[mythtv-users] Nvidia 8174 driver released

Steve Adeff adeffs at gmail.com
Wed Dec 7 10:34:24 EST 2005


On Wednesday 07 December 2005 09:41, Stephen Williams wrote:
> On 12/7/05, David Ellis <david at ellisonline.ca> wrote:
> > Funny - tried it and had TERRIBLE playback (Jittery playback). Not using
> > XVMC, just XV on a AMD64 with 5700.....interested to see if anyone else
> > tried it?
> >
> > For now - I've moved back to the 7676 build (which works flawlessly on my
> > setup).
> >
> > David
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Ross Campbell
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:20 AM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Nvidia 8174 driver released
> >
> > Haven't tried it yet, but for those so inclined...
> >
> > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8174.html
> >
> > -Ross
> >
> >
> > Linux Display Driver - IA32
> > Version: 1.0-8174
> > Operating System: Linux IA32
> > Release Date: December 5, 2005
> >
> >  Release Highlights
> > Fixed GeForce 7800 GTX clocking problem that affected 3D performance.
> > Added support for NVIDIA SLI. Please see the README for details.
> > Added a new utility 'nvidia-xconfig', which is a commandline tool for
> > updating X configuration files.
> > Added support for new GeForce 6100, GeForce 6150 and GeForce 7800 GTX
> > 512. Added manpages for 'nvidia-xconfig', 'nvidia-settings', and
> > 'nvidia-installer'.
> > Made UseEdidFreqs "on" by default; the NVIDIA X driver will use the
> > valid HorizSync and VertRefresh frequency ranges from the EDID
> > whenever possible.
> > Added support for Stereo Digital Flat Panels such as the SeeReal and
> > Sharp3D DFPs.
> > Added HTML version of the README.
> > Added support for static Rotation; see the "Rotate" X config option in
> > the README.
> > Improved stability on 64-bit Linux 2.6 kernels.
> > Fixed driver installation when SELinux is enabled.
>
> Would be nice to know if they've fixed interlaced Xv output, I don't
> think this worked since release 6629 (over a year ago).

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=61051

always a good source of info on the latest NVIDIA driver releases....

Steve


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