Download Driver For Nvidia Linux Display Driver 256.53
Nvidia released new *nix display drivers with version number 256.53 on the last day of August. They are available for Linux (32 bit), Linux (AMD64/EM64T), Solaris (x64/x86), FreeBSD (x86) and for some time now FreeBSD (x64). Specific installation instructions can be found on the individual pages. The most important changes and improvements are listed below.
Release Highlights:
- Fixed a bug that prevented XvMC from initializing in most cases.
- Added support for xorg-server video driver ABI version 8, which will be included in the upcoming xorg-server-1.9 series of releases.
- Fixed a bug that caused extremely slow rendering of OpenGL applications on X screens other than screen 0 when using a compositing manager.
- Fixed a regression introduced after 256.35 that caused stability problems on GPUs such as GeForce GT 240.
- Fixed a slow kernel virtual address space leak observed whenstarting and stopping OpenGL, CUDA, or VDPAU applications.
- Fixed a bug that left the system susceptible to hangs when running two or more VDPAU applications simultaneously.
The following downloads are available:
Linux Display Driver – x86
Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver
Solaris Display Driver – x64/x86
FreeBSD Display Driver – x64
| Version number | 256.53 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | Linux, BSD, Solaris, Linux AMD64, Linux IA-64 |
| Website | nVidia |
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| License type | Conditions (GNU/BSD/etc.) |