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Nvidia have pushed out three new driver updates today. One for their latest stable branch and two for older hardware.

375.26: here
340.101: here
304.134: here

In most cases you will want the 375.26 driver, unless you have pretty old hardware. It's primarily a bug-fix release with it fixing regressions.

The 340.101 and 304.134 releases aimed at older cards add support for xorg-server 1.19 as well as fix a bug in the nvidia-installer. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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tuubi Dec 14, 2016
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Can anyone confirm this actually fixes the performance problems with 375.20? I see several regression fixes mentioned in the release notes, but nothing that seems relevant.

I'll test myself as soon as this appears in the PPA.
Xpander Dec 14, 2016
Quoting: tuubiCan anyone confirm this actually fixes the performance problems with 375.20? I see several regression fixes mentioned in the release notes, but nothing that seems relevant.

I'll test myself as soon as this appears in the PPA.

did not have any performance issues with 375.20 so i can't really help in that matter.
installed the driver though, will start testing


edit: Deus Ex runs same as before. pretty bad performance in places :(


Last edited by Xpander on 14 December 2016 at 6:26 pm UTC
WorMzy Dec 14, 2016
Deus Ex now seems to work properly (I loaded up the game, but didn't play for long while testing). I also opened up 20 instances of glxgears without issue, so I think they've addressed the big bug 375.20 introduced, but whether they've fixed all the regressions remains to be seen.
ShoNuff!!! Dec 14, 2016
Quoting: tuubiI'll test myself as soon as this appears in the PPA.

Command line it if you don't want to wait: sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.26.run
ShoNuff!!! Dec 14, 2016
Quoting: WorMzyDeus Ex now seems to work properly.
That's awesome and have been waiting to hear this good news. I have been waiting to play this game since it came out but it has not been able to start.
tuubi Dec 14, 2016
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Quoting: WorMzyDeus Ex now seems to work properly (I loaded up the game, but didn't play for long while testing). I also opened up 20 instances of glxgears without issue, so I think they've addressed the big bug 375.20 introduced, but whether they've fixed all the regressions remains to be seen.
I guess it's fixed then. Good news for KDE Plasma users. Weird that this got no mention in the release notes.


Quoting: ShoNuffCommand line it if you don't want to wait: sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.26.run
Thanks, but I know. :)

The PPA works fine, and I'm in no hurry.
Waikano Dec 14, 2016
What's considered "pretty old hardware"? - Q9550 w/ NVIDIA 680.
Psycic101 Dec 14, 2016
Quoting: WaikanoWhat's considered "pretty old hardware"? - Q9550 w/ NVIDIA 680.

The 375.26 driver is (basically) for 4xx cards and newer, so pretty old
tuubi Dec 14, 2016
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Quoting: WaikanoWhat's considered "pretty old hardware"? - Q9550 w/ NVIDIA 680.
Anything before the GeForce 400 series, so much older than yours. The GPU driver doesn't care about your CPU.

EDIT: I'm slow.


Last edited by tuubi on 14 December 2016 at 8:19 pm UTC
PJ Dec 14, 2016
thx for reporting Liam. Installed and they seem to be working ok at first glance. Sadly those didn't help with one of the apps I use at work (Blackmagic Fusion namely), so for me 368 was the last really workable driver. Damn.


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