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GeForce 8 Articles & Reviews

21-Way NVIDIA Fermi/Kepler/Maxwell/Pascal OpenCL GPU Comparison   Graphics Cards   2017-05-31
28-Way NVIDIA GeForce GPU Comparison On Ubuntu: From GeForce 8 To GeForce 1080   Graphics Cards   2017-05-29
1080p NVIDIA Linux Comparison From GeForce 8 To GeForce 900 Series   Graphics Cards   2016-01-23
OpenGL Performance & Performance-Per-Watt For NVIDIA GPUs From The Past 10 Years   Graphics Cards   2016-01-19
Another Look At The Latest Nouveau Gallium3D Driver   Display Drivers   2011-01-21
A NVIDIA VDPAU Back-End For Intel's VA-API   Display Drivers   2009-02-03
Nouveau Companion 40   Display Drivers   2008-10-29
NVIDIA 173.14.12 Linux Driver   Display Drivers   2008-07-30
ECS GeForce 8800GT 256MB   Graphics Cards   2008-07-28
ECS GF8200A Black & ASRock K10N78FullHD-hSLI   Motherboards   2008-07-07
NVIDIA GeForce 8200 IGP   Graphics Cards   2008-06-20
SilverStone Sugo SG02-F   Enclosures   2008-06-02
Nouveau Companion 38   Display Drivers   2008-04-03
ASUS GeForce 9600GT 512MB   Graphics Cards   2008-03-21
Nouveau Companion 37   Display Drivers   2008-03-20
NVIDIA Performance: Windows vs. Linux vs. Solaris   Graphics Cards   2008-03-07
Nexuiz 2.4 Offers Impressive Graphics   Linux Gaming   2008-03-01
NVIDIA 2007 Year In Review   Display Drivers   2007-12-24
NVIDIA XRender Performance Improved   Display Drivers   2007-12-03
Gigabyte GeForce 8600GTS 256MB   Graphics Cards   2007-11-27
NVIDIA 169.04 Driver Improvements   Display Drivers   2007-11-23
NVIDIA 169.04 Beta Linux Driver   Display Drivers   2007-11-16
Thermaltake DuOrb GPU Cooler   Peripherals   2007-11-07
ASUS GeForce 8600GT 256MB   Graphics Cards   2007-10-29
Nouveau Companion 28   Display Drivers   2007-10-12
Nouveau Companion 27   Display Drivers   2007-09-26
NVIDIA SLI: Linux vs. Windows   Graphics Cards   2007-09-26
NVIDIA GeForce 8 + 100.14.19 Redux   Display Drivers   2007-09-23
NVIDIA 100.14.19 + 8800GTS 640MB   Graphics Cards   2007-09-20
NVIDIA 100.14.19 Display Driver   Display Drivers   2007-09-18
ATI Radeon HD 2400/2600 On Linux   Graphics Cards   2007-09-07
Nouveau Companion 26   Display Drivers   2007-08-22
Gigabyte GeForce 8600GT 256MB   Graphics Cards   2007-07-26
NVIDIA GeForce 8: Linux vs. Windows   Graphics Cards   2007-07-18
NVIDIA 100.14.09 Display Driver   Display Drivers   2007-06-08
NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT 256MB   Graphics Cards   2007-04-28
NVIDIA 1.0-9755 Display Driver   Display Drivers   2007-03-07
NVIDIA 8800GTX / 8800GTS   Graphics Cards   2006-11-08

GeForce 8 Linux & Open-Source News

Older Intel Graphics With Crocus Enjoy EXT_gpu_shader4, GLAMOR 2D Improvements   Intel   2021-07-13
Nouveau Working On Bringing Up Some OpenGL Compute Shader Support For NV50 Era GPUs   Nouveau   2021-05-01
NVIDIA Retiring Their Pre-Fermi "340 Series" Legacy Linux Graphics Driver   NVIDIA   2020-01-31
NVIDIA Releases 340.108 Linux Driver Providing Updated Legacy Support For GeForce 8 / 9   NVIDIA   2019-12-23
Mesa 19.1 To Expose EXT_gpu_shader4 Support   Mesa   2019-04-25
Marek Tackles EXT_gpu_shader4 Support In Gallium3D For Old Games/Apps   Mesa   2018-08-08
NVIDIA 340.107 Legacy Linux Driver Brings X.Org Server 1.20 Support   NVIDIA   2018-06-08
The Most Popular Linux / Open-Source News Of The Past 14 Years   Phoronix   2018-06-05
NVIDIA 340.106 Legacy Driver Released For KPTI Compatibility   NVIDIA   2018-01-16
Ryzen, Linux 4.12 & Polaris Evolved Were Exciting This Month   Phoronix   2017-05-31
The Most Popular Linux News Of The Past 13 Years   Phoronix   2017-05-29
Day of Infamy Released For Linux Gamers   Linux Gaming   2017-03-23
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 Rolls Into Public Beta   Linux Gaming   2017-03-20
Day of Infamy Officially Launching Later This Month, Official Linux Support   Linux Gaming   2017-03-10
The End Of An Era: A Look Back At The Most Popular Solaris Milestones & News   Oracle   2017-01-19
Football Manager 2017 Released For Linux   Linux Gaming   2016-11-04
Rocket League Finally Released For Linux   Linux Gaming   2016-09-08
Vulkan, Raspberry Pi 3, AMDGPU & Other Exciting Linux Milestones So Far This Year   Phoronix   2016-06-28
The Most Popular Linux Hardware Reviews & Articles Over The Past 12 Years   Phoronix   2016-06-06
Nouveau vs. Modesetting X.Org Drivers For Open-Source NVIDIA Users   Nouveau   2016-04-06
Linux Distribution Battles, Linux 4.5, & Graphics Drivers Were Hot This Month   Phoronix   2016-01-31
12 Years After Launch, The GeForce 6 Can Still Run On Modern Linux Distributions   NVIDIA   2016-01-17
Nouveau NV50 Gets Basic Compute Support, A Step Towards OpenCL   Nouveau   2015-11-15
NVIDIA 358.09 Beta Prepares For DRM Mode-Setting Interface   NVIDIA   2015-10-12
Purism Librem Laptops Remain Blobbed Up, Less Than Interesting   Hardware   2015-07-26
The Most Popular Linux & Open-Source News Over The Past 11 Years   Phoronix   2015-06-05
SteamOS 159 Drops Support For NVIDIA's Pre-Fermi Graphics Cards   Valve   2015-05-06
SuperTuxKart 0.9 Released With Its New OpenGL 3 Engine   Linux Gaming   2015-04-21
The Most Popular Linux Benchmark Results On OpenBenchmarking.org   Phoronix   2015-02-28
NVIDIA 346.35 Linux Driver Supports Maxwell Mobile GPUs   NVIDIA   2015-01-18
NVIDIA Adds PhysX GPU Acceleration Support Under Linux   NVIDIA   2014-10-13
Nouveau Works On Maxwell Fan Management   Nouveau   2014-08-17
NVIDIA 343 Linux Driver Improves EGL Support, Fixes Many Bugs   NVIDIA   2014-08-06
The Most Popular Linux Stories Of The Past 10 Years   Phoronix   2014-06-05
Nouveau On Linux 3.16 Will Allow You To Try Re-Clocking   Nouveau   2014-06-04
The 60+ GPUs For The Biggest-Ever Linux GPU Comparison   Hardware   2014-05-31
NVIDIA Performance Counters Continue To Be Reverse-Engineered   Nouveau   2014-05-18
Nouveau Might Add A "NvReclock" Option   Nouveau   2014-05-16
NVIDIA Releases 337 Linux Driver With Overclocking, Better EGL   NVIDIA   2014-04-08
Nouveau Picks Up Slightly Better OpenGL 4.0 Support   Nouveau   2014-04-07
NVIDIA's Releasing An Overclocking Linux Driver Tomorrow   NVIDIA   2014-04-06
NVIDIA Will Support Newly-Dropped GPUs On Linux Through 2019   NVIDIA   2014-03-28
NVIDIA Dropping Pre-Fermi GPUs From Their Mainline Linux Driver   NVIDIA   2014-03-12
NVIDIA Updates Legacy Driver, 304.1210 Supports New Kernels   NVIDIA   2014-03-11
Nouveau NV50 Gallium3D Gains A Bit More Of GL 4.0   Nouveau   2014-02-26
NVIDIA 331.49 Driver Released For Linux Users   NVIDIA   2014-02-18
OpenGL 3.3 Support Lands For RadeonSI Gallium3D   Radeon   2014-01-29
Nouveau Gallium3D Now Supports OpenGL 3.2, 3.3   Nouveau   2014-01-27
Nouveau Advances For OpenGL 3.2 Support   Nouveau   2014-01-13
NVIDIA Updates Its 319 Linux GPU Driver   NVIDIA   2014-01-10
NVIDIA Legacy Driver Updated For X.Org Server 1.15   NVIDIA   2013-12-06
Nouveau Receives Greater Re-Clocking Support   Nouveau   2013-11-13
NVIDIA Updates Legacy Driver For Decade-Old GPUs   NVIDIA   2013-11-07
Nouveau NV50 VP3/VP4 Engine Support Committed   Mesa   2013-08-16
Nouveau Is Back To Needing NVIDIA GPU Dumps   Nouveau   2013-07-31
Nouveau VP2 H.264/MPEG2 Decoding Now In Gallium3D   Nouveau   2013-07-18
Nouveau Gets H.264/MPEG2 Decoding From VP2   Nouveau   2013-06-28
Geometry Shaders Come To NV50 Gallium3D   Nouveau   2013-04-17
Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Drivers On Quadro Laptop   Nouveau   2013-03-15
Nouveau vs. Radeon 2D Graphics Performance   X.Org   2013-02-27
Graphics Card Support For QEMU/KVM Comes Closer   Virtualization   2013-01-29
The Most Popular Linux Stories Over Eight Years   Free Software   2012-12-21
Linux 3.8 Kernel May Have Better Nouveau Re-Clocking   Nouveau   2012-10-08
The Most Popular Linux News Of Eight Years   Hardware   2012-06-06
X.Org To Pay For Better Nouveau GPU Reclocking   Nouveau   2012-05-25
NVIDIA 295.49 Fixes Linux Performance Regression   NVIDIA   2012-05-04
NVIDIA Confirms Linux Driver Problems   NVIDIA   2012-04-17
A Massive Nouveau Code Push Happened Today   Nouveau   2012-04-13
New Linux Gaming Benchmarks Published   Phoronix   2012-04-10
State Of NVIDIA's VDPAU, A New Community List   NVIDIA   2012-02-25
NVIDIA Releases 295.20 Linux Drivers   NVIDIA   2012-02-13
Mesa 8.0 Advances Open-Source Linux Graphics Drivers   Mesa   2012-02-09
Nouveau Working On Video Decoding & More   Nouveau   2012-02-08
Nouveau Can Do OpenCL Compute For Open-Source NVIDIA   Nouveau   2012-02-06
Reclocking Hits For Open-Source NVIDIA Driver   Nouveau   2012-01-28
Reverse-Engineered NVIDIA Driver Works On Re-Clocking   Nouveau   2012-01-24
It's Official: Mesa 8.0 With OpenGL 3.0   Mesa   2012-01-09
The Different Gallium3D Drivers Available   Mesa   2011-06-30
Ubuntu 11.04 Doesn't Play With Nouveau Gallium3D   Ubuntu   2011-04-21
On Low-End GPUs, Nouveau Speeds Past The NVIDIA Driver   Linux Kernel   2011-03-19
Adobe Flash Player 10.3 Linux Beta Released   Proprietary Software   2011-03-08
Nouveau Page-Flipping For NV50/Fermi Is Flipped On   Nouveau   2011-02-11
Canonical Puts Out A Hardware List, But It Falls Short   Hardware   2011-02-10
MythTV Developers Plan Xv, XvMC, OpenGL Changes   Multimedia   2010-12-02
The State, Direction Of The PSCNV Nouveau Fork   Nouveau   2010-10-27
The Main DRM Pull Request For The Linux 2.6.37 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2010-10-27
New Screenshots Of Unigine's OilRush Game   Linux Gaming   2010-10-15
More Details On Unigine's OilRush Game   Linux Gaming   2010-09-04
Nouveau Makes Its Own NV40 Firmware Replacement   Nouveau   2009-12-16
NVIDIA 190.53 Pre-Release Linux Driver   NVIDIA   2009-12-12
NVIDIA Pushes Out 195.22 Beta Linux Driver   NVIDIA   2009-11-24
Testing Out The Nouveau Driver On Fedora 11   Nouveau   2009-03-29
NVIDIA 180.35 Driver Update Brings Changes   NVIDIA   2009-02-25
NVIDIA Releases Yet Another Linux Driver   NVIDIA   2009-01-28
A Video Decoding Interface For Gallium3D   Mesa   2009-01-20
A New Year Brings A New NVClock Beta   NVIDIA   2009-01-04
NVClock Needs GeForce 8/9 Help   NVIDIA   2008-12-07
The State Of Gallium3D Video Decoding   Mesa   2008-09-14
Nouveau NV50 KMS Work Continues   Nouveau   2008-07-06
NVIDIA GeForce 8 Kernel Mode-Setting   Nouveau   2008-06-22
GeForce 9 Mobile GPUs On Linux   NVIDIA   2008-06-08
NVIDIA Releases GeForce 9 Mobile GPUs   NVIDIA   2008-06-03
Nouveau Gets 13 Commits For NV50   Nouveau   2008-03-13
GeForce 9600GT Gets Open "nv" Support   NVIDIA   2008-03-07
XvMC To Support More Video Standards?   X.Org   2008-02-24
NVIDIA GeForce 9 Linux Driver Available?   NVIDIA   2008-02-21
PhysX For CUDA, Linux Support A Given?   NVIDIA   2008-02-14
NVIDIA Releases Two OSS Driver Updates   NVIDIA   2008-01-25
Dell XPS M1330 Ships With Ubuntu 7.10   Hardware   2008-01-24
NVClock 0.8 Beta 3 Released, Fan Fix   NVIDIA   2008-01-05
Most Popular Phoronix Stories In 2007   Phoronix   2007-12-28
NVClock: Is This NVIDIA Utility Dead?   NVIDIA   2007-11-13
New NVIDIA Linux Driver Likely This Week   NVIDIA   2007-11-04
New NVIDIA Linux Driver Imminent   NVIDIA   2007-10-30
NVIDIA Releases Updated 2D "NV" Driver   NVIDIA   2007-10-23
New NVIDIA Linux Driver Due Soon   NVIDIA   2007-10-18
Quake Wars Linux Demo Released   Linux Gaming   2007-10-15
Open-Source Radeon R700 Graphics?   Radeon   2007-10-05
NVIDIA's Calm Before The Storm   NVIDIA   2007-09-09
Nouveau: 14 Commits In 9 Hours   Nouveau   2007-09-04
X.Org 7.3 & NVIDIA Binary Drivers   NVIDIA   2007-08-29
New NVIDIA Linux Driver Due Out Soon   NVIDIA   2007-08-19
Nouveau Companion 24   Nouveau   2007-07-25
AMD Train Runs Off The Tracks, Again   AMD   2007-07-20
Nouveau Companion 22   Nouveau   2007-06-27
Ubuntu 7.04 Among Best Products of 2007   Ubuntu   2007-05-26
Nouveau Companion 19   Nouveau   2007-05-13
No XvMC for GeForce 8 Family   NVIDIA   2007-05-03
NVIDIA's $829 GPU: The 8800 Ultra   NVIDIA   2007-05-02
Welcoming The GeForce 8500/8600 Series   NVIDIA   2007-04-17
NVIDIA 1.0-9746 Display Driver   NVIDIA   2006-12-21
NVIDIA GeForce 8 Family Introduction   NVIDIA   2006-11-08
NVIDIA 1.0-9742 Display Drivers   NVIDIA   2006-11-08
NVIDIA GeForce 8 & nForce 600i   NVIDIA   2006-11-08