NVIDIA 180.16 Beta Linux Driver

[Jimmy]

didnt know there was a 180.11 release so i have to switch back to 178 .82 driver.Sometimes nvidia is really slow to update new driver on the homepage!

One of the reasons I keep Phoronix on RSS

[Med_]

After having tested it for some time finally i think there is some improvement on NVS135M. Far from perfect, especially in Twinview which gives quite a hit to the performances.

[greg]

Some beta drivers are only informally announced in the nvnews forums, to speed up the process.

The developers <-> users dialog in these forums is nice and effective too.

[killall-9]

didnt know there was a 180.11 release so i have to switch back to 178 .82 driver.Sometimes nvidia is really slow to update new driver on the homepage!

[greg]

the perfomence in 2d working much more better now with 9800gt on ubuntu 64bit.
180.06 was really slow in combination with firefox.

This was due to a bug in the glyph cache which was already fixed in 180.11.

For me, VDPAU now works *much* better than in the older drivers and MPlayer patches. All my H.264 videos play now, only the frame ordering issues need to be fixed still.

[killall-9]

the perfomence in 2d working much more better now with 9800gt on ubuntu 64bit.
180.06 was really slow in combination with firefox.

[galv]

I wish they'd first concentrate on fixing powermizer, or at least giving us a clear way to disable it.

I second that!

[superppl]

The release highlights for the 180.16 driver release mention support for the following GPUs being added: Quadro FX 2700M, GeForce 9400M G, GeForce 9800GT, GeForce 8200M G, GeForce Go 7700, GeForce 9800M GTX, GeForce 9800M GT, GeForce 9800M GS, GeForce 9500GT, GeForce 9700M GT, and GeForce 9650M GT.

The drivers have always worked fine for my gpu (in bold). Does this mean that features I wasn't aware of will work and/or performance will be improved?

[Milyardo]

I own a GeForce 8200 mGPU. Works fine.

[deanjo]

I was wondering which of the Nvidia GeForce mGPUs and nForce MCPs are now fully supported (i.e. on all of the north/south bridge functions handled by these chipsets, including video and audio) in Linux.

In particular, if one buys a motherboard with one of these IGP chipsets:
A. GeForce 8200 mGPU
B. GeForce 8300 mGPU
C. 750a SLI
how much mileage vs hassle should/could be expected for getting the mobo to work well?

Should all work fine.