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Which nvidia driver from additional drivers option should I choose?
Which Nvidia driver should I use

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10. I have no idea about this operating system so i would like to ask you a question. I have nvidia card in my laptop and i wanted to ask if i should install any driver mentioned in the "additional drivers". I mentioned below all the options available in the "additional drivers" window and i do not know which option should i choose. Would you please let me know which option is the most suitable for me? By default option 3 is selected.

  1. Using NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library from nvidia-current (propriatary, tested)

  2. Using Experimental NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library from nvidia-experimental-310 (proprietary)

  3. Using X.org X server - Nouveau display driver from xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (open source)

  4. Using NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library from nvidia-current-updates (proprietary)

  5. Using Experimental NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library from nvidia-experimental-304 (proprietary)

Thanks a lot in advance. Bye

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user113321
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If you don't plan on using any 3D applications at the moment, then I would stick with the Open-Source video drivers. I don't have nVidia graphics, but I do have AMD's Radeon HD 4200. In my experience, I have found that certain programs on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin run better on my Toshiba Satellite L505D laptop when I use my Open-Source video drivers (packages look like "xorg-xserver-video-(radeon or ati)" and I will give you a few examples.

I found Google Chrome wouldn't work & display pages correctly and would crash when I used AMD's FGRLX proprietary video driver. I think Compiz was affected by the FGLRX driver too. I couldn't even change the brightness of my laptop's screen. But after I correctly and safely uninstalled the proprietary FGLRX video driver and switch back to X.Org's open drivers, I noticed the above programs worked much better/correctly again. Google Chrome started up and loaded web pages much faster going at light speed! I could've sworn Chrome worked faster on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin than on my Windows 7 partition....

The downside was that my 3D gaming suffered, and I couldn't play Team Fortress 2 through WINE. You could start the program, but you just couldn't play it. Lol.

Christopher
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I use and recommend #4

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates

Or use the gui

Goddard
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