NVIDIA released today the 319.23 Linux graphics driver, which supports the just-released GeForce GTX 780 graphics card. There’s also a couple of other changes to this certified Linux driver update, including 4K HDMI support…
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New NVIDIA Linux Driver Supports The GeForce GTX 780
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Nvidia Shield game console runs Android on Tegra 4
May 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Nvidia announced a new name and pricing for its quad-core Android game console, as well as the unique ability to play “Steam” games wirelessly streamed from a suitably-equipped Windows PC. The $ 349 “Nvidia Shield,” available for pre-ordering on May 20 and expected to ship in June, features a 1.9GHz Tegra 4 SOC with 2GB of [...]
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Nvidia Shield, coming soon, will stream Steam games
May 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Nvidia announced a new name and pricing for its quad-core Android game console, as well as the unique ability to play “Steam” games wirelessly streamed from a suitably-equipped Windows PC. The $ 349 “Nvidia Shield,” available for pre-ordering on May 20 and expected to ship in June, features a 1.9GHz Tegra 4 SOC with 2GB of [...]
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Set Up Bumblebee With Bumblebee Configurator GUI [Nvidia Optimus]
April 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The latest proprietary Nvidia graphics drivers, released a few days ago, include initial Optimus support for Linux, but there’s still a long way to go until Linux will get full Optimus support. Until then, Linux users have Bumblebee, which is still required for proper gaming on Nvidia Optimus-based laptops.
Bumblebee Configurator GUI is a new tool that allows you to easily set up Bumblebee.
The tool is a front-end for the Bumblebee configuration files and allows you to:
- set the secondary Xorg server display number;
- set if the card should be turned off at exit or not;
- select the driver (proprietary Nvidia drivers or Nouveau);
- select the acceleration / rendering bridge: auto, virtualgl (“optirun”) or primus (“primusrun”);
- set the method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers: proxy, jpeg, rg, xv or yuv;
- set the proprietary Nvidia driver version (e.g.: nvidia-304, nvidia-310 and so on) as well as set the library paths;
- more;
Bumbbebee Configurator GUI is pretty easy to use but it lacks explanations for what each option does but hopefully some tooltips or some other way of informing the user about each option will be added in a future release.
When saving the changes, the tool automatically restarts the Bumblebee daemon so there’s no need to log out or restart the daemon yourself.
Install Bumblebee Configurator GUI in Ubuntu
Bumblebee Configurator GUI is in its early development stages so you may encounter bugs. If you do, report them @ Launchpad.
Bumblebee Configurator GUI is available in a PPA for Ubuntu (and derrivates) users – add the PPA and install it using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alessandrofac93/bumblebee-config-gtk-dev
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bumblebee-config-gtkOnce installed, launch Bumblebee Configurator GUI from the menu / Dash.
For other Linux distributions you can get the Bumblebee Configurator GUI code via Launchpad.
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NVIDIA Tegra DRM Prepares For Linux 3.10 Kernel
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Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux Comparison Shows Shortcomings
April 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
One week after delivering updated Radeon Gallium3D vs. AMD Catalyst benchmarks on Ubuntu Linux, we have to share this morning similar results for the open-source and reverse-engineered “Nouveau” Linux graphics driver compared to the proprietary NVIDIA Linux graphics driver. While the Nouveau driver has come a long way and does support the latest Fermi and Kepler GPUs, it’s not without its share of shortcomings. Eleven NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards were used in this latest Phoronix comparison.
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NVIDIA CEO promises next-gen mobile graphics will topple iPad’s ‘vintage 1999′ games [video]
April 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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NVIDIA Publishes Open-Source Stream Library
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LLVM Powers C++ AMP To OpenCL On NVIDIA
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NVIDIA, Valve Share Lessons In Porting To Linux
April 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Last month at the Game Developers’ Conference (GDC), NVIDIA and Valve shared their experiences and pitfalls in porting the Source Engine to Linux. While talking about Valve’s experiences, many of the information can apply to any game developer (or Direct3D/OpenGL application) wishing to come to Linux…
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