Starting to look like it...Intel is the only GPU that has had improvements to its driver over time. I may look into Nouveau for the moment so might test that.
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Is there any way we can test this patch for the 340.xx driver series for 4.6 kernel:

git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/plain/trunk/linux-4.6.patch?h=packages/nvidia-340xx

Found this link on the devtalk forum. Let me know if you can set up a test so then I can test sgfxi with this unofficial (meaning not an official patch from NVIDIA), as several users on the devtalk forum reported this patch works for them.

Thanks :)
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I'll check it, needs cleaning up, but otherwise seems fine.
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I tested it, cleaned it up, it applies fine.

I set it to run on 4.5, 4.6, and 4.7 kernels, so see if it works.
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OK will do this as soon as I can and report back. I use the -! 6 option to sgfxi for this test, am I correct?

EDIT:

I just tested this patch and it works fine on my setup which has the siduction 4.6.0 kernel. Was able to get to a desktop and no obvious issues with graphics noted. As for 4.7 will test the patch for using with this kernel when it's released and has had a chance to "bake" a bit.

Thanks for your help and I do believe nvidia has been rather slacking on legacy releases (especially the ones that are still within the 5 year window of support)

304.xx seems to be near the end of life while the 340.xx has about 2-3 years to go I think.
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thanks for finding the patch
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Anytime and hopefully this helps others who have the Geforce 8 and 9 series and the GTX 1xx and 2xx series. Soon will be pulling the trigger on a newer card anyhow and sell off my 9800.

The late model Radeons are looking better and better so I might check those out.
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amd hasn't released a new driver since 2015-12, so I'd avoid amd unless you are for sure going to use the free driver, and know that it works fine for the card in question.
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Precisely my plan, and will be looking for benchmarks and tests on such AMD cards before I go ahead. Nvidia may soon have good cards at a decent pricepoint I am sure, as I kinda don't want to spend gazillions.

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From my research the legacy driver support for the older cards are:


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I can't use pastebin. The sgfxi log is too large. The installation of the "latest" NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.35 crapped out on the new 4.7 kernel, and the sgfxi log indicated an nvidia-installer error.

But the 367.35 is not the latest. 367.44 is the latest. Can you update the script, and I'll take it for a spin on Saturday morning?

If that doesn't do it, I'll try the latest BETA, which is 370.23.

Thanks
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