Download Driver For Nvidia Linux Display Driver 256.44

Nvidia released new *nix display drivers with version number 256.44 a week and a half ago. They are available for Linux (32 bit), Linux (AMD64/EM64T), Solaris (x64/x86) and FreeBSD. Specific installation instructions can be found on the individual pages. The most important changes and improvements are listed below.

Release Highlights

• Added Support for GeForce GTX 460
• Added Support for Quadro 4000, Quadro 5000, and Quadro 6000.
• Updated nvidia-installer to detect the nouveau kernel module and fail with an appropriate error message.
• Added information to the NVIDIA driver README on how to disable the nouveau driver.
• Fixed VDPAU to not print a debug error message when calling VdpVideoMixerQueryFeatureSupport with an unsupported or unknown VdpVideoMixerFeature.
• Removed the requirement that in TwinView passive stereo, MetaModes must have identical viewports on each monitor.
• Removed the requirement that in active stereo, all monitors must use identical mode timings.
• Enhanced VDPAU to better report certain kinds of initialization error.
• Fixed a regression that caused Xv to return BadAlloc errors on AGP systems when using the AGP GART driver contained in the NVIDIA driver.This fixes the problem reported in nvnews.net thread 151199.

The following downloads are available:
Linux Display Driver – x86
Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver
Solaris Display Driver – x64/x86
FreeBSD Display Driver – x86