Download Driver For nVidia Linux Display Driver 1.0-8756
nVidia has released a new set of Linux display drivers with version number 1.0-8756 that are 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 won’t be a problem for most people. A lot of new features have been added in this release, such as OpenGL support for the Composite X extension, hardware acceleration for the Render X extension, GLX 1.4 and improved power management and suspend-to-disk for Kernel 2.6.14 and above. The full changelog looks like this:
Release Highlights
- Adds support for GeForce 7300, GeForce 7400 Go, GeForce 7600 and GeForce 7900 GPUs.
- Added support for running OpenGL applications while the Composite X extension is enabled; see “The X Composite Extension” appendix for details.
- Enabled hardware acceleration of the Render X extension by default.
- Added “AddARGBGLXVisuals” X configuration option, so that OpenGL applications can render to X Windows’ alpha channel.
- Added Linux/i2c support to the NVIDIA kernel module; see the “i2c Bus Support” appendix for details.
- Improved power management support with Linux >= 2.6.14 and added support for suspend-to-disk.
- Added new “nvidia-auto-select” mode entry for use in the X configuration file; see description in the “Programming Modes” appendix.
- Added support for GLX 1.4.
- Added ability for OpenGL applications to span greater than 4096 pixels when in Xinerama.
- Improved G-Sync support.
- Fixed interlaced modes on CRTs.
- Improved compatibility with the latest Linux 2.6 kernels.
Support for the GeForce 7900 GTX has been added in this release.
Version number | 1.0-8756 |
Operating systems | Linux, Solaris |
Website | nVidia |
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file size |
12.36MB |
License type | Conditions (GNU/BSD/etc.) |