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180.29 ofera suport integral pentru OpenGL 3.0 plus o alta lista intreaga
Improved OpenGL performance on workstations:

· Added an error checker of the layer data in VDPAU’s VdpVideoMixerRender function;
· The VDPAU setup handling on multiple GPUs was improved;
· The GPU video memory handling coordination, between VDPAU and Nvidia X driver was improved;
· The X driver was updated to support some GPUs that were not recognized;
· The nvidia-installer received the ability to run various post- and pre-installation hooks;
· The metamode parser of the X driver was updated to permit mode names with periods (i.e. ‘.’s);
· Added power management workaround and better compatibility with newer Linux 2.6 kernels.

Nvidia 180.29 display driver for Linux also fixes the following issues:

· Fixed a VDPAU crash caused by some invalid MPEG-2 streams in the 64-bit version of the drivers;
· Fixed a VDPAU issue which caused display corruption while decoding MPEG-2 video streams;
· Fixed an acceleration issue (Xid errors) in the X driver for all GeForce 6 and 7 graphics cards;
· Fixed a performance issue for integrated GPUs;
· Fixed a stability issue for OpenGL programs that used FSAA;
· Fixed AGP GPUs initialization issue, which caused them to be used in PCI compatibility mode;
· Fixed a stability issue when modifying the clock settings via the Coolbits interface;
· Fixed a hotkey switching issue on newer mobile GPUs;
· Fixed a VDPAU green screen issue;
· Fixed a VDPAU issue which caused it to crash after a restart of the X server, on various GPUs;
· Fixed a VDPAU crash when DisplayPort devices were used;
· Fixed a VDPAU hang issue when the blit-based presentation queue was used on multiple GPUs;
· Fixed another VDPAU hang issue using the overlay;
· Fixed a VDPAU issue which caused the overlay-based presentation queue to not be used on component video connected displays.

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