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nVidia Linux Display Drivers 173.08
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 04/11/2008 07:35 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
New nVidia Linux display drivers are available
Release Highlights
Added support for the following new GPUs:
Quadro FX 3600M
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9500M GS
GeForce 8400
GeForce 8400 GS
Added support for Quadro FX 5600/4600 SDI and Quadro G-Sync II.
Fixed a problem that caused OpenGL to stop rendering to windows with origins at or beyond 4096 pixels (horizontally) on GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs.
Fixed OpenGL rendering corruption with textures compressed using the DXT5 compression algorithm.
Fixed a regression that caused invalid EDIDs to be detected for the internal display device on some notebooks.
Improved hotkey switching and power management support on some GeForce 8 notebooks.
Fixed a bug that prevented the console from being restored correctly in SLI mode on GeForce 6 and 7 GPUs.
Fixed a problem that caused the synchronization signal polarity to always be positive for DVI devices on GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs.
Fixed a problem that caused TV output on secondary TVs to be black and white on some GPUs.
Restored compatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels.
Added support for the following new GPUs:
Quadro FX 3600M
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9500M GS
GeForce 8400
GeForce 8400 GS
Added support for Quadro FX 5600/4600 SDI and Quadro G-Sync II.
Fixed a problem that caused OpenGL to stop rendering to windows with origins at or beyond 4096 pixels (horizontally) on GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs.
Fixed OpenGL rendering corruption with textures compressed using the DXT5 compression algorithm.
Fixed a regression that caused invalid EDIDs to be detected for the internal display device on some notebooks.
Improved hotkey switching and power management support on some GeForce 8 notebooks.
Fixed a bug that prevented the console from being restored correctly in SLI mode on GeForce 6 and 7 GPUs.
Fixed a problem that caused the synchronization signal polarity to always be positive for DVI devices on GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs.
Fixed a problem that caused TV output on secondary TVs to be black and white on some GPUs.
Restored compatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels.
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