difference between opengl3.1 and official/stable driver?

lightmans · 05-14-09, 05:59 AM

Hello together!

Sorry for asking that again, iam sure that iam not the first one

but i can not find this type of question in the forum...

Could somebody tell or explain me whats the difference between the opengl3.1 and the offcial/stable 180.51 driver? Or tell where i can read about the difference?

Is opengl3.1 not included in the new offical stable driver 180.51?

What would you install or wahts the best driver on a linux machine for playing ex. eve-online in combination with wine?

my machine:
ubuntu jaunty x64
Nvidia GT8600

thanking you in anticipation,
Lightmans

Dragoran · 05-14-09, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lightmans

Hello together!

Is opengl3.1 not included in the new offical stable driver 180.51?

No thats the reason why there is a seperate beta driver for it.

lightmans · 05-14-09, 06:25 AM

aha, okay...

so which driver would be better or the best, for playing a game like eve-online in combination with wine?

iam not sure, but eve uses shademodell 2 or 3 and can use directx10 on a windows machine..
i think its uses also opengl?! or not?

so which driver should i install?

thanking you in anticipation,
lightmans

**AaronP** · 05-14-09, 10:23 AM

If you don't plan on doing OpenGL 3.1 development or using OpenGL 3.1 applications, then I would recommend using the current official driver.

05-14-09, 05:59 AM	#1
lightmans Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Düsseldorf / Germany Posts: 33	difference between opengl3.1 and official/stable driver? Hello together! Sorry for asking that again, iam sure that iam not the first one but i can not find this type of question in the forum... Could somebody tell or explain me whats the difference between the opengl3.1 and the offcial/stable 180.51 driver? Or tell where i can read about the difference? Is opengl3.1 not included in the new offical stable driver 180.51? What would you install or wahts the best driver on a linux machine for playing ex. eve-online in combination with wine? my machine: ubuntu jaunty x64 Nvidia GT8600 thanking you in anticipation, Lightmans __________________ Live and let live

05-14-09, 06:25 AM	#3
lightmans Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Düsseldorf / Germany Posts: 33	Re: difference between opengl3.1 and official/stable driver? aha, okay... so which driver would be better or the best, for playing a game like eve-online in combination with wine? iam not sure, but eve uses shademodell 2 or 3 and can use directx10 on a windows machine.. i think its uses also opengl?! or not? so which driver should i install? thanking you in anticipation, lightmans __________________ Live and let live

05-14-09, 10:23 AM	#4
AaronP NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,487	Re: difference between opengl3.1 and official/stable driver? If you don't plan on doing OpenGL 3.1 development or using OpenGL 3.1 applications, then I would recommend using the current official driver.