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On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:09 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> [11-11-23 19:00]: |
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>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:21 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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>> > Hi, |
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>> > Before I lock out myself from my Linux system... |
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>> > Current state: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430] (rev a1) |
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>> > which I want to exchange with a MSI 560 Ti made also by msi. |
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>> > I am using the nvidia-drivers... |
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>> > Is it right, that is simple to pull out the old card and insert the |
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>> > new one or do I badly forget anything ? |
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>> > Thank you very much in advance for your help! |
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>> > |
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>> > Best regards, |
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>> > mcc |
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>> I'm assuming the MSI 560 is a new Nvidia based VGA, correct? |
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>> It's almost certainly OK to just switch cards. However if you want to |
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>> be safe then check the Nvidia site for the right nvidia package to |
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>> handle 560-based cards and make sure you have it emerged before you |
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>> switch. |
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>> HTH, |
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>> Mark |
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> I checked the docs of the nvidia drivers on the systems which |
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> mentioned the nvidia 560 ti but msi isnt mentioned. Since drivers |
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> access the GPU and not the cooling system (and my old card was also |
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> made by msi and worked ok) I think this part should be ok. |
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> But since I cannot remember other side effects, which I dont know, |
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> I thought its better to ask other gurus... ;) |
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> What do you think ? |
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> Best regards, |
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> mcc |
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According to the nvidia site it seems you want the |
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nvidia-drivers-290.1 package, but I'm not seeing that specific version |
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in portage right now. Most likely it's coming soon, and I would guess |
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the 290.06 version that I'm running here for a 465GTX card will work |
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fine for you. 290.1 was only released 2 days ago. |
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http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Results/39816 |
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mark@c2stable ~ $ eix -I nvidia-drivers |
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[I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers |
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Available versions: 96.43.19!s 96.43.20!s 173.14.30!s |
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173.14.31!s 270.41.19!s 275.09.07!s [M](~)275.28!s (~)285.05.09!s |
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285.05.09-r1!s (~)290.06!s (~)290.06!s[1] {acpi custom-cflags gtk |
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kernel_linux multilib} |
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Installed versions: 290.06!s[1](05:33:02 AM 11/15/2011)(acpi gtk |
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kernel_linux multilib -custom-cflags) |
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Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/ |
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Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries |
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[1] "init6" /var/lib/layman/init6 |
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mark@c2stable ~ $ |
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If it's 560 ti based card I doubt MSI did much to change the Nvidia |
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reference design if it risked not using the standard nvidia driver. |
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HTH, |
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Mark |
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