Which Nvidia drivers should I install.

Question

I have no idea what I should use for drivers:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce Go 6200/6400] (rev a1)
That's part if the output of lspci. What driver should I use?

Answer 1

broch wrote:
ngoonee wrote:
Where possible you should minimize the files on your system which aren't under your package management software (pacman in this case). This is particularly the case with a relatively common package like nvidia for which packages are already available. Makes debugging easier, and allows for a cleaner system if/when you need to change driver.
@jwwolf, since this is the Newbie Corner, it'd be helpful to take the time to at least add a few words on the difference between nouveau and the nvidia drivers...
you should not make things up. in the case of nvidia pacman is nothing more than wrapper. In this specific case it actually limits nvidia original installer.
there is not such thing as "cleaner" system: this is linux so user is allowed to use distro specific packaging system or sources.
I agree with gnoonee. The good thing about using pacman to install anything, including the Nvidia driver is:
Someone else does the work.
Automatic updates.
Very very easy to uninstall it. If you want to try the open source driver, or, if you install an ATI video card, then it is very easy to change drivers.
No different than installing it the "Nvidia" way, which would be by downloading it from nvidia.com. If a package is not installed the way you want it to be, then I recommend making (or changing) the PKGBUILD file and making your own package. It's easy to do!
That's only my advice. Of course, it's your computer, and you can do whatever you want with it. But I've had too many Linux installations become "dirty" because I strayed too far from the package manager.