On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:09 AM, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: > Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> [11-11-23 19:00]: >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:21 AM, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Before I lock out myself from my Linux system... >> > >> > Current state: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GF108 >> > [GeForce GT 430] (rev a1) >> > which I want to exchange with a MSI 560 Ti made also by msi. >> > >> > I am using the nvidia-drivers... >> > >> > Is it right, that is simple to pull out the old card and insert the >> > new one or do I badly forget anything ? >> > >> > Thank you very much in advance for your help! >> > >> > Best regards, >> > mcc >> >> I'm assuming the MSI 560 is a new Nvidia based VGA, correct? >> >> It's almost certainly OK to just switch cards. However if you want to >> be safe then check the Nvidia site for the right nvidia package to >> handle 560-based cards and make sure you have it emerged before you >> switch. >> >> HTH, >> Mark >> > > I checked the docs of the nvidia drivers on the systems which > mentioned the nvidia 560 ti but msi isnt mentioned. Since drivers > access the GPU and not the cooling system (and my old card was also > made by msi and worked ok) I think this part should be ok. > But since I cannot remember other side effects, which I dont know, > I thought its better to ask other gurus... ;) > > What do you think ? > > Best regards, > mcc
According to the nvidia site it seems you want the nvidia-drivers-290.1 package, but I'm not seeing that specific version in portage right now. Most likely it's coming soon, and I would guess the 290.06 version that I'm running here for a 465GTX card will work fine for you. 290.1 was only released 2 days ago. http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Results/39816 mark@c2stable ~ $ eix -I nvidia-drivers [I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers Available versions: 96.43.19!s 96.43.20!s 173.14.30!s 173.14.31!s 270.41.19!s 275.09.07!s [M](~)275.28!s (~)285.05.09!s 285.05.09-r1!s (~)290.06!s (~)290.06!s[1] {acpi custom-cflags gtk kernel_linux multilib} Installed versions: 290.06!s[1](05:33:02 AM 11/15/2011)(acpi gtk kernel_linux multilib -custom-cflags) Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/ Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries [1] "init6" /var/lib/layman/init6 mark@c2stable ~ $ If it's 560 ti based card I doubt MSI did much to change the Nvidia reference design if it risked not using the standard nvidia driver. HTH, Mark
