mesa is the up to date Mesa package which includes most of the modern drivers for newer hardware:.

There are two Mesa packages each with a distinct set of drivers: Mesa also provides software rasterizers, such as llvmpipe. It has a collection of open-source drivers for Intel graphics, ATI, AMD and NVIDIA GPUs. Mesa is an open-source OpenGL implementation, continually updated to support the latest OpenGL specification. To find the code-name of an NVIDIA GPU, check the code-name list from the Nouveau project.To find the family of an AMD (and ATI) GPU, check the decoder ring from the X.Org project.Intel's Gen N hardware does not refer to the generation of the CPU, it refers to the generation of the GPU, which is different from the generation of the CPU.(Optional) To remove this driver, re-run the step 2), and then run: sudo ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.05.03. When done, restart your machine via: sudo reboot For the default Ubuntu Unity, run the below command: sudo stop lightdmįor Linux Mint, run this instead: sudo service mdm stopģ.) Give executable permission to the downloaded file: chmod a+x ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.05.03.runĤ.) Now run the installer and follow the on screen prompts to start installing Nvidia Driver: sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.05.03.run You may check your system type (32-bit or 64-bit) by System Settings -> Details.Ģ.) You have to switch to command console by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, login via your username and password. To do so, follow the below steps:ġ.) Download the Driver 325.05.03 by the links below. Just close the graphical session and run the installer in command line.

It’s easy to install this driver in Ubuntu and its derivatives, such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

GeForce 400 Series:GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 v2, GTX 460 SE v2, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, 405Ĭheck out the official announcement for a complete list of fixes and improvements.

GeForce 700 Series:GTX TITAN, GTX 780, GTX 770, GTX 760.

You will need any one of the following Fermi or Kepler based GPUs to get access to all the OpenGL 4.4 and GLSL 4.40 functionality: Nvidia has announced driver 325.05.03 for Linux provides beta support for OpenGL 4.4 and GLSL 4.40 on capable hardware.

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