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Old 01-12-09   #1 (permalink)
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Release Highlights

* Added support for the following GPUs:
o Quadro FX 2700M
o GeForce 9400M G
o GeForce 9400M
o GeForce 9800 GT
o GeForce 8200M G
o GeForce Go 7700
o GeForce 9800M GTX
o GeForce 9800M GT
o GeForce 9800M GS
o GeForce 9500 GT
o GeForce 9700M GT
o GeForce 9650M GT
o GeForce 9500 GT
* Added initial support for PureVideo-like features via the new VDPAU API (see the vdpau.h header file installed with the driver).
* Added support for CUDA 2.1.
* Added preliminary support for OpenGL 3.0.
* Added new OpenGL workstation performance optimizations.
* Enabled the glyph cache by default and extended its support to all supported GPUs.
* Disabled shared memory X pixmaps by default; see the "AllowSHMPixmaps" option.
* Improved X pixmap placement on GeForce 8 series and later GPUs.
* Improved stability on some GeForce 8 series and newer GPUs.
* Fixed a regression that could result in window decoration corruption when running Compiz using Geforce 6 and 7 series GPUs.
* Fixed an nvidia-settings crash when xorg.conf contains Device and Screen sections but no ServerLayout section.
* Fixed a problem parsing the monitor sync range X config file options.
* Fixed a problem with the SDI sync skew controls in nvidia-settings.
* Fixed a problem that caused some SDI applications to hang or crash.
* Added support for SDI full-range color.
* Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.
Finally...I was having issues with the latest kernel and it looks like they've solved it with this release...haven't tried them yet tho.

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excellent find! ill have to try these out asap. rep+

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Is it still crashy? I've been avoiding 180.xx for that reason.

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Is it still crashy? I've been avoiding 180.xx for that reason.
haven't tried it yet, but this one isn't a beta...so I imagine it wouldn't be that bad...I heard bad things about the beta drivers iirc.]
i'll post if they work well...gotta finish up some other work first.
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Some people are having problems with suspend (mobile chips mostly), as well as problems overclocking certain 9xxx cards.

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alright so I've tried them out and they work fine so far with 2.6.28. Haven't done much testing but they haven't crashed or frozen.
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