From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   John Smith <12345@whatismyemailaddress.xyz> wrote:   
   >        I have an old PC with an NVidia graphics card running 14.2.  I   
   > use the NVidia proprietary drivers for this card on this PC without   
   > any problems.  However, transitioning to 15.0 and the 5.* kernels,   
   > the guys from NVidia tell me that there are no NVidia drivers for my   
   > particular NVidia card when such drivers are used.  Which implies   
   > I'll have to use the Nouveau driver.   
      
   Yes, the 'proprieatary' driver is not updated for older cards and newer   
   kernels.  I am   
      
   >        Anybody have experience with this driver under Slackware?   
   > thinking about 3D applications - like e.g.  google-earth, or the 3D   
   > hacks in xscreensaver.  Do they run at all?  If they do, do they   
   > perform tolerably, or are they like trickle?   
      
   My system is running this Nvidia card:   
      
   NVIDIA Corporation G94GL [Quadro FX 1800] (rev a1)   
      
   Which is a rather older Nvidia card, and I am running the Nouveau   
   driver (from Slack 14.1).   
      
   The CPU is an: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5570 @ 2.93GHz   
      
   The video card is also driving two monitors in a desktop spanning   
   side-by-side configuration.   
      
   Testing xscreensaver-demo, and picking the gl* screen saver names for   
   demoing, they all seemed to run just fine, nice, smooth, and seemingly   
   as fast as they should.  So based on this quick test, things seem to   
   work fine for screensaver and this older Nouveau driver.  I'd assume   
   the newer driver in 15 would work just as well, if not better.   
      
   >        I might just have to bite the bullet and get a new card (or   
   > maybe even a new PC) but I would be interested to learn about the   
   > experience of other Slackware users in this respect.   
      
   That's always an option, but it seems that 3d stuff works reasonably   
   fine on older hardware and with a now older driver, so I'd say just   
   give it a try and see what happens.  If it works, then you don't need   
   to shell out for a new card (and given current pricing, that would be a   
   big savings).   
      
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