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NVIDIA Releases Major Linux Driver With New Features, EGL
"You are comparing apples to oranges, my friend. Comparing EGL to GLX makes sense"
i did just that lol...
i asked if egl works better then glx even on xorg
lol. Misread that comment. Sorry about that...
As far as this driver (331.13) I'm now running the x86_64 version of it ~ which IS available on their website (directly from the Article's link, although i used my own script to grab it)... So yes, there is a 64bit version, as a matter of fact and the EGL support (according to nvidia's website) is 32bit only, for now. (as i said).
As far as this driver, i haven't noticed any regressions - but did already notice an improvement, in my own usage; I use a winelib application, where it sockets/xembeds in the VST plugin interfaces (into a gtk window). Some VSTs can resize (via their own resize-handle, wine-side vs. using the parent window's handle, gtk-side) - this can be slow / choppy. (especially, since Wine doesn't implement all of the XEmbed specification, so there are hacks to work around things)... However, with this newest driver - it does seem to be much smoother.
As far as this driver (331.13) I'm now running the x86_64 version of it ~ which IS available on their website (directly from the Article's link, although i used my own script to grab it)... So yes, there is a 64bit version, as a matter of fact and the EGL support (according to nvidia's website) is 32bit only, for now. (as i said).
As far as this driver, i haven't noticed any regressions - but did already notice an improvement, in my own usage; I use a winelib application, where it sockets/xembeds in the VST plugin interfaces (into a gtk window). Some VSTs can resize (via their own resize-handle, wine-side vs. using the parent window's handle, gtk-side) - this can be slow / choppy. (especially, since Wine doesn't implement all of the XEmbed specification, so there are hacks to work around things)... However, with this newest driver - it does seem to be much smoother.
generally, it seems to be a bit snappier too.
glad to hear!
now if only they realy a 64 bit of that egl and support newer kernels, i will be happy
glad to hear!
now if only they realy a 64 bit of that egl and support newer kernels, i will be happy
EGL will come in time, the fact that they have a public release at all, is great
as far as "newer kernels", this driver can be patched for 3.11 just fine ...anything beyond that you can't really expect nvidia to support. after all, kernel 3.12 isn't released and obviously nvidia aren't going to be basing their driver releases on (kernel) code pulled from git branches (like -tip) or anything silly like that...
EGL will come in time, the fact that they have a public release at all, is great
as far as "newer kernels", this driver can be patched for 3.11 just fine ...anything beyond that you can't really expect nvidia to support. after all, kernel 3.12 isn't released and obviously nvidia aren't going to be basing their driver releases on (kernel) code pulled from git branches (like -tip) or anything silly like that...
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