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#1 2007-06-06 08:23:50

Elrohir
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Support for nVidia GeForce 8600 ?

Hello,

is this gaphic card supported bu the nvidia driver ? And, in what package ? nvidia-96xx ?
When I go in http://nvidia.com, I see that the last driver is 100.14.06 (2007.05.21). What version is used in the Arch package ?

Thanks,

N.

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#2 2007-06-06 08:47:30

kano
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Re: Support for nVidia GeForce 8600 ?

I'm not sure if the 88xx series is supported, but if it is, it'd be the "nvidia" package. nvidia-96xx is for older cards.
The latest nvidia drivers for Linux are 1.0-9755, which Arch has.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

Last edited by kano (2007-06-06 08:49:09)


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#3 2007-06-06 08:55:30

Elrohir
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Re: Support for nVidia GeForce 8600 ?

:-|
in http://www.nvidia.fr/object/linux_fr.html, the drivers are not the same !
Version 100.14.06 (Date: 21.5.2007).

I don't understand !

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#4 2007-06-06 09:05:20

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Re: Support for nVidia GeForce 8600 ?

The "100.14.06" driver is a beta driver. No clue why the french site lists that over the stable 1.0-9755 driver :s

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthr … 62&t=91896


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#5 2007-06-06 09:08:40

Elrohir
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Re: Support for nVidia GeForce 8600 ?

Okay wink
And in what Arch Package I can find the 1.0-9755 driver ?

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#6 2007-06-06 09:22:50

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Re: Support for nVidia GeForce 8600 ?

It's called "nvidia" smile


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#7 2007-06-06 09:26:11

Elrohir
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Re: Support for nVidia GeForce 8600 ?

Thanks. I'll test this package for my 8600GTS this evening wink

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#8 2007-06-08 02:20:32

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Re: Support for nVidia GeForce 8600 ?

Nvidia 8x series is only currently supported by th beta driver. Download it and follow this wiki link:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/How … tional_way

Im using the same card.

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#9 2007-06-08 05:57:55

kano
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Re: Support for nVidia GeForce 8600 ?

I modified the standard nvidia PKGBUILD for the nvidia-beta module, and put it on the AUR.

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … 1&ID=11503

I haven't tested the actual package out (built it, looks fine), so lemme know how it works wink

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