Any word for official Linux support of GTX 690?

georgelinux · 05-03-12, 07:57 AM

Hi!
I am planning to buy the GTX 690 nvidia beast and using it exclusively on Linux.
But the latest beta Linux drivers (300 something) do not seem to officially support this card.

Does anybody know when this official support will arrive?
Till then I do not buy this card and I will be waiting.

Spyke · 05-03-12, 11:20 AM

Usually, apart from the card's PCIID that could be missing in current drivers, dual GPU cards of already supported GPU's simply just work.

Gusar · 05-03-12, 12:08 PM

The just released 295.49 explicitly states GTX690 support in the changelog. So if you have insane loads of cash

, go for it.

georgelinux · 05-03-12, 04:16 PM

Thanks for the replies!
In the Linux world, I have enormous respect for the official Linux drivers from nvidia.
Yes, I would rather prefer to pay serious attention for the open source drivers that are not official supported (the so called nouveau project) but anyway their binary blobs are far ahead from what ati offers!

It seems that I will buy GTX690 after all!

seaweed · 05-15-12, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by georgelinux

Thanks for the replies!
In the Linux world, I have enormous respect for the official Linux drivers from nvidia.
Yes, I would rather prefer to pay serious attention for the open source drivers that are not official supported (the so called nouveau project) but anyway their binary blobs are far ahead from what ati offers!

It seems that I will buy GTX690 after all!

295.49 version that supports GTX 690 seems to have broken VT switching (screen gets totally black). I think this has happened with an earlier build as well. I would like to know if anybody else have this issue. I am using 12.04 Ubuntu with 3.0 kernel.

05-03-12, 07:57 AM	#1
georgelinux Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3	Any word for official Linux support of GTX 690? Hi! I am planning to buy the GTX 690 nvidia beast and using it exclusively on Linux. But the latest beta Linux drivers (300 something) do not seem to officially support this card. Does anybody know when this official support will arrive? Till then I do not buy this card and I will be waiting.

05-03-12, 11:20 AM	#2
Spyke Foxie Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 618	Re: Any word for official Linux support of GTX 690? Usually, apart from the card's PCIID that could be missing in current drivers, dual GPU cards of already supported GPU's simply just work. __________________ Gaming: Intel i7 980X @ 4GHz \| ASUS Rampage III Extreme \| GTX 480 3Way SLI @ 900Mhz \| Koolance VID-NX480 \| Corsair Obsidian 700D Corsair H70 CPU Cooler \| EK-FB RE3 \| Corsair AX1200 \| Black Ice SR1 360 \| 240GB OCZ Revodrive X2 SSD \| Windows 7 Ultimate 12GB Corsair Dominator GT @ 8-8-8-24-1T DDR3-1600 \| Onkyo TX SR-707 \| 70" Sharp Aquos LCD \| KEF Audio 5.1 C3/C6LCR/C7 Workstation: Intel i7 920 D0 @ 4GHz \| ASUS Rampage II Extreme \| GTX 480 @ 800Mhz \| Koolance VID-NX480 \| Lian-Li V1200B \| Corsair HX1000 EK NB ASUS HP \| Watercool HeatKiller 3.0 \| Feser Extreme X-360 \| 2x160GB Intel X25-M SSD RAID0 \| 4x2TB WD20EARS RAID10 12GB Corsair Dominator @ 8-8-8-24-1T DDR3-1600 \| Creative X-Fi Titanium \| Pioneer DVR-212D \| Gentoo Linux Dell 3008WFP \| JohnBlue JB3 \| CityPulse DA2.03e II DAC \| KingRex T20U w/ Modded Auricaps & PSU \| Glow Audio Sub One Server: Quad Socket Opteron 8356 (16 cores) @ 2.3GHz \| Supermicro H8QMi-2 \| Supermicro 2U Chassis \| Redundant 1200W PSU 32GB 2GBx16 DDR2-667 ECC \| 4x 300GB Cheetah SAS RAID10 \| Adaptec 5805 512MB w/BBU \| Colocated \| Gentoo Linux

05-03-12, 12:08 PM	#3
Gusar Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 277	Re: Any word for official Linux support of GTX 690? The just released 295.49 explicitly states GTX690 support in the changelog. So if you have insane loads of cash , go for it.

05-03-12, 04:16 PM	#4
georgelinux Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3	Re: Any word for official Linux support of GTX 690? Thanks for the replies! In the Linux world, I have enormous respect for the official Linux drivers from nvidia. Yes, I would rather prefer to pay serious attention for the open source drivers that are not official supported (the so called nouveau project) but anyway their binary blobs are far ahead from what ati offers! It seems that I will buy GTX690 after all!

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