's not saying you shouldn't go with that GF2 in you dad's comp, though. With that card, it pretty much goes without saying you're not going to be playing the latest and greatest games, so having the absolute latest driver isn't that big of a deal.
pezplaya
08-21-2005, 01:19 AM
I'm putting a GF2 in his pc cause he doesn't game at all, I have an extra one laying around, and its supported by linux. Basically like you said, I don't need the latest and greatest drivers. I can just use some old drivers, but it's still nice to know these cards are no longer supported.
Hayl
08-21-2005, 09:26 AM
anyone tried these with software-suspend-2 yet?
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