On Sunday 02 November 2003 07:38 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:33:45 -0500 > > Walt Frampus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > I definitely see a difference using the Nvidia driver compared to what > > was out of the box. I had no problem installing it. > > Not to blame Mandrake or anyone else, though, if Nvidia would open up > their driver development, it would be better for *everybody*, including > Nvidia.
We should be clear here, as there are two drivers available for nvidia video cards. The open source one, nv.o is provided in the download edition and is free. It has accelerated 2D support and is quite stable. The closed source one, nvidia.o is provided by nvidia and contains support for accelerated 3D. The PowerPack includes this driver and the Mandrake installer will install it if is available. Also, this driver is available in rpm format in the commercial download section of the Club website. The version you get from the club is built for a particular kernel, so you have to be careful and make sure you match it up properly. nVidia now provides an install package that will recompile the kernel module interface to match your running kernel if one does not exist for you. It works very well. It is sometimes referred to as the .run file >From a performance standpoint, the nvidia.o driver you get from the PowerPack or the Club in rpm format should be no different than the one you get from the nvidia .run installer. Either of those will provide substantial improvement in 3D from the free nv.o driver that is available in the Download Edition. -- /g "Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read" -Groucho Marx
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