New NVIDIA drivers

Moritz Heiber moe at lunar-linux.org
Sat Aug 2 16:10:52 GMT 2003


On 29 Jul 2003 23:55:01 -0500
Nick Hudson <nhudson at lunar-linux.org> wrote:

> Ok I have a nvidia module that is ready the only bad thing is that if
> you are in X it will not install at all.  You have to be out of X for
> it to compile and install correctly.  For now I will put it in
> crater/x11 for now.  Please those who have nvidia cards test it and
> let me know how it goes.

As far as I can see the new drivers provide a lot less 3D performance
than the old ones. So if you're playing games its not that wise to
upgrade immediantly. It has been said in the forums that there is going
to be a new driver out soon that fixes the performance issues.

Bye,

Moritz


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