New Nvidia Video Driver for Linux Released | Linux Today

New Nvidia Video Driver for Linux Released

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Marius Nestor
Jun 12, 2012

Nvidia 295.59 brings support for the following graphics cards NVS 5400M, NVS 310, GeForce GT 620M, GeForce GT 640M, GeForce GT 640M LE, GeForce GT 650M, GeForce GTX 660M, GeForce GTX 670M, GeForce GTX 675M, GeForce GTX 555, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GT 415, and GeForce GTX 460 v2. Moreover, OpenGL optimizations were disable for Mudbox and Autodesk Maya apps, because of various conflicts, leading to some performance loss. Also, screen blanking issues, related to redundant DPMS state transitions, on DisplayPort displays were fixed.

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Marius Nestor

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