NVIDIA 1.0-8178 Linux Display Drivers Analysis

On December 5, a mere seventeen days ago, Linux gamers and enthusiasts were greeted by NVIDIA’s Rel80 display driver launch for Linux. In the 1.0-8174 release was initial support for NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface (SLI) as well as the new nvidia-xconfig utility, similar to ATI’s aticonfig tool they had unveiled months prior.

However, on the heels of the holidays, the green Linux team has delivered a surprising present and that is a new driver release. Bundled into the NVIDIA 1.0-8178 drivers is improved composite X extension, fixed detection of certain older TV cards, and miscellaneous other enhancements. Of course, the driver launch today is only minor, hence its version, but is there any performance gains or losses to be attributed to the latest set of drivers? We have wrapped up our testing and are here to share our results today.

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