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NVIDIA Documentation

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:55 pm
by crazygray1
Is there any kind of documentation of the NVIDIA graphics cards?

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:09 pm
by Pyrofan1
i don't think so

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:31 am
by Telgin
I doubt that there is any official documentation released.

On the other hand, are there drivers for Linux for a particular NVIDIA card you're interested in? If so, are they open source? I know I read something about ATI not releasing their hardware interface information, but NVIDIA I don't know about.

It's a shame, but really I can't blame them if they don't.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:43 am
by bluecode
Telgin wrote:On the other hand, are there drivers for Linux for a particular NVIDIA card you're interested in? If so, are they open source?

binaries (at least the 3D things). But there is also the Nouvea Project, but I don't know how far they are.

I read something about ATI not releasing their hardware interface information, [...]

Actually AMD did release specifications for their video hardware.


Afaik there is some information about older NVidia Hardware (2D things) floating around in the internet (and in the X.org drivers).

Re: NVIDIA Documentation

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:12 am
by jal
crazygray1 wrote:Is there any kind of documentation of the NVIDIA graphics cards?


Yes. The Nouveau projects document their findings here. Another good source (at least for 2D) could be the Haiku nVidia driver. And also check the xorg nv driver page.

That said, I found these links in a five minute Google session. Next time, please use Google before posting such a question here.


JAL

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:06 am
by crazygray1
I googled it at 1:00am. Must of been the problem.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:52 pm
by lukem95
lol, i forgot google changed its results between 12:30 and 4am!

...i know what you mean though, after about midnight doing anything sensibly becomes much harder.

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:28 am
by ucosty
Thats the time I do my best work :D

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:43 am
by jal
crazygray1 wrote:I googled it at 1:00am. Must of been the problem.


Yeah, sometimes it's much easier when being awake and all :).


JAL