On Sáb, 2013-04-06 at 19:54 +0200, Nicolas Chauvet wrote: > 2013/4/6 Sérgio Basto <[email protected]> > On Sex, 2013-04-05 at 10:06 +0200, Nicolas Chauvet wrote: > > There is a 173.14.37 version available, but for the 304xx > legacy > > serie, It still need some rework to be introduced in F-19. > > > Still not understand if I need 304.xx or if 173.xx will do , > but 173.xx > Both will work but the 173xx is the last driver to support geforce5 > whereas the 304xx serie is the last driver to support geforce 6 and 7. > > > is not complete ancient and we hope Nouveau drive take care of > that. > (yes I'm suggesting in drop it :) ) > Yes, maintaining legacy series is annoying, specially as none will > advertise anything higher than opengl 2.1 or vdpau feature wise. And > the more annoying is the 173xx serie that doesn't support xrandr, and > IIRC have some issue with modern desktops. So nouveau should be a good > solution hardware supported by legacy drivers. > > > But performance wise, the nvidia driver might still be better for some > hardware, so as soon as nvidia support newer kernel/xorg server I > don't mind to keep legacy series within the repository. And letting > users do their own choice. > > OK, but about nvidia-304xx review, what do you think will be different of Nvidia package for F18 ? is just the same adding -304 ? like we can copy from -173 ?
Many thanks, -- Sérgio M. B.
