There is a good overview on nvnews.net : Current NVIDIA Linux graphics driver releases. A detailed list of cards can be found in Appendix A.
Version |
Supported family |
Latest supported xorg-server |
260.xx |
NV40 NV50 NVC0 |
1.9 |
173.xx |
NV30 |
1.9 |
96.xx |
NV20 NV10(nv11,nv17,nv18) |
1.9 |
71.xx |
NV4 NV10(nv10,nv15,nv16) |
1.5 |