To get a more recent version probably you will need to use portage, I would wait for them to be added to entropy, but if you really want the latest ones you need to get the kernel sources (so that they can be compiled).
You can get them from entropy too, as root:
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equo install sabayon-sources
Now you need to update the portage package list:
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emerge --sync && layman -S
now you can emerge the latest nvidia drivers:
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emerge -av nvidia-drivers
Be careful using portage, you need some experience, also this procedure involves mixing entropy and portage.
You should let entropy know what portage did, using:
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equo rescue spmsync
otherwise entropy will think that it has still the old nvidia-drivers package installed.
Probably entropy will try to reinstall the old version of that package, since entropy tries to replace packages that are not installed by itself.
You can change this behaviour changing the:
ignore-spm-downgradesin
/etc/entropy/client.conf from
disable to
enable.
Like:
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ignore-spm-downgrades|enable
(you need to be root to do this)
Again, if you have no experience with portage, do this only if you really need the new version of the Nvidia drivers.