NVIDIA Linux Display Driver 169.04 beta

Posted on Thursday, November 22 2007 @ 20:56 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Linux x86:

Added support for GeForce 8800 GT.
Improved modesetting support on Quadro/GeForce 8 series GPUs.
Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 8 series GPUs.
Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 6200/7200/7300 GPUs multi-core/SMP systems.
Improved hotkey switching support for some Lenovo notebooks.
Fixed a problem with Compiz after VT-switching.
Improved RENDER performance.
Improved interaction with Barco and Chi Mei 56" DFPs, as well as with some Gateway 19" DFPs.
Added an interface to monitor PowerMizer state information.
Fixed rendering corruption in Maya's Graph Editor.
Improved interaction between SLI AFR and swap groups on certain Quadro FX GPUs.
Fixed a bug that caused corruption with redirected XV on GPUs without TurboCache support.
Improved display device detection on GeForce 8 series GPUs.
Improved usability of NVIDIA-settings at lower resolutions like 1024x768 and 800x600.
Improved GLX visual consolidation when using Xinerama with Quadro/GeForce 8 series and older GPUs.
Added experimental support for running the X server at Depth 30 (10 bits per component) on Quadro G8x and later GPUs.
Worked around a Linux kernel/toolchain bug that caused soft lockup errors when suspending on some Intel systems.

FreeBSD x86:

Added support for GeForce 8800 GT.
Improved modesetting support on Quadro/GeForce 8 series GPUs.
Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 8 series GPUs.
Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 6200/7200/7300 GPUs multi-core/SMP systems.
Fixed a problem with Compiz after VT-switching.
Improved RENDER performance.
Improved interaction with Barco and Chi Mei 56" DFPs, as well as with some Gateway 19" DFPs.
Added an interface to monitor PowerMizer state information.
Fixed rendering corruption in Maya's Graph Editor.
Fixed a bug that caused corruption with redirected XV on GPUs without TurboCache support.
Improved display device detection on GeForce 8 series GPUs.
Improved usability of NVIDIA-settings at lower resolutions like 1024x768 and 800x600.
Improved GLX visual consolidation when using Xinerama with Quadro/GeForce 8 series and older GPUs.
Added experimental support for running the X server at Depth 30 (10 bits per component) on Quadro G8x and later GPUs.
Fixed a problem that could cause crashes on SMP systems.

Solaris x64/x86:

Improved modesetting support on Quadro G8x GPUs.
Fixed a problem with Compiz after VT-switching.
Improved RENDER performance.
Improved interaction with Barco and Chi Mei 56" DFPs, as well as with some Gateway 19" DFPs.
Added an interface to monitor PowerMizer state information.
Fixed rendering corruption in Maya's Graph Editor.
Improved interaction between SLI AFR and swap groups on certain Quadro FX GPUs.
Fixed a bug that caused corruption with redirected XV on GPUs without TurboCache support.
Improved usability of NVIDIA-settings at lower resolutions like 1024x768 and 800x600.
Improved GLX visual consolidation when using Xinerama with Quadro G8x series and older GPUs.
Added experimental support for running the X server at Depth 30 (10 bits per component) on Quadro G8x and later GPUs.
Fixed a bug that prevented stereo from being enabled properly on some Quadro FX GPUs.