Nvidia has released their first binary Linux graphics driver beta in the 313.xx series. The NVIDIA 313.09 Beta has bug-fixes plus new features to make for an exciting Linux gaming experience.
Details
- Version: 313.09 BETA
- Release Date: 2012.12.12
- Operating System: Linux 64-bit
- Language: English (U.S.)
- File Size: 64.8 MB
Features
- Updated the NVIDIA X driver to reprobe displays when VT-switching to X, to allow reporting of hotplug events when displays are connected or disconnected while VT-switched away from X.
- Added unofficial GLX protocol support (i.e for GLX indirect rendering) for the following extension and core commands.
- ARB_vertex_array_object
- OpenGL 3.0 commands ClearBufferfi, ClearBufferfv, ClearBufferiv, ClearBufferuiv and GetStringi.
- Fixed a bug that caused the cursor shadow to be clipped to 32×32 pixels, even on Kepler GPUs that support a 256×256 cursor image.
- Fixed a bug that prevented some cursor image updates from taking effect on displays with rotation or other transformations applied.
- Fixed cursor alpha blending artifacts on displays with rotation or other transformations applied.
- Added support for the GLX_EXT_buffer_age extension.
- Improved the performance of glDrawPixels() by up to 450% when the pixel data is of type GL_BYTE.
- Fixed libnvidia-encode.so library dependency by linking it with libnvcuvid.so.1 instead of libnvcuvid.so while creating it.
- Improved performance of OpenGL framebuffer object binds with Xinerama enabled by 2000-3000% when the application’s windows do not span screen boundaries.
- Fix performance issues when using some versions of HyperMesh with Quadro GPUs.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-313.09-driver.html
This is great and I’m sure there’s more to come. Linux gaming will be great 😀