FreeBSD Display Driver – x86

Version: 100.14.09
Operating System: FreeBSD x86
Release Date: June 8, 2007

Release Highlights:

Adds support for new GPUs:

GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce 8600M GT
GeForce 8600M GS
GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 8400 GS
GeForce 8400M GT
GeForce 8400M GS
GeForce 8400M G
GeForce 8300 GS
Quadro FX 1600M
Quadro FX 570M
Quadro FX 360M
Quadro NVS 320M
Quadro NVS 140M
Quadro NVS 135M
Quadro NVS 130M

Adds support for Quadro FX 4600 G-Sync and Quadro FX 5600 G-Sync boards.
Improved notebook GPU support.
Improved RenderAccel support for subpixel antialiased fonts.
Added XV brightness and contrast controls for GeForce 8 GPUs.
Improved interaction with newer Linux kernels.
Fixed a locale-interaction issue in the nvidia-settings configuration file parser.

Pre-Installation Notes

If you are using FreeBSD 6.x, you will need to make sure that the 'compat5x' package is installed.
The 'nvidia-settings' utility can be built from source (available from http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings-1.0.tar.gz) if the binary included in the 100.14.09.tar.gz package doesn't work (e.g. due to a ports/ library version conflict).

To download and install the drivers, follow the steps below:

STEP 1: Review the NVIDIA Software License. You will need to accept this license prior to downloading any files.

STEP 2: Review Documentation
README - FreeBSD installation and configuration information.

STEP 3: Download the driver

NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-100.14.09.tar.gz

STEP 5: Install
See the README for detailed installation instructions. If you have any questions or problems, please check the FreeBSD discussion forum. If you don't find an answer to your question there, you can send email to freebsd-gfx-bugs@nvidia.com.