NVIDIA Linux Display Driver Performance Analyzed

Version: 1.0-7174
Release Date: March 31, 2005
Size: 9.0MB
Highlights

· Fixed performance problem when using AGPGART
· Fixed support for GeForce2 Integrated GPUs
· Fixed a workstation graphics stability problem
· Improved XRandR rotation support
· Fixed installation problems on some Linux 2.6 kernels
· Updated documentation

Version: 1.0-7167
Release Date: March 11, 2005
Size: 9.0MB
Highlights

· Support for GeForce 6200 with TurboCache GPUs
· Improved OpenGL workstation performance
· Added support for XRandR rotation
· Added ExactModeTimingsDVI X config option to give explicit control over the mode timings used on Flat Panels
· Added Xorg dlloader support
· Changed driver behavior such that PAT (Page Attribute Table) is used where possible instead of MTRRs
· Added a workaround for an X server bug with PCI-E GeForce 6800 and GeForce 6600; a fix has been provided to XFree86 and XOrg
· Fixed stability problems on x86_64 PCI-E systems
· Fixed 2D rendering corruption on certain older GPUs
· Improved compatibility with Linux 2.6 kernels
· Fixed compatibility problems with some SWIOTLB em64t systems
· Fixed a bug that triggered error messages of the form: "ioctl32(doom.x86:6747): Unknown cmd fd(16) cmd(c0384642){00} arg(ffffc75c) on /dev/nvidiactl"
· Fixed NvAGP incompatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels
· Improved interaction with the udev filesystem
· Improved performance of PCI cards on Linux 2.6 systems
· Updated documentation

Version: 1.0-6629
Release Date: November 5, 2004
Size: 8.3MB
Highlights

· Added support for GeForce 6600 and GeForce 6600 GT
· Added support for Quadro FX 4000 SDI
· Added support for 512 MB framebuffers
· Improved support for GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language)
· Improved performance for VBO (OpenGL Vertex Buffer Objects)
· Improved support for Linux 2.6 kernels
· Improved support for PCI Express
· Reduced virtual address space consumption in OpenGL applications
· Updated documentation

Version: 1.0-6111
Release Date: August 5, 2004
Size: 7.8MB
Highlights

· Fixed SoftImage certification issues
· Made the "Do you really want to quit?" dialog in nvidia-settings optional (via the nvidia-settings Configuration page)
· Fixed problem that prevented multiple simultaneous X servers from running on TNT/TNT2
· Fixed problem that caused TV-Out modes other than 640x480 and 800x600 to be unavailable
· Fixed problem that caused cursor misplacement/corruption in certain TwinView configurations
· Fixed problem that caused some AGP kernel module options to be ignored
· Fixed problem in GLSL with shadow2DProj
· Fixed console restore problems on GeForce4 Ti