NVIDIA has released a new set of graphics drivers for Linux (32/64-bit). R295.33 adds the support of the newly released GeForce GTX 680 as well as the GeForce GT 620 and the GT 630M. This driver fixes also some bugs related to VDPAU, DisplayPort or OpenGL.
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I tested this driver with Linux Mint 12 64-bit. R295.33 is an OpenGL 4.2 driver and exposes 265 GL extensions. Here is the complete list of all GL and GLX extensions exposed for a GeForce GTX 480:
GLX server information:
– GLX_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
– GLX_VERSION: 1.4
– Number of GLX server extensions: 16
– GLX server extensions:
- GLX_EXT_visual_info
- GLX_EXT_visual_rating
- GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
- GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
- GLX_SGI_video_sync
- GLX_SGI_swap_control
- GLX_EXT_swap_control
- GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
- GLX_ARB_create_context
- GLX_ARB_create_context_profile
- GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile
- GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
- GLX_ARB_multisample
- GLX_NV_float_buffer
- GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
- GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
GLX client information:
– GLX_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
– GLX_VERSION: 1.4
– Number of GLX client extensions: 25
– GLX client extensions:
- GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
- GLX_ARB_multisample
- GLX_EXT_visual_info
- GLX_EXT_visual_rating
- GLX_EXT_import_context
- GLX_SGI_video_sync
- GLX_NV_swap_group
- GLX_NV_video_out
- GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
- GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
- GLX_SGI_swap_control
- GLX_EXT_swap_control
- GLX_ARB_create_context
- GLX_ARB_create_context_profile
- GLX_NV_float_buffer
- GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
- GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float
- GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
- GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
- GLX_NV_present_video
- GLX_NV_copy_image
- GLX_NV_multisample_coverage
- GLX_NV_video_capture
- GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile
- GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
GLX extensions:
– Number of GLX extensions: 17
- GLX_EXT_visual_info
- GLX_EXT_visual_rating
- GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
- GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
- GLX_SGI_video_sync
- GLX_SGI_swap_control
- GLX_EXT_swap_control
- GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
- GLX_ARB_create_context
- GLX_ARB_create_context_profile
- GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile
- GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
- GLX_ARB_multisample
- GLX_NV_float_buffer
- GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
- GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
- GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
OpenGL information:
– GL_RENDERER: GeForce GTX 480/PCIe/SSE2
– GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
– GL_VERSION: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.33
– GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
– OpenGL version detected: 4.2
– Number of OpenGL extensions: 265
– OpenGL extensions:
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