I’ve done this a couple of times now and thought I’d post details on how I did it. (Mostly so I don’t have to go searching around to find the links again.)
It is recommended to use YaST for installation of the NVIDIA driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it's simple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won't need to recompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update. Use YaST -> Software -> Change installation Source -> Add Protocol: FTP Server Name: : download.nvidia.com Directory on Server: novell to add the NVIDIA ftp server as additional installation source. Now use YaST -> Software -> Install and Delete Software to install the NVIDIA driver. Select the following packages: x11-video-nvidia nvidia-gfx-kmp-"kernel-flavor" "kernel-flavor" depends on your installed kernel. Check with "uname -r" for installed default/smp/bigsmp kernel. Use "sax2 -r" for X.Org configuration.
These directions were taken directly from http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html