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New Nvidia Video Driver for Linux Supports X Server 1.8

By Marius Nestor

“Nvidia announced a few days ago, on its forum, a new version of
its proprietary driver for the Nvidia graphics cards. Nvidia
195.36.24 adds support for new GPUs, and fixes a few issues. But
the most important thing is that Nvidia 195.36.24 has support for X
Server 1.8.

“Among the supported graphics cards in Nvidia 195.36.24, we can
mention: GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470 and Tesla C2050. The “red
flashes” issue in XVideo frames was fixed, and the “Supported
NVIDIA GPU Products” list was updated to include missing GPUs.

“Last but not least, because Nvidia 195.36.24 supports X Server
1.8, the “-ignoreABI” option is no longer required!”


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