Download Driver For Nvidia Linux Display Driver 173.14.05

Nvidia has released new display drivers with version number 173.14.05. They are available for Linux 32 bits, Linux AMD64/EM64T, Solaris (x64/x86) and Freebsd; specific installation instructions can be found on the individual pages. This release includes support for several new video cards, provisional support for X.Org Server 1.5, and several bug fixes. The full changelog for this release is as follows:

Release Highlights

• Added support for the following new GPUs:
  • Quadro FX 3600M
  • GeForce 9800 GX2
  • GeForce 9800 GTX
  • GeForce 9600GT
  • GeForce 9600 GSO
  • GeForce 9600GS
  • GeForce 9500MGS
  • GeForce 8400
  • GeForce 8400GS
• Added support for Quadro FX 5600/4600 SDI and Quadro G-Sync II.
• Resolved a bug causing left and right eyes to be reversed in stereo mode on some Quadro FX GPUs.
• Fixed a problem that caused OpenGL to stop rendering to windows with origins at or beyond 4096 pixels (horizontally) on GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs.
• Fixed a bug causing some Quadro FX 4500 SDI configurations to take a long time to achieve synchronization.
• Added preliminary support for X.Org server 1.5.
• Addressed a problem causing visual corruption when using GeForce 8 GPUs to drive Chi Mei 56″ displays.
• Addressed visual corruption when driving Cintiq 20WSX wide format tables with some GeForce 6 and 7 GPUs.
• Fixed OpenGL rendering corruption with textures compressed using the DXT5 compression algorithm.
• Fixed a regression that caused invalid EDIDs to be detected for the internal display device on some notebooks.
• Improved hotkey switching and power management support on some GeForce 8 notebooks.
• Fixed a regression causing some GeForce 6100/6150 systems to fail to restore the screen after DPMS cycles.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the console from being restored correctly in SLI mode on GeForce 6 and 7 GPUs.
• Fixed interlaced modes on GeForce 8 GPUs.
• Fixed a problem that caused the synchronization signal polarity to always be positive for DVI devices on GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs.
• Resolved a problem resulting in X startup to fail on some GeForce 8 and 9 systems without swap space.
• Fixed a bug resulting in X crashes when using GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs in SLI to drive X screens at depth 8.
• Fixed a problem that caused TV output on secondary TVs to be black and white on some GPUs.
• Restored compatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels.

[break]The following downloads are available:
nVidia Linux Display Driver 173.14.05 for Linux IA32
nVidia Linux Display Driver 173.14.05 for Linux x86_64 (AMD)
nVidia Linux Display Driver 173.14.05 for Solaris x86
nVidia Linux Display Driver 173.14.05 for FreeBSD x86[break]