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Linux NVidia 4496 driver released 28/7

Aug 02, 2003 BusMasteR link
Heh - did any1 notice that nvidia have updated their linux driver =)
Aug 02, 2003 Turmoyl link
Just a quick note:

I lost 20% of my OpenGL performance with 4496. This was just enough to cause some light, intermittent stuttering in Vendetta.

Switching back to 4363 straightened me right out again.
Aug 03, 2003 BusMasteR link
lol - i really hate when drivers do that =/

I haven't had any problems with it yet.
It neither boosted nor bumped my fps, but
it seems slightly more stable on my Gf2
32M on rh9 =)
- Bus
Aug 04, 2003 roguelazer link
I'm sticking to 4363 until this new one is benchmarked by someone official.
Aug 04, 2003 Deftochino link
i can only say that my fps hasn't changed either since updating to the newest nvidia drivers (for my Geforce4 MX 440-SE). i have no idea how my card would fare if i was running vendetta with directX, but for that i would have to buy/install a copy of windows, and that will never happen :) Gentoo Linux will forever be my OS ;)

EDIT: aww, im going to have to go back to a bit older nvidia drivers, since the drivers leave the consoles scrambled when changing with CTRL-ALT+Fx; however, this won't happen with newest kernel (2.6-test2), only with older kernels.
Aug 05, 2003 BusMasteR link
As i said, i never have had problems with it - just notifying those interested.
There have been alot of problems with NVidia drivers and the update maybe could help some out...
Aug 05, 2003 Deftochino link
lol, sorry, when i meant console, i meant an actual linux console, not vendetta's console (if it even has one?) vendetta runs perfectly as a matter of fact with the new nvidia drivers :)
Aug 05, 2003 Arolte link
Psssst.... Linux forum.

/me snaps his finger at the moderator
Aug 05, 2003 Forum Moderator link
::snore:: Mmph? Oh, right.

[moved to Linux Forum]
Aug 08, 2003 BusMasteR link
lol...
/me were quite "beside" himself when posting this =}

(i know you were talking about a normal linux console - not vendetta's ;)
Aug 13, 2003 a1k0n link
I'd like people to test the 4496 drivers so we can get back to NVidia on them. The doshaders=0 and dovertexbuffers=0 in your config.ini should no longer be necessary, and removing them should result in a framerate boost. If they still crash or are less stable, it'd be nice to figure out why.
Aug 13, 2003 roguelazer link
A DEV!!! ALL HAIL!!!
Aug 13, 2003 BusMasteR link
It works perfectly (on my MX200) with do doshaders=1 and dovertexbuffers=1 - and with a boost too =)
Aug 13, 2003 roguelazer link
Installing now... Please note that I have none of the extra lines in my config file, not a one. Come to think of it, I've never edited it. *shrug*. I'll give you a report once I get it working.

/me starts ssh on his other maching "just in case"
Aug 13, 2003 BusMasteR link
Might be an idea =D