Driver Update: nVidia Linux Display Driver 1.0-8174

nVidia today released a new set of display drivers with version number 1.0-8174 suitable for both the IA32– if it AMD64/EM64T-platform. Before you can use these drivers you must first agree to the nVidia Software License, although that will not be a problem for most people. In this release, various bug fixes have been implemented, support for some new cards has been added and cards can now also be used in SLI configuration. The complete changelog looks like this:

IA32 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 man pages 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.

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 man pages 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.

[break]The performance issue with the GeForce 7800 GTX has been resolved.