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On 12/04/12 00:29, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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> Am 11.04.2012 23:14, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: |
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>>> What are your recommendations? |
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>> Unless you need to use the console (nvidia-drivers don't provide a |
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>> KMS fb console,) there's no reason to use Nouveau at the moment. The |
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>> binary drivers perform better and save much more energy. With |
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>> Nouveau, your GPU will be running full-on constantly. NVidia's |
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>> drivers will reduce clocks and voltages when the card is idle. |
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> thanks, Nikos ... that's a plain vote for nvidia-drivers ;-) |
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>> Other than that, you might want to use Nouveau in order to test it |
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>> and file bug reports for it. |
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> ah, you know .... short of time etc .... :-) |
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Note however that it's not obvious which version of nvidia-drivers to |
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use. NVidia provides various different series of drivers. The drivers |
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are versioned 96.*, 173.* and 295.*, and each version series is intended |
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for different cards. |
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If you have a relatively recent card (going back to approximately 2004), |
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the 295 series are for you. Better make sure though. Visit this: |
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http://www.nvidia.com/drivers |
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select Linux and your card model and it will tell you which drivers you |
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should use. |
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