On 20/01/14 02:06, Alvin Beach wrote:
I tried the RPMs from the nvidia repo (for 12.3) and I would get high CPU usage (80%+) while starting/playing L4D2. In fact, that was just starting the game. The game was unplayable as it would could not get past the menu (joining a game would freeze). Also, as soon as I started the game, and before the menu loaded, the CPU temps would climb above 65C and stay there until I force killed it.
I tried other versions from other repos (some from in home:/), but the same thing.
In the end, I just downloaded the .run from nvidia's site and installed it manually. No issues with CPU usage or temperatures.
The .run does complain that it cannot build the CUDA support/driver. However, since AFAIK I don't use CUDA I just used "--no-unified-memory' (as per its log file instructs) to get around the error.
Just thought I would just share my experience in case others see the same issues using the nvidia RPMs.
My system: i7-3770 16 GB RAM Zotac GT 230, 2GB openSUSE 12.3 KDE 4.12.1 Kernel 3.12.7-2.g78b11e9-desktop
Cheers,
Alvin
On 19/01/14 10:42, Robert Klein wrote:
Hi,
there are new versions of the NVIDIA drivers available.
The G03 driver is now version 331.38.
Bug 858421 is supposed to befixed, there.
Best regards Robert
The driver released on 10 January - 319.82 - has no problem compiling and there is no need to use '-no-unified-memory'. Are you suggesting that the new one (331.38, released 14 January) has regressed to not compile without the '-n-u-m' "fix"? BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.12.0 & kernel 3.12.7-2 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 OC 2GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org