Nvidia Proprietary driver FAQ
Q: What nvidia driver should I use?
A: It depends on what nvidia gfx card you have. Please refer to the nvidia website http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html and the corresponding supported products list for each driver release.
We currently provide 6 "stable" nvidia driver releases via our repositories. Both the nvidia_71xx and the nvidia_96xx drivers are now considered "legacy" drivers by nvidia. For an explanation of these legacy drivers, please refer to the following: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html
As a general guide, the current drivers support the following cards:
nvidia_71xx
Use this NVIDIA driver for these products:
- RIVA TNT cards
- RIVA/Aladdin TNT2 series cards
- Vanta series cards
- GeForce 256/DDR cards
- GeForce2 GTS/Pro/Ti/Ultra cards
- original Quadro cards
- Quadro2 Pro cards
nvidia_96xx
Use this NVIDIA driver for these products:
- GeForce2 MX/MX 400 0x0110
- GeForce2 MX 100/200 0x0111
- GeForce2 Go 0x0112
- Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go 0x0113
- GeForce4 MX 460 0x0170
- GeForce4 MX 440 0x0171
- GeForce4 MX 420 0x0172
- GeForce4 MX 440-SE 0x0173
- GeForce4 440 Go 0x0174
- GeForce4 420 Go 0x0175
- GeForce4 420 Go 32M 0x0176
- GeForce4 460 Go 0x0177
- Quadro4 550 XGL 0x0178
- GeForce4 440 Go 64M 0x0179
- Quadro NVS 0x017A
- Quadro4 500 GoGL 0x017C
- GeForce4 410 Go 16M 0x017D
- GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X 0x0181
- GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X 0x0182
- GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X 0x0183
- GeForce4 MX 4000 0x0185
- Quadro4 580 XGL 0x0188
- Quadro NVS 280 SD 0x018A
- Quadro4 380 XGL 0x018B
- Quadro NVS 50 PCI 0x018C
- GeForce2 Integrated GPU 0x01A0
- GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU 0x01F0
- GeForce3 0x0200
- GeForce3 Ti 200 0x0201
- GeForce3 Ti 500 0x0202
- Quadro DCC 0x0203
- GeForce4 Ti 4600 0x0250
- GeForce4 Ti 4400 0x0251
- GeForce4 Ti 4200 0x0253
- Quadro4 900 XGL 0x0258
- Quadro4 750 XGL 0x0259
- Quadro4 700 XGL 0x025B
- GeForce4 Ti 4800 0x0280
- GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X 0x0281
- GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE 0x0282
- GeForce4 4200 Go 0x0286
- Quadro4 980 XGL 0x0288
- Quadro4 780 XGL 0x0289
- Quadro4 700 GoGL 0x028C
