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04-25-2011, 03:00 PM
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Arch dropped support for older video cards?
I noticed homepage says they removed Nvidia legacy drivers from repositories..does it mean older nvidia users won't be able to normally use arch anymore? Yes i know about alternatives but these drivers fit better and give wider choice of options. Will this affect ATI too?
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04-25-2011, 03:14 PM
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Probably because Nvidia isn't supporting the oldies any more.
( Geforce 5, FX 5x00 up are supported so far.)
And unsupported means no updates to support the latest kernels.
( And compilers.)
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04-26-2011, 07:28 AM
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Will this affect ATI too?
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Arch dropped support for the proprietary ATI drivers in 2009.
For both Nvidia and ATI cards, it's just the proprietary drivers that are affected. There's always the open source drivers. |
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