#Nvidia geforce gt 745m stable driver how to

The drivers 361.28 already are available in the Proprietary GPU drivers PPA. NVIDIA released the final long-lived branch drivers version 361 this month. When there are problems with these drivers, you can install the latest official NVIDIA drivers. Generally it is recommended to use the NVIDIA drivers from the official Ubuntu repositories. Sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveauР”Вoing the above while using a proprietary one says xserver-xorg-video-nouveau is already the newest versionР”Р„nd the proprietary is still the one used in 'Additional drivers' (even after log out / log in). I've tried the following: ubuntu-drivers devices I'm afraid to install a new one and can't go back to nouveau.

#Nvidia geforce gt 745m stable driver how to

I've found two newer drivers on NVidia website ( ) for GeForce GT 745M / Linux 64-bits / US En /recommended certified:Р”Вoes anyone tried one of those or another working one? Any tips on how to solve this? Using the nouveau/intel driver gives no freezing but also low graphic performance (can't save properly Matlab graphics). I can go back to no-freeze closing and re-opening the lid but it happens a lot. Up to now, I've tried all available ones (340.96, 340.96-updates, 352.63 and 352.63-updates) and all are freezing the screen after some random time (from never in a day to a few seconds.). I'd like to know which driver to use for my configuration (Toshiba laptop P50 A 14P + NVidia GT 745M/PCie/SSE2 - 14.04LT) to work.