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Re: How to install drivers for this nVidia graphics card?



On 2012-05-16 14:50 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:

> On Wed, 16 May 2012 15:42:35 +0530, aditya wrote in message 
> <[🔎] CAJeCY3xZ5JbNZKqvFs5BBZnXmnfoWWfaw-=NLZeqkPgfhESCxw@mail.gmail.com>:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> Can you give me an easy way to install drivers for this card *Nvidia
>> GeForce GT520M*?
>
> ..is this the card that was considered mid-level in 2006, or the 
> 48 core card that was released as entry level in 2010?  I googled.
>
> ..in the latter case, the nouveau driver might work.

It won't very work well though, since there is no working free microcode
for the card yet¹ (GeForce GT 520M belongs to the NVD9 family).  And
without that there's no acceleration. :-(

Cheers,
       Sven


¹ http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallDRM#Firmware


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