[quote name=AMIGASYSTEM post=12810]@AMIGASYSTEM - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M It still doesn't work[/quote]

I have one laptop with NVidia card, but it's an older Fermi generation card. I will be looking into booting nouveau on it soon.

Beta-3:

[url]https://axrt.org/development/nouveau.hidd-20260707-49.4.zip[/url]

Changes:
- enabled HDMI and DisplayPort outputs

Known issues:
- 3D acceleration is not stable, ADoom3 crashes a lot, some other games work correctly
- HDMI will list several 1920x1080 "same" screen modes, some of them might not work, try others
- not tested with mobile chipsets

Tested on: GTX950

Just tried my GTX 970 with hdmi but I'm not getting any output from that port, not even the BIOS screen. Is there some specific action I need to complete to enable the port? (I've intalled the latest firmware from post 97).

Cheers,
Nigel.

Hmm, if you are not even getting motherboard boot messages over HDMI than I'd try with difference card/different cable/different monitor. Looks like a hardware issues to me.

[quote name=deadwood post=12823]@deadwood - Hmm, if you are not even getting motherboard boot messages over HDMI than I'd try with difference card/different cable/different monitor. Looks like a hardware issues to me.[/quote]

Thought it might be. I did a bit of research online and it looks like you might need to enable the hdmi port via a (Windows of course) configuration program. Anyway, I have an easy solution - I'll get a DVI to hdmi adapter from Amazon (the big-screen TV I'll be using in Derby only has hdmi and VGA inputs).

Cheers,
Nigel.

New version:

[url]https://axrt.org/development/nouveau.hidd-20260709-49.5.zip[/url]

Changes:
- fixes to make it boot on Dell Latitude E6430 (see photo)
- tested both 2D and 3D acceleration

Notes:
- if you have NVIDIA Optimus technology in your laptop you must disable it in BIOS, won't work otherwise
- this is the only laptop I have with NVidia card, so no further laptop fixes are expected

[quote name=deadwood post=12831]@deadwood - New version:

[url]https://axrt.org/development/nouveau.hidd-20260709-49.5.zip[/url]

Changes:
- fixes to make it boot on Dell Latitude E6430 (see photo)
- tested both 2D and 3D acceleration

Notes:
- if you have NVIDIA Optimus technology in your laptop you must disable it in BIOS, won't work otherwise
- this is the only laptop I have with NVidia card, so no further laptop fixes are expected[/quote]

I have a 980M, could it work on it?

[quote name=x-vision post=12836]@x-vision
I have a 980M, could it work on it?[/quote]

Yes, it's in the range of supported chips. Please try it. With 9xx series be sure to install NVidia firmware files - these cards won't work without them.

what models are these laptops?

Latest driver tried with my i7 GTX970 + new kernal - looking good, feels more stable than the previous verion. I tried the GLExcess demo which was very impressive, but on running for the third time I did get an error - please see attached.

Cheers,
Nigel.

Good. I have this error on my plate next. Did you do anything special with GLExcess when you go this error? Like running it longer that previous two times?

@ntromans

Please apply this update: [url]https://axrt.org/development/glexcess-fix.zip[/url]

It should fix this specific issue with GLExcess and some other 3D software.

One more fix. Needs to be applied on top of glexcess-fix.

[url]https://axrt.org/development/nouveau.hidd-20260721-49.7.zip[/url]

Grazie!

I intend to buy a GTX 950

[quote name=deadwood post=12944]@deadwood - One more fix. Needs to be applied on top of glexcess-fix.

[url]https://axrt.org/development/nouveau.hidd-20260721-49.7.zip[/url][/quote]

Looking good - I've restarted the GLExcess demo multiple times and not one issue. I also tried teapot again; that was previously giving 16 FPS but now its up to about 380!

I also installed the libraries to my i5 laptop, This is just VESA but there seems to be no ill effects from having these libraries present.

Many thanks,
Nigel.

Hi All,

Good news - after the last batch of fixes and some more testing I consider NVidia driver good enough to exit "beta" and be in general use. The driver is now included in the master branch (ABIv11) and available in builds.

If you find more issues, please report them here along with ways to reproduce them. If I have similar hardware, I might be able to fix them,

I'd like to thank everyone who took time to test the driver and provide feedback.

What are the best supported Geforce cards now? I see on eBay for example a lot of GTX 5x0/6x0 sold for £10 or little bit more...

[quote name=deadwood post=12957]@deadwood - Hi All,

Good news - after the last batch of fixes and some more testing I consider NVidia driver good enough to exit "beta" and be in general use. The driver is now included in the master branch (ABIv11) and available in builds.

If you find more issues, please report them here along with ways to reproduce them. If I have similar hardware, I might be able to fix them,

I'd like to thank everyone who took time to test the driver and provide feedback. [/quote]

Many thanks again for the hugh amount of work this must have taken - the results are absolutely stunning and yet again set AROS aside from rest of teh Amiga's children.

Question: is anyone planning to do a YouTube video or internet-based write-up on this and the overall development of 64 bit AROS? f so I'll try to put in a 'tip' over on Hackaday to see if they can be persuaded to cover feature it.

Cheers,
Nigel.

@sonountaleban

The top supported cards are Maxwell family: GTX 9xx (need NVidia firmware) and support starts with Test (GF 8**** and GF 9****). GTX 5xx and GTX 6xx cards are also good for AROS.