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<p>NVIDIA drivers can be downloaded from the NVIDIA website
(<a href="http://www.nvidia.com" target=
"_top">http://www.nvidia.com</a>).</p>
<p>The NVIDIA driver follows a Unified Architecture Model in which
a single graphics driver is used for all supported NVIDIA GPU
products (see <a href="appendix-a.html" title=
"Appendix A. Supported NVIDIA GPU Products">Appendix A,
<i>Supported NVIDIA GPU Products</i></a> for a list of supported
GPUs). The burden of selecting the correct driver is removed from
the user, and the graphics driver is downloaded as a single file
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<p>The package suffix (<code class="filename">-pkg#</code>) is used
to distinguish between packages containing the same driver, but
with different precompiled kernel interfaces. The file with the
highest package number is suitable for most installations.</p>
<p>Support for "legacy" GPUs has been removed from the unified
driver. These legacy GPUs will continue to be maintained through
special legacy GPU driver releases. See <a href="appendix-a.html"
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"Appendix A. Supported NVIDIA GPU Products">Appendix A,
<i>Supported NVIDIA GPU Products</i></a> for a list of legacy
GPUs.</p>
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