Comments on: Nvidia Card Upgrade http://philcrissman.com/2005/07/30/nvidia-card-upgrade Web Development, startups, entrepreneurship, books, art, and other stuff Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:23:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Phil Crissman http://philcrissman.com/2005/07/30/nvidia-card-upgrade#comment-201 Phil Crissman Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:34:43 +0000 http://www.philcrissman.com/2005/07/30/nvidia-card-upgrade/#comment-201 There are a few ways to get the drivers; at the time I wrote this I was using Gentoo Linux, and the drivers were in testing in <em>portage</em> (Gentoo's software packaging system). I'm currently using Ubuntu Linux, and the drivers are also in the package management system; I just had to search for nvidia, and also needed to load a restricted-modules package for my architecture (restricted just in the sense that they are non-GPL). Otherwise, you can always get the drivers from Nvidia's site; they offer a Linux version. It is actually not <em>too</em> difficult to install their version, and IIRC they provide a README that is fairly informative. Using this method (most methods, actually) you would also need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the nvidia driver, once it is installed. This can be a bit of a learning process the first few times you have to do it, but it can be done; nvidia cards a quite common, so if you keep searching you should find the solution you need. Have fun. :) There are a few ways to get the drivers; at the time I wrote this I was using Gentoo Linux, and the drivers were in testing in portage (Gentoo’s software packaging system). I’m currently using Ubuntu Linux, and the drivers are also in the package management system; I just had to search for nvidia, and also needed to load a restricted-modules package for my architecture (restricted just in the sense that they are non-GPL).

Otherwise, you can always get the drivers from Nvidia’s site; they offer a Linux version. It is actually not too difficult to install their version, and IIRC they provide a README that is fairly informative. Using this method (most methods, actually) you would also need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the nvidia driver, once it is installed.

This can be a bit of a learning process the first few times you have to do it, but it can be done; nvidia cards a quite common, so if you keep searching you should find the solution you need. Have fun. :)

]]> By: Carlos http://philcrissman.com/2005/07/30/nvidia-card-upgrade#comment-200 Carlos Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:52:41 +0000 http://www.philcrissman.com/2005/07/30/nvidia-card-upgrade/#comment-200 So yo upgraded Nvidia p118 with test drivers and it worked better? Where do you get those drivers? I have an Nvidia p118 card without ds-59 cable adapter and need drivers to install in a Dell computer. Any sugestions where I can get those. So yo upgraded Nvidia p118 with test drivers and it worked better? Where do you get those drivers? I have an Nvidia p118 card without ds-59 cable adapter and need drivers to install in a Dell computer. Any sugestions where I can get those.

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