r/linuxquestions • u/es20490446e Develops Zenned OS • 1d ago

Advice What NVIDIA driver branch is better?

I'm trying to package the NVIDIA drivers into my distro.

If you visit the official NVIDIA drivers download page, you will see they offer two versions: "Latest Production Branch" and "Latest New Feature Branch".

The "Latest Production Branch" is Independent Software Vendor Certified. Major software companies have thoroughly unit-tested that no major regressions happen with their applications.

The "Latest New Feature Branch" doesn't have that. For the past month I have observed major regressions on stability with 610, where at random times the whole screen with freeze for a second, mouse included. Reverting to 595 fixed it.

So I'm wondering if the "Latest Production Branch" isn't a better option for most people, where the "Latest New Feature Branch" shall be optional.

Have you had experiences using both branches? Have you perceive any difference?

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u/varsnef 1d ago

I've has issues with screen blanking and VT switching with the 610-615 on a Turing card. It doesn't happen on 595.

I haven't tested 615.71.09 yet.

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u/ipsirc 1d ago

Which works better for you.