ForceWare Graphics Driver

Users Guide
Driver Release 90 for Windows
NVIDIA Corporation
May 2006
1st Edition
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1. Introduction
About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . 12
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Context Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop
Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Release 90 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Video Processing Improvements . . . . . . 14
New FeaturesAvailable Only in the New
NVIDIA Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2. System Requirements And Driver
Installation
Hardware and Software Support. . . . . . . . . . 15
Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . 15
Supported NVIDIA Products . . . . . . . . . . 16
Supported Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation . 20
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver Installation
21
Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About Using Saved Profiles in Another
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Uninstalling the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Notes on Feature and Configuration Support. . . 25
Feature Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Examples in this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3. NVIDIA Driver Control Panel
Access
NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards. . . . . . . . . . . 27
Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages
28
Desktop Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display . 30
NVIDIA Settings Menu Windows Taskbar
Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Windows Display Properties Setting Access . 33
Using the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . . . . . 33
The NVIDIA GPU Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items . . . . . . 35
Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips
37
Context Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tool Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Tool Tips for Disabled Settings . . . . . . . 38
4. Using nView Multi-Display
Settings
nView Display Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
nView Multi-Display Applications . . . . . . . . . 43
Accessing the Display Context Menus . . . . 44
About Display Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
About Renaming Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
NVIDIA Multi-Display Support . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Primary and Secondary Displays . . . . . . . 50
nView Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Windows Display Properties Settings . . . 50
Using nView Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Key Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Initial Installation of nView Dualview Mode
Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial
Installation Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . 55
Using nView Span Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
nView Span Modes vs. Dualview Mode Features
56
Using Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes . . . 57
Using nView Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Enabling nView Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . 60
Enabling Virtual Desktop Clone Mode . . 62
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Disabling Auto-Panning (Lock Pan Position) .
65
Switching Between nView Dualview and Span/
Clone Modes Windows 2000. . . . . . . . . 66
Enabling nView Multiview Mode Only for NVIDIA
Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards . . . . . . 66
Arranging Displays on the Settings Page . . . . 67
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5. Configuring Displays
Adjusting Analog Display Settings . . . . . . . . . 69
Screen Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Display Timing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting Digital Display Settings . . . . . . . . . 72
Digital Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting Television Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
TV Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Signal Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Video Output Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Device Adjustments TV Output . . . . . . . 76
Screen Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Brightness/Contrast/Saturation . . . . . . . 77
Flicker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Overdrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Overscan Shift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Video Border (for HDTV) . . . . . . . . . 79
Supported TV and HDTV Adjustment Features
Based on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU . . 80
6. Configuring HDTV
Supported Television/HDTV Formats for Analog
and Digital Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
About D Connector Output Modes . . . . . . . 83

Television and HDTV Formats and Desktop
Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Television Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
HDTV Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Optimizing HDTV Viewing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Underscan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Overscan Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Native . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Notes on Startup Functionality with HDTV
Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
nView Single Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 86
nView Multi-Display Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using HDTV in nView Display Modes . . . . . . . 86
Using HDTV in nView Single Display Mode . 86
Using HDTV as the Primary Display in nView
Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Using HDTV as the Secondary Display in nView
Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Using HDTV in nView Dualview Mode. . . . . 87
Using HDTV Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Using Overscan Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Using Underscan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Troubleshooting HDTV Configuration. . . . . . . 95
7. Configuring Key ForceWare
Graphics Driver Features
Adjusting Desktop Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Accessing the Desktop Colors Page . . . . . 99
Color Correction Settings. . . . . . . . . . . .100
Digital Vibrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma. . . . .100
Apply Color Changes to.... . . . . . . . . .101
Color Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Color Curve Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Image Sharpening . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Color Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Add (ICC Profile Mode) . . . . . . . . . . .103
Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings. . .104
Changing Global Driver Settings. . . . . . . .105
Modifying an Existing Application Profile. . .106
Adding a New Application Profile . . . . . . . 111
Adding Profiles With an SLI Configuration . . 113
Deleting Application Profiles . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Antialiasing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Anisotropic Filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Image Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Vertical Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Driver Settings Advanced. . . . . . . . . . 117
View Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . 117
Antialiasing Settings (SLI-specific). . . . . 117
Color Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Force Mipmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Conformant Texture Clamp . . . . . . . . . 119
Extension Limit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Hardware Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . .120
Trilinear Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Anisotropic Optimizations. . . . . . . . . .122
Gamma Correct Antialiasing . . . . . . . .123
Transparency Antialiasing. . . . . . . . . .123
SLI Rendering Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Negative LOD bias . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Triple Buffering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Using Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . .126
Accessing the Video Overlay Settings Page .126
Overlay Zoom Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Zoom Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Out/In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Screen Region to Zoom. . . . . . . . . . .127
Overlay Color Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Hue and Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Adjust Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
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Restore Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Using Full Screen Video Settings . . . . . . . . 128
About the Full Screen Video Mirror Feature. 129
Accessing the Full Screen Video Page . . . 129
Full-Screen Video Settings . . . . . . . . . . 129
Full Screen Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Track Overlay Rotation. . . . . . . . . . . 130
Adjust Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Full Screen Video Zoom Controls . . . . . . 131
Zoom Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Out/In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Screen Region to Zoom . . . . . . . . . . 132
Troubleshooting Full Screen Video Problems132
Using the Tools Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the
Windows Taskbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Display Optimization Wizard . . . . . . . . . 134
Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows
Desktop Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Forcing Detection of Connected Television . 136
Detecting Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Using NVRotate Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Accessing the NVRotate Page . . . . . . . . 138
Before You Use NVRotate Settings . . . . . 139
Enabling NVRotate Settings . . . . . . . . . 139
Adjusting Temperature Settings . . . . . . . . . 141
Accessing the Temperature Settings Page . 141
Temperature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Temperature Level (GPU Core Temperature)
142
Core Slowdown Threshold. . . . . . . . . 142
Ambient Temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Enable Heat Indicator Warning When
Threshold Exceeded . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates
143
Screen Resolution and Color Quality . . . . 143
Monitor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Adding Custom Screen Resolutions & Refresh
Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Enabling Custom Screen Resolutions . . . . 145
Removing Custom Screen Resolutions &
Refresh Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Advanced Timing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Display Mode & Timing Parameters . . . 146
Display Timing Standards . . . . . . . . . 150
Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . . . . 150
Accessing the Menu Editing Page . . . . . . 150
Using Menu Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Adjusting PowerMizer Settings Only for
Notebook Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Accessing the PowerMizer Page . . . . . . .153
PowerMizer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Current Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . .153
Current Power Source. . . . . . . . . . . .153
Current Power Level. . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Using NVIDIA SLI Technology. . . . . . . . . . .155
Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Motherboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Examples of GeForce-based Graphics Cards
Supporting SLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Installation and Operating Instructions . . . .157
Installing the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . .157
Installing the Display Driver. . . . . . . . .158
Enabling SLI Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Viewing Load Balancing. . . . . . . . . . .159
A. Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based
Graphics Cards (Non-SLI
Configuration)
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare
Graphics Display Driver. . . . . . . . . . . .163
Examples and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Installing the NVIDIA
ForceWare Graphics Display Driver. . . . . . .164
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Attaching the Secondary
Display for nView Dualview Mode. . . . . . . .165
GeForce4 MX Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare
Graphics Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Attaching Displays for GeForce4 MX nView
Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Enabling nView Span and Clone Modes
Detaching the Secondary Display. . . . . . . .171
Viewing Multiple NVIDIA GPU-based Graphics
Cards from the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . .172
Viewing Multiple Card Configurations Using the
NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon . . . . . . . . . . .175
B. Using HDTV with NVIDIA
GPU-Based Graphics Cards
Supported HDTV Connectors . . . . . . . . . . .177
Component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
HDTV over DVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
D connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Sample Component-Based Cables Shipped with
NVIDIA HDTV-Encoded Graphics Cards . . . .180
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C. NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics
Display Driver Feature History
Driver Release History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Release 90 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Release 80 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
New Feature Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Additional Details by Driver Module . . . . . 183
Release 75 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
SLI Support Improvements . . . . . . . . . . 185
Display Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
DirectX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
NVIDIA Display Control Panel . . . . . . . . 187
nView Desktop Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Release 70 New Features and Enhancements 188
Details by Driver Module. . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Release 65 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
SLI Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
512 MB Frame Buffer Support . . . . . . . . 191
Multi-GPU Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Operating System Support . . . . . . . . . . 192
Enhancements in Driver Performance . . . . 192
Desktop Manager and Control Panel
Improvements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Release 60 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Latest GPU Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
PCI Express Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Enhancements in Driver Performance. . . . . . 194
3D Graphics API Enhancements . . . . . . 194
Release 55 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
PCI Express Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
PAE Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
nView Desktop Manager Enhancements . . 195
User Interface Enhancements . . . . . . . . 195
Video Support Enhancements . . . . . . . . 196
3D Graphics API Enhancements . . . . . . . 196
Release 50 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
New Feature Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Display Driver ChangesNew Features . . 197
Video New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
PowerMizer New Features. . . . . . . . . 197
User Interface Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
nView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
DirectX Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Release 40 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Enhanced Display Driver, DirectX, and Video
Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
New Graphical User Interface. . . . . . . . . 200
Enhanced nView Desktop Manager Features . .
201
OpenGL Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Release 35 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Release 25 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Release 20 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Release 10 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Release 6 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
TwinView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Digital Vibrance Control. . . . . . . . . . . . .205
OpenGL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Cursor Trails Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Release 5 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
OpenGL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
D. NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages
NVIDIA Display Wizard Typical Setup. . . . .210
NVIDA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup211
NVIDIA Display Wizard HDTV Component
Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
NVIDIA Display Wizard Analog Display with
HDTV/DVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display and
Television. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
E. Glossary
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Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Consumer Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Table 2.2 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space RequirementsEnglish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 2.4 Hard Disk Space RequirementsNon-English Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 2.5 Hard Disk Space RequirementsFull International Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 5.1 TV Encoders and Supported TV Adjustment Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Table 6.1 Supported TV/ HDTV Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Table 6.2 D Connector Output Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Table 6.3 Optimizing HDTV Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Table 7.1 Image Settings and Optimizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Table 7.2 Advanced Timing Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Table 7.3 Display Timing Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Table C.1 Release 70 Graphics Driver Performance Improvement and New Features . . . . . . . .188
List of Tables
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Figure 2.1 nView Desktop Manager Sample Profiles Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 2.2 nView Desktop Manager Save Profile Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 3.2 NVIDIA Display Options on the Windows Desktop Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 3.3 NVIDIA Display Options from a Video File Context Menu T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 3.4 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 3.5 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 3.6 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 3.10 NVIDIA Display Sample Context Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 3.11 NVIDIA Display Menu Sample Tool Tip for Disabled Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 4.1 nView Single Display Mode Windows XP/2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 4.2 nView Multi-Display Mode Windows XP/2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 4.6 nView Display Pair Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 4.9 nView Display Settings Installing Dualview in Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 4.10 Display Properties Settings Dualview Mode (Windows 2000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 4.12 nView Horizontal Span Mode Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 4.13 nView Vertical Span Mode Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 4.15 nView Clone Mode TV +Digital Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 4.16 nView Clone Mode with Virtual Desktop Enabled Disabling Panning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure 4.20 Display Settings Diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 5.1 Screen Adjustment Settings Analog Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 5.2 Display Timing Settings Analog Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 5.3 Digital Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 5.4 TV Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Figure 5.6 HDTV Output Setting Video Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 6.1 Back View of an HDTV with DVI and Analog Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Figure 6.2 Quick Access to HDTV Formats HDTV Component Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Figure 6.4 TV Settings HDTV Component Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Figure 6.5 TV Settings HDTV over DVI Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Figure 6.6 HDTV Overscan Configuration Native Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Figure 6.7 HDTV Overscan Configuration Overscan shift Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 6.8 Confirm Display Settings Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 6.9 HDTV Overscan Configuration Underscan Selected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Figure 6.10 Slider Control to Adjust Underscan to fit Desktop to HDTV Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Figure 7.1 Color Correction Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Figure 7.2 Performance and Quality Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Figure 7.3 Changing Global Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
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Figure 7.4 Changing Global Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Figure 7.8 Modifying a Profile Renaming and Saving the Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Figure 7.11 NVIDIA Advanced Driver Settings SLI-Specific Antialiasing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Figure 7.13 NVIDIA Advanced Driver Settings Hardware Acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Figure 7.14 Driver Settings Displaying Trilinear & Anisotropic Optimizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Figure 7.15 Advanced Driver Settings Displaying SLI Rendering Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Figure 7.16 Video Overlay Settings Windows XP/2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Figure 7.17 Full Screen Video Settings Disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Figure 7.19 Full Screen Video Zoom Control Video Mirror Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Figure 7.21 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon Displayed in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area . . . . . . . . .134
Figure 7.25 NVRotate Settings Landscape Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Figure 7.28 Temperature Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Figure 7.29 Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Figure 7.30 Add Custom Resolution Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Figure 7.32 Menu Editing Page Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Figure 7.35 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with an SLI Bridge Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Figure 7.36 Message SLI capable system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Figure 7.37 NVIDIA SLI Page Enabling SLI Multi-GPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Figure 7.38 Load Balancing Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Figure A.1 Display Properties Settings 3 Displays with 1 Attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Figure A.2 One Display With Identifying Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Figure A.3 Display Properties Settings 3 Displays with 2 Attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Figure A.4 Two Displays With Identifying Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Figure A.5 Display Properties Settings 4 Attached Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Figure A.6 Four Displays With Identifying Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Figure A.7 Display Properties Settings 4 Displays with 2 Attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Figure A.8 Two Displays With Identifying Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Figure A.9 NVIDIA Display Menu GeForce FX 5900 Ultra and GeForce4 MX 420 Options . . . . . . . . .173
Figure A.10 NVIDIA Display Menu Showing Both GeForce FX 5900 Ultra and GeForce4 MX Graphics Cards . .
174
Figure A.11 NVIDIA Settings Taskbar Menu Displaying NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra-based and GeForce4
MX-based Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Figure B.1 Sample Component Cables.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Figure B.2 Sample DVI Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Figure B.3 Sample NVIDIA Personal Cinema A/V Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Figure B.4 Sample Video Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Figure D.1 NVIDIA Display Wizard Typical Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Figure D.2 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup Pages (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Figure D.3 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup Pages (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
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Figure D.4 NVIDIA TV Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection Page (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Figure D.5 NVIDIA TV Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection Page (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Figure D.6 NVIDIA Display WizardAnalog Display with HDTV/DVI Pages (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Figure D.7 NVIDIA Display WizardAnalog Display with HDTV/DVI Pages (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Figure D.8 NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display with TV Pages (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Figure D.9 NVIDIA Display Wizard Various Types of TV Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Figure D.10 NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display with TV Pages (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
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Chapter 1
Introduction
C H A P T E R
INTRODUCTION
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingmajortopics:
AboutthisGuideonpage 11
OnlineHelponpage 12
NVIDIADisplayPropertiesandnViewDesktopManageronpage 13
Release90Enhancementsonpage 13
About this Guide
ThisusersguideisaddressedtousersofthecontrolpanelbasedNVIDIA

ForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriver.
ThisguidefocusesonNVIDIAdesktopconsumerproducts,i.e,graphicscardsbased
ontheNVIDIAGeForceseriesofGPUs(graphicsprocessingunits)listedinTable
2.1,SupportedNVIDIAConsumerProducts.
FortechnicaldetailsonthefeaturesandbenefitsoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphics
driver,refertotheNVIDIAWebpagewww.nvidia.com.
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Other Related Documentation
NVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriver:QuadroWorkstationUsersGuide
Release90driverversion.Refertothisdocumentifyouareprimarilyusingthe
NVIDIAworkstationproducts,i.e,graphicscardsbasedontheNVIDIAQuadro

seriesofGPUs.
NVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriversnViewDesktopManagerUsersGuide
Release90driverversion.RefertothisdocumentifyouareusingthenView
DesktopManagerapplicationcomponentoftheForceWaregraphicsdriver.
NVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriver:ReleaseNotesRelease90driverversion.
TheseReleaseNotedocumentsdescribeperformanceimprovementsandsoftware
fixesintheForceWaregraphicsdrivers.Releasenotesalsoenableaddincard
(AIC)producersandoriginalequipmentmanufacturers(OEMs)tomonitor
performanceimprovementsandbugfixesinthedriver.
ApplicationNoteUsingNVIDIASLIGraphicsCardsVersion2.0orlater
Note:NVIDIASLImultiGPUfeaturesareintendedforadvancedusersand
availablewithNVIDIASLIgraphicscards.
Online Help
Context Help
YoucanobtaincontextHelpforanyofthesettingsontheNVIDIAdisplaycontrol
panelpages.
Also,whenasettingisdisabled(grayedout),placingthecursoronthesetting
providestootiphelpindicatingthereasonitisdisabled.
ForcompletedetailsonHelpandtooltips,seeUsingtheNVIDIADisplayMenu
HelpandToolTipsonpage 37.
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NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Manager
TheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriverincludestwomajorcontrolpanel
basedcomponentsNVIDIAdisplaypropertiesandnViewDesktopManager.
Ingeneralterms,nViewrepresentsacollectionofmultidisplaytechnologies
encompassingdriversupport,multidisplayGPUarchitecture,anddesktop
managementsupport.
NVIDIAdisplayproperties,thetopicofthisusersguide,referstothecontrol
panelbaseduserinterfacefromwhichyoucanconfiguretheadvanceddisplay
propertiesofthecurrentreleaseoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriver.
FordetailsonusingtheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelmenu,seeAccessingthe
NVIDIADisplayControlPanelPagesonpage 28.
nViewDesktopManagerisauserlevelapplicationutilitythatfocusesonmaking
youmoreproductivewhenworkingonyourWindowsdesktop.nViewDesktop
Managerwasoriginallycreatedformultidisplaygraphicscardsbuthasgrownto
enhancesingledisplayuserdesktopsaswell.DesktopManagersupportsboth
singledisplayandmultidisplayconfigurationsrunningwithsingledisplay,
multidisplay,ormultiplegraphicscardsbasedonNVIDIAGPUs.
FordetailsonusingnViewDesktopManagerfeatures,refertotheNVIDIA
ForceWareGraphicsDrivers:nViewDesktopManagerUsersGuide.
Release 90 Enhancements
Release90providesthesenewfeaturesandimprovements:
EstablishesthenewNVIDIAControlPanelastherecommendeduserinterface.
IncludesseveralPureVideoimprovements.
Increasedstabilityandperformance.
OpenGL
Thefollowingextensionshavebeenadded:
WGL_NV_gpu_af f i ni t y
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Video
Release90includesthefollowingnewPureVideofeaturesandimprovements:
Video Processing Improvements
Release90includesseveralPureVideotechnologyimprovements
1
:
Addednoisereductionpostprocessing
Addedimagesharpeningpostprocessing
Improvedinversetelecinealgorithm
Improveddeinterlacingalgorithm
ImprovedcompatibilitywiththirdpartyMPEG2decoders
New FeaturesAvailable Only in the New NVIDIA Control Panel
ColorTemperatureCorrection
Allowsuserstocompensateformonitorgamutdifferences
Enhancescolorcorrectnessofvideo
VideoGammaEnhancementtoincludeRGBgammaadjustment
RGBGammaforVMR9
Allowsuserstotweakgammainchannelsseparately
ForbothOverlayandVMR9
Control Panel
Release90introducesthenewNVIDIAControlPanelastherecommendedinterface.
ThenewinterfaceprovidesintuitivenavigationofNVIDIAdisplayproperty
controls,andwillbetheinterfaceforotherNVIDIAsoftware.
WhiletheClassicControlpanelisstillavailable,nochangesornewfeatureswill
appearinthatinterface.
1. Video processing improvements are seen in higher HQV benchmark scores.
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System Requirements And Driver Installation
C H A P T E R
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND DRIVER
INSTALLATION
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingmajortopics:
HardwareandSoftwareSupportonpage 15
NVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriverInstallationonpage 20
NotesonFeatureandConfigurationSupportonpage 25
Hardware and Software Support
Supported Operating Systems
ThisRelease90driverincludesdriversdesignedforthefollowingMicrosoft

operatingsystems:
MicrosoftWindows

XP
WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005UpdateRollup2
WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005
WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2004
WindowsXPProfessional
WindowsXPHomeEdition
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WindowsXPProfessionalx64Edition
MicrosoftWindowsServer2003x64Edition
MicrosoftWindows

2000
Supported NVIDIA Products
Table2.1andTable2.2liststheNVIDIAproductssupportedbyVersion91.28ofthe
Release90driver.

Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Consumer Products

Product
Windows XP 32-bit
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Professional x64
GeForce 7900 GTX (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7900 GT (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7900 GS (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7800 GTX 512 (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7800 GTX (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7800 GT (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7800 GS (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7600 GT (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7600 GS (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7500 LE (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7300 GT (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7300 SE (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7300 LE (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 7300 GS (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6800 (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6800 XT (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6800 XE (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6800 Ultra (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6800 LE (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6800 GT (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6800 GS (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6700 XL (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6610 XL (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6600 VE (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6600 LE (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6600 GT (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6600 (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6500 (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6200 LE (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6200SE with TurboCache PCI-E X X
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GeForce 6200 with TurboCache PCI-E X X
GeForce 6200 (AGP and PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6150 LE (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6150 (PCI-E) X X
GeForce 6100 (PCI-E) X X
GeForce PCX 5900 X X
GeForce PCX 5750 X X
GeForce PCX 5300 X X
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra X X
GeForce FX 5900ZT X X
GeForce FX 5900XT X X
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra X X
GeForce FX 5900 X X
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra X X
GeForce FX 5800 X X
GeForce FX 5700VE X X
GeForce FX 5700LE X X
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra X X
GeForce FX 5700 X X
GeForce FX 5600XT X X
GeForce FX 5600SE X X
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra X X
GeForce FX 5600 X X
GeForce FX 5500 X X
GeForce FX 5200LE X X
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra X X
GeForce FX 5200 X X
GeForce FX 5100 X X
GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE X
GeForce4 Ti 4800 X
GeForce4 Ti 4600 X
GeForce4 Ti 4400 X
GeForce4 TI 4200 with AGP8X X
GeForce4 Ti 4200 X
GeForce4 MX440SE with AGP8X X X
GeForce4 MX Integrated graphics X X
GeForce4 MX 460 X X
GeForce4 MX 440-SE X X
GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X X X
GeForce4 MX 440 X X
GeForce4 MX 420 X X
GeForce4 MX 4000 X X
GeForce3 Ti 500 X
Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Consumer Products (continued)
Product
Windows XP 32-bit
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Professional x64
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GeForce3 Ti 200 X
GeForce3 X
GeForce2 MX Integrated graphics X
GeForce2 MX 400 X
GeForce2 MX 200 X
GeForce2 MX 100 X
GeForce2 MX X
Table 2.2 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products
Product
Windows XP 32-bit
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Professional x64
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 X X
NVIDIA Quadro FX 330 X X
NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL X X
NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL X X
NVIDIA Quadro4 780 XGL X X
NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL X X
NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL X X
Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Consumer Products (continued)
Product
Windows XP 32-bit
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Professional x64
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Supported Languages
TheRelease90NVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriversupportsthefollowing
languagesinthemaindriverControlPanel:
NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL X X
NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL X X
NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL X X
NVIDIA Quadro4 400 NVS X X
NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL X X
NVIDIA Quadro4 200 NVS X X
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 X X
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 400 X X
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 PCI-E X
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI X X
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 X X
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 200 X X
NVIDIA Quadro NVS with AGP8X X X
NVIDIA Quadro NVS X X
NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR X X
NVIDIA Quadro DCC X X
Table 2.2 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products (continued)
Product
Windows XP 32-bit
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Professional x64
English(USA) German Portuguese(Euro/Iberian)
English(UK) Greek Russian
Arabic Hebrew Slovak
Chinese(Simplified) Hungarian Slovenian
Chinese(Traditional) Italian Spanish
Czech Japanese Spanish(LatinAmerica)
Danish Korean Swedish
Dutch Norwegian Thai
Finnish Polish Turkish
French Portuguese(Brazil)
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NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation
MakesurethecurrentRelease90versionoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplay
driverforyourWindowsoperatingsystemhasbeeninstalledonyourcomputer.
Note:Ifyouareusingamobile(laptopornotebook)computer,pleasebesurethat
youareusingthemobileversionoftheNVIDIAdisplaydriver.
ConsultyourSystemAdministratorifyouareunsureabouttheversionthatis
installed.
System Requirements
Theminimumharddiskspacerequirementforeachoperatingsystemarelistedin
Table2.3,Table2.4,andTable2.5:
Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space RequirementsEnglish
Operating System Minimum Hard Disk Space
WindowsXP(alleditions) 41.1MB
Windows2000 41.1MB
Table 2.4 Hard Disk Space RequirementsNon-English Languages
Operating System Minimum Hard Disk Space
WindowsXP(alleditions) 26.66MB
Windows2000 26.66MB
Table 2.5 Hard Disk Space RequirementsFull International Package
Operating System Minimum Hard Disk Space
WindowsXP(alleditions) 67.76MB
Windows2000 67.76MB
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About the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver Installation
Note:IfyoudonothaveSystemAdministratoraccessprivileges,itisassumedthat
theappropriatepersonwithSystemAdministratoraccessinyourorganization
willsetupandinstalltheRelease90NVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriver
softwareonyourcomputer.
NVIDIAgraphicsdriverinstallationprovidesbothan.inf filebasedinstallation
methodandanInstallShield(setup.exe)Wizardbasedinstallationmethod.
Note:TheInstallShieldmethodisrecommendedforgeneralusers.Fordetails,see
InstallingtheNVIDIAForceWareDriverSoftwareonpage 24.
TheinstallationprocesscopiesallnecessaryNVIDIARelease90ForceWare
graphicsdriverfilesforoperationintotheappropriatedirectories.
Note:Ifyouareusingamobile(laptopornotebook)computer,pleasebesurethat
youareusingthemobileversionoftheNVIDIAdisplaydriver.
ThenViewsystemfilesarecopiedtoyourWindows\Systemdirectory.
nViewDesktopManagerProfilefiles(*.tvp)aresavedintheWindows\nView
directory.
DependingontheversionoftheNVIDIAdriverpreviouslyinstalled,profilesmay
alsobelocatedintheDocuments and Settings\All Users\Application Data\
nView_Profilesdirectory.
Aspartoftheinstallprocess,anuninstallisregisteredinyoursystem.
UnderWindowsXP,theNVIDIAdriverisinstalledinDualviewdisplaymode.
However,theseconddisplayisnotactivatedbydefaultandmustbeenabled.See
UsingnViewMultiDisplaySettingsonpage 40forinstructionsonhowto
installnViewDualviewmode.
UnderWindows2000,theNVIDIADisplayDriverisinstalledinSpanmode.See
UsingnViewMultiDisplaySettingsonpage 40forinstructionsonhowto
installnViewDualviewmode.
Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your Software
Beforeuninstallingorinstallingsoftware,yourcanpreserveyournViewDesktop
Managerand/orNVIDIADisplaysettingsbyusingthenViewDesktopManager
Profilesfeaturesandfollowingthestepsbelow.
Note:UnderWindowsXP/2000andWindowsNT4.0,youmusthave,atleast,Power
Useraccessprivilegesinordertocreateorsaveaprofile.(RefertoWindows
HelpifyouneedanexplanationofPowerUseraccessrights.)
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1 OpenthenViewDesktopManagerProfilespage(Figure2.1).
Figure 2.1 nView Desktop Manager Sample Profiles Page
1 Topreserveyourcurrentsettings,youcanuseeithertheSaveortheNewoption
fromthenViewDesktopManagerProfilespage:
Ifyouwanttooverwritethecurrentlyloadedprofilewithyourchanged
settings,usetheSaveoption.Noticethatawarningmessageindicatesthatyou
areabouttooverwritetheselectedprofile.
Ifyouwanttoretainthecurrentlyloadedprofileandwanttosaveyour
changedsettingstoanewfile,clicktheNewoption.Enteranameand
descriptionoftheprofileintheNewProfiledialogbox.Forexample,youcan
namethisprofileMy Settings.
2 Ifyouareanadvanceduserandwanttocustomizecertainsettingsinthesaved
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Figure 2.2 nView Desktop Manager Save Profile Settings
3 Tocustomizethesettings,youcanselectorclearanyofthesettingscheckboxes.
4 ClickSavetoreturntothemainProfilespage.
Ifyoucreatedanewprofile,youwillseethenameofthenewlycreatedprofilein
theprofileslist.
Ifyouoverwroteacurrentprofile,thesameprofilenameisretainedinthelist.
Note:nViewDesktopManagerprofile(.tvp)filesaresavedintheWindows\nView
directory.DependingontheversionoftheNVIDIAdriverpreviously
installed,profilesmayalsobesavedintheDocuments and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\ nView_Profilesdirectory.
5 Nowyoucanuninstallyourcurrentdriverforadriverupgrade.
6 AfteryourestartyourcomputerfollowinganNVIDIAnewdriverinstall,youcan
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About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer
Youcaneasilyuseanysavedprofile(.tvp fileintheWindows\nView directory)
fromonecomputeranduseitinanothercomputer,ifyouwant.Youllneedtocopyit
totheWindows\nViewdirectoryofacomputerthathastheNVIDIAForceWare
graphicsdisplaydriver,etc.installedproperly.Thenthisprofilecanbeloadedfrom
anothercomputerfromthenViewDesktopManagerProfilespagejustasitcanfrom
youroriginalcomputer.
Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver Software
1 Followtheinstructionsonthewww.nvidia.comWebsitedriverdownloadpageto
locatetheappropriatedrivertodownload,basedonyourhardwareandoperating
system.
2 Clickthedriverdownloadlink.
Thelicenseagreementdialogboxappears.
3 ClickAcceptifyouacceptthetermsoftheagreement,theneitheropenthefileor
savethefiletoyourPCandopenitlater.
Openingthe.EXEfilelaunchestheNVIDIAInstallShieldWizard.
4 FollowtheinstructionsintheNVIDIAInstallShieldWizardtocompletethe
installation.
Uninstalling the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver Software
Note:Itishighlyrecommendedthatyoufollowthestepsinthissectiontocompletely
uninstalltheNVIDIADisplayDriversoftwarebeforeupdatingtoanewversionofthe
software.
TouninstallthenViewsoftware,followthesesteps:
1 FromtheWindowstaskbar,clickStart>Settings>ControlPaneltoopenthe
ControlPanelwindow.
2 DoubleclicktheAdd/RemoveProgramsitem.
3 ClicktheNVIDIADisplayDriveritemfromthelist.
4 ClickChange/Remove.
5 ClickYestocontinue.
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ApromptappearsaskingwhetheryouwanttodeleteallofthesavednView
profiles.
IfyouclickYes,allofthenViewsoftwareandallofyoursavedprofileswillbe
deleted.
IfyouclickNo,thenViewsoftwareisremoved,buttheprofilefilesaresavedin
the Windows\nViewdirectoryonyourharddisk.
6 Yoursystemnowrestarts.
Notes on Feature and Configuration Support
Feature Support
ToaccessfeaturesonthenViewDisplaySettingspage(seenViewDisplay
Modesonpage 41),youneed:
amultidisplaygraphicscardbasedonanyoftheNVIDIAGPUsthatsupport
multipledisplaysonasinglegraphicscard,asindicatedinTable2.1,
SupportedNVIDIAConsumerProducts,and
atleasttwodisplaysconnectedtothegraphicscard.
Whenrunningwithmultiplegraphicscards(i.e.,twoormoreNVIDIAGPUbased
graphicscardareinstalledinyourcomputer),ensurethatthesameversionofthe
NVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriverisinstalledforeachcard.Fora
detaileddiscussionofusingmultidisplaynViewmodes,seeUsingnViewMulti
DisplaySettingsonpage 40.
SomeNVIDIAdisplayandnViewDesktopManagerfeaturesaresupportedby
eithersingledisplayormultidisplayNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscards.
Therefore,toaccessfeaturesthataresupportedbysingledisplayconfigurations,
youonlyneedasingedisplayconnected,providedthattheparticularNVIDIA
GeForcebasedgraphicscardsupportsthesefeatures.
ThesettingsavailableontheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpagesmayvary
dependingonthespecificNVIDIAGeForceGPUbasedgraphicscardyouare
using.Forexample,settingsthatareavailableforaspecificgraphicscardsuchas
onethatisGeForce7800GTXbased,maynotbeavailableonagraphicscard
basedonaGeForce4TiorotherolderNVIDIAGeForceGPUseries.
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Examples in this Guide
Forexamplepurposes,mostoftheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpagesshownin
thisguidefeatureanNVIDIAGeForceGPUbasedgraphicscard.Youmaybe
usingadifferentNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscard,inwhichcaseyouwillseethe
exactnameoftheGPUyouareusingreflectedintheNVIDIAGPUtab.
TheWindowsXPscreensshowninthisdocumentapplyalsotoWindows2000
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NVIDIA DRIVER CONTROL PANEL ACCESS
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingmajortopics:
NVIDIADisplaySetupWizardsonpage 27
AccessingtheNVIDIADisplayControlPanelPagesonpage 28
ShortcuttoPlayingVideoFilesonAnyDisplayonpage 30
UsingtheNVIDIADisplayMenuonpage 33
UsingtheNVIDIADisplayMenuHelpandToolTipsonpage 37
NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards
AfterafreshinstallationoftheNVIDIARelease90graphicsdisplaydriverand
restartingyourcomputer,oneorbothoftheNVIDIAdisplaywizards(Display
WizardorTVWizard)areautomaticallyinvoked,dependingonthetypesof
displaysthatareconnectedtoyourgraphicscardi.e.,analogordigitaldisplay,
television,orHDTV.ThewizardshelpsetupthemostcommonlyusednView
displaymodes,includingscreenresolutionandoutput.
Note:OnsubsequentsessionusingtheNVIDIAdisplaydriver,youcanmanually
startanyoneofthesewizardsbyclickingeithertheDisplayWizardortheTV
WizardbuttonfromtheDesktopManagementpage(Figure3.1).
ToseesampleWizardpages,seeAppendixC,NVIDIASetupWizardPages
onpage 209.
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Figure 3.1 Manually Starting the NVIDIA Display Wizard
1 ClickChange/Remove.
2 ClickYestocontinue.
Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages
OnceyourNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriverisinstalled,youcaneasily
accessthedriverfeaturesfromaconvenientmenu.Youcanquicklyaccessthe
NVIDIAdisplaymenuthatgivesyoudirectaccesstotheNVIDIAdisplaycontrol
panelpages.
Forquickaccess,youcanuseeithertheDesktopAccessonpage 29orthe
NVIDIASettingsMenuWindowsTaskbarAccessonpage 31accessmethod,
explainedinthesectionsthatfollow.

ClickTVWizard
forhelpinsetting
upyourtelevision
orHDTVdisplay.
ClickDisplay
Wizardforhelpin
settingupyour
analogordigital
displays.
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Note:Whenneeded,youcanstillaccesstheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpages
throughtheMicrosoftDisplayPropertiesSettings>Advancedoption,as
explainedinWindowsDisplayPropertiesSettingAccessonpage 33.
Desktop Access
1 RightclickonyourWindowsdesktoptoopenthedesktopmenu.
2 IfyoudonotseethemenuitemNVIDIADisplay,followtheprocedurein
AddingNVIDIAMenuOptionstotheWindowsDesktopMenuonpage 136,
andthencontinuetothenextstep.
3 ClickNVIDIADisplay(Figure3.2).
Figure 3.2 NVIDIA Display Options on the Windows Desktop Menu
Note If you have two displays connected, both
displays appear and are accessible on the
desktop menu only if nView Dualview mode
is enabled. One your primary display appears
if any other nView display mode is enabled.
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YouwillseeoneormoreofthedescriptiveEDIDdisplaynamesasshowninthe
examplesinFigure3.2.Thedisplaynamesthatappeararebasedonthenumber
andtypeofdisplay(s)thatareconnectedtoyourcomputerandwhetheryouarein
nViewDualviewmode.ThesedisplaynamesarealsoviewablefromthenView
Settingspage(Figure3.9).
Note:Forexample,ifyouhavemultipledisplaysconnectedtoanNVIDIAdual
displaygraphicscard,inordertoseebothofyourdisplays,youmustbein
nViewDualviewmode.InnViewCloneorSpanmode,youcanonlyseeone
displaybecauseWindowsconsidersthedisplaysasasingledisplayin
thesemodes.Fordetails,seeAboutRenamingDisplaysonpage 46and
AboutRenamingDisplaysonpage 46.
4 SelectthedisplayforwhichyouwanttoviewtheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanel.
Duringfirstuseofthedriver,thedefaultpagethatopensisalwaysthemain
NVIDIAGPUpageasshowninFigure3.7.Onsubsequentuse,theactualNVIDIA
controlpanelpagethatopenswillbethepagethatwasopenwhenyoulastclosedthe
NVIDIAcontrolpanel.
Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display
YoucannowusetheNVIDIAdisplayselectionshortcutfeaturetoplayvideofileson
anyselecteddisplay.
1 AsshowninFigure3.3,rightclickonavideofiletoopenitscontextmenu.
2 SelecttheNVIDIAoptionPlayOnMyandthenchoosethedisplayonwhichyou
wanttoplaythevideo.
3 Toconfigurefullscreenvideodisplay,seeUsingFullScreenVideoSettingson
page 128.
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Figure 3.3 NVIDIA Display Options from a Video File Context Menu T
NVIDIA Settings Menu Windows Taskbar Access
1 MakesureyouhaveaddedtheNVIDIASettingsmenuicontoyourWindows
taskbarnotificationarea.Fordetails,seeAddingtheNVIDIASettingsMenuto
theWindowsTaskbaronpage 133.
2 FromyourWindowstaskbar,clicktheNVIDIASettingsmenuicon(Figure3.4)to
displaythetypesofmenusshowninFigure3.5andFigure3.6.
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Figure 3.4 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area
Figure 3.5 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menu
3 ClickNVIDIADisplay(Figure3.5)andthenselectthetypeofdisplay.
TheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelappears(Figure3.7).
Note:Figure3.6showsanotherviewoftheNVIDIASettingsmenu.Youcanusethis
menutoquicklyaccessthesameNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriver
basedsettingsthatyoucanaccessintheregularNVIDIAdisplaymenushown
inFigure3.7.
Figure 3.6 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards
NVIDIASettingsmenuicon
WindowsTaskbar
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Windows Display Properties Setting Access
YoucanstillaccesstheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelthroughtheMicrosoftDisplay
PropertiesSettings>Advancedoption,ifneeded.
1 RightclickfromyourWindowsdesktoptoopenthedesktopmenu.
2 SelectPropertiesandthentheSettingstab.
3 ClickAdvancedandthenclicktheNVIDIAGPUtab.
TheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelwithmenuappears(Figure3.7).
Using the NVIDIA Display Menu
FromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu(Figure3.7),youcanaccessalltheNVIDIAdisplay
controlpanelpageswhereyoucanconfiguremanyNVIDIAdriverfeatures.
ToviewanyoftheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpages,simplyclickamenuitem
fromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
Note:ThenViewDisplaySettingsmenuitemappearsonlywhenyouhavemore
thanonedisplayconnected,asshowninFigure3.7.Figure3.8showsthemenu
whenonlyonedisplayisconnected;theexampleisforanotebookcomputer.
TotogglebetweenhidingandshowingtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,clickthegreen
buttononthegreenbuttonthatappearsonanyNVIDIAdisplaymenupage(Figure
3.7).YoucanalsoclicktheAdditionalPropertiesbuttontoshowthemenuwhenitis
hidden(Figure3.7).
YoucanresizetheNVIDIAdisplaymenubydirectlymanipulatingitwithyour
mouse.
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Figure 3.7 NVIDIA Display Menu Showing the GPU Page Multiple Displays Connected

Clickthegreenbuttontotogglebetween

.
hidingandopeningtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
ClicktheNVIDIAInformation>>button
toopenamenufromwhichyoucan
choosetoupdateyourNVIDIAdriver,send
feedbacktoNVIDIA,keepcurrentwith
NVIDIAnews,products,anddemos,andsee
NVIDIAdisplaydriverversionandfile
information.
Systeminformationdetailsselectedaspectsof
yoursystemthancouldaffectoverallgraphics
performance.
Note:Whenthemenuishidden,youcanalso
clicktheAdditionalPropertiesbuttontoreopenthemenu.
aspectsofthecurrentlyselectedNVIDIAGPU.
Graphicscardinformationdetailsthehardware
NVIDIAdisplaymenushowingthemain
NVIDIAGPUpage.
Note:The
nViewDisplay
Settingsmenu
itemappears
whenmultiple
displaysare
connected.
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Figure 3.8 NVIDIA Display Menu Single Display Connected
The NVIDIA GPU Page
Asmentionedpreviously,duringfirstuseofanewlyinstalledNVIDIAdriver,the
defaultpagethatopensisalwaysthismainNVIDIAGPUpage,asshowninthe
Figure3.7example.
ThisGPUpagecontainssystemandgraphicscardinformation.Youcanalsousethe
NVIDIAInformation>>button(Figure3.7)toaccessamenufromwhichyoucan
choosetoupdateyourNVIDIAdriver,sendfeedbacktoNVIDIA,keepcurrentwith
NVIDIAnews,productsanddemos,andviewNVIDIAdisplaydriverversionand
fileinformation.
Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items
ThissectiongivesanoverviewofthepagesassociatedwiththeotherNVIDIA
displaymenuitems
nViewDisplaySettingspageisshowninFigure3.9.

.
NOTE:nViewDisplaySettingsmenuoption
doesnotappearwhenonlyonedisplayis
connected
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Figure 3.9 NVIDIA Display Menu Showing nView Display Settings Page
Note:Thismenuitemonlyappearsifyouhavemorethanonedisplayconnected.
ForcompletedetailsonusingthenViewDisplaySettingsfeatures,seethe
nextchapterUsingnViewMultiDisplaySettingsonpage 40.
PerformanceandQualitySettingsseeAdjustingPerformanceandQuality
Settingsonpage 104
VideoOverlaySettingsseeUsingVideoOverlaySettingsonpage 126
FullScreenVideoseeUsingFullScreenVideoSettingsonpage 128.

EDIDdisplay
names
EDIDdisplaynames
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Note:Thismenuitemonlyappearsifyouhavemorethanonedisplayconnected
andthenViewDisplayModelistisnotsettoSingledisplay.
ToolsseeUsingtheToolsPageonpage 133
PowerMizerformobilecomputersonly;seeAdjustingPowerMizerSettings
OnlyforNotebookComputersonpage 153.
NVRotateseeUsingNVRotateSettingsonpage 138.
TemperatureSettingsmenuoptionisavailableonnewerGPUs,suchasGeForce
FX,andoncertainolderGPUs.AdjustingTemperatureSettingsonpage 141.
ScreenResolutions&RefreshRatesChangingScreenResolutionsandRefresh
Ratesonpage 143
DesktopManagerseetheNVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriversnViewDesktop
ManagerUsersGuideRelease90driverversion.
MenuEditingseeEditingtheNVIDIADisplayMenuonpage 150
Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips
Context Help
YoucanobtaincontextHelp(Figure3.10)foranyofthesettingsandoptionsonthe
NVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpagebyusinganyoneofthesemethods:
Selectormoveyourmousepointertotheoptionforwhichyouwanthelpandthen
pressF1,or
Clickthe?iconlocatedonthetoprightcorneroftheNVIDIAdisplaycontrol
panelpageyouhaveopen,movethe?iconovertheoptionforwhichyouwant
help,thenclickyourmouseagaintodisplaythehelp.
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Figure 3.10 NVIDIA Display Sample Context Help
Tool Tips
Windowsstyletooltip(popup)Helpappearswhenyouhoveryourmousepointer
onanitemthatispartiallyobscured.Forexample,youcanplaceyoumouseonany
ofthelongNVIDIAmenunamesthatmaybepartiallyobscured(suchas
PerformanceandQualitySettings)andbeabletoviewthenameinitsentirety.
Tool Tips for Disabled Settings
Whenanoptionorsettingisdisabled(grayed)onanyNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanel
page,youcanplacethemousepointeronthedisabledoptionforacoupleofseconds
toseetooltiphelpdescribingthereasonitisdisabled.
AnexampleofthiskindoftooltipHelpisshowninFigure3.11.
SamplecontextHelp
foranoptiononan
NVIDIAcontrolpanel
page
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Figure 3.11 NVIDIA Display Menu Sample Tool Tip for Disabled Settings

Sampletooltiphelpfor
disabledsettings
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C H A P T E R
USING NVIEW MULTI-DISPLAY SETTINGS
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingmajortopics:
nViewMultiDisplayApplicationsonpage 43
nViewDisplayModesonpage 41
AboutDisplayNumberingonpage 46
nViewDisplaySettingsRenamingaDisplayonpage 47
UsingnViewDualviewModeonpage 50
UsingnViewSpanModesonpage 55
UsingnViewCloneModeonpage 60
SwitchingBetweennViewDualviewandSpan/CloneModesWindows2000
onpage 66
EnablingnViewMultiviewModeOnlyforNVIDIAQuadroNVSbased
GraphicsCardsonpage 66
ArrangingDisplaysontheSettingsPageonpage 67.
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nView Display Modes
ThenViewDisplaySettingspageprovidesseveraldisplaymodesforyourmulti
displayconfiguration.
WhenusingNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardsthatsupportmultipledisplays,
therearethreewaystorunmultidisplayconfigurationsundermostoperatingsystems;
Dualview,Span,orClonemode.ThesenViewdisplaymodesareavailablefromthe
nViewDisplaySettingspageasshowninFigure4.1andFigure4.2.
Figure 4.1 nView Single Display Mode Windows XP/2000
Singledisplaymodeindicatesthatonlyoneofyourconnecteddisplaysisused.
Note:Ifyouhaveonlyonedisplaythatisconnected,youwillnotseethenView
DisplaySettingsoptiononthemenu.
Clonemodeindicatesthatbothdisplaysinthedisplaypairshowimagesofthe
samedesktop.
nViewdisplaymodes
currentsettingisSingledisplay
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HorizontalSpanmodeindicatesthatbothdisplaysinthedisplaypairfunctionas
onewidevirtualdesktop.Thewidthofeachdisplayishalfthewidthofthetotal
virtualdesktopwidth.
VerticalSpanmodeindicatesthatbothdisplaysinthedisplaypairfunctionasone
tallvirtualdesktop.Theheightofeachdisplayishalftheheightofthetotalvirtual
desktopheight.
Figure 4.2 nView Multi-Display Mode Windows XP/2000
Dualviewmode(Figure4.2,Figure4.3,andFigure4.4)indicatesthatbothdisplays
inthedisplaypairfunctionasonevirtualdesktop.UnlikeHorizontalSpanor
VerticalSpanmode,Dualviewtreatseachdisplayasaseparatedevice.Thismeans
thattheWindowstaskbarwillnotbestretchedacrossdisplaysand3D
applicationsarenotacceleratedasefficientlyaswhentheapplicationspans
displays.
.

nViewdisplaymodes
currentsettingisDualview
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nView Multi-Display Applications
ForextensiveinformationonnViewapplications,clicktheProductstabfromthe
NVIDIAWebsite:www.nvidia.com
EngineeringormechanicalCADapplicationscanusemultipledisplaysfordifferent
directionalviewsofanobjectorabuilding,suchasafrontorsidevieworevena
wireframemodelononescreenandatexturedversionofthesamemodelonanother.
Manyprofessionalapplicationsofferextensivegraphicaluserinterfaces,whichcan
beleftfullyenabledandvisibleononedisplay,whiletheseconddisplayremains
unobstructedforviewingtheactualwork.
TrainingandPresentationnViewClonemode(seeEnablingnViewClone
Modeonpage 60),wheretwodisplaysshowidenticalimages,isusefulfor
presentations.Apresentermayusethesmallerdisplayonthepodium,whilea
projectordisplayreflectsthepresentationtotheaudience.Intrainingapplications,
theinstructorcanseewhatthestudentisdoingundernViewClonemode.Theability
toseethepresentationwhileitsbeingprojectedcanbeespeciallyusefulwhenusing
mobilecomputers.
VirtualDesktop(seeEnablingVirtualDesktopCloneModeonpage 62),asub
featureofnViewCloneMode,isusefulforflatpanelsandanalogdisplayswith
limitedresolutionandisusedtosetalargerthanviewableareaonthesecond
display,whichsupportsfullpanandscanoftheentiredesktoparea.
Digitalcontentcreation(DCC)applicationscanuseonedisplayfortoolbarsand
palettesandtheotherforrenderedoutput.Additionally,manyrealtimeorgame
developmentenvironmentsallowtheauthoringtoolsorgameenginecodetobe
visibleononedisplay,whileshowingtheartorgameengineinafullscreen,game
playlikemodeontheseconddisplay.
GraphicsArtistscanhavecommonapplicationssuchasAdobePhotoshopor3D
StudioMax

openwiththepalettesandmenusononedisplayandtheotherdisplay
dedicatedtoworkspace.Writerscanuseonedisplayforresearchandtheotherfor
writing.
Financialapplications,suchasstocktradingapplications,canuseapairoflarge
digitalflatpanels.Thiswouldallowyoutowatchrealtimestockdataononescreen
andusetheotherscreenfortradingactivity.
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VideoeditingapplicationswoulduseonelargecomputerdisplayandoneNTSC
display.SincenViewtechnologyallowsdecouplingofrefreshrates,theprimary
(editing)displaycouldbeahighresolutionRGBdisplayforrunningtheapplication
(AdobePremiere,forexample),whiletheseconddisplaycanbeanNTSCorSVideo
displayforcheckingthevideooutputforpropercolorbalanceandquality.
Entertainmentapplicationscanusemultipledisplaysupportinseveralways.Game
titles,suchasMicrosoftsFlightSimulator2000,supportmultipledisplaysoutofthe
box.WithnViewClonemode,gameplaycanbesenttoabigscreenTVoreventoa
VCR.
HometheatersystemscantakeadvantageoftheDVDcapabilitiesofyourcomputer.
Simplyhookupalargescreentelevisionasyourseconddisplayandyoucanwatch
DVDswithouthavingtobuyadedicatedDVDplayer.SeeUsingFullScreen
VideoSettingsonpage 128.
TelevisionandMoviesUsingtheNVIDIAdisplayvideomirrorfeature,you
canwatchTVandanyothervideowhileyouwork.SeeUsingFullScreenVideo
Settingsonpage 128.
Accessing the Display Context Menus
ThedisplayiconsonthenViewDisplaySettingspagedisplayagraphical
representationofyournViewdisplayconfigurationi.e.,thesingle(Figure4.1)OR
pairofdisplays(Figure4.2andonward)connectedtoyourcomputerandbeingused
bythenViewdisplaymodeyouselectedfromthenViewdisplaymodeslist.
1 Clickadisplayimagetoselectitasyourcurrentdisplay.
2 Thenrightclickthedisplayimagetodisplayapopupcontextmenu(Figure4.3)
fromwhichyoucanadjustsettingsforthatdisplay.
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Figure 4.3 Example Context Menus for Digital and TV Displays
Availablesettingsinclude:
ColorCorrection.SeeAdjustingDesktopColorsonpage 99.
Deviceadjustments.SeeConfiguringDisplaysonpage 69.
SelectTVformat.SeeConfiguringDisplaysonpage 69.
NVRotate.SeeUsingNVRotateSettingsonpage 138.
ChangeResolution.SeeChangingScreenResolutionsandRefreshRateson
page 143.
Note:YoucanaccessthesesamemenuoptionsbyclickingtheDeviceSettings>>
optionatthebottomofthenViewDisplaySettingspage.
Samplecontext menu
forthedigital display
Display icon 1
representingdigital
display
Display icon2
representingTV
display
TVformats
Samplecontext
menufora
TVdisplay.
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About Display Numbering
WhenyouarerunninginnViewSingledisplay,Clone,orDualviewmode,the
numericpartofthedisplayimageidentifiersuchas1(or2),1and2,1aand1b,or2a
and2breflecttheWindowsdisplaynumber,asviewablefromtheWindowsDisplay
Propertiespage.
Note:TheWindowsoperatingsystemonlyassignsnumberstodisplaysrunningin
nativeWindowsmultidisplaymodei.e.,Dualview,whichiscommonto
bothWindowsandNVIDIAbutnotClonemode,whichisanNVIDIA
nViewspecificdisplaymode.
nViewDualviewmode.ThedisplayimagesonthenViewDisplaySettingspageare
numberedasseparatedisplays,1and2,asintheWindowsDisplayPropertiespage.
nViewCloneorSpanmode.MultipledisplaysrunninginnViewCloneornView
SpanmodealsoappearasoneDualviewheadtoWindowsandthereforethe
WindowsDisplayPropertiespagedisplaysonlyasingledisplayimage.Thedisplay
imagesonthenViewDisplaySettings,however,maybenumberedas1aand1b(or
2aand2b)wherethenumericvalueremainsthesamewithonlythealphabeticpart
ofthenumber(aorb)designatingseparateheadsindicatingdualdisplay.
About Renaming Displays
InthisreleaseoftheNVIDIAdriver,youcanalsorenamethedisplaynamesthat
appearonyourdesktopcontextmenushowninFigure4.4ofthepreviouschapter.
OnyournViewDisplaySettingspage,thesedisplaynamesarealsoalwaysvisiblein
thePrimaryDisplayandSecondaryDisplayfieldsandwhenyourestyourmouseon
adisplayimage,asshowninFigure4.5.
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Figure 4.4 nView Display Settings Renaming a Display
Torenameadisplayname,followthesesteps:
1 FromthenViewDisplaySettingspage,rightclickonanyofyourdisplay
(monitor)icons,orclicktheDeviceSettings>>buttontodisplaythecontext
menu.
2 SelectRenametoopentheRenameDisplaydialogbox,asshowninFigure4.4.
3 EnteranameintheRenameeditboxandclickOKtoreturntothenViewSetting
page.
.

1.SelectRenamefromthe
displayscontextmenuto
opentheRenameDisplay
dialogbox.
2.Thenenteranew nameandclickOKtoshowthenewnameonthenViewDisplaySettings
page(Fig.5.5).
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NoticethatthenewnamenowappearsonthedisplayimageandthePrimary
Display/Secondarydisplaybox,asshowninFigure4.5.
Figure 4.5 nView Display Settings Renamed Display
NVIDIA Multi-Display Support
ThefollowingaresampledisplaycombinationsthatNVIDIAGPUbasedmulti
displaycardssupportwhenusedwiththeNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplay
driver:
TwoRGBdisplayswithsecondRAMDAC(digitaltoanalogconverter)
Twoanalogflatpanels
Twodigitalflatpanels
Onedigitalflatpanelandoneanalogflatpanel
OnedigitalflatpanelandoneRGBdisplay
OneRGBdisplayandoneTV
.

Displaywith
editedname
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OneRGBdisplayandoneanalogflatpanel(withsecondRAMDAC)
OneanalogflatpanelandoneTV
Note:Actualcombinationssupportedonagivengraphicscardwillvary.
Settingupamultidisplaygraphicscardinvolvesinstallingthegraphicscardona
computer,connectingthedisplaystoyourcomputer,andinstallingthecurrent
versionoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriver.Afterrestartingyour
computer,themultipledisplaymodesofthegraphicscardsinstalledarefully
functional.
WhenusinganynViewmultidisplaymode,youcaneasilyswitchbetweenthe
displaysbyfollowingthesesteps:
1 OpenthenViewDisplaySettingspage.
2 ClicktheDisplaypairslistandclickthepaireddisplaycombinationyouwant.
Forexampleifyouhaveananalogdisplay,adigitaldisplay,andaTVconnected
toyourcomputer,yourchoicesareaslistedbelowandshowninFigure4.6.
Figure 4.6 nView Display Pair Options
Analogdisplay+digitaldisplay
Digitaldisplay+analogdisplay
.
nViewdisplaypairoptions
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TV+digitaldisplay
Digitaldisplay+TV
Analogdisplay+TV
TV+Analogdisplay
Primary and Secondary Displays
nView Display Settings
OntheNVIDIAnViewDisplaySettingspage,theprimarydisplayisdesignatedby
thedisplayiconontheleftandthesecondarydisplayisdesignatedbythedisplay
iconontheright.
Windows Display Properties Settings
OntheWindowsDisplayPropertiesSettingspage,yourcandeterminetheprimary
displaybyplacingyourmousepointeronadisplayiconwherethetooltiptext
indicatesPrimary.
Using nView Dualview Mode
Note:Youmusthaveatleasttwodisplaysconnectedtoyourcomputertobeableto
viewthenViewSpanmodesettings.
nViewDualviewmodetreatseverydisplayasaseparatedevice.Dualviewmodeis
sometimescallednativemodebecauseitisthenativemodesupportedby
Windowsmultidisplayconfigurations;i.e.itisthemultidisplaymodedefinedby
MicrosoftandsupportedbyMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems.
DualviewmodeisequivalenttoselectingtheExtendmyWindowsdesktopontothis
monitor...settingontheWindowsDisplaySettingspage,whichgivesyouan
extendedworkspace.
WhenyoustartWindowsXPusingmultipledisplays,Windowsispreconfiguredfor
Dualviewmode.ThisisnotthecaseforWindows2000.ToenableDualviewin
Windows2000,youneedtoinstallDualviewfromthenViewDisplaySettingspage,
asexplainedinsubsequentsections.
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SamplenViewDisplaySettingpagesinDualviewmodeareshownFigure4.2,Figure
4.3,andFigure4.4.
Key Features
Dualviewsupportandfunctionalityincludethefollowing:
SupportforadvancedNVIDIAfeaturessuchasFullScreenVideoMirroringand
Overlay.(SeeUsingFullScreenVideoSettingsonpage 128andUsingVideo
OverlaySettingsonpage 126.)
Note:WindowsNT4.0innViewMultiviewmodedoesnotsupportthevideo
mirroringfeature.
Windowsplacesthetaskbarononlyonedisplayandreplicates(ratherthan
stretches)thebackgroundoneachdisplayasshowninFigure4.7andFigure4.8.
Figure 4.7 Multiple Displays in nView Dualview Mode (1)
Figure 4.8 Multiple Displays in nView Dualview Mode (2)
Whenyoumaximizeanapplication,itmaximizesonlytothesingledisplay,andso
on.Figure4.7andFigure4.8showexamplesofDualviewsystemswheretheleft
andrightdisplaysarerunningatdifferentscreenresolution.Noticethatthe
backgroundisnotstretchedacrossthedisplaysandthetaskbarappearsona
singledisplayinsteadofbeingstretchedacrossdisplays.

.
Display 1 resolution=1280x768 Display 2 resolution=800x600
Background is not stretched across displays
Taskbaris not stretched acrossdisplays.
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Youcansetdifferentcolordepthsperdisplay.
Youcanarrangeyourmultidisplaydesktoptobeanyshape;itdoesnothavetobe
limitedtorectangularasinnViewSpanmodes.
WhenyourunaDirectXorOpenGLapplicationinDualviewmode,itis
acceleratedaslongasthewindowdoesnotspanmorethanonedisplay.Ifthe
windowspanstwodisplays,drawingisnotacceleratedinthewindow.
Note:InSpanmodes,drawingisalwaysaccelerated.
Dualviewmodeissupportedonvariouscombinationsdualdisplays,asexplained
earlierinnViewDisplaySettingsRenamingaDisplayonpage 47.
Forexample,youcanhaveasystemwiththeprimarydisplayasananalogdisplay
thatsupportsupto1600x1200at100Hzrefreshrate,whilethesecondarydisplay
isconnectedtoanNTSCTVthatislimitedto800x600at60Hzrefreshrate.The
TVhaslowerresolutionandrefreshratethantheanalogdisplaybecausetheTV
encoderontheGPUhasfewercapabilitiesthantheanalogdisplay.

Display 1 resolutionis1280x768
Display 2 resolutionis1024x768
Taskbar is not stretched across displays.
Background is not stretched across displays.
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Initial Installation of nView Dualview Mode Windows 2000
Note:WhenyoustartWindows2000withanNVIDIAGPUbasedmultidisplay
graphicscard(ormultipleNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscards),youarenotyet
inDualviewmode.YoucanconfirmthiswhenyouviewtheWindowsDisplay
PropertiesSettingspageandseeonlyonedisplayimageinthedisplay.
FollowthesestepstoenableDualview.
1 MakesureyourmultidisplayNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardisproperly
installedinyourcomputerandsecurelyconnectedtoyourdisplays.Makesure
yourdisplaysareturnedonandtheNVIDIAdisplaydriverhasbeenproperly
installedonyourcomputer.
2 AfterWindowsstartsup,rightclickonyourdesktoptoopentheWindows
desktopmenu.ThenselectthedisplayforwhichyouwanttoopentheNVIDIA
displaymenuandselectthenViewDisplaySettingsoption.
3 ClickthearrowinnViewdisplaymodeslistandselectInstallDualview
(Advanced)asshowninFigure4.9.
Figure 4.9 nView Display Settings Installing Dualview in Windows 2000
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4 Whenthepromptappears,clickRestartNow.
Note:Whenthesystemstartsup,youmayseeaseriesofDualviewinstallation
prompts.ItmaytakeuptooneminuteforthefirstDualviewpromptto
appear.Clicktheconfirmingprompts(suchas,Yes,OK,orFinish)tofollow
throughandthenrestartyourcomputerasprompted.
5 Afterthesystemstartsup,iftheNVIDIAnViewDesktopManagerSetupWizard
appears,runthroughtheWizard.(SeetheNVIDIAnViewDesktopManagerUsers
Guidefordetails.)
6 Fromyourdesktop,rightclicktoviewtheWindowdesktopmenu,thenclick
PropertiesandtheSettingstab.
YoullnoticethatatleasttwodisplayimagesappearontheWindowsDisplay
PropertiesSettingspage,asshowninFigure4.10,indicatingDualviewmode.
Figure 4.10 Display Properties Settings Dualview Mode (Windows 2000)
7 ClickAdvanced,theNVIDIAGPUtab,andthenViewDisplaySettingmenu
option.
8 FromthenViewModeslist,selectDualview.
9 Followthepromptstorestartyourcomputeragain.
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10Whenyouhavereturnedtoyourdesktop,openthenViewDisplaySettingpage
andselectDualviewfromthenViewModeslist.
Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial Installation
Windows 2000
SwitchingbackandforthbetweenDualviewandSpan/ClonesmodeunderWindows
2000ismuchfasteraftertheinitialDualviewinstallationsessiondescribedinthe
previoussection.OnsubsequentDualviewenablingsessions,youcanusefewer
steps,asfollows:
1 FromyourWindows2000desktop,rightclicktoviewtheWindowsdesktop
menu,thenclickProperties>Settings>AdvancedandthentheNVIDIAGPUtab.
2 ClicknViewDisplaySettingfromtheNVIDIAmenuandselectDualviewfrom
thenViewModeslist.
3 Followthepromptstorestartyourcomputer.
4 Whenyouhavereturnedtoyourdesktop,gotothenViewDisplaySettingpage
andselectDualviewfromthenViewModeslist.
Note:ToswitchbacktoClone,HorizontalSpan,VerticalSpan,or,undercertain
configurations,SingleDisplaymode,youwillneedtorestartyour
computer,asprompted.
Using nView Span Modes
Note:Youmusthaveatleasttwodisplaysconnectedtoyourcomputertoviewthe
Spanmodesettings.
nViewhorizontalandverticalSpanmodestreatmultipledisplaysasasinglelarge
desktop.Inthismode,thedesktopareaisspreadacrossbothdisplays,howeverthe
operatingsystemtreatsbothdisplaysasonelargedisplay.Forthisreason,therefresh
rate,colordepth,andresolutiononbothdisplayswillbeidentical,andcannotbe
changedindependently.Thedesktopmaybestretchedhorizontallyorstacked
vertically,dependingonyourneeds,asexplainedinUsingHorizontal&Vertical
SpanModesonpage 57.
nViewHorizontalSpanmodeallowsyoutoextendtheWindowsdesktopacross
twodisplayshorizontally.Inthismodethetwodisplayscombinetoformawide,
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spanneddisplaysurface,whichisusefulwhenviewingitemsthatarewiderthena
singledisplay.
nViewVerticalSpanmodeallowsyoutoextendtheWindowsdesktopacross
twodisplaysvertically.Inthismodethetwodisplayscombinetoformatall,
spanneddisplaysurface,whichisusefulwhenviewingitemsthataretallerthena
singledisplay.
nViewSpanmodessupportsthevideomirrorfeature,whereyoumaywantto
dedicateanapplicationtooneofthetwodisplaysorruntheapplicationacrossboth
displays.Examplesincludeentertainmentapplications,digitalvideoediting,and
DVDplayback.Fordetails,seeUsingFullScreenVideoSettingsonpage 128.
Note:WindowsNT4.0MultiviewmodedoesnotsupporttheVideoMirroring
feature.
nView Span Modes vs. Dualview Mode Features
nViewHorizontalandVerticalSpanmodesupportandfunctionalityincludethe
following:
DirectXorOpenGLapplicationsinSpanmodesarefullyaccelerated.
InnViewSpanmode,yourWindowsdesktopisstretchedorspansallofyour
displays.InSpanmode,Windowstreatsthemultipledisplaysasasinglelogical
displayconnectedtoyourcomputertherealphysicaldisplaysarecombined
togethertogiveyouthislogicaldisplay.
Figure4.11showsanexampleofrunningSpanmodesunderWindowsXPwith
bothofthetwodisplayssetto1280x1024resolution.Inthisconfiguration,
Windowsrecognizesonlyasingledisplayrunningat2x1280x1024or2560x1024.
ThekeypointtorememberwhenrunningnViewSpanmodesisthatWindows
doesnotdetectthatyouhavetwodisplaysconnectedasfarasitisconcerned,
youhaveanoversizeddisplay.Thisisthereasonthatyoucannotusedifferentbit
depthsorresolutionsperdisplay.
Note:ThisalsoresultsinnViewSpanmodesbeingslightlyfasterthanDualview
modebecauseWindowsonlyhastomanageonedisplayinsteadoftwo.
UndernViewSpanmodes,Windowsstretchesthebackgroundwallpaperoutto
coveryourlargelogicaldisplayanditstretchesthetaskbarouttofillyourlarge
logicaldisplay,asshowninFigure4.11.Ifyoumaximizeanapplication,the
applicationwillbemaximizedtofillthelargelogicaldisplayscreeni.e.,both
displays.
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Figure 4.11 Multiple Displays in nView Horizontal Span Mode
UnderWindowsXP/2000,youcanrunnViewSpanmodeswithmorethantwo
displays.Forexample,ifyouareusingaQuadroNVSbasedgraphicscardto
whichyouhavefourdisplaysconnected,youcanhavetwosetsoftwospanned
displays.
IfyouareusingaQuadroNVSbasedgraphicscard,refertothedocumenttitled
NVIDIAForceWareDriverforWindowsUsingnViewMultiViewModeswithNVIDIA
QuadroNVSbasedGraphicsCards
Using Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes
Note:Spanmodesdonotworkifyouhaveonlyonedisplayattached.
InSpanmode,theWindowsdesktopareaisspreadacrossbothdisplays.Thismode
canbesetformultiplecategoriesofdisplays,althoughdisplaylimitationsmay
overridethecapabilitiesofyourNVIDIAmultidisplaygraphicscard.Forexample,if
theseconddisplayisanNTSCTVdisplay,dependingontheTVencoderonthe
graphicscard,theresolutionmaynotbesetabove800x600andtherefreshrate
cannotbesetabove60Hz.However,thecomputersanalogdisplayinsucha
configurationmayhaveitsrefreshrateandresolutionsetmuchhigher.Thedesktop
maybestretchedhorizontallyorstackedvertically,dependingonuserneeds.

Display 1 Display 2
Background is stretched across displays.

Taskbar is stretched across displays.
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DuetooperatingsystemdifferencesbetweenWindows9xandWindowsNT4.0/
Windows2000,thelatterdoesnotcurrentlyoffertruemultidisplaysupportforSpan
modesusingoneNVIDIAmultidisplaygraphicscard
5
.Asaresult,sizeoftheactual
desktopislimitedtotwicethesmallersizeofthetwodisplays.
Note:Thedesktopcanbeextendedeitherhorizontally(Figure4.12)orvertically
(Figure4.13).
Figure 4.12 nView Horizontal Span Mode Windows XP
ToaccessthenViewSpanmodes,followthesesteps:
1 ClicktheHorizontalorVerticalSpansettingonthenViewDisplaySettingspage
andclickApply.
2 ClickOKandYeswhenthemessagesappear.
IfyoujustswitchedfromStandard(Dualview)tooneoftheSpanmodes,your
secondarydisplaywillbeactivated.Ifneeded,clickDetectDisplaystoenablethe
displays.

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3 DependingonwhetheryouhaveHorizontalorVerticalSpanmodeenabled,you
candragyouractivewindows,images,oriconshorizontallyorverticallytomove
themtothesecondarydisplay.
Note:Figure4.12andFigure4.13showtheprimarydisplayisdesignatedbyaand
thesecondarydisplayisdesignatedbyb.Bothdisplayareidentifiedwiththe
samenumber1inthiscase(canalsobeanotherWindowsdisplaynumber,
dependingonyourconfiguration)becauseinnViewSpanmode,Windows
doesnttreattheprimaryandsecondarydisplaysastwoseparatedisplays.
(Fordetailsonthisconcept,seethesectionnViewSpanModesvs.Dualview
ModeFeaturesonpage 56.)FromtheWindowsDisplayPropertiesSettings
tab,ifyouclickIdentifywhenyouareinnViewSpanmode,youwillseethe
samenumberdisplayedoneachofyouractivedisplays.
Figure 4.13 nView Vertical Span Mode Windows XP
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Using nView Clone Mode
Note:Youmusthaveatleasttwodisplaysconnectedtoyourcomputerinordertosee
theClonemodesetting.
nViewHorizontalSpan,VerticalSpan,Clone,andDualviewmodessupport
advancedNVIDIAfeaturessuchasVideoMirroring.
InClonemode,twodisplaysshowidenticalimages,whichisusefulfor
presentations.Forexample,Clonemodeisusefulwhengivingpresentations.The
presentermayhaveasmalldisplayorotherdisplayonthepodiumwhileaprojector
orpresentationqualitydisplayshowsthelargerimagetotheaudience.
Fullsupportforvirtualdesktopsisavailableforflatpanelsanddisplayswithlimited
resolution.Virtualdesktopsofferfullpanandscanofthedesktopandcanbe
configuredforoneorbothdisplays.SeeEnablingnViewCloneModeinthenext
section.
InapplicationZoommode(afeatureofnViewDesktopManager),partoftheimage
fromtheprimarydisplayisshownonthesecondarydisplay,butzoomedin.This
modecanbeusedforimageediting,closeupworkinmodelingorCADapplications,
orimageprocessingandmappingapplications.
nViewClonemodesupportstheVideoMirrorfeature,whereyoumaywantto
dedicateanapplicationtooneofthetwodisplaysorruntheapplicationacrossboth
displays.Examplesincludeentertainmentapplications,digitalvideoediting,and
DVDplayback.SeeUsingFullScreenVideoSettingsonpage 128.
Enabling nView Clone Mode
1 ClicknViewDisplaySettingfromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
2 FromthenViewModeslist,selectCloneandclickApply.
Figure4.14showtheprimarydisplayisdesignatedbyaandthesecondarydisplay
isdesignatedbyb.Bothdisplayareidentifiedwiththesamenumber2inthis
case(thisnumbercanbeanotherWindowsdisplaynumber,dependingonyour
configuration)becausenViewClonemodeimpliesthetwodisplaysare
duplicatedesktopimagesand,therefore,Windowsidentifiesthemwiththesame
number.
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Figure 4.14 nView Clone Mode Analog + Digital Displays with Context Menus
FromtheWindowsDisplayPropertiesSettingspage,ifyouclickIdentifywhen
youareinnViewClonemode,youwillseethesamenumberonbothyour
displays.
Figure4.15showsnViewClonemodeusingadigitaldisplayasaprimarydisplay
andaTVasasecondarydisplay.
Contextmenuforthe
secondarydisplayin
nViewClonemode.
Contextmenufortheprimarydisplayin
nViewClonemode.
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Figure 4.15 nView Clone Mode TV + Digital Display
Enabling Virtual Desktop Clone Mode
Before You Begin
Ifthemaximumresolutionofthesecondarydisplayisbydefaultsettolessthanthe
currentresolutionoftheprimarydisplay,onceyouenableClonemodefromthe
nViewDisplaySettingpage,VirtualDesktopwillalreadybeenabled.
Note:YoucantestifVirtualDesktopisenabledbymovingyourmousevertically
andhorizontallyacrossyoursecondarydisplaysdesktop.Ifthedesktop
scrollsasyoumoveyourcursortothefaredgesofthedisplay,thenVirtual
Desktopisalreadyenabled.However,youstillmaywanttoadjustthe
resolutionsoftheprimaryand/orsecondarydeviceusingthestepsbelowif
youwanttofurtheradjustthescreenresolutionsofeitherdisplay.
YoucanusetheNVIDIAScreenResolution&RefreshRates(seeChanging
ScreenResolutionsandRefreshRatesonpage 143)menuoptiontoadjustthe
screenresolutionofyourprimaryand/orsecondarydisplaysothattheresolutionof
thesecondarydeviceislessthantheprimary,whichallowsyoutoenableVirtual
Desktop,ausefulfeaturefordisplayswithlimitedresolutionnewerflatpanels
offerhighresolution.Thisfeatureletsyoupanandscantheentiredesktopareaon

TVanddigitaldisplay
selected
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thesecondarydisplaywhenitsresolutionissettolessthanthevaluesetonthe
primarydisplay.
Procedure
FollowthesestepstoenableVirtualDesktop:
1 FromyourWindowsdesktop,rightclicktoviewtheWindowsdesktopmenu,
thenclickProperties>Settings>AdvancedandthentheNVIDIAGPUtab.
2 FromtheNVIDIAmenu,clickthenViewDisplaySettingoption.
3 FromthenViewModeslist,selectCloneandclickApply.
Note:IfyoujustswitchedtoClonefromDualview,youllneedtofollowthe
promptstorestartyourcomputer.Then,whenyouhavereturnedtoyour
desktop,gotothenViewDisplaySettingpageandselectClonefromthe
nViewModeslistandclickApply.
4 FromthenViewDisplaySettingpage,rightclickdisplayimage(i.e.,1aor1b)to
displaythepopupmenuandclickChangeResolution(Figure4.16).
Figure 4.16 nView Clone Mode with Virtual Desktop Enabled Disabling Panning
ClickChangeResolutionfrom
yoursecondarydisplayscontext
menu.
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TheScreenResolution&RefreshRatespageappears,asshowninFigure4.17.
Figure 4.17 Configuring Screen Resolution for Virtual Desktop
5 UsetheScreenresolutionslidertosettheresolutionsothattheprimarydisplays
resolutionisgreaterthanthesecondarydisplaysresolution.
Note:Ifyousetthesamescreenresolutionvalueforbothprimaryandsecondary
displays,youcannotpan/scanthedesktopareaonthesecondarydisplay;
bothdisplayswillremainstatic.
6 UsetheScreenresolutionslidertosettheresolutionsothattheprimarydisplays
resolutionisgreaterthanthesecondarydisplaysresolution.
Note:Ifyousetthesamescreenresolutionvalueforbothprimaryandsecondary
displays,youcannotpan/scanthedesktopareaonthesecondarydisplay;
bothdisplayswillremainstatic.
7 Optional:Ifyouwant,youcanselectarefreshratefromthelistbox.
8 ClickApplyandOKclosetheScreenResolution&RefreshRatespageandreturn
tothenViewDisplaySettingpage.
Note:Nowthatyouhaveadjustedthescreenresolutions,noticethatyoucan
moveyourmousehorizontallyand/orverticallyallthewayacrossthe
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desktoponyoursecondarydisplay(i.e.,display1b)topanandscanthe
desktop,thusenablingtheVirtualDesktopfeature.
Disabling Auto-Panning (Lock Pan Position)
Disablingthepanandscanfeature(virtualdesktop)resultsinlockingthecurrent
panpositiononthesecondaryclonedisplay,lettingyoueffectivelyfreezethevirtual
desktopatacertainposition,whichisusefulforpresentationsorfinedetailworkin
applications.
Ifyouwanttodisabletheautopanningonyoursecondarydisplay,youdooneofthe
following:
SelectthecheckboxlabeledDisableautopanningonsecondarydevice
(viewportlock)orsimply
SelecttheLockPanPositioncheckboxonthepopupmenuonyoursecondary
display(i.e.,display1b.)
TheexampleinFigure4.18showsthattheLockPanPositioncheckboxisselected,
whichalsoenablestheequivalentDisableautopanningonthesecondarydevice
(viewportlock)checkbox.
Figure 4.18 nView Clone Mode with Virtual Desktop Enabled Disabling Panning

Disableautopanningonsecondary
device=LockPanPosition
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Switching Between nView Dualview and Span/Clone
Modes Windows 2000
Note:UnderWindows2000,switchingbetweennViewSpan/CloneandDualview
modesrequiresrestartingyourcomputer.(Undercertainconfigurations,
switchingbetweenSingleDisplaymodeandDualview/Span/Clonemayalso
requirerestartingyourcomputer.)
1 FromyourWindows2000desktop,rightclicktoviewtheWindowsdesktop
menu,thenclickProperties>Settings>AdvancedandthentheNVIDIAGPUtab.
2 ClicknViewDisplaySettingsfromtheNVIDIAmenu.
3 FromthenViewModeslist,selectClone,HorizontalSpan,orVerticalSpan
mode.
Note:IfyoujustswitchedtoClone,HorizontalSpan,VerticalSpan,or,under
certaincircumstances,SingleDisplaymodefromDualview,youllneedto
followthepromptstorestartyourcomputer.
4 Whenyouhavereturnedtoyourdesktop,gotothenViewDisplaySettingspage
andselectClone,HorizontalSpan,orVerticalSpanmodefromthenViewModes
list.
Note:ToswitchbacktoDualviewmode,youwillneedtorestartyourcomputer,
asprompted.
Enabling nView Multiview Mode Only for NVIDIA
Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards
Note:nViewMultiviewmodeisacustommodethatisonlyavailablewhenusingthe
NVIDIAQuadroNVSGPUbasedseriesofgraphicscards.
TheNVIDIA Quadro NVS is aseriesofmultidisplaygraphicscardsforprofessionals
inthefinancialandnonlinearediting(NLE)markets.
Forfurtherdetailsonusingthismode,seetheNVIDIAApplicationNotetitled
UsingnViewMultiViewModeswithNVIDIAQuadroNVSbasedGraphicsCards
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Arranging Displays on the Settings Page
InnViewDualviewmode,youcanarrangingdisplaysontheWindowsProperties
Settingspagetomatchtheactualsetupofyourphysicaldisplays.
TheexamplesshowninFigure4.19andFigure4.20areWindowsXP,butthe
procedureexplainedbelowappliestoallWindowsoperatingsystems.
Whenusingmultipledisplays,thedesktopcanbeextendedhorizontallyand
vertically,aswellasatotheranglesbypage.Youcandragtheimagestothepositions
thatrepresenthowyouwanttomoveitemsbetweenyourdisplays.
Figure 4.19 Display Settings Horizontal and Vertical
Forexample,ifyoureusingtwodisplaysandyouwanttomoveitemsfromone
displaytotheotherbydraggingleftandright,positiontheimagessidebyside
(Figure4.19).
Tomoveitemsbetweendisplaysbydraggingupanddown,positiontheimages
oneabovetheother(Figure4.19).
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Tomoveitemsbetweendisplaysbydraggingatanangle,positiontheimages
diagonally(Figure4.20).Thepositionsoftheimagesdonthavetocorrespondto
thephysicalpositionsofyourdisplays.Thatis,youcanpositiontheimagesone
abovetheothereventhoughyourdisplaysaresidebyside.
Figure 4.20 Display Settings Diagonal
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C H A P T E R
CONFIGURING DISPLAYS
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingmajortopics:
AdjustingAnalogDisplaySettingsonpage 69
AdjustingDigitalDisplaySettingsonpage 72
AdjustingTelevisionSettingsonpage 74
Adjusting Analog Display Settings
IfyourNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardisconnectedtoananalogdisplay,follow
thestepsinthissectiontoaccesstheanalogdisplaysDeviceAdjustmentwindow
fromwhichyoucanconfigureScreenAdjustmentandDisplayTimingsettings.
ToaccesstheDeviceAdjustmentswindowforananalogdisplayconnectedtoyour
computer,followthesesteps:
IfyouhaveonlyonedisplayconnectedandyoudonottheseethenViewDisplay
SettingsoptionontheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,youwillseetheScreenAdjustment
andDisplayTimingoptioninstead:
1 ClickScreenAdjustmenttoopentheScreenAdjustmentpage.SeeScreen
Adjustmentonpage 70.
2 ClickDisplayTimingtoopentheDisplayTimingpage.SeeDisplayTiming
Settingsonpage 71.
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Ifyouhavemorethanonedisplayconnected,followthesesteps.
1 ClicknViewDisplaySettingsfromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
2 Leftclickonthedisplayimagethatrepresentsyouranalogdisplaytoselectit.
3 RightclickonthatdisplayimageandclickDeviceAdjustmentstoopenthe
DeviceAdjustmentpage(Figure5.1),whichcontainstheScreenAdjustment
andtheDisplayTimingpages.
Fordetails,seeScreenAdjustmentandDisplayTimingSettingsinthenext
sections.
Screen Adjustment
TheScreenAdjustmentpageisshowninFigure5.1.
Toadjustthescreenpositiononyouranalogdisplay,usethearrowpositioning
buttonsforfineadjustments.
Figure 5.1 Screen Adjustment Settings Analog Display
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Display Timing Settings
TheDisplayTimingpageisshowninFigure5.2.Selectthepropertimingmodefor
youranalogdisplay.
AutoDetect(defaultsetting)allowsWindowstoreceivethepropertiming
informationdirectlyfromtheanalogdisplay.
Note:Someolderanalogdisplaysmaynotsupportthisfeature.
Figure 5.2 Display Timing Settings Analog Display
GeneralTimingFormula(GTF)isanolderbutwidelyusedtimingstandard.
However,newerdisplayareswitchingtotheCVTstandard.
DiscreteMonitorTimings(DMT)timingisasetofpredefinedVESAtimings.
VESAupdatesthisstandardeveryyear.IfDMTtimingisavailableforaspecific
mode,theNVIDIAdisplaydrivernormallyselectsitinsteadoftheGTFstandard.
CoordinatedVideoTimings(CVT)becametheVESAstandardonMarch2003.
CVTsupportshigherresolutionsbetterthanothertimingstandards.
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FixedAspectRatioTimingforcesthedisplayedimagetoretaintheaspectratioof
themoderatherthanaspectratiooftheanalogdisplay
Note:Thedrivermayplaceablackborderaroundthedisplayedimage,asneeded.
Enabledoublescanforlowerresolutionmodes.Enablingthissettinggreatly
improvesimagequalityatlowerresolutions,whichismostusefulforfullscreen
videoorcomputergames.
Adjusting Digital Display Settings
IfyourNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardisconnectedtoadigitaldisplay,follow
thestepsinthissectiontoaccessthedisplaysDeviceAdjustmentpagewhereyou
canconfiguresomeflatpaneldisplaysettings.
IfyouhaveonlyonedisplayconnectedandyoudonottheseethenViewDisplaySettings
optionontheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,youwillseetheScreenAdjustmentoption
instead.
1 ClickScreenAdjustmenttoaccessthedigitalflatpanelsettingspage(Figure
5.3).
2 SeethenextsectionDigitalDisplaySettingsforconfigurationdetails.
Ifyouhavemorethanonedisplayconnected,followthesesteps.
1 ClicknViewDisplaySettingsfromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
2 Selectthedisplayimagethatrepresentsyourdigitaldisplayandthenrightclick
andselectDeviceAdjustmentstoopendigitalflatpanelsettingspage(Figure
5.3).
3 SeethenextsectionDigitalDisplaySettingsforconfigurationdetails.
Digital Display Settings
ThedigitaldisplayoptionsareshowninFigure5.3andexplainedbelow.
DisplayAdapterScaling.Selectthissettingifyouwantlowerresolutionimages
scaledtofittheflatpanel.Forexample,ifyourflatpanelhasamaximum
resolutionof1400x1050,animagewitharesolutionof1024x768willbescaledto
appearonthescreenata1400x1050resolution.
CenteredOutput.Selectthissettingifyouwanttodisplaylowerresolution
imagesasisinthecenteroftheflatpanel.Forexample,ifyourflatpanelhasa
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maximumresolutionof1400x1050,animagewitharesolutionof1024x768willbe
displayedinthecenterofthescreenata1024x768resolutionwithblackborders.
Figure 5.3 Digital Display Settings
MonitorScalingisonlyavailablefordigitalflatpanelsthatsupportmultiple
nativeresolutions.
FixedAspectRatioScaling.
Note:Theavailabilityofthissettingdependsonyourdisplayconfiguration.
Selectthissettingifyouwantlowerresolutionimagesscaledtofittheflatpanel
butpreservetheaspectratiooftheimage.Forexample,ifyourflatpanelhasa
maximumresolutionof1680x1050,animagewitharesolutionof1024x768will
bescaledtoappearonthescreenata1400x1050resolutionwithblackborders.
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Adjusting Television Settings
Ifyouhaveatelevisionconnectedtoyourcomputer,followthestepsinthissection
toaccesspagewhereyoucanchoosethecorrectregionalformatforTVreception,
choosethecorrectTVconnectionmode,andconfigureseveralTVdisplaysettings.
Ifyourtelevisionistheonlydisplayconnectedtoyourcomputerandyoudonottheseethe
nViewDisplaySettingsoptionontheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,youwillseethefollowing
optionsonthemenu:TVSettingsandScreenAdjustment
Note:IfyoudonotseetheTVSettingsortheScreenAdjustmentpages,goto
theinformationinthenextbullet.
1 ClickTVSettingstodisplaytheTVSettingspage(Figure5.4).Fordetails,see
TVSettings,thenextsection.
2 ClickScreenAdjustmenttoopentheTVOutputpagewhereyoucanconfigure
TVdisplaysettings.Fordetails,seeDeviceAdjustmentsTVOutputon
page 76.
Ifyourtelevisionistheonlydisplayconnectedtoyourcomputerdirectly(orthroughaVCR
orswitchboxorreceiver)andyoudonotseethenViewDisplaySettingsoptionandalsodo
notseetheTVSettingsandtheScreenAdjustmentoptionontheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,
thenfollowthesesteps.
1 OpentheToolspagebyclickingtheToolsoptionfromtheNVIDIAdisplay
menu.Figure7.20inChapter8showstheToolspage.
2 SelecttheForceTVdetectioncheckboxandclickApply.
3 YoushouldnowbeabletoseetheTVSettingsandScreenAdjustmentoptions
ontheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
4 ClickTVSettingstodisplaytheTVSettingspage(Figure5.4).Fordetails,see
TVSettings,thenextsection.
5 ClickScreenAdjustmenttoopentheTVOutputpagewhereyoucanconfigure
TVdisplaysettings.Fordetails,seeDeviceAdjustmentsTVOutputon
page 76.
Ifyouhavemorethanonedisplayconnected,includingyourtelevision,followthesesteps.
1 ClicknViewDisplaySettingsfromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
2 LeftclickonthedisplayimagethatrepresentsyourTVtoselectit.
3 ThenrightclickonthatdisplayimageandselectSelectTVformatorDevice
Adjustments,dependingonthetaskyouwanttoperform.
4 ClickSelectTVformattodisplayalistofthecommonTVregionalsettingsand
chooseasettingthatappliestoyourregion.
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5 Foradditionalsettings,clickAdvancedtodisplaytheTVSettingspage(Figure
5.4).SeeTVSettingsinthenextsectionfordetailedinformation.
6 ClickDeviceAdjustmentstoopentheTVOutputpagewhereyoucan
configureTVdisplaysettings.Fordetails,seeDeviceAdjustmentsTV
Outputonpage 76.
TV Settings
Figure5.4showasampleNVIDIATVSettingspage.
Figure 5.4 TV Settings
Signal Format
ClicktheSignalformatlisttoaccessaregionalsignalformatthatissuitableforyour
locale.Thelistthatappearsallowsyoutoselecttheformatusedinthecountrywhere
youlive.
Note:Ifyourcountryisnotinthelist,selectthecountryclosesttoyourlocation.
Clicktodisplayalistof
Clicktodisplayalistof
connectorsandselectthe
usingtoconnectyourTV.
regionalsignalformats

selectthetypeyouareusing

andselectaformat.
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Video Output Format
ClicktheVideooutputformatconnectionlisttospecifythetypeofvideoconnector,
basedontheoutputsignalformatsupportedbyyourregulartelevisionorHDTV,if
youhaveoneconnected.FordetailsonconfiguringanHDTV,seeConfiguring
HDTVonpage 81.
ThedefaultsettingisAutoselect(Figure5.4).
Ifyouhavetheproperconnectorcable,SVideoOutgenerallyprovidesahigher
qualityoutputthanCompositeVideoOut.
Ifyouarenotsureaboutthetypeofvideoconnectoryoushouldspecify,choose
Autoselect.
Device Adjustments TV Output
YoucancustomizeyourTVdisplaysettingsfromtheTVOutputpageshownin
Figure5.5.
Note:AvailabilityofsettingsonyourTVOutputpagecanvaryfromthoseshownin
Figure5.5anddependontheInternalTVencoderonyourNVIDIAGPUor
theexternalTVencoderontheNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardyouare
using.
Screen Positioning
RepositioningtheTVscreenTorepositiontheTVscreen(desktop),clickanyof
thelongarrowbuttonsdisplayedontheoutertop,bottom,left,andrightedgesofthe
TVdisplayicon,asshownintheTVOutputpageinFigure5.5.
Note:IftheTVpicturebecomesscrambledorisblankduetooveradjustment,
simplywait10seconds;thepicturewillautomaticallyreturntoitsdefault
position.Youcanthenbeginyouradjustmentsagain.Onceyouhave
positionedthedesktopwhereyouwantit,clickOKorApplytosavethe
settingsbeforethe10secondintervalhaselapsed.
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Figure 5.5 TV Output Sample Page.
ResizingtheTVScreenToincreasethesizeofyourTVscreen(desktop),clickthe
arrowsintheboxontheright,insidetheTVdisplayimage,asshowninFigure5.5.
TodecreasethesizeofyourTVscreen(desktop),clickthearrowsintheboxonthe
left,insidetheTVdisplayimage,asshowninFigure5.5.
Brightness/Contrast/Saturation
Note:AvailabilityoftheBrightness,Contrast,andSaturationsliderdependsonTV
encoderusedonyourNVIDIAGPUorNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscard.
UsetheBrightness,Contrast,andSaturationsliderstoadjustthebrightness,
contrast,andsaturationoftheTVimage.
Toreposition your TV screen,clickanyof

theselongarrowbuttonsoutside thetop,bott

NOTE: Thesettingsthatarevisibleonyour
TVoutputpagedependsontheinternalT
encoderofyourNVIDIAGPUorexternal
encoderonyourNVIDIAGPUbasedgraph
card.Therefore,thesettingsonthissample
TVOutputpagemaynotmatchthoseonyo
TVOutputpage.

left,orrightedgeoftheTVdisplayimage.
Toincrease the size of your TV screen,click
thearrowsintheboxontheright.
Useanyofthesesliderstoadjustsettings,s

andOverscan shift.

Todecrease the size of your TV screen, click
thearrowsintheboxontheleft.
asFlicker,Brightness, Contrast, Overdrive,
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Flicker
UsetheFlickerslidertoadjusttheamountofflickerfilteryouwantappliedtotheTV
signal.
Note:ItisrecommendedthatyouturnofftheFlickerfiltercompletely(moveslider
allthewaytotheleft)forDVDmovieplaybackfromahardwaredecoder.
Overdrive
TousetheOverdriveslider,selectthecheckboxandclickApply.
Theoverdriverangeisbetween0%and100%.
Whenyousettheslidertoadjustoverdrive,youaresimultaneouslyadjustingthe
BrightnessandContrastslidertoremoveorreduceedgebreaksi.e.,theballoon
effectofthevisibleedgesbasedoncontent.Asyouincreasetheoverdrivevalue,the
BrightnessisincreasedandtheContrastisdecreasedbyasimilaramount.
Overscan Shift
Note:ThisfeatureisavailableonthefollowingTVencodersConexant871,872,
873,874,875,andintegratedencoders.
DependingontheTVencoderontheNVIDIAGPUorNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphics
card,forsomeHDTVoutputmodes,thereisnoavailabledownscalertoimplement
overscancompensation.TheOverscanshiftslideroptionisavailableforthis
condition.
UsingtheOverscanshiftslider,youcanshiftthedesktopby0%to20%(basedonthe
positionofthisslider)inresponsetothemovementofyourmouse.
Forexample,ifyoustartmovingthemousecursorneartheWindowstaskbarStart
button,thedesktopwillshiftupandrightsothattheStartbuttonbecomesvisible.
Also,ifyouseeablackborderonyourTVscreen,youcanusetheslidertoenlarge
theTVscreentoremovetheborder.
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Video Border (for HDTV)
IfyouareusinganHDTV,mostHDTVdisplays,suchasplasmas,sufferfromburn
inrelatedartifactswhichcanbedistracting.SelectingtheVideobordercheckbox
(Figure5.6)appliesgreyborderstotheunusedportionofyourdisplaytoreducethis
effect.
Figure 5.6 HDTV Output Setting Video Border
Selectthe
Videoborder
checkboxifyousee
darkorblackborders
onanyunusedportion
ofyourdisplay.
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Supported TV and HDTV Adjustment Features Based on TV
Encoder and NVIDIA GPU
Table5.1listsTVencodersandtheTVadjustmentfeaturestheysupport.
1.ThiscategoryofTVencodersissupported,atminimum,byaGeForceMXornewerNVIDIAGPUfamily.
2.ThiscategoryofTVencodersupportsNVIDIAGPUseriesthatareolderthanthoselistedintheprevious
footnote1.
3.WhenusingRelease50orlaterversionoftheNVIDIAdisplaydrivers,theContrastandBrightnesssliders
areavailableforallNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardsthatare,atminimum,basedontheNVIDIA
GeForce4MX420throughGeForce4MX460class,independentoftheTVencoderfamily:Also,notethat
anyTVencoderthatsupportsbothContrastandBrightnessfeaturesautomaticallysupportsthe
Overdrivefeature.
4.Conexant875andPhilips7108TVencoderssupportHDTV.
Table 5.1 TV Encoders and Supported TV Adjustment Features
TV Encoders
Supported TV Adjustment Features
Brightness
3
Saturation
Contrast
7
Overdrive Flicker
Screen
Positioning
Screen
Size
Integrated
1

Chrontel
1

Philips
1, 4

Conexant
1, 4

Conexant
2

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C H A P T E R
CONFIGURING HDTV
ThischapterexplainshowtoinitializeandconfigureyourHDTVdisplayunder
singledisplayandmultipledisplaynViewDualviewandCloneconfigurations.The
followingmajortopicsarediscussed:
SupportedTelevision/HDTVFormatsforAnalogandDigitalOutputson
page 81
OptimizingHDTVViewingonpage 84
NotesonStartupFunctionalitywithHDTVConnectedonpage 86
UsingHDTVinnViewDisplayModesonpage 86
UsingHDTVFormatsonpage 88
TroubleshootingHDTVConfigurationonpage 95
Note:AlsoseeAppendixB:UsingHDTVwithNVIDIAGPUBasedGraphics
Cardsonpage 177ifyourareusingtheGeForce6orlaterseriesofNVIDIA
graphicscardswithyourHDTVforhelpfulhardwareinformation.
Supported Television/HDTV Formats for Analog and
Digital Outputs
TheForceWareRelease90graphicsdriversupportsoutputtoSDTV,EDTV,and
HDTVformatsoverbothanaloganddigitaloutputs:
AnalogComponentoutput(YPrPb)onHDTVcapableGPUswithacompatible
connector*.
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Digitaloutput(DVI)onHDTVcapableGPUswithacompatibleconnector.
*SupportedonNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardswithConexant875orPhilips
7108TVencodersandcompatibleconnectors,orontheNVIDIAGPUinternal
HDTVencoderforthenewerGPUs.
Figure 6.1 Back View of an HDTV with DVI and Analog Connectors
NVIDIAgraphicscardssupportthefollowingtelevisionandHDTVformats,
dependingontheGPUorgraphicscardencoderandEDIDoftheTV/HDTVdisplay:
NTSC(USandJapanese)
PAL(includingallvariations)
SDTV480i(525i);576i(625i)
EDTV480p(525p);576p(625p)
HDTV1080i,720p,and1080p
Table 6.1 Supported TV/ HDTV Formats

Component(analog)
connection

DVI(digital)
connection
Supported TV/ HDTV Format
Connector Used
NTSC
US and J apanese
PAL
all variations
SDTV
480i (525i)
576i (625i)
EDTV
480p (525p)
576p (625p)
HDTV
1080i
720p.
S-Video or Composite

Component

D-connector
Note: Formats are restricted
based on the selected D mode

DVI Only formats associated with the EDID or custom 861B modes are available, once they are added on the Advanced
Timing page. See Advanced Timing on page 145.
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About D Connector Output Modes
DconnectoroutputmodessupportasetofHDTVformatsperDmode:D1,D2,D3
andD4.TheDConnectormodesanditsassociatedformatsareexplainedinTable
6.2.
Table 6.2 D Connector Output Modes
Television and HDTV Formats and Desktop Resolutions
ThenumberoftheactivelinesdisplayedfortelevisionorHDTVformatsdetermine
theassociatednativedesktopmodeorresolution:
Television Formats
NTSC525linesresolutionof720x480interlaced(480i)
PAL625linesresolutionof720x576interlaced(576i)
HDTV Formats
480i/480presolutionof720x480interlaced/resolutionof720x480progressive
576i/576presolutionof720x576interlaced/resolutionof720x576progressive
720presolutionof1280x720progressive
1080i/1080presolutionof1920x1080interlaced/resolutionof1920x1080
progressive
IftheselectedresolutionlinesaresmallerthantheselectedHDTVformat,thenblack
borderswillbevisible,butiftheselectedresolutionlinesaremorethantheselected
HDTVformat,thedesktopshouldstartpanning.Toselecttheseformats,seeUsing
HDTVFormatsonpage 88.
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Ifyouuseplasmadisplayswithburnindisplayissues,youcanusetheVideo
borderoptionontheTVOutputpagetodisplaygreyinsteadofblackfortheborders
whentheselectedresolutionissmallerthantheselectednativeHDTVformat.See
DeviceAdjustmentsTVOutputonpage 76.
Optimizing HDTV Viewing
TheNVIDIAdriverprovidesthreeusercorrectionmethodsUnderscan,
OverscanShift,andNativetosolvetheproblemoftheWindowsdesktop
overscannedandcuttingofftheWindowstaskbarStartbutton.
Table6.3,OptimizingHDTVViewingsummarizesthevariouscorrectionmethods
andreasonsforuse.
Table 6.3 Optimizing HDTV Viewing
User task
Recommended
Corrective
Method Reasons
Watch movies Native Underscan correction always reduces the quality of the video being
watched since it changes the size of the native video resolution by
compressing the size of the pixels.
In addition, sometimes there is additional electronic information
recorded in the invisible portions of the video stream. This is not
supposed to be seen directly by the user, as it can be very distracting.
Underscan or overscan shift would cause this information to now
become visible.
Browse the Web
Run Windows
applications
Overscan shift
Underscan
Browsing the web requires that the end user see all information in the
browser window. Either of these modes will allow the users accomplish
this and provide the best web viewing experience.
Play full-screen
games
Underscan If the application correctly queries the graphics driver and requests the
modes it supports, you will be able to play the game in the corrected
underscan mode and see all of the information on your display.
However, some games do not query the graphics driver. Instead,
these games hard code the resolutions supported in the game directly
into their code. Therefore you can use an alternative way to correct
the resolution, such as checking the display for correction options.
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Underscan
TheUnderscansetting(Figure6.9)worksbycenteringalowerresolutiononthe
HDTVscreen,thedimensionsofwhichyoucanfurtheradjustwithslidersinthe
currentreleaseofthedriver,asshowninFigure6.10.
Forcomponentout,NVIDIAdeterminedthroughmarketresearchthat15%overscan
iscommonwithmanyTVs(bothSDTVandHDTV).NVIDIAusedthisinformation
tocreatetwocustomresolutionsthatareoptimalforWebbrowsing,running
applications,andplayinggamesonHDTVsets.Theseresolutionsare:
720p:1088x612(85%ofthefull1280x720.)
1080i:1600x900(1632x918is85%ofthefull1920x1080,butthatissocloseto
1600x900that1600x900isusedinstead.)
UsingUnderscanonpage 94explainshowtousetheUnderscansetting.
Overscan Shift
TheOverscanshiftsetting(Figure6.7)enablesyoutopanthedesktop,whenneeded,
toaccessanydisplayelementsthatappearoffscreen.
TheOverscanshiftfeatureworksbytrackingthepositionofthemousecursorand
slightlyshiftingthedisplaywhenthecursorstartstobecomeclosetoanedgeofthe
desktop.ThismodelooksjustlikenativeHDTVformats(720p,1080i)becauseit
runsatthefullHDTVresolution,whichcausescertainelementsofthedesktop,such
astheStartbuttonandtheclockontheWindowstaskbar,tonotbevisibleatall
times.Butasthemousecursorgetsclosetothesedesktopelements,theNVIDIA
driverintelligentlyshiftsthedesktopalittleinordertomovethoseelementsinto
view.
UsingOverscanShiftonpage 92explainshowtousetheOverscanshiftsetting.
Native
Inthethirdtechnique,nativemode,nooverscancompensationisdoneinorderto
givetheuseratruecinematicexperience.Thisisusefulwhenyoudonotwantany
pixelcompression(squishing)anddonotwanttousethemousetoshiftthedesktop
image.
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Notes on Startup Functionality with HDTV Connected
nView Single Display Mode
Whenyoufirststartyourcomputer,theHDTVdisplaymayhavecolordistortion
andmaynotfilltheentirescreendisplay.Thisisbecausewhenyoufirststartyour
computerwithanewlyinstalleddriver,theTVsignalformatdefaultstoNTSC.
nView Multi-Display Mode
Whentwodisplaysareconnectedtoyourcomputer,youwillnoticebothdisplaysare
mirroredorclonedthisisnViewClonemode.
Aswithfirsttimestartuponasingledisplaysetup,inamultidisplaysetupyouwill
alsonoticethattheHDTVscreenwillhavecolordistortionandmaynotfilltheentire
screendisplayarea.Again,asinasingledisplaysetup,thisisbecausewhenyoufirst
startyourcomputerwithanewlyinstalleddriver,theTVsignalformatdefaultsto
NTSC.
Using HDTV in nView Display Modes
Note:HDTVuseisnotsupportedinnViewSpanmode.
Using HDTV in nView Single Display Mode
Basedontheconnector(SupportedTelevision/HDTVFormatsforAnalogand
DigitalOutputsonpage 81)inuse,alltheassociatedHDTVformats(Supported
Television/HDTVFormatsforAnalogandDigitalOutputsonpage 81)willbe
availableinthenViewDisplaySettingscontextmenuavailablefromtheTVdisplay
iconsaswellasfromtheTVSettingsscreen.ScreenresolutionsandHDTVformats
(TelevisionandHDTVFormatsandDesktopResolutionsonpage 83)canbe
independentlyselectedandset.
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Using HDTV as the Primary Display in nView Clone Mode
Basedontheconnectorinuse,alltheassociatedHDTVformats(Supported
Television/HDTVFormatsforAnalogandDigitalOutputsonpage 81)willbe
availableinthenViewDisplaySettingscontextmenuavailablefromtheTVdisplay
iconsaswellasfromtheTVSettingsscreen.
Thesecondarydisplay(ananalogordigitaldisplay)willstartpanningiftheselected
primaryHDTVresolutionisgreaterthanthemaximumEDIDmodeofthesecondary
oriftheselectedphysicalsecondaryresolutionislessthanprimaryHDTVresolution.
IftheselectedprimaryHDTVscreenresolutionislowerthanthatofthesecondary
display,theresolutionwillbescaledupifthesecondarydisplayisananalogdisplay
or,ifitisadigitaldisplay,thedesktopcanhaveablackborder.
Ifyouuseplasmadisplayswithburnindisplayissues,youcanusetheVideo
borderoptionontheTVOutputpagetodisplaygreyinsteadofblackfortheborders
whentheselectedresolutionissmallerthantheselectednativeHDTVformat.See
DeviceAdjustmentsTVOutputonpage 76.
Using HDTV as the Secondary Display in nView Clone Mode
IfHDTVissecondaryalloftheformatsthattheTVnativelysupportsorinsingle
displayareavailable.
IftheprimaryresolutionissmallerthantheHDTV,thentheHDTVneedstoupscale
ittofitthecurrentformatorblackborderswillappeararoundthedesktop.Toreduce
thebrightnessoftheborder,youcanusetheVideoborderoptionontheTVOutput
page;seeDeviceAdjustmentsTVOutputonpage 76.
IftheprimaryresolutionisgreaterthantheHDTVformat,thenHDTVwillpanon
thesecondarydisplay.AnyformatchangeonthesecondaryHDTVdisplaycauses
thephysicalmodetochange,basedontheassociatedresolutionfortheselected
format.SeeTelevisionandHDTVFormatsandDesktopResolutionsonpage 83.
Using HDTV in nView Dualview Mode
AswithnViewSingleDisplaymode,basedontheconnector(SupportedTelevision/
HDTVFormatsforAnalogandDigitalOutputsonpage 81)inuse,alltheassociated
HDTVformats(SupportedTelevision/HDTVFormatsforAnalogandDigital
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Outputsonpage 81)willbeavailableinthenViewDisplaySettingscontextmenu
availablefromtheTVdisplayiconsaswellasfromtheTVSettingsscreen.
Using HDTV Formats
Note:ThefollowingprocedurecanbeusedfornViewSingledisplay,Clone,or
Dualviewmode.
1 AfterinstallingtheNVIDIARelease90graphicsdriver,rightclickonyour
Windowsdesktop.
2 IfyouhaveanHDTVconnectedinnViewsingledisplaymode,thenselecttheTV
option.Ifyouhavedualdisplaysconnected,thenselecttheNVIDIADisplay
optionandthenselecttheTVdisplayoption.
TheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelappears.
3 SelectnViewDisplaySettingsfromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenutodisplaythe
associatedpage.
Eitherasingleortwodisplayiconsappear.
4 Ifyouareinsingledisplaymodebuthavemultipledisplaysconnection,youcan
clickthenViewdisplaysettingslistandselecteitherDualvieworClonemode.
5 IfyouareusinganHDTVwithacomponentconnection,rightclickontheHDTV
displayimageandselecttheSelectTVformatoptiontoquicklyseetheHDTV
formats(Figure6.2).Proceedtostep5.
IfyouareusinganHDTVwithaDVIconnection,whenyourightclickontheHDTV
displayimage,theSelectTVformatoptionwillappearonlyiftheTreatDigital
DisplayasHDTVoptionisselected(checked),asshowninFigure6.3.Ifitisnot
checked,followthesesteps:
a SelecttheTreatDigitalDisplayasHDTVoptionandbesuretoclickApply.
b ThenrightclickontheHDTVdisplayimageagain.
NoticethattheTreatDigitalDisplayasHDTVoptionisnowcheckedand
youcanclicktheSelectTVformatoptiontoquicklyseetheHDTVformats
(Figure6.3).
c Proceedtostep6.
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Figure 6.2 Quick Access to HDTV Formats HDTV Component Connection
6 YoucanchoosetoselectanHDTVformatquicklyfromthislistorclickthe
AdvancedoptionatthebottomofthecontextmenutoopentheTVSettingsdialog
box(Figure6.4andFigure6.5)whereyoucanselectanHDTVformatfromthelist
intheSignalformatsection.
7 IfyouhaveselectedanHDTVformatthatrequiresyoutoadjustyourHDTV
overscanconfigurationforoptimalviewingofyourdesktoponyourTVscreen,
thenclicktheHDTVOverscanConfigurationoptionfromthecontextmenuof
yourHDTVdisplay(Figure6.2andFigure6.3)orclicktheOverscan
CompensationbuttonontheTVSettingspage(Figure6.4andFigure6.5)toopen
theHDTVOverscanCompensationdialogbox(Figure6.6).
Note:Bydefault,theNative(Figure6.6)optionisselected.Fordetailsaboutthe
nativedisplaysetting,seeNativeonpage 85.

theTVSettingsdialogbox.
ClicktheAdvancedbuttontoopen
HDTV(EDTV/SDTV)formats
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Figure 6.3 Quick Access to HDTV Formats HDTV over DVI Connection.

HDTV and click Apply to enable
.
Select Treat Digital Display as
the HDTV formats.
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Figure 6.4 TV Settings HDTV Component Connection
Figure 6.5 TV Settings HDTV over DVI Connection
.
ClickthislisttoselectanHDTV
(EDTV/SDTV)format.
.
ClickthislisttoselectanHDTV
format.
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Figure 6.6 HDTV Overscan Configuration Native Selected
Using Overscan Shift
AsexplainedinOverscanShiftonpage 85,usethisoptionwhenyourdesktop
appearslargerthanyourHDTVscreensothatpartofyourWindowstaskbar,suchas
theStartbuttonortheclockarenotvisible.Overscanshiftwillenableyoutopan
yourdesktopbymovingyourmouseovertheedgesofyourdesktopsothatthe
hiddenareasbecomevisible.
1 FromtheHDTVOverscanConfigurationpage,selecttheOverscanshiftoption
(Figure6.7)andclickApply.
2 Usetheslidertoindicatetowhatdegreeyouwanttopantheedgesofthedesktop
forthehiddenpartstobevisible.Ifyoumovethesliderallthewaytotheleft,that
indicateszeropanning.Thefurtherrightyoumovetheslider,themoreyou
havetopan.
3 ClickOKorApplywhendone.
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Asyouareapplyingtheadjustments,youwillbepromptedtoconfirmproper
settingsbythemessagesinFigure6.8.
Figure 6.7 HDTV Overscan Configuration Overscan shift Selected
Figure 6.8 Confirm Display Settings Prompts
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Using Underscan
AsexplainedinUnderscanonpage 85,usethisoptiontoreduceyourdesktop
resolutionsothattheentiredesktopisvisibleonyourTVscreenwithouthavingto
pan.
1 FromtheHDTVOverscanConfigurationpage,selecttheUnderscanoption
(Figure6.9)andclickApply.
Figure 6.9 HDTV Overscan Configuration Underscan Selected
2 ClicktheOverscanCompensationbuttontodisplayascreenresolution
adjustmentcontrolpanel(Figure6.10).
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Figure 6.10 Slider Control to Adjust Underscan to fit Desktop to HDTV Screen
3 UsethehorizontalandverticalsliderstoadjustyourHDTVdesktopsizeto
properlyfityourscreen.Forexample,ifyourdesktopappearssmallerthanyour
screencausingablackborderaroundthedesktop,usethesliderstoenlargethe
desktoptofitthescreen.Ifthedesktopislargerthanthescreenandyouwantto
avoidpanning,thenusetheslidersaccordinglytoadjustthedesktopsizesothatit
isfullyvisiblewithoutpanning.
4 ClickOKwhendone.
Troubleshooting HDTV Configuration
Problem:For480i/p,640x480isthenativesolution,CanNVIDIAsupportthis
resolution?
Answer:Actually,thenativeresolutionfor480iand480pis720x480.NVIDIAdoes
fullysupport640x480also.However,WindowsXPhidesthatmodefromtheuser.
NotethatthisisaWindowsXPfeatureand,therefore,cannotbechangedby
NVIDIA.
Toaccessthisresolution,followthesesteps:
1 RightclickonyourWindowdesktopandselectPropertiesfromthedesktop
menu.TheWindowsDisplayPropertieswindowappears.
2 ClicktheSettingstab.
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3 ClicktheAdvancedbutton.
4 ClicktheAdaptertab.
5 ClickListAllModesandlocatetheresolution.
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Problem:For720p/1080i,wecannotfindtheresolution1280x720(720p)and
1920x1080(1080i).
Answer:YouareprobablyusingnViewCloneorannViewSpandisplaymode
whereHDTVisthesecondarydisplay.
Note:WhenusingnViewCloneorannViewSpanmode,thesecondarydisplay
shouldnotbesettoahigherresolutionthantheprimary.If,however,thatis
yourcurrentsetting,youcansolvetheprobleminoneofthreeways:
MaketheHDTVbetheprimarydisplay.
Assignadifferentdisplaythatcanhandlehigherresolutionsastheprimary.
DonotusethenViewCloneorSpanmodes.
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Problem1:Screenisshrunk.Thescreenshrinkshouldonlybehorizontal.
Answer:Thisisbecause720pis1280pixelswide,butyourdesktopisonly1024wide.
Problem2:Thehorizontaledgesofthescreenarecut.Forexample,weonlyseehalf
oftheWindowstaskbar.
Answer:ThismeansthatyourHDTVhasmorethan18%overscantherefore,some
ofthe768linesarenotvisible.ThesolutionistousetheOverscanshiftslideronyour
HDTVdisplaysNVIDIADeviceAdjustmentpage.
SeerelevantsectionsunderOptimizingHDTVViewingonpage 84fora
descriptionofthisfeature.
SeeUsingOverscanShiftonpage 92fordetailsonusingthisoption.
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Problem1:TheTVissettofullscreendisplay.TheWindowsdesktopdisplayis
panning.
Answer:YouarenotexactlyseeingthepanningfeaturebutrathertheOverscan
shiftfeature.SeerelevantsectionsunderOptimizingHDTVViewingonpage 84
foradescriptionofthisfeature.
Problem2:Thetopandbottomedgesofthedesktoparecut.Forexample,weonly
seehalfoftheWindowstaskbar.
Answer:YouneedtoincreasetheamountofoverscanshiftbyusingtheOverscan
shiftsliderfromtheHDTVdisplaysNVIDIADeviceAdjustmentpage.Theamount
requiredwillvary,basedonthetypeofHDTVyouareusing,andisnotdetectable.
SeerelevantsectionsunderOptimizingHDTVViewingonpage 84fora
descriptionofthisfeature.
SeeUsingOverscanShiftonpage 92fordetailsonusingthisoption.
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C H A P T E R
CONFIGURING KEY FORCEWARE GRAPHICS
DRIVER FEATURES
ThischapterexplainshowtoconfigurekeyForceWaregraphicsdriverfeatures:
AdjustingDesktopColorsonpage 99
AdjustingPerformanceandQualitySettingsonpage 104
UsingVideoOverlaySettingsonpage 126
UsingFullScreenVideoSettingsonpage 128
UsingtheToolsPageonpage 133
UsingNVRotateSettingsonpage 138
AdjustingTemperatureSettingsonpage 141
ChangingScreenResolutionsandRefreshRatesonpage 143
EditingtheNVIDIADisplayMenuonpage 150
AdjustingPowerMizerSettingsOnlyforNotebookComputersonpage 153
UsingNVIDIASLITechnologyonpage 155
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Adjusting Desktop Colors
Accessing the Desktop Colors Page
Note:InordertoaccesstheColorCorrectionpage,thecolorsettingontheWindows
DisplayPropertiesSettingspagemustbesetto16bitorhigher.Asettingof
256colorswillnotenabletheColorCorrectionpage.
FollowanyoneofthesemethodstoaccesstheColorCorrectionpage(Figure7.1).
FromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,clickColorCorrection
FromthenViewDisplaySettingspage:
1 RightclickoneofthedisplayimagesorclicktheDeviceSettings>>option.
2 SelecttheColorCorrectionoption.
FromtheVideoOverlaySettingsorFullScreenVideopage,clickAdjustColor.
Figure 7.1 Color Correction Settings
ImageSharpeningisavailable
withGeForceFXandnewer
seriesofNVIDIAGPUs.
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Color Correction Settings
Digital Vibrance
Note:TheDigitalVibranceControl

(DVC)featuresupportedbytheGeForce2MX
andnewerseriesofNVIDIAGPUs.
DVC,amechanismforcontrollingcolorseparationandintensity,booststhecolor
saturationofanimagesothatallimagesincluding2D,3D,andvideoappear
brighterandcrisper(evenonflatpanels)inyourapplications.
DigitalVibrancecanbeturnedofforsettodifferentlevelsfromlowtohighasshown
inFigure7.1.
Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma
Note:TheColorprofileoptiononthispagemustbesettoStandardModeinorder
tousetheBrightness,Contrast,andGammasliders.
ToadjusttheBrightness,Contrast,orGammavaluesfortheselectedcolorchannel,
clickandmovetheslidersuntilyouseethedesiredadjustment.
Noticethatthecolorcurvegraphchangesasyouadjustvaluesusingthesesliders,
whichalsoreflectsinthevaluesoftheInputandOutputboxesdisplayedontheleft
oftheGammaslider.
Adjustingbrightness,contrast,andgammavalueshelpsyoucompensatefor
variationsinluminancebetweenasourceimageanditsoutputonadisplay.Thisis
usefulwhenworkingwithimageprocessingapplicationstohelpprovidemore
accuratecolorreproductionofimages(suchasphotographs)whentheyare
displayedonyourscreen.
Also,many3Dacceleratedgamesmayappeartoodarktoplay.Increasingthe
brightnessand/orgammavalueequallyacrossallchannelswillmakethesegames
appearbrighter,makingthemmoreplayable.
Forrelatedinformation,seeColorChannelsonpage 101andColorCurveGraph
onpage 102.
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Apply Color Changes to...
TheApplycolorchangestolistappearsatthetopoftheColorCorrectionpage.
Clickthelisttodisplaythesettingsbelowandthenselectasetting.
AllappliesthecolorcorrectionsettingsonthispagetoyourWindowsdesktop
andtovideoplayback.
DesktopappliesthecolorcorrectionsettingstoyourWindowsdesktop.
Overlay/VMRappliescolorcorrectionsettingsonthispagetovideoplaybackthat
usesoverlayhardware.
Note:Currentgenerationhardwareoverlaydoesnotsupportpercomponent
(Red,Green,Blue)colorcorrection,butinsteadexposesasingle.unified
colorcorrectionchannel.Therefore,ifyouselectthissetting,onlytheAll
Channelssettinginthecolorchannelslistisavailable.(SeeColorChannels
inthenextsection.)
FullScreenVideoappliescolorcorrectionsettingsonthispagetoanyfullscreen
videothatisrunningonyourdisplay.
Color Channels
ThecolorchannelslistappearsdirectlyabovethecolorcurvegraphontheColor
Correctionpage.
Clickthecolorchannellisttoselectacolorchannel.
YoucanadjusttheRed,Green,andBluechannelsbyselectingeachcolorseparately
orbyselectingthecompositechoiceAllchannels,whichisthedefaultsetting.
Note:IfyouselecttheOverlay/VMRsettingfromtheApplycolorchangestolist
(seeApplyColorChangesto...onpage 101),onlytheAllChannelssettingis
available.
Whenyouselectacolorchannel,noticethatthefollowingtakesplace:
Thecolorappearsinthegraphofthecolorcorrectioncurvebelow.
MovingtheBrightness/Contrast/Gammasliderschangestheappearanceofthe
coloredline/curvesinthegraphinrealtime.
Foradditionalinformationonthegraphofthecolorcorrectioncurve,seeColor
CurveGraphbelow.
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Color Curve Graph
Thegraphbelowthecolorchannelslistrepresentsthecolorcorrectioncurve.Input
valuesarerepresentedalongthexaxisandshownnumericallyintheIn(put)edit
box.Theadjustedoutputvaluesarerepresentedalongtheyaxisandtheadjusted
outputvaluesareshownnumericallyintheOut(put)editbox.
IftheColorprofileoptionissettoStandardMode,thiscurvechangesdynamically
asyouadjusttheContrast,Brightness,orGammavaluesusingthesliders.
IftheColorprofileoptionissettoAdvancedMode,youcannotusetheContrast,
Brightness,orGammaslidersbutyoucanmodifythiscurveinrealtimebyusingany
oneofthesemethods:
Clickthecurvetocreateacontrolpointonit.Repeatthesteptocreateadditional
points,asneeded.
Clickthecurveanddragthemousetomodifythecurve,whichalsodynamically
modifiesthevaluesintheInputandOutputeditboxes.
Enteravaluethatislessthanorequalto1intheInputand/orOutputeditboxes.
Selectoneormorecontrolpointsandthenpressthearrowkeysonyourkeyboard
toadjustthecurveandnumericvaluesintheInput/Outputeditboxes.
Toinsertseveralcontrolpoints,clickthecurvetoselectapointandthenpressIns
(Inskeyonyourkeyboard)oneormoretimes,dependingonthenumberofpoints
youwanttoadd,whichislimitedbyanyotherpointsthatmayalreadyexiston
thecurve.
Toremoveacontrolpoint,selectthepointanddragitoutofboundsorselectthe
pointandpressDel.
Toselectmultiplecontrolpoints,youcaneitherpressdowntheCtrlkeyandselect
thepointsyouwantwithyourmouse,orleftclickanddragthemousearoundthe
itemstocreateaboxthatselectstheitems.
IfyouhaveloadedanICCprofile,thecolorcorrectioncurvesloadedfromtheICC
profilearedisplayedinthegraph.Useaprofessionalpublishingapplicationto
performcolormatchingbasedoninformationintheICCprofile.
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Image Sharpening
Note:ThisoptionisonlyavailableonGeForceFXandlaterNVIDIAGPUbased
graphicscards.
UsetheImageSharpeningslidertoadjustthesharpnessoftheimagequalityby
amplifyinghighfrequencycontent.
Color Profile
TheColorProfileoptiondisplaysalistofavailablecolorcorrectionprofiles.
SpecifyStandardModeifyouwanttoadjustcolorcorrectionsettingsusingthe
Contrast,Brightness,andGammassliders.
UseAdvancedModeifyouwanttoadjustcolorcorrectionsettingsbymanually
inserting,dragging,andremovingcontrolpointsalongthecurveshowninthe
graph.SeeColorCurveGraphonpage 102.
Note:Whenthisoptionisenabled,theContrast,Brightness,orGammaslider
settingsarenotavailable.
Customsettingsyoumayhavesavedarealsoshowninthislist.Toactivatea
customprofile,selectitfromthelistandclickApply.
Add (ICC Profile Mode)
1 ClickAddtodisplayadialogboxfromwhichyoucanloadanICCprofilethat
containscolorcorrectioncurves.
2 EnterthefilenameoftheICCprofileandclickOKtoloadthefile.
TheICCprofilejustaddednowappearsintheColorprofilelist.
Note:OnceyouloadthisICCprofile,theBrightness,Gamma,andContrastsliders
aredisabled.
Other Settings
Saveasletsyousavethecurrentcolorsettingsasacustomsetting.Savedsettings
willthenbeaddedtotheColorProfilelistasacustomsetting.
Deleteletsyoudeletethecustomcolorsettingcurrentlyselectedinthelist.
RestoreDefaultsrestoresallcolorvaluestothehardwarefactorysettings.
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Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings
Thefollowingtopicsarediscussedinthissection:
ChangingGlobalDriverSettingsonpage 105
ModifyinganExistingApplicationProfileonpage 106
AddingaNewApplicationProfileonpage 111
DeletingApplicationProfilesonpage 113
DriverSettingsonpage 113
DriverSettingsAdvancedonpage 117
ToaccessthePerformanceandQualitySettingspage,fromtheNVIDIAdisplay
menu,clickthePerformanceandQualitySettingsoption(Figure7.2).
Figure 7.2 Performance and Quality Settings Page
Note:YoucanusetheApplicationprofilesandGlobaldriversettingsmodules
independently.Forexample,youcanusetheGlobaldriversettingstomodify
youractivedesktopapplicationwithouthavingtouseanyoftheApplication
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ApplicationprofilesrefertopredefinedsavedfilescontainingNVIDIAOpenGL
andDirect3Ddriversettingsforgamespecificapplications.
Note:WhenyoufistopenthePerformance&Qualitypage,thelistsinthe
Applicationprofilesectionissettothedefaultglobaldriversettingsstate
asshowninthescreenimageabove.Youcanclicktheseliststoselect
applicationsandapplicationprofilesforwhichyouwanttomodifythe
driversettingsthatappearintheglobaldriversettingslist.
GlobalDriverSettings
ThelistthatappearsintheGlobaldriversettingssectioncontainOpenGLand
Direct3Dbasedsettings,whichyoucanmodify.Fordetails,seeDriverSettings
Advancedonpage 117.
Youcanchangedriversettingsforanyapplicationsthatyouarecurrently
running.
Youcanalsochangedriversettingsforexistingapplicationprofilesandnew
applicationprofilesyouareaddingandthensavethesesettings.
Changing Global Driver Settings
TochangedriversettingsgloballyforanyOpenGLbasedorDirect3Dbased
applicationyouarerunning,followthesesteps:
1 MakesuretheActiveprofilelistissettoGlobaldriversettings.
2 ClickApply.
3 FromtheGlobaldriversettingslist,clickasettingthatyouwanttochange.
4 Noticethatthesettingishighlightedanditssliderappearsatthebottomofthe
page,asshownintheexampleinFigure7.3.
5 Usetheslidertomodifythesettingtosuityourneeds.Refertothefollowing
sectionsforadditionalinformation:
ChangingGlobalDriverSettingsonpage 105
ModifyinganExistingApplicationProfileonpage 106
6 Repeatsteps3through5foreachdriversettingyouwanttochange.
7 BesuretoclickApplyaftereachchangeyoumaketotheglobaldriversettings.
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Figure 7.3 Changing Global Driver Settings
Modifying an Existing Application Profile
TomodifypredefinedNVIDIAsuppliedapplicationprofiles,followthesesteps:
1 SettheActiveprofilelisttoGlobaldriversettingsandclicktheRestorebuttonto
restoreallsettingstotheirdefaultvalues.
2 Then,selectanapplicationprofilebyusinganyoneofthesemethods:
SelecttheapplicationprofiledirectlyfromtheActiveprofilelistOR
SelecttheapplicationfromtheApplicationlist.Noticethatanassociated
profilefortheselectedapplicationappearsintheActiveprofilelist.Ifanother
profileisalsoassociatedwiththeapplicationyouselected,youcanbrowsethe
listandselectthatprofileinstead.
Thedriversettingsoftheprofileyoujustselectedappearinthedriversettingslist.
Afteryouselectaprofile,thislist,previouslylabeledGlobaldriversetting,
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Figure 7.4 Changing Global Driver Settings
Thecheckboxnexttothedriversettingsindicateswhetherthedriversetting
comesfromdriverortheselectedprofile.
Ifthecheckboxisselected(i.e.,acheckmarkappears),thesettingispartofthe
profile.IfyouclearacheckboxthathasacheckmarkinitandclickApply,then
thesettingassociatedwiththecheckboxisclearedandremovedfromthe
profile.
Ifthecheckboxisempty,thismeansthatthesettingiscontrolledbythe
NVIDIAdriver.Ifyouselectanemptycheckbox(insertcheckmark)andclick
Apply,thismeansyouareaddingthesettingtotheprofile.
3 Fromthedriversettingslist,clickasettingthatyouwanttochangefortheselected
applicationprofile.Noticethatthesettingishighlighted.
4 SelectthecheckboxforthatsettingandclickApply.Noticethatitssliderappears
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5 Usetheslidertomodifythesettingtosuityourneeds.Refertothefollowing
sectionsforadditionalinformation:
ChangingGlobalDriverSettingsonpage 105
ModifyinganExistingApplicationProfileonpage 106
6 Repeatsteps2through5foreachdriversettingyouwanttochange.
7 BesuretoclickApplyaftereachchangeyoumaketoadriversetting.
8 ClicktheModifyProfilebutton.
TwooptionsModifyandSaveAs...appear(Figure7.6).
Figure 7.5 Changing Global Driver Settings
9 Ifyouwanttoassociatespecificapplicationswiththemodifiedprofile,clicktheModify
menuoptionandfollowallthestepsathroughgbelow.
Ifyoudonotwanttoassociatespecificapplicationexecutablefileswiththemodifiedprofile,
simplyclickSaveAs....andthenfollowstepse.throughf.below.
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b IntheAssociatedapplicationlist,selectoneormoreapplications(checkbox)
youwanttoassociatewiththeprofileyouaremodifying.Ifyouwanttolocate
andselectapplicationsnotinthecurrentlist,clickBrowse.
c ClickModifytodisplaytheModifyProfiledialogbox.
d IntheAssociatedapplicationlist,selectoneormoreapplications(checkbox)
youwanttoassociatewiththeprofileyouaremodifying.Ifyouwanttolocate
andselectapplicationsnotinthecurrentlist,clickBrowse.
e ClickOKwhendonetoreturntothepreviouspageandclickApplyagain.
f Tosavethemodifiedprofile,clicktheModifybuttonandthenclicktheSave
As...menuoptiontodisplaytheSaveSettingsdialogbox.
g FromtheSaveSettingsdialogbox,youcaneitherretaintheexistingnameor
renametheprofile.
Figure7.7showstheprofilenamebeingretained.Figure7.8showstheprofile
beingrenamed.
h ClickOKtoreturntothepreviouspageand,iftheApplybuttonisenabled,
clickApply.
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Figure 7.7 Modifying a Profile Overwriting Existing Profile with the Same Name
Ifyouusedtheexistingprofilenamethusoverwritingtheprofilewiththenew
settings,asshowninFigure7.7,noticethattheRestorebuttonappears(Figure7.7)
indicatingthatanoriginalprofilewaschanged.Youcanalwaysrestorethesetypes
ofprofilestotheoriginalsettingsbutcannotremovethemfromthelist.
Ifyourenamedtheprofile,asshowninFigure7.8,thenitisconsideredanew
profileandtheRemovebuttonappears(Figure7.8).Youcanalwaysremovethese
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Figure 7.8 Modifying a Profile Renaming and Saving the Profile
Adding a New Application Profile
Youcanaddnewapplicationprofiles,whichyoucanalsodelete.Toaddanew
applicationprofile,followthesesteps:
1 SettheActiveprofilelisttoGlobaldriversettings.
2 ClickApply.
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4 IntheAssociatedapplicationlist,selectthecheckboxassociatedwithoneormore
oftheapplicationsyouwanttoassociatewiththeprofileyouareadding.Ifyou
wanttolocateapplicationsnotinthecurrentlist,clicktheBrowsebutton.
5 EnteranamefortheprofileyouareaddingintheProfiletextentrybox,asshown
intheleftimageinFigure7.9.
Figure 7.9 Adding a Profile
6 ClickOKtoreturntothepreviouspage.TheApplicationprofileslistdisplaysthe
newprofilename,asshownintheimageontherightinFigure7.9.
7 Foreachdriversettingyouwanttochangeforthisnewprofile,followthesesteps:
a Selectthecheckboxofthedriversettingyouwanttochangeandsaveaspartof
thenewprofile.
b ClickApply.
c CleartheApplicationcontrolledcheckboxandclickApply.
d UsetheslidertosetthevalueyouwantandclickApply.
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e Repeatstepsa.throughd.foreachdriversettingyouwanttochange.
f ClickApply.
Adding Profiles With an SLI Configuration
IfyouareanadvanceduserrunninganSLImultiGPUconfigurationandwantto
createprofilesthatutilizeSLIrenderingtechnology,seeSLIRenderingModeon
page 124andAboutUsingOtherSLIbasedAdvancedSettingsonpage 125.
Deleting Application Profiles
Youcanremovethefollowingtypesofprofilesi.e.,theRemovebuttonisavailable
forusewhen:
Youhaveselectedaprofileyouhaveadded.
YouhaveselectedapredefinedNVIDIAsuppliedprofilethatyouhavemodified
andrenamed.
Note:Rememberthatwhenyoudeleteaprofilethatisassociatedwithasingle
applicationormultipleapplications,allNVIDIAsettingsforthatoneor
multipleapplicationsasyouvesetinthatprofileareremove.
Ifyouhavecreatedanotherprofilethatcontainsanyofthesesameapplications,
youmaywanttousethatprofile.
Driver Settings
Antialiasing Settings
Antialiasingisatechniqueusedtominimizethestairstepeffectsometimesseen
alongtheedgesof3Dobjects.Yourselectioncanrangefromturningantialiasing
completelyofftoselectingthemaximumamountpossibleforaparticular
application.UsethisslidertosetthedegreeofantialiasingtobeusedinDirect3Dand
OpenGLapplications.
TipsonsettingantialiasingmodesSomeantialiasingsettingsrequirealarge
amountofvideomemory.Ifthemodeyourequestedrequiresmorevideomemory
thanavailableandyouseeunexpectedresults,tryselectingthenextlowermode,and
soon,untilyouachievethedesiredresult.Youmayalsowanttoexperimentwith
differentscreenresolutions,refreshrates,and/orcolordepthsuntilyouarriveata
settingorcombinationofsettingsforantialiasingtowork.
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Applicationcontrolled.Toconfigureoptionswiththeslider,youmustclearthis
checkboxandclickApply.Ifyouselectthischeckbox,theconfigurableoptions
areautomaticallydisabledbecauseyourapplicationdeterminestheantialiasing
settings.Toconfigureoptionswiththeslider,youmustclearthischeckboxand
clickApply.
Figure 7.10 NVIDIA Driver Settings (Standard)
Offdisablesantialiasingin3Dapplications.Selectthisoptionifyourequire
maximumperformanceinyourapplications.
2xenablesantialiasingusingthe2xmode.Thismodeoffersimprovedimage
qualityandhighperformancein3Dapplications.
4xenablesantialiasingusingthe4xmode.Thismodeoffersbetterimagequality
butcanslightlyreduceperformancein3Dapplications.
6xSaffectsonlyDirect3Dapplicationsandenablesantialiasingusingthe6xS
mode.Thismodeoffersbetterimagequalitythanthe4xSmode.
8xenablesantialiasingusingthe8xmode.Thismodeoffersbetterimagequality
thanthe6xSmodeforDirect3Dapplicationsandbetterimagequalitythatthe4x
modeforOpenGLapplications.

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16xenablesantialiasingusingthe16xmode.Thismodeoffersbetterimagequality
thanthe8xmode.
Note:ThefollowingtwoSLIspecificantialiasingsettingsareavailableonlyifyou
enabledtheSLIAntialiasingsettingfortheSLIrenderingmodeadvanced
driversettingasexplainedinSLIRenderingModeonpage 124.
SLI8x
SLI16x
Anisotropic Filtering
Anisotropicfilteringisatechniqueusedtoimprovethequalityoftexturesapplied
tothesurfacesof3Dobjectswhendrawnatasharpangle.UsetheAnisotropic
filteringslidertosetthedegreeofanisotropicfilteringforimprovedimagequality.
Enablingthisoptionimprovesimagequalityattheexpenseofsomeperformance.
Applicationcontrolled.Ifyouselectthischeckbox,theconfigurableoptionsare
automaticallydisabledbecauseyourapplicationdeterminestheanisotropic
filteringsettings.Toconfigureoptionswiththeslider,youmustclearthischeck
boxandclickApply.
Offdisablesanisotropicfiltering.
1xresultsinmaximumapplicationperformance.
2xthrough8xresultsinimprovedimagequalitybutatsomeexpenseto
applicationperformance.Highervaluesyieldbetterimagequalitywhilereducing
performance.
Image Settings
ImageSettingsallowtohavefullcontrolovertheimagequalityinyourapplications.
TheImageSettingsslidercontainsthefollowingsettings:HighPerformance,
Performance,Quality,andHighQuality.
Highperformanceoffersthehighestframeratepossibleresultinginthebest
performanceforyourapplications.
Performanceoffersanoptimalblendofimagequalityandperformance.Theresult
isoptimalperformanceandgoodimagequalityforyourapplications.
Qualityisthedefaultsettingthatresultsinoptimalimagequalityforyour
applications.
HighQualityresultsinthebestimagequalityforyourapplications.Thissettingis
notnecessaryforaverageuserswhorungameapplications.Itisdesignedformore
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advanceduserstogenerateimagesthatdonottakeadvantageofthe
programmingcapabilityofthetexturefilteringhardware.
Note:ThisHighQualitysettingisnotnecessaryforaverageuserswhorungame
applications.Itisdesignedformoreadvanceduserstogenerateimagesthat
donottakeadvantageoftheprogrammingcapabilityofthetexturefiltering
hardware.
Table7.1containsasummaryofalltheImageSettingsandtheoptimizationsthey
enable.Forfurtherdetails,alsoseeAnisotropicOptimizationsonpage 122and
TrilinearOptimizationonpage 121.
*TrilinearfunctionalityissubjecttoTrilinearoptimizationcontrol.
**AnisotropicoptimizationonlyaffectsDirect3Dapplications.
Vertical Sync
VerticalSyncsettingsspecifyhowverticalsynchronizationishandledinOpenGL
applications.
Offkeepsverticalsynchronizationdisabledunlessanapplicationspecifically
requestsotherwise.
Onkeepsverticalsynchronizationenabledunlessanapplicationspecifically
requestsotherwise.
Table 7.1 Image Settings and Optimizations
Image Settings
Optimization High Quality Quality Performance/ High
Performance
Trilinear Optimizations
enabled
N/A (full trilinear) Optimized trilinear Highly optimized trilinear
Trilinear Optimizations
disabled
N/A (full trilinear) Full trilinear Full trilinear
Anisotropic
Optimizations** enabled
N/A (forced off) Trilinear* with base
texture
Bilinear other textures Bilinear all textures
Anisotropic Optimization
disabled
N/A (forced off) Trilinear* all textures Trilinear* all textures
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View Advanced Settings
WhenyouselectAdvancedsettingsfromtheViewlist,additionaladvancedsettings
appearintheGlobaldriversettingslist.Thesesettings,intendedforadvancedusers,
areshowninFigure7.11throughFigure7.15andexplainedinthissection.
Note:Availabilityoftheadvancedsettingsdescribedbelowmaydependonthetype
ofNVIDIAGPUthatyourgraphicscardisusingand/orthetypeofgraphics
cardyouareusing.
Antialiasing Settings (SLI-specific)
Figure7.11showsasamplescreenwiththesesettings.ThefollowingtwoSLIspecific
advancedantialiasingsettingsareavailableonlyifyouarerunninganSLI
configurationandyouenabledtheSLIAntialiasingsettingfortheSLIrendering
Figure 7.11 NVIDIA Advanced Driver Settings SLI-Specific Antialiasing Settings

NVIDIAAdvanced
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modeoptionasexplainedinSLIRenderingModeonpage 124.
SLI8x
SLI16x
Color Profile
UsetheColorprofilesetting(Figure7.12)toassociateacolorprofilewiththe
selectedapplicationprofile.
Figure 7.12 NVIDIA Advanced Driver Settings Examples
1 Makesureyouhavecreatedandsavedatleastonecustomcolorprofilefromthe
ColorCorrectionpage.Fordetails,seeColorProfileonpage 103andOther
Settingsonpage 103.
2 OnthePerformance&Qualitypage,selectViewadvancedsettingsfromtheView
listandclickApply.
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4 Ifyoucompletedstep1,youwillseetheColorprofilelistboxatthebottomofthe
page(Figure7.12).
5 Clickthelistandselectacolorprofile,thenclickApply.
Force Mipmaps
Enablingthisoptionenablesmipmapsonapplicationsthatdonotsupportmipmaps.
1 MakesuretheViewadvancedsettingsoptionisselectedfromtheViewlist.
2 SelectForcemipmapsfromthedriversettingslist.
3 Usetheslidertosetoneofthesevalues:
Nonemeansdonotforcemipmapsonapplicationthatdonotsupport
mipmaps.
Bilinearresultsinbetterimagequalitywithbetterperformance.
Trilinearresultsingoodimagequalitywithlowerperformance.
Conformant Texture Clamp
Textureclampingreferstohowtexturecoordinatesarehandledwhentheyfall
outsidethebodyofthetexture.Texturecoordinatescanbeclampedtotheedgeor
withintheimage.
1 MakesuretheViewadvancedsettingsoptionisselectedfromtheViewlist.
2 SelectConformanttextureclampfromthedriversettingslist.
TheavailableslidersettingsareOnandOff.
Extension Limit
Note:Youcannotchangethissetting.
Bydefault,thedriverextensionstringhasbeentrimmedforcompatibilitywiththe
application.
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Hardware Acceleration
Hardwareaccelerationsettingsdetermineadvancedrenderingoptionswhenusing
multipledisplaysand/orgraphicscardsbasedondifferentclassesofNVIDIAGPUs.
1 MakesuretheViewadvancedsettingsoptionisselectedfromtheViewlist.
2 SelectHardwareaccelerationfromthedriversettingslist.
TheavailableslidersettingsareshowninFigure7.13andexplained.
Note:Multidisplayhardwareaccelerationoptionsdonotapplywhenusing
nViewMultiviewmodeinWindowsNT4.0.
Singledisplaymode:Ifyouhaveonlyoneactivedisplay,thisisthedefault
setting.Youcanalsospecifythissettingifyouhaveproblemswiththemulti
devicemodes.
nViewClone/SpanmodeisthedefaultsettingwhenyournViewdisplaymodeis
settonViewClonemodeoroneofthenViewSpanmodes.IfmultipleNVIDIA
GPUbasedgraphicscardsinyoursystemareinusewithactivedisplays,this
settingisreplacedbyoneofthemultidisplaymodesdescribedbelow.
Figure 7.13 NVIDIA Advanced Driver Settings Hardware Acceleration
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Multidisplaycompatibilitymodeisavailableifyouhavetwoormoreactive
displayswhenrunninginnViewDualviewdisplaymodeorifyouareusing
differentclassesofNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscards.
Note:Whenthismodeisineffect,OpenGLrendersincompatibilitymodeforall
displays.Inthismode,whendifferentclassesofGPUsareinuse,thelowest
commonfeaturesetofallactiveGPUsisexposedtoOpenGLapplications.
TheOpenGLrenderingperformanceisslightlyslowerthaninsingle
displaymode.
Multidisplayperformancemodeisavailableifyouhavetwoormoreactive
displayswhenrunninginnViewDualviewmodeorifyouareusingdifferent
classesofNVIDIAGPUbasedcards.
Note:Whenthismodeisineffect,OpenGLrendersinperformancemodeforall
displays.Asincompatibilitymode,whendifferentclassesofGPUsarein
use,thelowestcommonfeaturesetofallactiveGPUsisexposedtoOpenGL
applications.However,therenderingperformanceisfasterthanin
compatibilitymode,althoughswitchingorspanningdisplaysmayresultin
minortransientrenderingartifacts.
Trilinear Optimization
ThisoptionenableyoutohavefullcontrolovertrilinearoptimizationsinDirect3D
andOpenGLapplications.
1 MakesuretheViewadvancedsettingsoptionisselectedfromtheViewlist.
2 SelectTrilinearoptimizationfromthedriversettingslist.Theavailableslider
settingsareOnandOffasshowninFigure7.14.
Onallowsbettertexturefilteringperformancewithnoperceivedlossofimage
quality.Youcanviewtheareasoftheimagethatareaffectedbythetrilinear
optimizationbyenablingtexturesthatcontaincoloredmipmapchainsthatare
usedintypicaldiagnosticapplications.AlsoseeTable7.1,ImageSettingsand
Optimizationsonpage 116.
Offdisablestrilinearoptimizationsandwillresultinthebestimagequality.
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Figure 7.14 Driver Settings Displaying Trilinear & Anisotropic Optimizations
Anisotropic Optimizations
Note:InthecurrentNVIDIAgraphicsdriver,youhavefullcontroloveranisotropic
optimizationsinDirect3Dapplications.However,notethatanisotropic
optimizationsarenotimplementedforOpenGLapplications.Therefore,ifyouhave
setAnisotropicOptimizationtoOn,theresultingeffectwillbeOffwhen
runningOpenGLapplications.
Anisotropic Mip Filter Optimization
ThisoptionenablestheNVIDIAdisplaydrivertosubstitutepointmipmapfiltering
forlinearmipmapfilteringonallbuttheprimarytexturestage.
1 MakesuretheViewadvancedsettingsoptionisselectedfromtheViewlist.
2 SelectAnisotropicmipfilteroptimizationfromtheGlobaldriversettingslist.The
availableslidersettingsareOnandOff.
Onforcestheuseofpointmipmapfilteringonallbuttheprimarytexturestage.
Thisimprovesperformancebutatsomecosttoimagequality.
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Offdisablesanisotropicmipfilteroptimizationforbestimagequality.
Anisotropic Sample Optimization
Thisoptionenablesavarietyofsamplerelatedoptimizationsonallbuttheprimary
texturestage,thusimprovingperformancebutwithasmallimpactonimagequality.
1 MakesuretheViewadvancedsettingsoptionisselectedfromtheViewlist.
2 SelectAnisotropicsampleoptimizationfromtheGlobaldriversettingslist.The
availableslidersettingsareOnandOff.
Onenablestheuseofanisotropicsampleoptimizationforbetterperformance.
Offdisablestheuseofanisotropicsampleoptimizationforbestimagequality.
Gamma Correct Antialiasing
Note:ThissettingisavailableonnewerNVIDIAGPUs,suchastheGeForce7800
GTX.
Onenablesgammacorrectantialiasing,whichresultsinabettercolorcalculation
tohelpreducejaggiesandmaintainthehighestlevelofcolorreproductionof3D
images.
Offdisablesgammacorrectantialiasing.
Transparency Antialiasing
Note:ThissettingisavailableonnewerNVIDIAGPUs,suchastheGeForce7800
GTX.
Transparencyantialiasing,anadvancedfeature,isatechniqueusedtominimizethe
visiblealiasingontheedgesofimageswithtransparenttextures.Thisimprovement
in3Dimagequalityismostnoticeableinobjectssuchasvegetation,chainlinkfences,
andsimilarobjects.
Toenablethisfeature,usetheMultisamplingsettingforsuperiorapplication
performanceortheSupersamplingsettingforsuperiorimagequality.
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SLI Rendering Mode
Note:SLIrenderingmodesettingsareavailableonlyifyouarerunninginanSLI
multiGPUconfiguration(Figure7.15).
Figure 7.15 Advanced Driver Settings Displaying SLI Rendering Modes
InAutoselectmode,theNVIDIAdriverautomaticallyselectsthemultiGPU
renderingmodetouse.
InAlternateframerendering(AFR)mode,consecutiveframesarerenderedby
twoseparategroupsofGPUs.Eachgroupprocessesalternatingframesand
operatesoneachframeasinsplitframerenderingmode.
Alternateframerendering2,whichisanotherversionoftheAFRmode,may
providebetterperformancethanusingtheregularAFRmodeincertain
applications
InSplitframerenderingmode,eachframeisdividedintohorizontalstrips,with
eachGPUresponsibleforrenderingonestrip.Line(s)betweenhorizontalstripsare
notvisiblefortheuser.
SLIrenderingmodes
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SelectSLIantialiasingifyouwanttoenableadditionalSLIspecificadvanced
antialiasingsettings(SLI8xandSLI16x)seeAntialiasingSettingson
page 113.
SelectSingleGPUrenderingif,forexample,youprefernottousemultiGPU
renderingforaspecificapplication.TheNVIDIAdriverselectstheGPUtousefor
singleGPUrendering.
Note:ThisisnotthesameascompletelydisablingSLI.Ifyouaretryingtosolvea
compatibilityissue,youmaywanttocompletelydisableSLIbyclearingthe
EnableSLImultiGPUcheckboxontheSLIpage.Youwillthenhavetorestart
yourcomputer.
About Using Other SLI-based Advanced Settings
ForadditionalinformationonSLIandconfiguringadvancedSLIsettings,gotothe
followingWebaddress:ht t p: / / www. sl i zone. com/ page/
sl i zone_apppr of i l e. ht ml
Negative LOD bias
ToaccesstheNegativeLODbiasoption,makesuretheViewadvancedsettings
optionisselectedfromtheViewlist.
ApplicationssometimesusenegativeLODbiastosharpentexturefiltering,which
sharpensthestationaryimagebutintroducesaliasingwhenthesceneisinmotion.
Anisotropicfilteringprovidestexturesharpeningwithoutunwantedaliasing,soitis
desirabletoclampLODbias(movetheNegativeLODbiasstatusslidertothe
Clampsetting)whenanisotropicfilteringisenabledforbetterimagequality.
ThedefaultsettingisAllow.
Triple Buffering
Note:TriplebufferingisnotavailableinanSLIconfiguration.
OnEnablestriplebufferingtoimprovetheframeratewhentheVerticalSync
settingisonandtheframerateislessthantheverticalsyncvalue.
Forexample,undera72Hzrefreshratesetting,anapplicationthatrunsat61fps
(framespersecond)withVerticalSyncoffwillrunat36fpswithVerticalSyncon
underdoublebufferingbutwillrunat54fpsundertriplebuffering.
Offdisablestriplebuffering.
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Using Video Overlay Settings
UsetheVideoOverlaysettingstoadjustthequalityofvideoorDVDplaybackon
yourdisplay.
Notethatthesesettingsaffectvideosthatarecreatedusingthehardwareoverlay,but
havenoeffectonvideoscreatedusingsoftwareoverlays,orablitprocesssuchas
VMR.
Note:Ifanysettingschangesyoumakehavenoeffectonthevideooverlayafteryou
clickApply,closethevideooverlayandthenreopenit.
Accessing the Video Overlay Settings Page
1 First,opentheDVDorvideoapplicationthatyouwanttoview.
2 ClickVideoOverlaySettingsfromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenutoopenthe
associatedpage(Figure7.16).IfyouneedhelpinaccessingtheNVIDIAdisplay
menu,seeAccessingtheNVIDIADisplayControlPanelPagesonpage 28
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Overlay Zoom Controls
Zoom Control
Zoomcontrolletsyouzoomintotherenderedvideo.Usethedropdownmenuto
selectthedisplaytypetozoomandusethequadrantselectiontoselectthescreen
regiontozoom.
VideoOverlaysetsthezoomselectiontothedisplayonwhichtheoverlayvideois
rendered.
Bothappliesthezoomselectiontoboththedeviceonwhichtheoverlayvideois
renderedandthefullscreendisplayyouselectedforthevideomirrorfeature(see
UsingFullScreenVideoSettingsonpage 128).
Note:VideoplayersthatcannotdetectthepresenceofVideoMirrormaynot
updatethezoomfactorimmediatelywhiledisplayingastillframe.
Out/In
TheOut/Insliderletsyouzoominonoroutoftheselectedportionofthevideo
playbackscreen.
Screen Region to Zoom
Selecttheareaofthevideoscreenonwhichyouwouldliketozoombyclickingthe
area.YoucanthenzoomtothatportionofthescreenbymovingtheOut/Inslider
control,below.
Overlay Color Controls
Hue and Saturation
Youcanindependentlycontrolthehueandsaturationtoachieveoptimalimage
qualitywhenplayingbackvideosorDVDmoviesonyourcomputer.
Adjust Colors
SeeAdjustingDesktopColorsonpage 99.
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Restore Defaults
ClickRestoreDefaultstorestoreallcolorvaluestothehardwarefactorysettings.
Using Full Screen Video Settings
Note:Ifyouhaveonlyonedisplayconnectedtoyourcomputerandactive,youwill
notseetheFullScreenVideomenuoptionontheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
However,youwillhaveaccesstotheVideoOverlaySettingsmenuoption.
Note:YoucannowusetheNVIDIAdisplayselectionshortcutfeaturetoplayvideo
filesonanyselecteddisplay.Fordetails,seeShortcuttoPlayingVideoFiles
onAnyDisplayonpage 30.
UsetheFullScreenVideosettingspage(Figure7.17)toadjustthequalityofvideoor
DVDplaybackonyourdisplay(s).NotethatthesettingsontheFullScreenVideo
pageaffectvideosthatarecreatedusingthehardwareoverlay.Thesesettingshave
noeffectonvideoscreatedusingsoftwareoverlays,orablitprocesssuchasVMR.
Figure 7.17 Full Screen Video Settings Disabled
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Note:Ifanysettingschangesyoumakedonottakeeffect(e.g.,thecontrolshaveno
effectonthevideo)afteryouclickApply,closethevideooverlayapplication
andthenreopenit.
About the Full Screen Video Mirror Feature
ThefullscreenvideomirrorfeatureallowsavideoorDVDapplicationtomirrorits
playbackinfullscreenmodeonanyoneoftheconnecteddisplays.
Note:Thefullscreenvideomirrorfeatureis
NotavailableunderWindowsNT4.0.
SupportedbyanyNVIDIAGPUbasedmultidisplaygraphicscard.
Accessing the Full Screen Video Page
1 First,makesureyouhaveatleasttwodisplaysconnectedtoyourcomputer.Ifyou
haveonlyonedisplayconnected,youwillnotseetheFullScreenVideomenu
optionontheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
2 OnthenViewDisplaySettingspage,setnViewmodetoamultidisplaymode,
suchasCloneorDualview.
3 OpentheDVDorvideoapplicationandclickFullScreenVideofromtheNVIDIA
displaymenu.
IfyouneedhelpinaccessingtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,seeAccessingthe
NVIDIADisplayControlPanelPagesonpage 28.
Figure7.17andFigure7.18showFullScreenVideosettingspages.
Full-Screen Video Settings
Full Screen Device
Selectthedisplayonwhichyouwantvideotobeplayedbackinfullscreenmode.
Note:AfterselectinganyoftheseFullScreenDevicesettings,youmayneedtoexit
andrestartyourvideoapplicationforthesettingstotakeeffect.
Disable(Figure7.17)disablesVideoMirror(includingtheFullscreenvideozoom
controls).
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Primarydisplay/Secondarydisplaysettings(Figure7.18)areonlyavailableunder
nViewClonemodes.
ToenableFullScreenDevicefunctionalityinnViewClonemode,clickeither
PrimarydisplayorSecondarydisplayasthefullscreendevice.
Autoselect(Figure7.18)isonlyavailableundernViewDualviewandSpan
modes.Autoselectenablesfullscreendevicefunctionality,whichcreatesthefull
screenmirroronthedisplayonwhichthereisnooverlay.Thisimpliesthatifthe
videobeingplayedisdraggedtotheotherdisplay,thefullscreenmirrorimage
willautomaticallyswitchdisplays.
Figure 7.18 Full Screen Video Settings for nView Dualview/Span and Clone Modes
Track Overlay Rotation
SelecttheTrackoverlayrotationcheckbox(Figure7.19)tolinkthedegreeofrotation
youspecifyontheNVRotatepage(seeUsingNVRotateSettingsonpage 138)fora
videooverlaybetweentheprimaryandsecondarydisplays.
Autoselectoptionisavailablein
nViewDualviewandSpanmodes.
PrimarydisplayandSecondarydisplay
optionsareavailableinnViewClonemode.
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Figure 7.19 Full Screen Video Zoom Control Video Mirror Settings
Adjust Colors
SeeAdjustingDesktopColorsonpage 99.
Full Screen Video Zoom Controls
Zoom Control
ZoomControlletsyouzoomintotherenderedvideo.Clickthelisttoselectthe
displaytypetozoomandusethequadrantselectiontoselectthescreenregionto
zoom.
VideoMirror(Figure7.19)setsthezoomselectiontothesecondarydisplayon
whichthevideomirrorisrendered.
Zoomcontrolsapplyto
thedisplaybeing
usedforthevideomirror
feature.

SelecttheTrackoverlyrotationcheckboxtolinkthedegreeofrotationyou
specifiedontheNVRotatepageforthevideooverlayontheprimarydisplay
tothesecondarydisplay.
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Bothappliesthezoomselectiontotheboththeprimaryandthesecondarydisplay
onwhichthevideoisrendered.(SeeUsingVideoOverlaySettingsonpage 126.)
Note:VideoplayersthatcannotdetectthepresenceofVideoMirrormaynotupdate
thezoomfactorimmediatelywhiledisplayingastillframe.
Out/In
TheOut/Insliderletsyouzoominonoroutoftheselectedportionofthevideo
playbackscreen.
Screen Region to Zoom
Selecttheareaofthevideoscreenonwhichyouwouldliketozoombyclickingthe
area.YoucanthenzoomtothatportionofthescreenbymovingtheOut/Inslider
control,below.
Out/Insliderletsyouzoominonoroutoftheselectedportionofthevideo
playbackscreen.
RestoreDefaultsrestoresallcolorvaluestothehardwarefactorysettings.
Troubleshooting Full Screen Video Problems
Ifanysettingschangesyoumakedonottakeeffect(e.g.,thecontrolshavenoeffect
onthevideo)afteryouclickApply,closethevideooverlayapplicationandthen
reopenit.
Someapplicationshavetheirownoverlaycolorcontrolsettings.Ifyourunoneof
theseapplicationsandtrytousetheNVIDIAcolorsettings,boththeapplications
colorsettingsandtheNVIDIAcolorsettingscanchangetheoverlayattributes.
Thiscanresultinaninaccurateindicationoftheoverlaysettings,orunexpected
overlaysettingsforanoverlayapplication.Topreventthisproblem,usethe
overlayapplicationscolorsettings.
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Using the Tools Page
ToaccesstheToolspage,clickToolsfromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.Ifyouneed
helpinaccessingtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,seeAccessingtheNVIDIADisplay
ControlPanelPagesonpage 28.Figure7.20showstheToolspage.
Figure 7.20 Tools Settings
Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar
TheEnabletaskbariconcheckboxisselected,bydefault,ontheToolspage(Figure
7.20).Whenthisoptionisselected,theNVIDIASettingsmenuiconisaddedtothe
Windowstaskbarnotificationareas,asshowninFigure7.21.

SelecttheEnabletaskbariconcheckbox
toaddamenuofNVIDIAconfigurable
settingstoyourWindowstaskbarnotification
area.
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Figure 7.21 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon Displayed in the Windows Taskbar
Notification Area
YoucanclickthisicontodisplayandusetheNVIDIASettingsmenutoapplyanyof
theNVIDIAgraphicsdriversettings(whicharenormallyconfigurablefromthe
NVIDIAdisplaymenu)onthefly.Thismenualsocontainsoptionsforrestoring
defaultsettingsandaccessingtheWindowsDisplayPropertiespage.
YoucanaccessthefollowingsettingsusingtheNVIDIASettingsmenuicon.
ScreenResolution
ScreenRefreshRate
ColorQuality
nViewDisplaySettings
PerformanceandQualitySettings
CustomColorSettings
RotationSettings
DesktopColorSettings
nViewDesktopManager
Figure7.22andFigure7.23showsampleNVIDIASettingsmenus.
Display Optimization Wizard
RuntheDisplayOptimizationWizardtoadjustyourdisplaysforoptimalviewing
andrepresentationofcolors.
Note:DisplaysinnViewClonemodecannotbeoptimized.Ifyouwouldliketooptimize
thesedisplays,changethedisplaymodetoanothernViewmodeandthenrestartthe
wizard.
NVIDIASettingsmenuicon
Windowstaskbarnotificationarea
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Figure 7.22 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards
Figure 7.23 NVIDIA Settings Menus Another Example
NVIDIASettingsmenu
showingfourgraphics
caresareconnected.
Youcanselecteach
toaccessandconfigure
itsdisplaysettings.
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Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu
WhentheEnabledesktopcontextmenucheckboxisselected(thedefaultcondition)
(Figure7.24),yourconnecteddisplaysappearaschoicesonyourWindowsdesktop
menu.
1 Toaccessthedesktopmenu,rightclickonyourdesktop.
2 SelectNVIDIADisplayandoneofyourconnecteddisplaysfromthelistthat
appears(Figure7.24).
YoucanselectanyofthesedisplaystodirectlyaccesstheNVIDIAdisplay
propertiescontrolpanel.
3 ToremovetheNVIDIADisplaychoicesfromyourdesktopmenu,clearthecheck
boxandclickApply(Figure7.24).
Forcing Detection of Connected Television
SelectingtheForceTVdetectioncheckboxcanbeusefulinsituationswherethe
particulartelevisionmodelthatisconnectedtoyourgraphicscarddoesnotproperly
loadthesignalsthatallowthegraphicscardtodetectitspresence.Asaresult,you
arenotabletoseethetelevisionasadisplayonthenViewDisplaySettingspage.
1 SelecttheForceTVdetectioncheckboxandclickApply.
2 Restartyourcomputerwhenprompted.
Onceyoulogbackin,youcanviewyourconnectedtelevisionasadisplayonthe
nViewDisplaySettingspage,accessthevariousTVformats,andconfiguretheTV
adjustmentoptions.Fordetails,seeAdjustingTelevisionSettingsonpage 74.
Detecting Displays
ClickDetectDisplaystodetectalldisplaysconnectedtoyourgraphicscard.Usethis
featureifyouhavepluggedinanydisplaysafteropeningtheNVIDIAdisplay
controlpanel.
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Figure 7.24 Tools Settings

SelectingtheEnabledesktopcontextmenu
checkboxaddstheNVIDIAdisplaymenuitem
toyourdesktopcontextmenu.

ClearingtheEnabledesktopcontextmenucheck
boxremovestheNVIDIAdisplaymenuoption,but
retainsthenViewDesktopManagermenuitems
ifyouchosetodisplaythemusingoptionsonthe

inthedesktopmenubelow.
nViewDesktopManagercontrolpanel,asshown
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Using NVRotate Settings
TheNVRotatesettings(Figure7.25)letyouviewyourWindowsdesktopin
LandscapeorPortraitmode.Youcanrotateyourdesktopby90,180,or270degrees.
Note:NVRotateissupportedonGeForce2MXandlaterseriesofNVIDIAGPUs.
Note:IfyouareusingtheVideoMirrorfeature,youcanalsousetheNVRotate
featuretorotatetheoverlayvideo.Ifyouwanttoapplythespecifiedrotation
toboththeprimaryandsecondarydisplays,usetheTrackoverlayrotate
settingontheFullScreenVideopage.Fordetails,seeUsingFullScreen
VideoSettingsonpage 128.
Accessing the NVRotate Page
ToaccesstheNVRotatepage,clickNVRotatefromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
Figure7.25throughFigure7.27showtheNVRotatesettings.
Figure 7.25 NVRotate Settings Landscape Mode
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Before You Use NVRotate Settings
Rotationrequiresanadditionalvideobufferequaltothesettingsfortherotated
device.Forsystemswithlimitedvideomemory,thiscanrestrictthemodesfor
whichrotationcanbesupported.
InnViewClonemode,bothdisplaysarerotated.
InDualviewmode,eitherofthedisplayscanberotatedprovidedthereisenough
memorytoperformtherotationoperation.
Only3Dgamesandapplicationsthatincludesupportforrotationwillworkin
rotatedmodes.
Becauserotatedmodesconsumeadditionalsystemandgraphicsresources,you
mightexperienceslowervideoperformanceandpoorergraphicsqualityunder
thefollowingconditions:
YouareusingslowerGPUs,suchasthoseintheNVIDIAGeForce2orolder
series.
OtherdemandsareplacedontheNVIDIAgraphicsdriver,suchasmovingthe
applicationwindowacrossthedesktop.
Enabling NVRotate Settings
Thefollowingdesktoprotationsoptionsareavailable:
Landscapeisthedefaultmode(Figure7.25).
InvertedLandscaperesultsina270degreerotation(Figure7.26).
Portraitresultsina90degreerotation(Figure7.27).
InvertedPortraitresultsina180degreerotation(Figure7.27).
RestoreDefaultresultsinthedefaultLandscapemode(Figure7.25).
1 AsshowninFigure7.26,toperformthedesktoprotation,youcanclickoneofthe
threearrowbuttonsontheNVRotatepageoryoucanclickthesemicirculararrow
onthetoprightofthescreenimageanddragitinthedirectionoftherotation.
2 ClickOKafterselectinganoptionfortherotationchangetotakeeffect.
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Figure 7.26 NVRotate Settings Inverted Landscape Mode
Figure 7.27 NVRotate Settings Portrait & Inverted Portrait Mode
.

Torotateyourdesktop,clickoneof
thesearrowbuttons.
or
Selectoneoftheseoptions.
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Adjusting Temperature Settings
Note:TheTemperatureSettingspageisavailablewithGeForceFXandnewer
NVIDIAGPUsandoncertainolderNVIDIAGPUsonlyiftheoptionhasbeen
enabledonyourcomputer.
TemperaturesettingsletyouadjustthetemperatureoftheselectedNVIDIAGPUon
yourcomputer.:
Accessing the Temperature Settings Page
ToaccesstheTemperatureSettingspage,clickTemperatureSettingsfromthe
NVIDIAdisplaymenu.
Figure 7.28 Temperature Settings
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Temperature Settings
Temperature Level (GPU Core Temperature)
DisplaysthecurrenttemperatureoftheselectedNVIDIAGPUinyoursystem.
Core Slowdown Threshold
EnterthevalueatwhichyouwanttheNVIDIAGPUtoslowitselfdowntoprevent
overheating.
WhenthisvaluematchestheGPUcoretemperaturevalue,adialogbox
automaticallyappearswarningoftheconditionandtheactionsthathavebeentaken
topreventpossibleoverheatinganddamagetoanyparticularGPU(s)inyoursystem.
Note:Therecommendedvalueforthissettingisthedefaultthatispreset.Any
changestothisvalueshouldbemadewithextremecaution.
Ambient Temperature
Ambienttemperatureisthecurrenttemperatureoftheareasurroundingtheselected
NVIDIAGPUinyoursystem.Thistemperaturevariesgreatly,dependingonother
heatsourceslocatedneartheGPU.
Enable Heat Indicator Warning When Threshold Exceeded
WhenthevalueoftheNVIDIAGPUcoretemperaturematchestheCoreslowdown
thresholdvalue,theHeatIndicatordialogboxautomaticallyappearsdescribingthe
situationandtheactionsthathavebeentakentopreventpossibledamagetoany
particularGPU(s)inyoursystem.
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Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates
TheScreenResolution&RefreshRatespage(Figure7.29)letsyouconfigurescreen
resolution,colorquality,andscreenrefreshratesforeachofyourconnecteddisplays.
ToaccesstheScreenResolutions&RefreshRatespage,clickScreenResolutions&
RefreshRatesfromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.Ifyouneedhelpinaccessingthe
NVIDIAdisplaymenu,seeAccessingtheNVIDIADisplayControlPanelPageson
page 28.
Figure 7.29 Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates Page
Screen Resolution and Color Quality
ScreenResolutionletsyoudisplayavailablescreenresolutionsettingsforthe
display.Movetheslidertoselectadifferentscreenresolution.
Colorqualityletsyoudisplaysavailablecolorsettingsforthecurrentlyselected
screenresolutionofthedisplay.Usetheslidertoselectadifferentcolorsetting.
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Monitor Settings
Screenrefreshratedisplaysavailablerefreshratesforthecurrentlyselected
screenresolutionofthedisplay.Clickthelisttoselectadifferentrefreshrate.
Showonlyphysicalpanningresolutions.Checkthisboxtoallowmodessmaller
thantraditionalWindowsdesktopmodestobesetontheselecteddisplay.This
cancausethevisibleareaofthedisplaytopossiblyappearzoomedortopan
aroundthedesktop,dependingonthecapabilitiesofthedisplay.
Hidemodesthatthismonitorcannotsupportspecifieswhethertoincludemodes
thatarenotsupportedbyyourdisplay.
CAUTION:Choosingamodethatisinappropriateforyourdisplaymaycause
severedisplayproblemsandcoulddamageyourhardware.
Adding Custom Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates
1 ClickAddtodisplaythedialogboxshowninFigure7.30.
Figure 7.30 Add Custom Resolution Dialog Box.
2 EnterthepixelsettingsfortheresolutionyouwanttoaddintheWidthand
Heightfields.
3 ClickAdd.
4 Whentheconfirmationmessageappears,clickOK.
5 ClickOKtoreturntotheScreenResolution&RefreshRatespage.
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6 Toenablethesecustomresolutions,seethenextsectionEnablingCustomScreen
Resolutionsonpage 145.
Enabling Custom Screen Resolutions
Afteryouhaveaddedoneormorecustomscreenresolutions,followthesestepsto
enabletheseresolutions.
1 SelecttheOnlyshowcustommodescheckboxtoaccessthosescreenresolutions
&refreshratesthatyouhaveaddedusingtheAddbutton.
Note:Customresolutionsthatyoucanselectarelimitedtoresolutionsdivisibleby
thenumber8.
2 ClickApply.
3 MovetheScreenresolutionslidertoacustomresolutionyouadded.
4 ClickApply.
Thescreenmaygoblankforafewsecondsforthenewsettingtotakeeffect.
Removing Custom Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates
1 Onceyouhaveaddedoneormorecustomscreenresolutionsandrefreshrates,
followtheremainingstepstodeleteanyofthem:
2 FromtheScreenResolution&RefreshRatespage,makesuretheOnlyshow
custommodescheckboxisselected.
3 MovetheScreenresolutionslidertoacustomresolutionthatyouwanttodelete.
4 ClicktheRemovebuttontodeletethatresolution.
5 Repeatsteps3and4foradditionalresolutionsyouwanttoremove.
Advanced Timing
TheAdvancedTimingpageenablesyoutoadjusttimingsforyourNVIDIAGPU
basedgraphicscardinordertosupportavarietyofdifferentdisplaytimingsfor
ultimateflexibilityforanalogCRTandDVIconnections.
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Note:TheAdvancedTimingbuttonisnotavailableforcertainNVIDIAGPUbased
graphicscardswithaDVIconnectorinuse.DVItimingadjustmentis
supportedforNV3xbasedgraphicscardsonlyiftheyhaveanexternalTMDS,
suchastheSiliconImage164.IfthegraphicscardusestheinternalTMDS,then
theAdvancedTimingbuttonisnotavailable.However,graphicscardsthat
usetheinternalTMDScansupportrefreshratesbelow60Hzusingthecurrent
NVIDIARelease60driver.
Note:TousetheAdvancedTimingpage,youmustbeanadvanceduserandfamiliar
withtheconceptsofdisplaytimingstandardsandparameters.Ifyouarenot
familiar,itisrecommendedthatyoudonotusetheAdvancedTimingpage.
Foradditionaldetails,refertothefollowingdocumentsthatexplaindisplay
timingstandards
>>VESAandIndustryStandardsandGuidelinesforComputerDisplayMonitor
Timing(DMT)publishedbytheVideoElectronicsStandardsAssociation
(VESA)
>>CoordinatedVideoTimingStandardpublishedbyVESA
>>EIAStandard:ADTVProfileforUncompressedHighSpeedDigitalInterfaces
publishedbytheElectronicIndustriesAlliance
1 ClicktheAdvancedTimingbuttontoopentheAdvancedTimingconfiguration
page(Figure7.31)whereyoucanselectdisplaytimingstandardsandcustom
parameters.
IfanAgreementpageappears,scrolldownandthenclicktheIAgreebuttonto
accepttheagreementandopentheAdvancedTimingpage.
Display Mode & Timing Parameters
ClicktheMode&timinglistifyouwanttoselectacustomtimingvalueoran
EIA861B timing.Thesesettingsareexplainedbelow.
Note:Ifyouratherusestandardtimings(suchasDMT,GTF,CVT,andEDID),see
DisplayTimingStandardsonpage 150inthenextsection.
CustomvaluesIfyouareanadvanceduserandwouldprefertoentercustom
timingvaluesinthefieldsprovidedontheAdvancedTimingpage,followthese
steps:
1 SelectCustomvaluesfromtheMode&timinglistandclickApply.
2 EnterthevaluesyouwantinthevariousfieldsasdescribedinTable7.1
3 Whentheconfirmationpromptappears,clickYes.Yourcustomsettingsare
nowineffect.
4 Toremovethecustomsettingsyouselected,clickRemove.
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Figure 7.31 Advanced Timing Custom Modes/Timings & Timing Standards

Table 7.2 Advanced Timing Parameters

Advanced
Timing
Parameter Description
The Horizontal pixel group box contains horizontal advanced timing settings.
Sync width Click the list to specify the width of the horizontal blanking period during which the
synchronization pulse triggers horizontal re-scanning.
Front porch Click the up or down arrow to specify the horizontal blanking period that occurs
between the end of the active period and the beginning of the synchronization pulse.
Back porch Click the up or down arrow to specify the blanking period that occurs between the
end of the synchronization pulse and the next active period.
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Horizontal
sync polarity
Click the up or down arrow to specify the direction of rapid, transient change in the
amplitude of a signal from the baseline during the horizontal synchronization pulse.
If the horizontal synchronization polarity is positive (+), the value of the horizontal
synchronization pulse is higher than the baseline value.
If the horizontal synchronization polarity is negative (-), the value of the horizontal
synchronization pulse is lower than the baseline value.
Note: You can select the horizontal synchronization polarity independently of the
vertical synchronization polarity.
Scan rate Scan rate indicates the measure of how many scan lines a monitor can display in one
second, expressed in kHz (generally somewhere between 20 and 180 kHz).
Note: In the case of an analog display (CRT) it is limited by the speed at which the
display can move the electron beam horizontally across the screen and then return it
to the beginning of the next line.
Note: This value should not exceed the display's maximum horizontal scan
frequency.
Active pixels Indicates the number of all visible pixels in one horizontal line.

The Vertical lines group box contains vertical advanced timing settings.
Sync width Click the up or down arrow to specify the blanking period during which the
synchronization pulse is active.
Front porch Click the up or down arrow to specify the vertical blanking period that occurs
between the end of the active period and the beginning of the synchronization pulse.
Back porch Click the up or down arrow to specify the blanking period that occurs between the
end of the synchronization pulse and the next active period.
Vertical sync
polarity
Click the up or down arrow to specify the direction of rapid, transient change in the
amplitude of a signal from a baseline during the vertical synchronization pulse.
If the vertical synchronization polarity value is positive (+), the value of the vertical
synchronization pulse is higher than the baseline value.
If the vertical synchronization polarity value is negative (-), the value of the vertical
synchronization pulse is lower than the baseline value.
Note: You can select the vertical synchronization polarity independently of the
horizontal synchronization polarity.
Refresh rate Refresh rate refers to the frequency at which the entire screen is refreshed.
Specifically, refresh rate indicates how many times per second the electron beam in
the picture tube is moved from top to bottom in the case of a CRT (analog display).
Note: This frequency is limited by the display's maximum horizontal scan rate and
the current resolution, as higher resolution implies more scan lines.
Note: The value should not exceed the display's maximum vertical scanning
frequency.
Specify the frequency at which your entire screen is refreshed, or retraced, to prevent
the image from flickering.
Active pixels Indicates the number of all visible pixels in one vertical line.
Table 7.2 Advanced Timing Parameters (continued)
Advanced
Timing
Parameter Description
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EIA861Btimingparameters,suchas861B (1920 x 1080 @ 59.94) -I and
861B (1920 x 1080 @ 59.94) -P
Note:EIA(ElectronicIndustriesAlliance)861BtimingsreferstoaCEA/EIA
standardthatconsistsofdisplaytimingandformatsthatallowthegraphics
cardtoconnecttoConsumerDigitalTelevisionsoveraDVIconnectionand
configureitselffortheoptimumsettingsofthatdisplay.
861BreferstoanEIA/CEAstandardandwouldapplytocertain861High
Definitiontelevision(HDTV)displays.
Pmeansprogressivescanning,whichisamethodofsendinganimageto
yourdisplaywhereallthescanlinesareupdatedineachframeinother
words,allofthescanlinesaredisplayedsequentially.Thismethod,usedin
moderncomputerdisplays,generallyreducesflickerinthedisplayedimage
andresultsinsmoothermotionforvideos.
-Imeansinterlacedscanning,whichisanothermethodofsendingtheimage
toyourdisplaywhereevenscanlinesaredrawnduringthefirstfieldinaframe
andoddscanlinesaredrawnduringthesecondfieldintheframe.Anotherway
toexplainthismethodisthattwopassesareusedtopaintanimageonthe
screen.Onthefirstpass,everyotherlineispaintedandonthesecondpass,the
restofthelinesarepainted.
Unliketheprogressivescanningmethod,whereallthescanlinesareupdated
ineachframe,interlacedscanningresultsinahigherframeratebutusually
causesimageflicker.
I nterlaced
mode
Interlaced mode refers to interlaced scanning, which is a method of sending the
image to your display where even scan lines are drawn during the first field in a
frame and odd scan lines are drawn during the second field in the frame.
Unlike the progressive scanning method, where all the scan lines are updated in each
frame, interlaced scanning results in a higher frame rate but usually causes image
flicker.
Pixel clock Pixel clock indicates how many millions of pixels are output per second. In other
words, this is the frequency at which the display receives pixels from the graphics
card. The value typically lies within a range 10 to 360 MHz, or the DAC maximum
value.
Table 7.2 Advanced Timing Parameters (continued)
Advanced
Timing
Parameter Description
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Display Timing Standards
Note:Ifyouwanttousestandardtimings(suchasDMT,GTF,CVT,andEDID)
insteadofcustomorEIA861BtimingparametersfromtheMode&timing
listdiscussedintheprevioussectionDisplayMode&TimingParameterson
page 146,followthesesteps:
1 ClicktheTimingstandardlistandselectoneofthedisplaytimingstandards
describedinTable7.3.
2 ClickApply.
Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu
UsetheMenuEditingpagetoremoveinfrequentlyusedNVIDIAmenuitems,which
youcanrestorelater.
Accessing the Menu Editing Page
ToaccesstheMenuEditingpage,clickMenuEditingfromtheNVIDIAdisplay
menu(Figure7.32).
IfyouneedhelpinaccessingtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,seeAccessingtheNVIDIA
DisplayControlPanelPagesonpage 28.
Table 7.3 Display Timing Standards
Display Timing
Standard Description
General Timing
Formula (GTF)
GTF is an older but widely used timing standard. However, newer display are
switching to the CVT standard.
Discrete Monitor
Timings (DMT)
DMT is a set of pre-defined VESA timings. VESA updates this standard every
year. If DMT timing is available for a specific mode, the NVIDIA display driver
normally selects it instead of GTF.
Coordinated Video
Timings (CVT)
CVT became the VESA standard on March 2003. CVT supports higher
resolutions better than other timing standards.
Coordinated Video
Timings-Reduced
Blanking (CVT-RB)
CVT-RB improves on the CVT standard. CVT-RB offers reduced horizontal and
vertical blanking periods and allows a lower pixel clock rate and higher frame
rates.
EDI D Timing EDID timing is the preferred timing standard defined by the display's EDID
value. EDID is a standard data structure that defines the display's model
number, timing, and other settings.
Note: Manufacturer-defined EDIDs are available only on Plug-and-Play (PnP)-
compatible displays.
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Figure 7.32 Menu Editing Page Default Settings
Using Menu Editing
1 SelecttheEnablemenueditingcheckbox(Figure7.33).
2 RemoveinfrequentlyusedscreensbydraggingthemfromtheNVIDIAdisplay
menutothelistboxshownbelowthecheckbox.
Figure7.33showstheRefreshRateOverridesandTemperatureSettingspages
temporarilyremovedfromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
3 ToreturntonormalNVIDIAmenunavigation,cleartheEnablemenuediting
checkbox(Figure7.33).
4 TorestorethemenuoptionsbacktotheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,youcansimply
clickRestoreDefaultsorifyouwanttoremoveeachitemmanually,followthese
steps:
a SelecttheEnablemenueditingcheckboxtoinsertthecheckmark.
b Dragthemenuitemsthatyouwanttorestorebacktothemenu.
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Figure 7.33 Menu Editing Enabled Removing Menu Items
5 ToreturntonormalNVIDIAmenunavigation,cleartheEnablemenuediting
checkbox(Figure7.33).
Thesemenuitemshavebeen
temporarilyremovedfromthe
NVIDIAdisplaymenu.

CleartheEnablemenuediting
checkboxafterremovingmenu
inordertonavigatenormally
withintheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
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Adjusting PowerMizer Settings Only for Notebook
Computers
Whenusingamobile(notebookorlaptop)computer,theNVIDIA

PowerMizer
pageletsyouregulatethepowerconsumptionofyourNVIDIAGPU.
Accessing the PowerMizer Page
ToaccessthePowerMizerpage,clickPowerMizerfromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
IfyouneedhelpaccessingtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,seeAccessingtheNVIDIA
DisplayControlPanelPagesonpage 28.
Figure7.34showsthePowerMizerpage.
PowerMizer Settings
Current Battery Charge
Thisisthecurrentbatterychargebeingusedbyyourmobilecomputer.
Current Power Source
CurrentpowersourcecanbeeitherACOutletorBattery.Inthisexample(Figure
7.34)itisACOutlet.
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Figure 7.34 PowerMizer Settings Applies only to Notebook Computers
Current Power Level
ThecurrentpowerlevelcanapplytoeitherACoutletorBatterypowersource,
dependingonthepowersourcebeingusedbyyourcomputer.
ACOutlet.AdjustthepowerconsumptionfromtheACpowersourcerelativeto
performancebysettingoneofthefollowing:
Maximumpowersavings
Maximumperformance
Balanced
Battery.Youcanchooseanyoneofthefollowingoptions:
ConservebatterylifebysettingMaximumPowerSavings,butatsome
decreaseinperformance.
UsethefullgraphicsperformanceofyourNVIDIAGPUbyselectingMaximum
Performance.
ChooseacompromisebetweenthetwosettingsbyusingBalanced.

.
Currentpowerlevel

Currentpowersource
Current
battery
charge
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Using NVIDIA SLI Technology
NVIDIASLItechnologyletsyouinstallandbenefitfromtwoPCIExpress(PCIE)
graphicscardsinasinglecomputer.JustasdualprocessorsordualcoreCPUs
improvecomputerperformance,SLIallowsdualGPUstosignificantlyaccelerate
graphicsperformance.
TheSLIconnectoroffersdualGPUperformanceonasingledisplaybyleveraging
thecapabilitiesoftwoNVIDIAGPUs.
ForNVIDIAnForce4SLImediaandcommunicationprocessors(MCPs),thereis
additionallogicinthesilicontoimproveperformance.
Forfurtherinformationsee
Note:Gotowww.slizone.comforanuptodatelistofcompatiblehardwareand
software,andinstallationinformation.
Hardware Requirements
Motherboardonpage 155
ExamplesofGeForcebasedGraphicsCardsSupportingSLIonpage 156
PowerSupplyonpage 157
Motherboard
YourcomputersmotherboardmustbePCIExpressbasedwithtwoavailableand
adjacentPCIExpressexpansionslots.Bothslotsmustbex16mechanicalwiththe
followingallowedelectricalslots:
x16+x16
x16+x8
x16+x4
Note:ForthelatestupdatesonSLICertifiedmotherboards,seewww.slizone.com/
content/slizone/build.htm.
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Examples of GeForce-based Graphics Cards Supporting SLI
NVIDIASLIoperationrequirestwoSLItechnologycapablegraphicscardsthathave
similarcoreGPUs.ExamplesofSLItechnologycapableGeForcebasedgraphics
cardsarelistedbelow.
Note:AnSLIbridgeconnector(providedwithyourgraphicscard)mustalsobe
installedtoutilizethefullcapabilitiesofSLIframerendering.
GeForce7800GTXseriesistheNVIDIAtopofthelinehighperformanceGPUs
unmatchedinspeedandimagequality.
GeForce7800GTisanothermodeloftheGeForce7800seriesofGPUsthat
supportsSLItechnology.
GeForce6800Ultratheflagshipchipinthe6000serieswith16pixelpipesand6
vertexunitsdeliversexceptionalperformanceandwasthefirstGPUtodeliver
support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0.
GeForce6800GThasthesame16pixelpipeand6vertexunitdesign,same
GDDR3support,andsameShaderModel3.0supportasthe6800Ultra,butat
slightlylowerperformanceandalowerpricepoint.Inaddition,theGeForce6800
GTalsooffersasingleslotthermalsolutionwithlowerpowerrequirements.
GeForce6800includes16pixelpipesand5vertexunits(insteadof6vertexunits
inhigherspeed6800versions),andlowerclockspeedstotargetthepricesensitive
performancemarket.
GeForce6800LEsatisfiestheentrylevelperformancemarketstillwitha256bit
memoryinterface,butwith8pixelpipelinesand4vertexunits.
GeForce6800XTandGeForce6800XEareothermodelsoftheGeForce6800
seriesofGPUssupportedbySLItechnology.
GeForce6600GTdeliversenthusiastclassfeaturesandperformancetothe
midrangepricepointandistheonlyGPUinthemainstreamsegmentthatis
compatiblewithSLItechnology.Additionalfeaturesinclude:
GDDR3memoryclockedat500MHz
Fast500MHzcoreclock
128bitmemoryinterface,8pixelpipes,and3vertexunits.
SupportsMicrosoftDirectX9.0ShaderModel3.0.
GeForce6600andGeForce6600LEareothermodelsoftheGeForce6600seriesof
GPUsthataresupportedbySLItechnology.
Note:ForthelatestupdatesonSLItechnologycertifiedNVIDIAGPUbased
graphicscards,seewww.slizone.com/content/slizone/build.htm.
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Power Supply
SomegraphicscardsthatarecapableofsupportingSLItechnologymayrequirean
externalpowercable.
AsSLItechnologybasedcomputerssupportuptotwohighendgraphicscards,
theloadonthecomputerspowersupplycanincreasesignificantly.Aminimum
ofa450WPowerSupplyUnit(PSU)isrecommended.
Note:Aninadequatepowersupplycanresultinerraticandunpredictablesystem
behavior.
Note:ForthelatestupdatesonSLItechnologycertifiedpowersupplies,see
www.slizone.com/content/slizone/build.htm.
Installation and Operating Instructions
Note:BeforeremovingcurrentgraphicscardsandinstallingtwoNVIDIAGeForce
basedgraphicscards,besuretouninstallanycurrentdrivers.
Installing the Hardware
Note:Performtheinstallationinastaticsafeenvironmentandutilizeaproperly
groundedantistaticwristband.Placeanystaticsensitivecomponentsinanti
staticbags.
1 Turnoffthecomputerandremovethepowercordfromthepowersupply.
2 Gentlyremoveoropenthesystemenclosure.
Refertotheownersmanualthatcamewithyourcomputer.
3 RemoveanygraphicscardsthatarenotSLItechnologycapableandmayoccupy
thex16expansionslotandreplacethemwithyourSLItechnologycapable
graphicscard.
4 InstallthesecondSLItechnologycapablegraphicscardsintheadjacentslot.
Youmayalsoneedtorelocateacard.Thechosenslotmustbex16,x8orx4
capable.
5 ConnectthetwographicscardswiththeSLIbridgeconnector.
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Figure 7.35 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with an SLI Bridge Connector
TheSLIconnectorisrequiredonlyforSLIFrameRendering.
6 Ifyourgraphicscardshaveanauxiliarypowerconnector,connectthemtothe
powersupplyusingthesuppliedpowerconnectorcables.
7 Replacethesystemscoverandreconnectyourdisplay(s)totheSLItechnology
capablegraphicscardinstalledinthex16expansionslot.
8 Plugthepowercablebackintothesystem.
Installing the Display Driver
Followthestepslistedbelowtoinstallyourdriversoftware:
1 TurnonyourcomputerandlogintoWindows.
2 CanceltheWindowsFoundNewHardwareWizardprogram.
Thismessageshouldappeartwiceoneforeachgraphicscard).
3 Runsetup.exeintheSLIdriveryousavedtoyourdesktop.
4 FollowtheNextpromptstoproceedwithdriverinstallation.
5 Oncethesoftwarehasbeeninstalled,chooseYes,Iwanttorestartmycomputer
nowandselectFinishtorestartyourcomputer.
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Enabling SLI Mode
1 AfterloggingbackintoWindows,youshouldseethemessageSLIcapable
systeminthebottomrightcornerofthescreenasshowninFigure7.36.
Figure 7.36 Message SLI capable system
2 Clickanywhereonthemessage.
Ifthemessagedisappears,continuewiththefollowingsteps.
3 RightclickthedesktopandclickProperties>Settings>Advanced,thenclickthe
GeForceproducttab.
4 ClicktheSLImultiGPUmenuitemtoopentheSLImultiGPUpage.
5 SelecttheEnableSLImultiGPUcheckboxtocheckitandclickApply(Figure
7.37).
YoursystemcannowoperateinfullSLIframerenderingmode.
Viewing Load Balancing
Toviewtherelativeamountofwork,orloadbalancing,performedbyeachGPUin
DirectXandOpenGLapplications,selecttheShowGPUloadbalancingcheckbox
ontheNVIDIASLIMultiGPUpage(Figure7.37).
ThisoptionenablesanSLIstatusbarthatreflectshowtheGPUsareworkingtogether
torenderDirectXandOpenGLfullscreenapplications;seeFigure7.38.
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Figure 7.38 Load Balancing Indicators
AFR load balancing bar
SFR load balancing line
SLI AA indicator
shows relative work provided
by each GPU.
shows relative portion of the
screen rendered by each
GPU
shows the effect of SLI
antialiasing modes.
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A P P E N D I X
USING TWO NVIDIA GPU-BASED GRAPHICS
CARDS (NON-SLI CONFIGURATION)
Thisappendixdescribesmultiadapterconfigurations(nonSLI)inthefollowing
sections:
BeforeYouBeginonpage 163
GeForceFX5900UltraInstallingtheNVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDisplay
Driveronpage 164
GeForceFX5900UltraAttachingtheSecondaryDisplayfornViewDualview
Modeonpage 165
GeForce4MXInstallingtheNVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDisplayDriveron
page 168
AttachingDisplaysforGeForce4MXnViewDualviewModeonpage 169
EnablingnViewSpanandCloneModesDetachingtheSecondaryDisplayon
page 171
ViewingMultipleNVIDIAGPUbasedGraphicsCardsfromtheNVIDIADisplay
Menuonpage 172
ViewingMultipleCardConfigurationsUsingtheNVIDIASettingsMenuIcon
onpage 175
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Before You Begin
ThisappendixdiscussesanexampleofusingtwomultidisplayNVIDIAGPUbased
graphicscardsinonecomputerrunningWindowsXP.
Note:WhenrunningWindowswithmultiplecards(i.e.,twoormoreNVIDIAGPU
basedgraphicscardareinstalledinyourcomputer),thesameNVIDIAdriver
(version)mustbeinstalledforeachcard.
Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display
Driver
1 MakesureyouhaveanAGPslotandaPCIslotonyourcomputer.
2 InstalltheappropriateNVIDIAGPUbasedPCIandAGPcards.
3 Makesurethegraphicscardsaresecurelyseatedintheirslots.
4 Connecttheappropriatedisplaystoeachcard,makingsurethatthecable
connectorsaresecurelyattachedtothegraphicscards.
5 Turnonyourdisplays.
Examples and Setup
TheexamplesinthisappendixshowthefollowingNVIDIAbasedgraphicscards
andconfigurations.
TheGeForceFX5900UltraGPUbasedgraphicscardisanAGPgraphicscard
supportingmultidisplaynViewfunctionality.
TheGeForce4MXGPUbasedgraphicscardisaPCIgraphicscardsupporting
nViewmultidisplayfunctionality.
Note:DependingonthenumberofPCIslotsinyourcomputer,youcaninstall
morethanonePCIgraphicscards.TheseexamplesuseonlyonePCI
graphicscard.
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GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Installing the NVIDIA
ForceWare Graphics Display Driver
1 Startupyourcomputer.
Yourdesktopwillappearononeofthedisplaysattachedtooneofyourgraphics
cards.TheFoundNewHardwareWizardappears.
2 ClickthelastoptionlabeledInstallfromalistorspecificlocation(Advanced)to
selectit.
3 ClickNext.
4 ClickthelastoptionlabeledDontsearch.Iwillchoose...toenableitandclick
Next.
5 FromtheCommonhardwaretypes:list,doubleclicktheDisplayadapterschoice.
6 Onthenextwindowthatappears,makesurethatnoneofthechoicesis
highlighted.Ifoneis,clickittoremovethehighlight.
7 ClickHaveDisk.
8 ClickBrowseandlocatethepathcontainingNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplay
driveryouwanttoinstall.
9 ClicktheNVIDIA.inffileandthenclickOpen.
10ClickOKontheInstallFromDiskwindow.
11ThenclickthenameofyourNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardthatappearsonthe
ModellistandclickNext.
12Copyingfileswilltakeacoupleofminuteswhileyouwait.
13Clickallpromptstocontinuetheprocess.
14ClickFinishwhenthatoptionappears
15Ifthereisaprompttorestartyourcomputer,clicktodoso.
16Respondtothepromptstorestartyourcomputer.
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GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Attaching the Secondary
Display for nView Dualview Mode
1 Fromyourdesktop,opentheDisplayPropertiesSettingspage.
Threedisplayscreenimagesappear,oneofwhichisactive(attached)whilethe
othertwoarenotactive,meaningconnectedbutnotattached.
Inthisexample(FigureA.1),displaynumbered1appearsactive,connected,and
attachedtotheGeForceFX5900Ultragraphicscard.Display2(connectedtothe
GeForce4MX)anddisplay3(connectedtotheGeForceFX5900Ultragraphics
card)arenotactive(appearasgrayedscreenimages)becausetheyhavenotyet
beenattached.
2 ClickIdentifytoidentifythedisplay.
3 Noticethatthedisplaysnumber,asrepresentedontheSettingspage,appears
brieflyonthatdisplaysdesktop(FigureA.2).
Figure A.1 DisplayPropertiesSettings3Displayswith1Attached
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Figure A.2 OneDisplayWithIdentifyingNumber
4 FromtheSettingspage,rightclicktheinactivescreenimagenumbereddisplay3
(connectedtotheGFX5900Ultracard),clickAttached,andclickApply.
FigureA.3showthatdisplay3isnowenabledandattached.
5 ClickIdentifytoidentifytheattacheddisplays(1and3)ontheirdesktops.
Noticethattheattacheddisplaysnumbers,asrepresentedontheSettingspage,
appearbrieflyonthosedisplaysdesktops(FigureA.4).
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Figure A.3 DisplayPropertiesSettings3Displayswith2Attached
Figure A.4 TwoDisplaysWithIdentifyingNumbers
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GeForce4 MX Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare
Graphics Display Driver
1 FromtheWindowsDisplayPropertiesSettingspage,rightclickthedisplayimage
2(connectedtotheGeForce4MXbasedgraphicscard)andclickProperties.
2 ClicktheAdaptertabandclickProperties.
3 ClicktheDrivertabandthenclickUpdateDrivertodisplaytheHardware
UpdateWizard.
4 ClickthelastoptionlabeledInstallfromalistorspecificlocation(Advanced)to
selectit.
5 ClickNext.
6 ClickthelastoptionlabeledDontsearch.Iwillchoose...toenableitandclick
Next.
7 EnablethecheckboxlabeledShowcompatiblehardware,ifitisnotchecked
already.
8 OntheModellist,ifitappears,clicktheNVIDIAbasedgraphicscardforwhich
youareabouttoinstalltheNVIDIAdriver.Inthisexample,itisGeForce4MX.
9 ClickHaveDisk.
10ClickBrowseandlocatethepathcontainingNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplay
driveryouwanttoinstall.
11ClicktheNVIDIA.inffileandthenclickOpen
12ClickOKontheInstallfromDiskwindow.
13ClickthenameofyourNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscard(inthisexample,
GeForce4MX).
14ClickNext.
15Clickallpromptstocontinuetheprocess...
16Copyingfileswilltakeacoupleofminuteswhileyouwait.
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17ClickFinishwhenthatoptionappearsandthenclickClosetoclosetheDriver
window.
18Respondtothepromptstorestartyourcomputer.
Attaching Displays for GeForce4 MX nView Dualview
Mode
1 Whenyouhavereturnedtoyourdesktop,rightclickonthedesktoptodisplaythe
desktopmenuandclickPropertiesandtheSettingstab.
Noticethatallfouroftheconnecteddisplaysarenowrepresentedbynumbered
displayimages,asshowninFigureA.5.
Figure A.5 DisplayPropertiesSettings4AttachedDisplays
Rememberthatwealreadyattacheddisplays1and3fortheGeForceFX5900
Ultrabasedgraphicscard.Nowwewillenabledisplays2and4fortheGeForce4
MXbasedgraphicscard.
4 MX 420
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2 Rightclickdisplayimage2,clickAttachedandclickApply.Theassociated
displaybecomesenabledanddisplaysadesktop.
3 Rightclickondisplayimage4,clickAttachedandclickApply.Theassociated
displaybecomesenabledanddisplaysadesktop.
FigureA.5andFigureA.6showtheassociatedDisplayPropertiesSettingspage
andtheresultingdesktopsonthenumbereddisplays.
Figure A.6 FourDisplaysWithIdentifyingNumbers
Note:AttachingallthedisplaysimpliesthatnViewDualviewmodeisenabled.Ifyou
checkthenViewDisplaySettingspageforeitheroftheNVIDIAbased
graphicscardsthatareinstalled,youwillseethatnViewDualviewmodeis
enabled.
1 FromtheWindowsDisplayPropertiesSettingspage,rightclickanyofthefour
displayimages.
2 ClickPropertiesandthenclicktheNVIDIAGPUabtoopentheassociatedpage.
3 ClickthenViewDisplaySettingsmenuoption.NoticethatthenViewModeslist
issettoDualview.
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Enabling nView Span and Clone Modes Detaching the
Secondary Display
Note:Inthefollowingsteps,wellswitchfromDualviewtoSpanorClonemodefor
eachofthetwoNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscards.Youwillnoticethatthe
secondarydisplaysbecomedetached(disabled)becausenViewSpanand
Clonemodesdonotdetectthesecondarydisplayasseparatedisplays.
1 Rightclickoneitherdisplayimage2or4,representingtheGeForce4MXbased
graphicscard.
2 ClickPropertiesandthenclicktheNVIDIAGPUlabeledtabtoopenthe
associatedNVIDIAGPU(GeForce4MX)page.
3 ClickthenViewDisplaySettingsmenuoption.
4 ClickthenViewModeslistandselectHorizontalSpan,thenclickApply/
5 Waitwhilethedisplaysadjustmodes.TheresultingWindowsDisplayProperties
SettingspageanddesktopareshowninFigureA.7andFigureA.8.
Figure A.7 DisplayPropertiesSettings4Displayswith2Attached
4 MX 420
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Figure A.8 TwoDisplaysWithIdentifyingNumbers
Note:Youcanrepeatsteps4and5andchoseVerticalSpanorClonemode.Theresult
willbesimilartowhatisshowninFigureA.7andFigureA.8inthatthe
secondarydisplaysbecomedetachedbecausenViewSpanandClonemodes
donotdetectthesecondarydisplayasaseparatedisplay.
Viewing Multiple NVIDIA GPU-based Graphics Cards from
the NVIDIA Display Menu
YoucanviewmultipleNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardsfromtheNVIDIAdisplay
menuandeasilyaccessthecorrespondingNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpagesto
configureadvanceddisplaysettingsforeachgraphicscard.Examplesareshownin
FigureA.9andFigureA.10.
AlsoseeConfiguringKeyForceWareGraphicsDriverFeaturesonpage 98.
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Figure A.9 NVIDIADisplayMenuGeForceFX5900UltraandGeForce4MX420Options

GeForceFX5900
Ultramenu
GeForce4 MX 420

GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GeForce4 MX 420
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GeForceMX420
menu
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
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Figure A.10 NVIDIADisplayMenuShowingBothGeForceFX5900UltraandGeForce4MX
GraphicsCards

GeForce4MXmenu
GeForce6800Ultramenu
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Viewing Multiple Card Configurations Using the NVIDIA
Settings Menu Icon
YoucanviewthemultiGPUconfigurationsthroughtheNVIDIASettingsmenuicon
ontheWindowstaskbar.IfyoudonthavetheNVIDIASettingsmenuiconenabled,
seeAddingtheNVIDIASettingsMenutotheWindowsTaskbaronpage 133.
1 RightclicktheNVIDIASettingsmenuicononyourWindowstaskbar.Amenuof
configurationoptionsappears,asshowninFigureA.11.
Figure A.11 NVIDIASettingsTaskbarMenuDisplayingNVIDIAGeForceFX5200Ultra
basedandGeForce4MXbasedGraphicsCards

GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

display1
GeForce4 MX 420
display2
5900
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NoticethatbothGeForceFX5900UltraandGeForce4MX420GPUbasedgraphics
cardsareshowninthemenu.
2 ToseetheconfigurationoptionsforeachGPUbasedgraphicscard,pointtothe
GPUnamesonthemenu(FigureA.11)andthenmovethecursortoanyofthe
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Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards
A P P E N D I X
USING HDTV WITH NVIDIA
GPU-BASED GRAPHICS CARDS
HDTVconnectivityissupportedbyNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardsthathave
theproperencodingtosupportHDTVdisplay.AnyNVIDIAgraphicscardsolution
forHDTVshipswithanappropriatevideocableexamplesareshowninthis
appendix.
SupportedHDTVConnectorsonpage B177
SampleComponentBasedCablesShippedwithNVIDIAHDTVEncoded
GraphicsCardsonpage B180
SampleComponentBasedCablesShippedwithNVIDIAHDTVEncoded
GraphicsCardsonpage B180
Supported HDTV Connectors
HDTVoutputusinganNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardissupportedunderthe
followingtypesofconnectors:
Component
HDTVoverDVI
Dconnector
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Component
Thecomponentconnectorpathisdefinedandformatsrestrictedbytheencoderon
thegraphicscard.
TheComponentvideoconnectionistheHighDefinitionoutputofthe
converter.ComponentconnectionsfrequentlywillbelabeledY,Pband
Pr.Whileallprogramming(analog,digital,andhighdefinition)isavailable
onthesewires,therearesomedisadvantagestoviewingtheanaloganddigital
programminginthismode.Thatisdiscussednext.
TheComponentoutputisintheNativeResolutionformatof1080i.(thisis
importanttoknow!)LiketheYellowCompositeandtheSVideooutputs,the
ComponentoutputwillrequireaLeftandRight(redandwhite)cable
connectiontoprovidetheaudiosignalstoeithertheHDTVortheHomeTheater
system.
Componentcablesareusuallyaclusterof3cableswithRCAstyleplugsand
willbecolorcodedGreen,BlueandRed.TheHDTVjacksonthebackofthe
converterandtheHDTVdisplaywillalsobecolorcodedanditisimportantthat
thecablesareconnectedsothatthegreenjackontheHDTVconverterisconnected
tothegreenjackonthedisplay,etc.
Figure B.1 SampleComponentCables.
YourNVIDIAHDTVencodedgraphicscardissuppliedwiththebreakoutpod
towhichyouconnecttheComponentYPbPrVideoCableforDVD/HDTVthat
camewithyourHDTVset.
Note:Fordetailedinformation,refertotheuserdocumentationsuppliedwith
yourHDTVset.
HDTV over DVI
HDTVoverDVI(seeUsingHDTVFormatsonpage 88)usesthestandarddigital
interfacetotransmituncompressedHDdigitalvideo.Theformatsarelimitedbythe
availableEIA861BmodesfromtheEDIDorthecustommodesyoumayhaveadded.
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SoifyouhaveanHDTVwithaDVIconnection,youcanuseaDVIcable(sample
showninFigureB.2)below.
Figure B.2 SampleDVICable.
D connector
TheDConnectorisusedmostlyinJapanesemarketanditspathisalsodefinedbythe
encoderbuttheavailableformatsareadditionallyrestrictedbytheD1toD4output
modes.
Note:IfyouareusingtheNVIDIAPersonalCinemakit,notethatonlycableswitha
componentconnectioncanbeusedwithanHDTV.
Figure B.3 SampleNVIDIAPersonalCinemaA/VCables
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Sample Component-Based Cables Shipped with NVIDIA
HDTV-Encoded Graphics Cards
Figure B.4 SampleVideoCables
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A P P E N D I X
NVIDIA FORCEWARE GRAPHICS DISPLAY
DRIVER FEATURE HISTORY
ThischapterprovidesinformationonthepreviousreleasesoftheNVIDIA
ForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriverandsummarizesthefeaturesandenhancements
thathavebeenintroducedineachrelease.
Driver Release History
Release91.28isthelatestNVIDIAdriveravailable.TableC.1containsasummaryof
somepreviousdriverreleasesandtheversionsassociatedwiththem.Someversions
listedmaynothavebeenreleasedoutsideofNVIDIA.
Table C.1 NVIDIA Drivers for Windows
Driver Name Versions Comments
Release90 ForceWare 91.28
Release80 ForceWare 81.82,81.84,
81.85,81.87,
81.94,81.95,
81.98,82.12,
82.14,83.40
84.12,84.20,
84.21,84.25,
84.43
Release75 ForceWare 77.72,77.76,
77.77,78.01,
78.05
Release70 ForceWare 71.84,71.89
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Release 90 Enhancements
SeeRelease90Enhancementsonpage 13.
Release 80 Enhancements
NewFeatureHighlightsonpage 182
AdditionalDetailsbyDriverModuleonpage 183
New Feature Highlights
NVIDIA SLI
TM
Enhancements
DynamicEnable/DisableCapabilitySystemrebootisnolongerrequiredafter
enablingordisablingSLIfromthecontrolpanel.
CrosscardcompatibilitySLInolongerrequiresthatgraphicscardsbe
identical,buttheymuststillhavethesamecoreGPU.
SLIperformancewithoutanSLI(bridge)connectoronselectedgraphicscardsfor
themainstreammarket
Release65 ForceWare 66.77,66.93,
67.02,67.03,
67.66
Release60 ForceWare 61.76,61.77
Release55 ForceWare 56.64,56.72,
57.30
Release50 ForceWare 52.16,53.04
Release40 DetonatorFX 44.0345.xx
Release40 Detonator40 40.6044.02
Release35 Detonator35 35.6037.80
Release25 Detonator25 26.0032.90
Release20 DetonatorXP 21.8323.xx
Release10 Detonator3v1x.xx 10.0017.xx
Table C.1 NVIDIA Drivers for Windows (continued)
Driver Name Versions Comments
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ImprovedSLIperformanceandastreamlinedlistofapplicationprofilesfor
OpenGL
TV/HDTVsupportunderSLI
Abilitytoselectthedisplaytousefortheoutput
NVIDIA PureVideo
TM
Enhancements
Improvedinverse3:2and2:2pulldown
Improvedadaptivedeinterlacing
Support for the Next Generation of NVIDIA GPUs
TheRelease80driversupportsthenextgenerationGPUsaswellasthenew
integratedGPU.
Additional Details by Driver Module
Display Driver
SupportforthenextgenerationofGPUs
Improved2Dperformance
CoordinateswiththeNVPaneltosupportdynamicSLIenabling/disabling
DirectX
New Features
SupportforthenextgenerationofGPUs
SupportfordualcoreCPUs
Improvements
Release80offersimprovedDirectXstabilityandperformancefor:
NVIDIATurboCache
TM
512MBCards
MultidisplaysupportunderWindowsMCE
WindowsXPx64
CPUoverheadreduction
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OpenGL
New Extensions
NV_packed_depth_stencil
ARB_pixel_buffer_object
GL_NV_timer_query
Performance Improvements
ImprovedperformanceunderDualview
ImprovedmemorymanagementformultipleopenapplicationsonQuadro
workstationcards
Improvedperformancewithmultipleoverlappingwindows
ImprovedSLIperformance
SupportfordualcoreCPUs
SupportforthenextgenerationofGPUs
Video
Release80includesthefollowingnewPureVideofeaturesandimprovements:
Improvedinverse3:2implementation
Improvedinverse2:2implementation
AdaptivedeinterlacingforHDcontentonGeForce6600andlaterseriesofGPUs
PureVideosupportforthenextgenerationofGPUs
NVIDIA Control Panel
Enhancements to the Classic NVIDIA Control Panel
HDTVOverscancompensationsupportIncludesXYadjustment,and
independentfrontendtimingadjustmentfeatures
DynamicSLIenable/disablecapability
nView Desktop Manager
Release80offersthefollowingnewnViewDesktopManagerfeaturesandupdates:
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TV/DisplayWizardEnhancementsHighdefinitionmodesetupincludesa
previewmodeandfullscreenunderscanadjustment.
nViewDesktopManagerfunctionality,includingmultidisplay,isavailablefrom
aRemoteDesktop.
SupportofMultiViewforWindowsXPx64.
AbilitytocyclethroughHDTVformatsusinghotkeys
Note:SeetheRelease80nViewDesktopManagerUsersGuidefordetails.
Release 75 Enhancements
SupportforOpenGL2.0Specification
Newextensions:
ARB_draw_buffers
ARB_color_buffer_float
ARB_half_float_pixel
ARB_texture_float
SLI Support Improvements
AdditionalSLIsupport
Release75addssupportforthefollowingcombinationsofPCIExpressgraphics
cardsandNVIDIAnForcesystems:
SLIsupportforOpenGLworkstationapplicationswithQuadrobasedPCI
Expressgraphicscards.
Forinformationonworkstationapplicationsupport,seetheNVIDIAQuadro
WorkstationUsersGuide.
ImprovedSLIperformanceforDirectXandOpenGLapplications
NVI DI A Product PCI -Express Graphics Cards
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
GeForce 7800 GTX +GeForce 7800 GTX NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200
NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 +
NVIDIA nForce Professional 2050
All NVIDIA GPUs GeForce 6600 +GeForce 6600
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ImprovedcontrolofSLIrenderingmodesseeAdjustingPerformanceand
QualitySettingsonpage 104.
ImprovedendusercontrolofSLIprofilesandrenderingmodesseeNVIDIA
DisplayControlPanelonpage 187andAdjustingPerformanceandQuality
Settingsonpage 104.
Display Driver
Improvedsupportforcustomtimings,includingnondivisibleby8resolutionson
TMDS/LVDSpanels,controlofbackendandfrontendtimings,andvariable
overscanshiftvalues.
Thedrivercanalsopresentunderscanmodesondemand,andsupportsvariable
underscanratios.
Offscreen2Dmemorymanagementoptimization
Efficientsynchronizationbetweenclientsallowsforsharingofoffscreenresources
withDirectXapplications.Thisavoidspotentialperformanceissueswith
applicationsthatuseDirectXrenderedsurfacesinwaysthatconflictedwith2D
caching.
VESACoordinatedVideoTiming(CVT)Support
Supportviacontrolpaneloptionforanalogmonitors
SupportforCVT/CVTRBtimingrestrictionusingR&Tstrings
Colorcompressionsupport
SLIEnhancements
SLIscreencapturesupport
Improvedperformance
Improvedmanagementofprofilesbetweendriverupdates,enablingyoutoselect
whichprofilestokeepandwhichprofilestoupdatewitheachnewsoftware
update.Thisensuresthatifyouhavesetupyourprofilesinyourcurrentdriver,
youwillnotloseanysettingswhenyouupdateyourdriver.
ImprovedhighresolutionscalabledesktopfunctionalityforQuadroGPUbased
workstations.
Foradditionalinformation,refertotheNVIDIAQuadroWorkstationUsersGuide.
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DirectX
Improveddriverstabilityandperformance,includingthefollowingareas:
UMA support
2D operations
SLI
NVIDIA Display Control Panel
Release75includesenhancementtothefollowingsectionsoftheNVIDIAdisplay
controlpaneluserinterface:
AdditionsandimprovementsinthePerformance&Qualitypage(seeAdjusting
PerformanceandQualitySettingsonpage 104)include:
CombinedDirectXandOpenGLapplicationprofilesononepage
Allapplicationprofiles,includingworkstationapplications,arecombinedinto
thesameapplicationprofilespage.
Foradditionalinformation,refertotheNVIDIAQuadroWorkstationUsers
Guide.
Addedatriplebufferingoptionforimprovedframerates
Addedatransparencyantialiasingoption,whichappliestographicscards
basedonnewerGPUssuchastheGeForce7800GTX.Thisoptionenables
transparentpixels(suchasbetweenfencelinksorleavesontrees)within
texturestobeusedinedgeblendingoperationstocleanupjaggiesinimages.
Addedagammacorrectantialiasingoption,whichappliestographicscards
basedonnewerGPUssuchastheGeForce7800GTX.Thisoptionenables
gammacorrectantialiasingforabettercolorcalculationtohelpreducejaggies
andmaintainthehighestlevelofcolorreproductionof3Dimages.
ImprovedtheSLIrenderingmodeoptionsbyallowingcompleteenduser
controlofSLIforanyapplication.Thisprovidesmaximumflexibilityover
creatingapplicationprofilesforanyforcurrentandnewapplications.
Underscansupporthasbeenaddedforfullscreenoverlayandfullscreenvideo
mirroroutputs.
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nView Desktop Manager
Note:Release75nolongersupportsthenViewDisplayWizardforWindowsNT4.0
andNVKeystoneforWindows98/Me.Thedriverdoesincludeenhancementto
thefollowingnViewDesktopManagersections:
TV/DisplayWizardisenhancedtomakeHDTVsetupeasier.Eachhighdefinition
modecanbepreviewedtodeterminethecapabilitiesoftheflatpanel.
DesktopManagersettingRelease75letsyoucreatesystemwidenView
DesktopManagersettingsthatapplyacrossallusers.
PerdisplaydesktopsRelease75bringssupportforindependentpermonitor
virtualdesktopstonViewSpanmodeandMultiviewenvironments.
FordetailsonusingnViewDesktopManagerfeatures,refertotheNVIDIAForceWare
GraphicsDrivers:nViewDesktopManagerUsersGuide.
Release 70 New Features and Enhancements
Details by Driver Module
Display Driver, DirectX, and OpenGL
Table C.1 Release 70 Graphics Driver Performance Improvement and New Features
Display Driver DirectX OpenGL
Performance
Improvements
Improved stability and robustness
Improved NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU
functionality
Support for 512 MB graphics cards
HDTV-over-DVI functionality
Improved robustness
Multi-GPU refinements
Improvements in
- Texture management
- SRGB handling
- Anisotropic filtering
Improved workstation
performance for
OpenGL applications.
New Features
Support of the unified memory
architecture of the latest Quadro and
GeForce series of GPUs.
Support of the latest Quadro and
GeForce series of GPUs.
Support of the TurboCache memory
management architecture of the latest
GeForce 6200 series GPUs.
TurboCache dynamically allocates
system memory to augment the frame
buffer, resulting in increased memory
bandwidth.
Support of the unified
memory architecture of
the latest Quadro and
GeForce series of GPUs.
Support of the unified
memory architecture of
the latest Quadro and
GeForce series of GPUs.
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Video
Newvideoprocessingfeaturesinclude:
WindowsMediaVideo9(WMV9)videoaccelerationsupportforhardware
acceleratingdecodingWMV9videofilesonGeForce6seriesGPUs.Toenablethis
feature,asoftwareupdatefromMicrosoftisrequired.
Videoprocessingimprovementsinclude:
VideoscalingimplementationstosupportthenewestGeForce6seriesGPUs.
Motionadaptivedeinterlacing
Colormanagementimprovementsinclude:
Colorspaceconversionandprocessingamplifiers
Extendedcolorrange
Colortemperaturecorrection
NVIDIA Display
ImprovedNVIDIAdisplayslideoutmenulayoutandfunctionality.Themenu
automaticallyresizestofitcontentwhenyoufirstlaunchtheNVIDIAdisplay
controlpanel.Youcanalsoresizetheslideoutmenubydraggingthewindow
border.
ImprovedEDID[ExtendedDisplayIdentificationData]displaynamesinthe
controlpanel,desktopmenus,andAPIsaremoredescriptivethantheprevious
DigitalandAnalogdisplaydesignators.
RenamedisplaysYoucannowrenameyourdisplaysfromthenViewDisplay
Settingspage.
PlayOnMyDisplayRightclickonthepopupmenuitemtoplayvideofiles
onanyconnecteddisplay.
Toolspageprovidesoptionsforshortcuts,displayoptimizations,and
troubleshooting.TheToolspagereplacestheRelease65Troubleshootingpage.
ImprovedDriverInformationandChangeResolutionspages.
ApplicationprofilescanincludecolorsettingsYoucannowassociate
applicationspecificcolorsettings(DigitalVibrance,Brightness,Contrast,Gamma,
etc.)withvideogames.
ImprovedHDTVoverDVIuserinterfaceandsupportforarbitraryoverscan/
underscanforHDTVoverDVI.
VariableUnderscanandOverscanshiftTheHDTVOverscan
ConfigurationpagenowletsyouadjusttheHDTVunderscanandoverscanshift.
ShowHDTVdisplayformatsoptionontheChangeResolutionspageletsyou
addandremovestandardEIA861bHDmodesandenablesHDoverDVI.
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TheAdvancedTimingspagenowletsyoumodifytheXandYresolutiontocreate
acustommode.Custommodescreationandadvancedtimingsadjustmentsare
combinedononepage.
ImprovedSLImultiGPUmodepagesavailablewithNVIDIASLIgraphics
cardsintendedforusebyadvancedusers.Fordetails,seethedocumentApplication
NoteUsingNVIDIASLIGraphicsCardsVersion2.0orlater.nViewDesktop
Manager
nView Desktop Manager
New Features
ToggleStereo3DDisplayhotkey
TransparentDesktopLockhotkey
ImprovedcompatibilitywithWindowsRemoteDesktop,WindowsXPSP2,
WindowsXP64bitEditions,andWindowsMediaCenterEdition.
NewDisplayOptimizationWizard(DisplayCalibration,Gamma)
Feature Enhancements
nViewDesktopManagerWizard
Improvedlayoutandusabilityofthewizards.
ImprovedtelevisionandHDTVsupportinthesetupwizardsandTVWizard.
NewDisplayOptimizationWizard(DisplayCalibration,Gamma)
Profiles.tvpfileassociation:manage/loadprofilesfromWindowsExplorer
HotKeysenhancementsinclude:
Consolidationofsomeactions,providingfewerhotkeysandincreased
functionality
Newhotkeys:ActivateLastActiveDesktop,andShowLastBlockedPopup
nViewToolbarAddeddragndropwindowmanagementtothedisplay
toolbars.
GridlinesNewgridlinecreationtoolstoinsertpresetrowsandcolumns
InternetExplorerPopupPreventerSensitivityAdjustment
WindowManagementNewsettingtoopenwindowonnextemptydisplay
NVManagement
Improvedfunctionalityinresponsetocustomerfeedback.TheNVManagement
applicationincludesnewswitchesforscriptingdriversettings
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Driver Independence
ForForceWaregraphicsdriversRelease50andlater,anynViewversioncanbe
installedoveranydriverversion.
Release 65 Enhancements
SLI Support
Release65supportsthenewNVIDIASLItechnologyforimprovedperformance
usingdualhighendgraphicscards
1
thatsupportSLItechnology.
ThefollowingcombinationsofPCIExpressgraphicscardsandchipsetsare
supportedinthisreleaseofthedriver:
512 MB Frame Buffer Support
ForceWareRelease65graphicsdriversprovidememorymanagementtechniquesfor
supporting512MBversionsofthenewgenerationofNVIDIAgraphicscards,such
astheGeForce6800orQuadroFX4000andlater.
1. Cards must be of the same vendor and model number.
Chipset PCI-Express Graphics Cards
Intel

E7525 GeForce 6800 Ultra +GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GT +GeForce 6800 GT
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI GeForce 6800 Ultra +GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GT +GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 +GeForce 6800
GeForce 6600 GT +GeForce 6600 GT
NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 GeForce 6800 Ultra +GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GT +GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 +GeForce 6800
GeForce 6600 GT +GeForce 6600 GT
NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 +
NVIDIA nForce Professional 2050
GeForce 6800 Ultra +GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GT +GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 +GeForce 6800
GeForce 6600 GT +GeForce 6600 GT
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Multi-GPU Support
Release65supportsthenewNVIDIASLItechnologyforimprovedperformance
usingdualhighendgraphicscards
1.
thatsupportSLItechnology,suchasthePCI
ExpressbasedGeForce6800Ultra,GeForce6800GT,orNVIDIAQuadroFX3400
GPUbasedgraphicscards.
Operating System Support
Release65supportsWindowsXPSP2andwillsupportthenextversionofWindows
XPMediaCenterEditionSymphony.
Enhancements in Driver Performance
Improved Robustness
TheForceWareRelease65graphicsdriveroffersimprovedstabilityandrobustnessin
DirectXand2Dgraphics.
Video Enhancements
VideoenhancementsinRelease65include:
Inversetelecine(3:2pulldowndetectionandcorrection)extractstheoriginal24
fpsoffilmsourcedvideoforencoding,andpreventsencodingofunnecessary
frames,eliminatingartifacts.Toenablethisfeature,youmustdownloadthe
NVIDIADVDDecoderforusewithWindowsMediaPlayerorWindowsMedia
CenterEdition.
Optimizedmotioncompensationandvideoprocessingtotakeadvantageofthe
capabilitiesofthenewestgenerationofNVIDIAGPUs.
SupportforMicrosoftsCertifiedOutputProtectionProtocol(COPP)
Improvedmediacaptureinterface
3D Graphics API Enhancements
DirectXEnhancements
DirectX9.0cCompatibility
SupportsthecapabilitiesofthenewestgenerationofNVIDIAGPUsfor
improvedDirectXshaderhandlingandreducedCPUoverhead
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OpenGLEnhancements
Improvedandmoreefficientvertex_buffer_object(VBO)handling
Moreefficientmemorymanagementforimprovedperformanceunder
Dualview
HDTV Support Enhancements
Release65offersimprovedHDTVoverDVIunderscansupport,exposedthroughthe
NVIDIAcontrolpanel.
Desktop Manager and Control Panel Improvements
Release65includesthefollowingimprovementsintheDesktopManagerand
NVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanel:
HighResolutionScalableDesktopPerformance
DesktopManagerWizards
DesktopManagerHotKeys,Toolbars,andGridlines
ApplicationProfiles
ControlPanelUserInterface
Release 60 Enhancements
Latest GPU Support
TheForceWareRelease60graphicsdriverssupportthenewestgenerationof
NVIDIAGPUs,including
Improvedvertexandpixelcompilers
Videoshaders
PCI Express Support
ForceWareRelease60offers2Dand3DgraphicsdriversupportforthePCIExpressI/
O,including
DirectXsupport
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EnhancedOpenGLsupport
Improvedtexturememorymanagementandbandwidthutilization
Enhancements in Driver Performance
EnhancedRobustness
TheForceWareRelease60graphicsdriveroffersmorerobuststabilityand
compatibilityinDirectXsupport,antialiasing,anddesktoprotation.
ReductionofOCAissues
Dynamicvideomemorystreamlinesoperatingsystemresourcesforlargeframe
bufferconfigurations
3D Graphics API Enhancements
Direct3D
DirectX9.0cSupport
OpenGL
NewdriversfortheOpenGLARBshadinglanguage(GLSL)
EnhancedsupportforWindowsXP64BitEditionandIA32E.
Newextensions
GL_NV_f r agment _pr ogr am2
GL_EXT_bl end_equat i on_separ at e
NV_ver t ex_pr ogr am3
ATI_draw_buffers
ATI_texture_float
ATI_texture_mirror_once
GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
GL_NVX_centroid_sample
GL_NVX_conditional_render
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Release 55 Enhancements
TheRelease55driveroffersnewfeaturesnotfoundinpreviousreleasesofthe
NVIDIADriverforWindows.ThefollowinghighlightsthenewfeaturesinRelease
55:
PCI Express Support
2Dand3DgraphicsdriverssupportthePCIExpressI/O.
PAE Support
2Dand3Dgraphicsdriversupportsystemsthatutilizephysicaladdressextensions
(PAE)
2
.
nView Desktop Manager Enhancements
SeamlessnViewsupportbetween32bitand64bitprocessesonWindows64bit
Edition
DualNVKeystonesupportforindependentkeystonetrapezoidsundernView
Spanmodes.
PerdisplayDesktopManagement
User Interface Enhancements
Newapplicationprofilescapabilityletsyouassociateacollectionofdriver
settingssuchasantialiasinganddisplayqualitysettingswithanapplication.
Easyaccessstandalonepanel,independentoftheMicrosoftDisplayProperties
window.
Improvedmultiadaptersupport.
ImprovedtelevisionandHDTVcontrols
2. PAEisanextensionthatenablesIntelcompatiblecomputerstoaddressmorethan4GBofphysical
memory.
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Video Support Enhancements
Advanceddeinterlacingandinverse3:2pulldowncapability
EnhancedHDTVandMediaCentersupport
3D Graphics API Enhancements
Direct3D
Improvedantialiasingperformance
Improvedshaders
OpenGL
Newextension:GL_NV_pi xel _buf f er _obj ect
Release 50 Enhancements
TheRelease50driveroffersnewfeaturesnotfoundinpreviousreleasesofthe
NVIDIADriverforWindows.
New Feature Highlights
64-bit Support
DriverRelease50offersAMD64andIA64operatingsystemsupport.
Dynamic Memory Mapping
Dynamicmemorymappingaddssupportfor256MBgraphicscardsforvideo,
display,andOpenGLdrivers.
NVIDIA Unified Compiler
AstodaysGPUsbecomemoreandmoreprogrammabletheyareenteringasimilar
eratothatoftheCPU.ForCPUs,itiscommonfordeveloperstoimplementcode
pathsspecificallyoptimizedforAMDorIntel(e.gMMXand3DNow!).
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ProgrammableGPUsarenodifferent.Becausearchitecturesvary,itmakessensethat
onecommonassemblylanguagecantcoverallthenuancesofspecificGPUmicro
architectures.Infact,differentcodepathsmakedifferentGPUsgofaster.Asaresult
withtheGeForceFXarchitecture,NVIDIAhasimplementedaGPUspecificcompiler
thatcanbeusedtooptimizeapplicationperformance.
Display Driver ChangesNew Features
RotationSupportforWindowsMe/9x
CustomResolutionsProvidestheuserwiththeabilitytoconstructnewmodes
viatheNVIDIAcontrolpanel.
DynamicEDIDsUpdatesthemastermodelistwithnewmodescontainedinthe
connecteddevicesEDID.
SupportforSpecialPanelsandDevices
LargePanels
WidePanels
SeamlessSpanningModesIncludedinthemodelisttosupportT221style
largepanels.
InterlacedModesforHDTV
DVIDeviceHotPlugging
FrameLockFunctionalityForsynchronizingapplicationsacrossmultiple
displays(QuadroFX3000only)
EdgeBlendFunctionalityForblendingtheadjacentedgesofoverlapped
displaysonprojectionsystems(QuadroFX3000only)
Video New Features
VMRsupportforFullscreenVideo
SupportforWindowsMediaCentersPlaybackandRecordingFeatures
PowerMizer New Features
DynamicPeakPowerControl
ThermalProtectionv2.0
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User Interface Changes
DualViewSupport
ChangeResolutionPanel
EdgeBlendingandDesktopOverlapPanel
FrameLockPanel
HDTVSupport
NewColorPanelwithEnhancedGamma
OverclockingPanel
AGPSettingsPanel
VideoBIOSFlashUtilities
ATLClientPanel
MenusforNVIDIAusercomponents
DeviceSelectiondropdownintheslidertray
Panelaccessfornonadministratorusers
Tooltipsfortheslidertray
PerformanceandQualitySettings
TVOutSettings
DeviceSelection
OverlaySettings
FullscreenVideocontrols
nView
ActionToolbar
Kinematicmouseactions
Resolutionperdesktopsupport
Applicationdisplayexclusionsandinclusions
InternetExplorerpopupprevention
Monitorgrids
Keystonelumacompensation
Multiviewsupport
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nViewCmd
NVManagement
Fasterdesktopswitching
Integratedcontrolpanels
NewSetupWizard
Driverindependence
DirectX Graphics
Floatingpointrendertargets
Multielementtextures
Improvedantialiasingcompatibility
Improvedshaderhandlingandstability
Improvedrendertotextureperformance
OpenGL
Windows9xRotationSupport
NewExtensionsSupported
GL_ARB_occlusion_query
FasterVertexProcessingPipelineImprovedgeometryprocessinganddisplay
listsupport
Fastervertexandfragmentprogramcompilers.
ImprovedsupportforARB_vertex_buffer_objectextension(vbo).
Improvedstabilityduringmodeswitches,antialiasing,andUBB
Fastertexturedownloads
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Release 40 Enhancements
TheRelease40driveroffersnewfeaturesnotfoundinpreviousreleasesofthe
NVIDIADriverforWindows.
Enhanced Display Driver, DirectX, and Video Capabilities
WindowsXPSP1
Release40supportsWindowsXPSP1,includingsupportforWindowsXP
TabletPCandeHometechnology.
Release40providessupportforbugcheckEAcallbacks,enablingOCAEA
failurestoberesolvedmorequicklywhileassistingtoidentifyfailurecauses
suchasduetochipinstabilityoroverclocking.
RotationSupport
Release40supportsdesktoprotation
3
,whichallowstheusertorotatethedesktop
by90,180,or270degrees.
DirectX9Support
WithMicrosoftsreleaseofDirectX9runtime,Release40version42.51andlater
providessupportforDirectX9,whichincludesthenewvertexshaders,
antialiasingmodes,andmultidisplaydevicesupport.
VideoEnhancements
FlipSyncfunctionalitysupport
SupportformultipleMacrovisionclients
SimplifiedVideoMirrorcontrols
TVOverscanSupport
DependingontheTVencoderused,Release40supportsTVoverscanallowing
theusertoeliminatetheblackbordersaroundtheTVdisplayscreen.Thisoption
isaccessiblethroughtheNVIDIAdisplaypropertiescontrolpanel.
New Graphical User Interface
MediaCenterTrayApplicationTheMediaCenterTrayisanewapplication
thatreplacesQuickTweak,andcontainsmenuitemsthatprovideaccesstoall
NVIDIAuserinterfacesoftwareapplications.
NewDisplayPropertiesPanelTheNVIDIAcontrolpanelhasbeenredesigned
tomakenavigatingeasierandtoimprovecontroloverthedisplayadapter
settings.
3. RotationisnotsupportedongraphicscardsbasedontheTNT,TNT2orVantaproductfamilies.
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Enhanced nView Desktop Manager Features
AdditionalOperatingSystemSupportNVIDIAnViewsupportsWindowsNT
4.0,Windows9X/Me,andWindows 2000/XP.
ZoomSupportNewfixedframezoomandbidirectionalzoomediting
capability
NVSwitcherImprovedAlt+TabswitcherwhichalsosupportsDesktop
switchingandisexpandabletootherNVIDIAfeatures
ColorKeyedWindowsAllowstheusertocolorkeywindowsforeasy
identificationwhenactivatingthemonthedesktop.
TaskbarandMenuTransparency
Newwindowactionsandapplicationsettings.
KeystoneSupport
4
OpenGL Enhancements
OpenGL1.4ICDwithNVIDIAExtensionsNewextensionincludes
ARB_vertex_program,whichcoexistswithNV_vertex_program.
EnhancementsforWorkstationApplications
NV1xlinestippleenhancements,andNV2x2sidedlightingoptimizations
ImmediatemodeoptimizationsforSolidEdge,anddisplaylisttuningfor
UGv17.
MultiDisplayImprovementsNewacceleratedspanningmodeisenabledby
default.
ReducedPowerConsumptionRelease40utilizesCPUcyclesmoreefficiently,
resultinginreducedpowerconsumptionwithoutsacrificingperformance.
DynamicAGP/Videomemorymanagement
Release 35 Enhancements
TheRelease35driveroffersnewfeaturesnotfoundinpreviousreleasesofthe
NVIDIADriverforWindows.
NVRotateTheNVRotatefeatureletsyouviewyourWindowsdesktopin
LandscapeorPortraitmode.Youcanrotatedesktopby90,180and270degrees.
ImprovedandexpandedNVIDIAnViewDesktopManagerapplication
4. KeystoneisnotsupportedongraphicscardsbasedontheTNT,TNT2orVantaproductfamilies.
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nViewDesktopManagerhasnowbeenredesignedwithaconvenientuser
interfaceandmanynewfeaturesandutilitiesdesignedtosolvespecificproblems
forusers.Utilitiessuchasantikeystoningsupportandflatpanelmonitor
calibrationscreensandutilitieshavebeendesignedtoimprovewindowsmulti
displayusability.
Forexample,NVKeystonecanbesettocompensateforkeystoningeffectsonyour
windowsdisplay,allowingyoutofixdistortedprojectionimages.Thisfeatureis
primarilyforlaptop(mobile)computers.
Note:ForfurtherdetailsonNVKeystoneandmanynewnViewDesktopManager
features,seetheNVIDIAnViewDesktopManagerUsersGuide.
Release 25 Enhancements
TheRelease25driveroffersnewfeaturesnotfoundinpreviousreleasesofthe
NVIDIADriverforWindows.
nView:Thelatestmultimonitortechnologyencompassingdriversupport,multi
monitorGPUarchitecture,anddesktopmanagementsupport.
nViewconsistsoftwomainmodules:
nViewDisplayManagerNewsupportformultimonitorfunctionality,
includingClonemodes,andHorizontalandVerticalspanningmodes.
nViewDesktopManagerAcontrolpanelanddesktopmanagementengine
forapplicationwindowmanagementandextensionoffunctions,andsupport
formultipledesktops.
DualviewsupportforWindows2000
ImprovedDirectXVideoAcceleration(DXVA)
SpecialsupportforNVIDIANV25capabilities:
IDCTsupportforDirectXVA
Improvedantialiasingcompatibilityandperformance
SupportforNV25hardwareoverlaysunderOpenGL
Enhanced3DStereofunctionality
SupportforlenticularlensesonLCDs
StereoDINconnectorsupport
VSYNCOffwith3DStereo
StereoAPIfordevelopers
OpenGLenhancement
Newr ender _t o_t ext ur e extension
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Release 20 Enhancements
TheRelease20driveroffersnewfeaturesnotfoundinpreviousreleasesofthe
NVIDIADriverforWindows.
OpenGL1.3ICDwithNVIDIAextensions
OpenGLperformanceoptimizations
OptimizedDirectXpipelinewithNVIDIApixelandvertexshaders.
FullsupportforWindowsXP,including
FullhardwareaccelerationforWindowsXPGUIfeatures
AcceleratedWindowsXP3DperformancethroughtheNVIDIAXPressLink
technology
Release 10 Enhancements
TheRelease10driveroffersnewfeaturesnotfoundinpreviousreleasesofthe
NVIDIADriverforWindows.
SupportforMicrosoftDirectX

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SupportforMicrosoftDirectX

VA1.0.
NVIDIA3DStereo(requiresinstallationoftheoptionalStereoscopicdriver).The
driverprovidesstereoscopicviewingcapabilitiesforgamesandstillimages.
SpecialsupportforNVIDIAGeForce3capabilities:
PixelandVertexShadersupportforDirectX8andOpenGL.
Quincunxantialiasingoptionforenhancedimagequalityandperformance.
AMDAthlonProcessorandIntelPentium4Processoroptimizations
ImprovedTwinViewinterface
Release 6 Enhancements
TwinView
TwinViewisaRelease6featurethatsupportsconnectingdualdisplaysusingasingle
graphicscard(suchastheGeForce2MXorQuadro2MXR)basedontheNV11
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chipset.TwinViewincludesmajorfeaturessuchastheVirtualDesktop,VideoMirror,
andDesktopManagerfeatures.
TwinViewsupportsavarietyofdisplayoptions,suchasdigitalflatpanels,red
greenblue(RGB)monitors,TVs,andanalogflatpanels.TwinViewfeaturesthe
followingdisplaymodes:Standard,ExtendedDesktop(Span),andClone.
Virtual Desktop
VirtualDesktopisaTwinViewfeaturethatisusefulforpanelsandmonitorswith
limitedresolution.VirtualDesktopisusedtosetalargerthanviewableareaonthe
seconddisplay,whichsupportsfullpanandscanoftheentiredesktoparea.
Currently,VirtualDesktopfunctionalityisavailableunder
WindowsNT4.0andWindows2000inTwinViewStandardorClonemode
Windows9xinTwinViewClonemode
Video Mirror
VideoMirrorisaTwinViewfeaturethatallowsavideoorDVDapplicationtomirror
itsplaybackinfullscreenmodeonanyoneoftheconnecteddisplaydevices.Inother
words,VideoMirrorallowsvideodatathatsdisplayedonahardwareoverlaytobe
displayedatfullscreenonasecondarydisplay.Currently,VideoMirror
functionalityisavailableunder
Windows2000inTwinViewClonemode
Windows9xinTwinViewCloneorSpanmode
Windows95inTwinViewClonemode
Desktop Manager
DesktopManagerallowstheusertorunanapplicationononeorbothmonitors.This
configurationmaybeusefulforentertainmentapplications,suchasDVDplayback
anddigitalvideoediting.
DesktopManagerfunctionsundertheTwinViewExtendedDesktop(Span)mode
and,inadditiontobeingsupportedbytheNV11chipset(i.e,theGeForce2MXorthe
Quadro2MXRgraphicscard),isalsosupportedbyanytwoNVIDIAgraphicscards
runninginmultimonitormode.
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Digital Vibrance Control
DigitalVibranceControl

(DVC),amechanismforcontrollingcolorseparationand
intensity,booststhecolorsaturationofanimage.DVCissupportedbytheNV11
chipset(i.e.,theGeForce2MXorQuadro2MXRgraphicscard).
OpenGL
TheNVIDIAOpenGLSettingscontrolpanelcontainsthefollowingchanges:
Improvedfullsceneantialiasingmethods
AdditionaloptionsforWindows2000andWindowsNT4.0
Force16bitDepthBuffer
EnableAdvancedMultipleMonitors
Direct3D
TheNVIDIADirect3DSettingscontrolpanelcontainsthefollowingchanges:
Improvedfullsceneantialiasingmethodsnotpreviouslyavailable
Removedcertainobsoleteoptions
Cursor Trails Support
Release6forWindowsprovidessupportforcursortrailsinWindows9x.
Control Panels
TwinView,DigitalVibranceControl,OpenGL,andDirect3Dfeatureshaveassociated
NVIDIAspecificwindows(controlpanels)fromwhichthesefeaturescanbe
configured.Thesecontrolpanelsarenormallyaccessedbyfollowingoneofthese
proceduresfromtheWindowsactivedesktop:
ClickStart>Settings>ControlPanel>Display>Settings>Advanced
or
ClicktherightmousebuttonandselectProperties>Settings>Advanced.
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Release 5 Enhancements
TheRelease5driveraddscapabilitiesinthefollowingareas:
OpenGL
Changeshavebeenmadetothecore,extensions,performance,andavailablefeatures
ofOpenGL.
OpenGL 1.2 Core
Release5addsallthefeaturesthatconstitutetheOpenGL1.2corecapabilities:
BGRApixelformats
packedpixelformats(plusR5_G6_B5formatsandreversedformats)
rescalingvertexnormals
specularhighlightsaftertexturing
levelofdetailcontrolformipmappedtextures(supportedinsoftwareonTNT2)
texturecoordinateedgeclamping
3Dtextures(performedinsoftwareonallplatforms)
vertexarraysubrangesforoptimizingvertexarrayprocessing
(gl Dr awRangeEl ement s( ) retainstheperformanceofgl Dr awEl ement s( ) )
OpenGL Extensions
TheOpenGLextensionsinTableC.2wereaddedorchangedinRelease5.
Table C.2 OpenGL Extensions Modified in Release 5
Extension Status Comment
ARB_t ext ur e_cube_map New Same as EXT_t ext ur e_cube_map
ARB_t ext ur e_env_add New Same as EXT_t ext ur e_env_add
ARB_t r anspose_mat r i x New
GL_ARB_t ext ur e_compr essi on New (5.16) To replace S3_s3t c
NV_bl end_squar e New
S3_s3t c New Deprecated
EXT_cl i p_vol ume_hi nt Removed
EXT_cul l _ver t ex Removed
GL_NV_l i ght _max_exponent Renamed Was GL_EXT_l i ght _max_exponent
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OpenGL Performance Enhancements
AnumberoffeaturesaresignificantlyimprovedinRelease5.
ForRIVATNTandTNT2,polygonoffsetisfaster.
ForGeForce256andQuadro,anumberofimprovementshavebeenmade:
gl Dr awPi xel s( ) andgl ReadPi xel s( ) havebeenmadefaster
displaylistsuseAGPmemoryforbetterperformance
largetexturesetsarehandledmoreefficientlybythetexturemanager
vertexarrayswithtwosidedlightingarefaster
compiledvertexarraysarefasterforprimitivesthatusemultitextured
TexCoord2f+Color4ub+Vertex3f
vertexarrayrangeextensionisfullyfunctional
ControlPanelenablesacceleratedfullsceneantialiasing(GeForce,Quadro,
GeForce2)
multimonitorhardwareisacceleratedonWindows2000
GL_WGL_swap_i nt er val extensioncanchangeVsyncbehavior
Vsyncisonbydefault(defaultbehaviorisselectablewiththeControlPanel)
defaultanisotropicfilteringcanbetriggeredbycheckingtheanisotropicfiltering
boxontheControlPanel
enablingGL_POLYGON_SMOOTHnolongerforcessoftwarerendering,resultingin
muchbetterperformanceatsomecostinvisualquality
Direct3D
Release5containsthefollowingDirect3Dchanges:
acceleratedfullsceneantialiasingisenabled(GeForce,Quadro,GeForce2)
limitedthreestagesetupisnowpossible
D3DVTXPCAPS_MATERI ALSOURCE7 capabilitybitisnowdisabled(leavingthedriver
withDirectX6materialsourcecapabilities)
ThefollowingRegistrykeysareusefulforapplicationsthatdonotblitcorrectly:
FLUSHAFTERBLI TENABLEisanewRegistrykeythatcontrolsthewaitafterblit
conditionwhentheDDBLT_WAI Tflagisset.
(DefaultisDI SABLEDdonotwait.)
Note:ThisRegistrykeywasformerlynamedWAI TAFTERBLI TENABLE.
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FORCEBLI TWAI TFLAGENABLEisanewRegistrykeythatforcestheDDBLT_WAI Tflagto
besetforallblits,whichpreventsapplicationsthatdonotcheckthereturnvalue
fromunexpectedlylosingblits.
(DefaultisDI SABLED.)
LI MI TMAXQUEUEDFBBLI TSENABLEisanewRegistrykeythatlimitsthemaximum
numberofqueuedblitstothefrontbuffertoavaluesetbythePRERENDERLI MI T
Registrykey,whichis3bydefault.
(DefaultisDI SABLED.)
Control Panel
NVIDIAnowprovidesControlPaneltabsforWindowsNT4.0andWindows 2000.
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A P P E N D I X
NVIDIA SETUP WIZARD PAGES
Thesesectionscontainthewizardpagesinsequenceforafewdifferentdisplay
setups.
NVIDIADisplayWizardTypicalSetuponpage 210
NVIDADisplaySetupWizardCustomSetuponpage 211
NVIDIADisplayWizardHDTVComponentConnectiononpage 213
NVIDIADisplayWizardAnalogDisplaywithHDTV/DVIonpage 215
NVIDIADisplayWizardDigitalDisplayandTelevisiononpage 217
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NVIDIA Display Wizard Typical Setup
Figure D.1 NVIDIADisplayWizardTypicalSetup
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NVIDA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup
Figure D.2 NVIDIADisplaySetupWizardCustomSetupPages(1)
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Figure D.3 NVIDIADisplaySetupWizardCustomSetupPages(2)
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NVIDIA Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection
Figure D.4 NVIDIATVDisplayWizardHDTVComponentConnectionPage(1)
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Figure D.5 NVIDIATVDisplayWizardHDTVComponentConnectionPage(2)
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NVIDIA Display Wizard Analog Display with HDTV/DVI
Figure D.6 NVIDIADisplayWizardAnalogDisplaywithHDTV/DVIPages(1)
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Figure D.7 NVIDIADisplayWizardAnalogDisplaywithHDTV/DVIPages(2)
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NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display and Television
Figure D.8 NVIDIADisplayWizardDigitalDisplaywithTVPages(1)
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Figure D.9 NVIDIADisplayWizardVariousTypesofTVConnectors
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Figure D.10 NVIDIADisplayWizardDigitalDisplaywithTVPages(2)
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A P P E N D I X
GLOSSARY
analogdisplayAnalogdisplayreferstoyourCRTdisplay,ingeneral.Theterms
CRTandanalogdisplaymaybeusedinterchangeablyinthisguide.
ControlPanel(MicrosoftWindows)YoucanaccesstheWindowsControlPanel
windowbyclickingStart>Settings>ControlPanelfromtheWindowsdesktop
taskbar.
controlpanel(NVIDIAdisplay)TheNVIDIAdisplaypropertiescontrolpanel
(showninChapter4,Figure3.7andthroughoutthisguide)referstotheentire
NVIDIAbasedwindowwiththeflyoutNVIDIAdisplaymenucontainingoptions,
eachofwhichopenstoaseparateconfigurationpage.
controlpanel(nViewDesktopManager)ThenViewDesktopManagercontrol
panelreferstotheentirenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanelwindow(tabbed
styleorNVIDIAmenustyle)fromwhichyoucanconfigurenViewDesktopManager
settings.Fordetails,refertothenViewDesktopManagerUsersGuideRelease90
DriverVersion
nViewDesktopManagerisalsoaclickableiconintheWindowsControlPanelgroup
oficons.Whenyouclickthisicon,thenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanel
appears.
digitaldisplayAdigitaldisplaycanbeadigitalflatpanel(DFP)or,forexample,a
mobile(laptopornotebook)computersLVDSinternaldisplaypanel.
desktopDesktopisyourWindowsonscreenworkareaonwhichwindows,icons,
menus,anddialogboxesappear.
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dialogboxDialogboxesareuserinputwindowsthatcontaincommandbutton
andvariousoptionsthroughwhichyoucancarryoutaparticularcommandortask.
Forexample,inaWindowsapplicationSaveAsdialogbox,youmustindicatethe
foldertocontainthedocumenttobesavedandthenameofthatdocumentwhen
savingit.
dualcardconfigurationAsetupwheretwoormoredisplays(suchasananalog
display,adigitaldisplay,oraTV)areconnectedtotwoNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphics
cardsinstalledinthecomputer.
GPUNVIDIAgraphicsprocessor(chip)productsarecalledgraphicsprocessing
units(GPUs).SupportedNVIDIAGPUsarelistedinTable2.1,SupportedNVIDIA
ConsumerProductsandTable2.2,SupportedNVIDIAWorkstationProducts.
HDTVhighdefinitiontelevision.AsystemfortransmittingaTVsignalwithfar
greaterresolutionthanthestandardNationalTelevisionCommittee(NTSC)
standards.AnHDTVsetrequiresatleasttwomillionpixelsversusacommon
televisionsetof360,000.
multigraphicscardconfigurationAsetupwheretwoormoredisplays(suchas
ananalogdisplay,adigitaldisplay,oraTV)areconnectedtotwo(ormore)NVIDIA
GPUbasedgraphicscardsinstalledinthecomputer.
multidisplayconfigurationAsetupwheretwoormoredisplaysareconnectedto
eitheramultidisplayNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscard;ortwo(ormore)NVIDIA
GPUbasedgraphicscards.
singledisplayconfigurationAsetupwhereonlyonedisplayisconnectedtothe
NVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardinyourcomputer.
SLItechnologyNVIDIASLImultiGPUtechnologytakesadvantageofthe
increasedbandwidthofthePCIExpressbusarchitecturetoallowmultipleGPUsto
worktogethertodeliveracceleratedperformance.
AnNVIDIASLIsystemconsistsofaPCIExpressmotherboardthatsupportstwo
physicalconnectorscapableofhavingtwoNVIDIAPCIExpressgraphicscards
pluggedintothem.ThetwographicscardsmustbejoinedtogetherbytheNVIDIA
SLIconnector.
Withtheappropriategraphicsdriversinstalled,SLImodecanthenbeenabledor
disabled.WhenSLImodeisdisabled,youcanuseallthenViewmultidisplaymodes
thataresupported,includingusinguptofourmonitorsconnectedtothetwoSLI
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graphicscards.WhenSLImodeisenabled,nViewmultidisplaymodesarenot
available.Instead,thetwographicscardsdriveasingledisplay1toprovide
accelerated3DperformanceinDirectXandOpenGLapplications2.
Note:Fordetails,seetheApplicationNoteUsingNVIDIASLIGraphicsCards.
windowAwindowisanyindependentwindowonyourdesktop.Applications
suchasMicrosoftWindowsOutlookorExplorermayhaveseveralwindows
whichareallpartofthesameapplication.Windowscanbedraggedaroundthe
screen,openedandclosed,andresized.
ThenViewDesktopManagerapplication(describedintheNVIDIAnViewDesktop
ManagerUsersGuide)allowsyoutodoevenmorewithwindowssuchasmakethem
transparentorforcethemalwaystobeontopofotherwindows.
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