New Nvidia Drivers

Finaly the linux nvidia drivers that support my card have been released. Here’s a review.

Version: 1.0-8756
Release Date: April 07, 2006
Highlights

· Adds support for GeForce 7300, GeForce 7400 Go, GeForce 7600 and GeForce 7900 GPUs.
· Added support for running OpenGL applications while the Composite X extension is enabled; see “The X Composite Extension” appendix for details.
· Enabled hardware acceleration of the Render X extension by default.
· Added “AddARGBGLXVisuals” X configuration option, so that OpenGL applications can render to X Windows’ alpha channel.
· Added Linux/i2c support to the NVIDIA kernel module; see the “i2c Bus Support” appendix for details.
· Improved power management support with Linux >= 2.6.14 and added support for suspend-to-disk.
· Added new “nvidia-auto-select” mode entry for use in the X configuration file; see description in the “Programming Modes” appendix.
· Added support for GLX 1.4.
· Added ability for OpenGL applications to span greater than 4096 pixels when in Xinerama.
· Improved G-Sync support.
· Fixed interlaced modes on CRTs.
· Improved compatibility with the latest Linux 2.6 kernels