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ForceWare Graphics DriverUsers Guide
Driver Release 90 for WindowsNVIDIA CorporationMay 2006
1st Edition
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N V I D I A F o r c e W a r e G r a p h i c s D r i v e r s U s e r s G u i d e
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1. Introduction About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . 12 Online Help
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Table of Contents
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12play Properties and nView Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Processing Improvements . . . . . . 14eaturesAvailable Only in the New
IA Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 14anel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
m Requirements And Driver tionnd Software Support . . . . . . . . . . 15d Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . 15d NVIDIA Products . . . . . . . . . . 16d Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19ceWare Graphics Driver Installation . 20equirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
e NVIDIA ForceWare Driver Installation
ng Settings Before Upgrading Your re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21ing Saved Profiles in Another ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24ing the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24ature and Configuration Support. . . 25
Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25s in this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
A Driver Control Panel
play Setup Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . 27he NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages
Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Playing Video Files on Any Display . 30
Using the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . . . . . 33The NVIDIA GPU Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items . . . . . . 35
Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips37
Context Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Tool Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Tool Tips for Disabled Settings . . . . . . . 38
4. Using nView Multi-Display Settings
nView Display Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41nView Multi-Display Applications . . . . . . . . . 43
Accessing the Display Context Menus . . . . 44About Display Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46About Renaming Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46NVIDIA Multi-Display Support . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Primary and Secondary Displays . . . . . . . 50nView Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 50Windows Display Properties Settings . . . 50
Using nView Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 50Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Initial Installation of nView Dualview Mode
Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial
Installation Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . 55Using nView Span Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
nView Span Modes vs. Dualview Mode Features56
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Disabling 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 DisplaysAdjusting Analog Display Settings . . . . . . . . . 69
Screen Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Display Timing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting Digital Display Settings . . . . . . . . . 72Digital Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting Television Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 TV Sett
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Adjusting Desktop Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Accessing the Desktop Colors Page . . . . . 99Color Correction Settings . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Digital Vibrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
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ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75l Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Output Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76djustments TV Output . . . . . . . 76n Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
tness/Contrast/Saturation . . . . . . . 77r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78can Shift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Border (for HDTV) . . . . . . . . . 79d TV and HDTV Adjustment Features
on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU . . 80
uring HDTVelevision/HDTV Formats for Analog l Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Connector Output Modes . . . . . . . 83n and HDTV Formats and Desktop tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83ision Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
HDTV Viewing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84an . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85n Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85artup Functionality with HDTV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86ingle Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 86ulti-Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 in nView Display Modes . . . . . . . 86
DTV in nView Single Display Mode . 86TV as the Primary Display in nView ode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87TV as the Secondary Display in nView ode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87TV in nView Dualview Mode . . . . . 87 Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
verscan Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92nderscan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94oting HDTV Configuration . . . . . . . 95
Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma . . . . .100Apply Color Changes to.... . . . . . . . . .101Color Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101Color Curve Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . .102Image Sharpening . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103Color Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103Add (ICC Profile Mode) . . . . . . . . . . .103Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings. . .104Changing Global Driver Settings. . . . . . . .105 Modifying an Existing Application Profile. . .106Adding a New Application Profile . . . . . . . 111Adding Profiles With an SLI Configuration . . 113Deleting Application Profiles . . . . . . . . . . 113Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Antialiasing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Anisotropic Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Image Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Vertical Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Driver Settings Advanced . . . . . . . . . . 117View Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . 117Antialiasing Settings (SLI-specific) . . . . . 117Color Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Force Mipmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Conformant Texture Clamp . . . . . . . . . 119Extension Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Hardware Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . .120Trilinear Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . .121Anisotropic Optimizations . . . . . . . . . .122Gamma Correct Antialiasing . . . . . . . .123Transparency Antialiasing. . . . . . . . . .123SLI Rendering Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Negative LOD bias . . . . . . . . . . . . .125Triple Buffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Using Video Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . .126Accessing the Video Overlay Settings Page .126Overlay Zoom Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Zoom Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127Out/In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127Screen Region to Zoom . . . . . . . . . . .127
Overlay Color Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . .127Hue and Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . .127Adjust Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
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Restore Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Using Full Screen Video Settings . . . . . . . . 128
About the Full Screen Video Mirror Feature . 129Accessing the Full Screen Video Page . . . 129Full-Screen Video Settings . . . . . . . . . . 129
Full Screen Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Track Overlay Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . 130Adjus
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Adjusting PowerMizer Settings Only for Notebook Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Accessing the PowerMizer Page . . . . . . .153PowerMizer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Current Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . .153Current Power Source. . . . . . . . . . . .153Current Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
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t Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131en Video Zoom Controls . . . . . . 131 Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132n Region to Zoom . . . . . . . . . . 132hooting Full Screen Video Problems132ools Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133he NVIDIA Settings Menu to the
s Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133ptimization Wizard . . . . . . . . . 134VIDIA Menu Options to the Windows
p Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136Detection of Connected Television . 136g Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136tate Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138g the NVRotate Page . . . . . . . . 138ou Use NVRotate Settings . . . . . 139g NVRotate Settings . . . . . . . . . 139mperature Settings . . . . . . . . . 141g the Temperature Settings Page . 141ture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142erature Level (GPU Core Temperature)
Slowdown Threshold . . . . . . . . . 142nt Temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . 142
le Heat Indicator Warning When hold Exceeded . . . . . . . . . . . . 142creen Resolutions and Refresh Rates
esolution and Color Quality . . . . 143ettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144ustom Screen Resolutions & Refresh
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Custom Screen Resolutions . . . . 145g Custom Screen Resolutions & Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145d Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145y Mode & Timing Parameters . . . 146y Timing Standards . . . . . . . . . 150
NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . . . . 150g the Menu Editing Page . . . . . . 150
enu Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Using NVIDIA SLI Technology . . . . . . . . . . .155Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Motherboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155Examples of GeForce-based Graphics Cards Supporting SLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Installation and Operating Instructions . . . .157Installing the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . .157Installing the Display Driver . . . . . . . . .158Enabling SLI Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . .159Viewing Load Balancing. . . . . . . . . . .159
A. Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards (Non-SLI Configuration)
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare
Graphics Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . .163Examples 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 . . . . . . . . . . .177Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178HDTV over DVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178D 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Release 90 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 182Release 80 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
New Feature Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . 182Additiona
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OpenGL Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .201Release 35 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .201Release 25 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .202Release 20 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .203Release 10 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .203
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l Details by Driver Module . . . . . 183 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 185ort Improvements . . . . . . . . . . 185river . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187isplay Control Panel . . . . . . . . 187
esktop Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . 188 New Features and Enhancements 188y Driver Module. . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 191ort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Frame Buffer Support . . . . . . . . 191U Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192g System Support . . . . . . . . . . 192ments in Driver Performance . . . . 192
Manager and Control Panel ements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 193PU Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193ress Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193nts in Driver Performance . . . . . . 194hics API Enhancements . . . . . . 194
Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 195ress Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
esktop Manager Enhancements . . 195rface Enhancements . . . . . . . . 195pport Enhancements . . . . . . . . 196hics API Enhancements . . . . . . . 196 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 196ture Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . 196river ChangesNew Features . . 197
New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 197izer New Features . . . . . . . . . 197rface Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198raphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 200d Display Driver, DirectX, and Video lities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200phical User Interface. . . . . . . . . 200
Release 6 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . .203TwinView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203Digital Vibrance Control. . . . . . . . . . . . .205OpenGL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205Cursor Trails Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Release 5 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . .206OpenGL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
D. NVIDIA Setup Wizard PagesNVIDIA Display Wizard Typical Setup. . . . .210 NVIDA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup 211NVIDIA Display Wizard HDTV Component
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213NVIDIA Display Wizard Analog Display with
HDTV/DVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display and
Television. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
E. Glossary
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Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Consumer Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Table 2.2 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space RequirementsEnglish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Table 2.4 Hard Disk Space RequirementsNon-English Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Table 2.5 Hard Disk Space RequirementsFull International Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Table 5.1 TV Encoders and Supported TV Adjustment Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Table 6.1 Supported TV/ HDTV Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Table 6.2 D Connector Output Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Table 6.3 Optimizing HDTV Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Table 7.1 Image Settings and Optimizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Table 7.2 Advanced Timing Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147Table 7.3 Display Timing Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150Table 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Figure 2.2 nView Desktop Manager Save Profile Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Figure 3.2 NVIDIA Display Options on the Windows Desktop Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Figure 3.3Figure 3.4Figure 3.5Figure 3.6Figure 3.10Figure 3.11Figure 4.1Figure 4.2Figure 4.6Figure 4.9Figure 4.10Figure 4.12Figure 4.13Figure 4.15Figure 4.16Figure 4.20Figure 5.1Figure 5.2Figure 5.3Figure 5.4Figure 5.6Figure 6.1Figure 6.2Figure 6.4Figure 6.5Figure 6.6Figure 6.7Figure 6.8Figure 6.9Figure 6.10Figure 7.1Figure 7.2Figure 7.3
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NVIDIA Display Options from a Video File Context Menu T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32NVIDIA Settings Sample Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32NVIDIA Display Sample Context Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38NVIDIA Display Menu Sample Tool Tip for Disabled Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
nView Single Display Mode Windows XP/2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41nView Multi-Display Mode Windows XP/2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42nView Display Pair Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49nView Display Settings Installing Dualview in Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Display Properties Settings Dualview Mode (Windows 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54nView Horizontal Span Mode Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 nView Vertical Span Mode Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 nView Clone Mode TV + Digital Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 nView Clone Mode with Virtual Desktop Enabled Disabling Panning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Display Settings Diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Screen Adjustment Settings Analog Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Display Timing Settings Analog Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Digital Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73TV Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75HDTV Output Setting Video Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Back View of an HDTV with DVI and Analog Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Quick Access to HDTV Formats HDTV Component Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89TV Settings HDTV Component Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91TV Settings HDTV over DVI Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 HDTV Overscan Configuration Native Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 HDTV Overscan Configuration Overscan shift Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Confirm Display Settings Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 HDTV Overscan Configuration Underscan Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Slider Control to Adjust Underscan to fit Desktop to HDTV Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Color Correction Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Performance and Quality Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104Changing Global Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
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Figure 7.4 Changing Global Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107Figure 7.8 Modifying a Profile Renaming and Saving the Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Figure 7.11 NVIDIA Advanced Driver Settings SLI-Specific Antialiasing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Figure 7.13 NVIDIA Advanced Driver Settings Hardware Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120Figure 7.14 Driver Settings Displaying Trilinear & Anisotropic Optimizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122Figure 7.15Figure 7.16Figure 7.17Figure 7.19Figure 7.21Figure 7.25Figure 7.28Figure 7.29Figure 7.30Figure 7.32Figure 7.35Figure 7.36Figure 7.37Figure 7.38Figure A.1Figure A.2Figure A.3Figure A.4Figure A.5Figure A.6Figure A.7Figure A.8Figure A.9Figure A.10
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MX-baFigure B.1Figure B.2Figure B.3Figure B.4Figure D.1Figure D.2Figure D.3
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Advanced Driver Settings Displaying SLI Rendering Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Video Overlay Settings Windows XP/2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126Full Screen Video Settings Disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 Full Screen Video Zoom Control Video Mirror Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon Displayed in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area . . . . . . . . .134NVRotate Settings Landscape Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138Temperature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143Add Custom Resolution Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144Menu Editing Page Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151Connecting Two Graphics Cards with an SLI Bridge Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158Message SLI capable system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159NVIDIA SLI Page Enabling SLI Multi-GPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Load Balancing Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Display Properties Settings 3 Displays with 1 Attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165One Display With Identifying Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166Display Properties Settings 3 Displays with 2 Attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167Two Displays With Identifying Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167Display Properties Settings 4 Attached Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169Four Displays With Identifying Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170Display Properties Settings 4 Displays with 2 Attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171Two Displays With Identifying Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172NVIDIA Display Menu GeForce FX 5900 Ultra and GeForce4 MX 420 Options . . . . . . . . .173NVIDIA Display Menu Showing Both GeForce FX 5900 Ultra and GeForce4 MX Graphics Cards . .
NVIDIA Settings Taskbar Menu Displaying NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra-based and GeForce4 sed Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175Sample Component Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178Sample DVI Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179Sample NVIDIA Personal Cinema A/V Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179Sample Video Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180NVIDIA Display Wizard Typical Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup Pages (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup Pages (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
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Figure D.4 NVIDIA TV Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection Page (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213Figure D.5 NVIDIA TV Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection Page (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214Figure D.6 NVIDIA Display WizardAnalog Display with HDTV/DVI Pages (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215Figure D.7 NVIDIA Display WizardAnalog Display with HDTV/DVI Pages (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216Figure D.8 NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display with TV Pages (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217Figure D.9Figure D.10
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NVIDIA Display Wizard Various Types of TV Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display with TV Pages (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
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C H A P T E R
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INTRODUCTIONThischapterdiscussesthefollowingmajortopics:
AboutthisGuideonpage 11
OnlineHelponpage 12
NVIDIADisplayPropertiesandnViewDesktopManageronpage 13
Release90Enhancementsonpage 13
this Guide
ThisusersguideisaddressedtousersofthecontrolpanelbasedNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriver.
ThisguidefocusesonNVIDIAdesktopconsumerproducts,i.e,graphicscardsbasedontheNVIDIAGeForceseriesofGPUs(graphicsprocessingunits)listedinTable2.1,SupportedNVIDIAConsumerProducts.
FortechnicaldetailsonthefeaturesandbenefitsoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriver,refertotheNVIDIAWebpagewww.nvidia.com.
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Other Related Documentation
NVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriver:QuadroWorkstationUsersGuideRelease90driverversion.Refertothisdocumentifyouareprimarilyusingthe
Online
Contex
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NVIDIAworkstationproducts,i.e,graphicscardsbasedontheNVIDIAQuadroseriesofGPUs.
NVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriversnViewDesktopManagerUsersGuideRelease90driverversion.RefertothisdocumentifyouareusingthenViewDesktopManagerapplicationcomponentoftheForceWaregraphicsdriver.
NVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriver:ReleaseNotesRelease90driverversion.TheseReleaseNotedocumentsdescribeperformanceimprovementsandsoftwarefixesintheForceWaregraphicsdrivers.Releasenotesalsoenableaddincard(AIC)producersandoriginalequipmentmanufacturers(OEMs)tomonitorperformanceimprovementsandbugfixesinthedriver.
ApplicationNoteUsingNVIDIASLIGraphicsCardsVersion2.0orlater
Note:NVIDIASLImultiGPUfeaturesareintendedforadvancedusersandavailablewithNVIDIASLIgraphicscards.
Help
t Help
YoucanobtaincontextHelpforanyofthesettingsontheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpages.
Also,whenasettingisdisabled(grayedout),placingthecursoronthesettingprovidestootiphelpindicatingthereasonitisdisabled.
ForcompletedetailsonHelpandtooltips,seeUsingtheNVIDIADisplayMenuHelpandToolTipsonpage 37.
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TheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriverincludestwomajorcontrolpanelbasedcomponentsNVIDIAdisplaypropertiesandnViewDesktopManager.
Ingeneralterms,nViewrepresentsacollectionofmultidisplaytechnologiesencompassingdriversupport,multidisplayGPUarchitecture,anddesktopmanagementsupport.
NVIDIAdisplayproperties,thetopicofthisusersguide,referstothecontrolpanelbaseduserinterfacefromwhichyoucanconfiguretheadvanceddisplaypropertiesofthecurrentreleaseoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriver.
FordetailsonusingtheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelmenu,seeAccessingtheNVIDIADisplayControlPanelPagesonpage 28.
nViewDesktopManagerisauserlevelapplicationutilitythatfocusesonmakingyoumoreproductivewhenworkingonyourWindowsdesktop.nViewDesktopManagerwasoriginallycreatedformultidisplaygraphicscardsbuthasgrowntoenhancesingledisplayuserdesktopsaswell.DesktopManagersupportsbothsingledisplayandmultidisplayconfigurationsrunningwithsingledisplay,multidisplay,ormultiplegraphicscardsbasedonNVIDIAGPUs.
FordetailsonusingnViewDesktopManagerfeatures,refertotheNVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDrivers:nViewDesktopManagerUsersGuide.
e 90 Enhancements
Release90providesthesenewfeaturesandimprovements:
EstablishesthenewNVIDIAControlPanelastherecommendeduserinterface.
IncludesseveralPureVideoimprovements.
Increasedstabilityandperformance.
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Thefollowingextensionshavebeenadded:
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Release90includesseveralPureVideotechnologyimprovements1:
Addednoisereductionpostprocessing
Addedimagesharpeningpostprocessing
Improvedinversetelecinealgorithm
Improveddeinterlacingalgorithm
ImprovedcompatibilitywiththirdpartyMPEG2decoders
ew FeaturesAvailable Only in the New NVIDIA Control Panel
ColorTemperatureCorrection
Allowsuserstocompensateformonitorgamutdifferences Enhancescolorcorrectnessofvideo
VideoGammaEnhancementtoincludeRGBgammaadjustment
RGBGammaforVMR9 Allowsuserstotweakgammainchannelsseparately ForbothOverlayandVMR9
l Panel
Release90introducesthenewNVIDIAControlPanelastherecommendedinterface.ThenewinterfaceprovidesintuitivenavigationofNVIDIAdisplaypropertycontrols,andwillbetheinterfaceforotherNVIDIAsoftware.
WhiletheClassicControlpanelisstillavailable,nochangesornewfeatureswillappearinthatinterface.
rocessing improvements are seen in higher HQV benchmark scores.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND DRIVERINSTALLATION
Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingmajortopics:
HardwareandSoftwareSupportonpage 15
NVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriverInstallationonpage 20
NotesonFeatureandConfigurationSupportonpage 25
are and Software Support
ted Operating Systems
ThisRelease90driverincludesdriversdesignedforthefollowingMicrosoftoperatingsystems:
MicrosoftWindowsXP WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005UpdateRollup2 WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005 WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2004 WindowsXPProfessional WindowsXPHomeEdition
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WindowsXPProfessionalx64Edition
MicrosoftWindowsServer2003x64Edition
MicrosoftWindows2000
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ted NVIDIA Products
Table2.1andTable2.2liststheNVIDIAproductssupportedbyVersion91.28oftheRelease90driver.
Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Consumer Products
ProductWindows XP 32-bitWindows 2000
Windows XP Professional x64
GeForce 7900 GTX (PCI-E) X XGeForce 7900 GT (PCI-E) X XGeForce 7900 GS (PCI-E) X XGeForce 7800 GTX 512 (PCI-E) X XGeForce 7800 GTX (PCI-E) X XGeForce 7800 GT (PCI-E) X XGeForce 7800 GS (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 7600 GT (PCI-E) X XGeForce 7600 GS (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 7500 LE (PCI-E) X XGeForce 7300 GT (PCI-E) X XGeForce 7300 SE (PCI-E) X XGeForce 7300 LE (PCI-E) X XGeForce 7300 GS (PCI-E) X XGeForce 6800 (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6800 XT (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6800 XE (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6800 Ultra (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6800 LE (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6800 GT (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6800 GS (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6700 XL (PCI-E) X XGeForce 6610 XL (PCI-E) X XGeForce 6600 VE (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6600 LE (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6600 GT (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6600 (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6500 (PCI-E) X XGeForce 6200 LE (PCI-E) X XGeForce 6200SE with TurboCache PCI-E X X
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Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Consumer Products (continued)
ProductWindows XP 32-bitWindows 2000
Windows XP Professional x64
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GeForce 6200 (AGP and PCI-E) X XGeForce 6150 LE (PCI-E) X XGeForce 6150 (PCI-E) X XGeForce 6100 (PCI-E) X XGeForce PCX 5900 X XGeForce PCX 5750 X XGeForce PCX 5300 X XGeForce FX 5950 Ultra X XGeForce FX 5900ZT X XGeForce FX 5900XT X XGeForce FX 5900 Ultra X XGeForce FX 5900 X XGeForce FX 5800 Ultra X XGeForce FX 5800 X XGeForce FX 5700VE X XGeForce FX 5700LE X XGeForce FX 5700 Ultra X XGeForce FX 5700 X XGeForce FX 5600XT X XGeForce FX 5600SE X XGeForce FX 5600 Ultra X XGeForce FX 5600 X XGeForce FX 5500 X XGeForce FX 5200LE X XGeForce FX 5200 Ultra X XGeForce FX 5200 X XGeForce FX 5100 X XGeForce4 Ti 4800 SE XGeForce4 Ti 4800 XGeForce4 Ti 4600 XGeForce4 Ti 4400 XGeForce4 TI 4200 with AGP8X XGeForce4 Ti 4200 XGeForce4 MX440SE with AGP8X X XGeForce4 MX Integrated graphics X XGeForce4 MX 460 X XGeForce4 MX 440-SE X XGeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X X XGeForce4 MX 440 X XGeForce4 MX 420 X XGeForce4 MX 4000 X XGeForce3 Ti 500 X
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GeForce3 Ti 200 X
Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Consumer Products (continued)
ProductWindows XP 32-bitWindows 2000
Windows XP Professional x64
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GeForce3 XGeForce2 MX Integrated graphics XGeForce2 MX 400 XGeForce2 MX 200 XGeForce2 MX 100 XGeForce2 MX X
Table 2.2 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products
ProductWindows XP 32-bitWindows 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
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NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL X X
Table 2.2 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products (continued)
ProductWindows XP 32-bitWindows 2000
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ted Languages
TheRelease90NVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriversupportsthefollowinglanguagesinthemaindriverControlPanel:
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
English(USA) German Portuguese(Euro/Iberian)English(UK) Greek RussianArabic Hebrew SlovakChinese(Simplified) Hungarian SlovenianChinese(Traditional) Italian SpanishCzech Japanese Spanish(LatinAmerica)Danish Korean SwedishDutch Norwegian ThaiFinnish Polish TurkishFrench Portuguese(Brazil)
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MakesurethecurrentRelease90versionoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriverforyourWindowsoperatingsystemhasbeeninstalledonyourcomputer.
Note:Ifyouareusingamobile(laptopornotebook)computer,pleasebesurethatyouareusingthemobileversionoftheNVIDIAdisplaydriver.
ConsultyourSystemAdministratorifyouareunsureabouttheversionthatisinstalled.
Requirements
TheminimumharddiskspacerequirementforeachoperatingsystemarelistedinTable2.3,Table2.4,andTable2.5:
Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space RequirementsEnglish
Operating System Minimum Hard Disk SpaceWindowsXP(alleditions) 41.1MBWindows2000 41.1MB
Table 2.4 Hard Disk Space RequirementsNon-English LanguagesOperating System Minimum Hard Disk SpaceWindowsXP(alleditions) 26.66MBWindows2000 26.66MB
Table 2.5 Hard Disk Space RequirementsFull International PackageOperating System Minimum Hard Disk SpaceWindowsXP(alleditions) 67.76MBWindows2000 67.76MB
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Note:IfyoudonothaveSystemAdministratoraccessprivileges,itisassumedthattheappropriatepersonwithSystemAdministratoraccessinyourorganization
Preserv
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willsetupandinstalltheRelease90NVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriversoftwareonyourcomputer.
NVIDIAgraphicsdriverinstallationprovidesbothan.inf filebasedinstallationmethodandanInstallShield(setup.exe)Wizardbasedinstallationmethod.Note:TheInstallShieldmethodisrecommendedforgeneralusers.Fordetails,see
InstallingtheNVIDIAForceWareDriverSoftwareonpage 24. TheinstallationprocesscopiesallnecessaryNVIDIARelease90ForceWare
graphicsdriverfilesforoperationintotheappropriatedirectories.
Note:Ifyouareusingamobile(laptopornotebook)computer,pleasebesurethatyouareusingthemobileversionoftheNVIDIAdisplaydriver.
ThenViewsystemfilesarecopiedtoyourWindows\Systemdirectory. nViewDesktopManagerProfilefiles(*.tvp)aresavedintheWindows\nView
directory.
DependingontheversionoftheNVIDIAdriverpreviouslyinstalled,profilesmayalsobelocatedintheDocuments and Settings\All Users\Application Data\nView_Profilesdirectory.
Aspartoftheinstallprocess,anuninstallisregisteredinyoursystem.
UnderWindowsXP,theNVIDIAdriverisinstalledinDualviewdisplaymode.However,theseconddisplayisnotactivatedbydefaultandmustbeenabled.SeeUsingnViewMultiDisplaySettingsonpage 40forinstructionsonhowtoinstallnViewDualviewmode.
UnderWindows2000,theNVIDIADisplayDriverisinstalledinSpanmode.SeeUsingnViewMultiDisplaySettingsonpage 40forinstructionsonhowtoinstallnViewDualviewmode.
ing Settings Before Upgrading Your Software
Beforeuninstallingorinstallingsoftware,yourcanpreserveyournViewDesktopManagerand/orNVIDIADisplaysettingsbyusingthenViewDesktopManagerProfilesfeaturesandfollowingthestepsbelow.
Note:UnderWindowsXP/2000andWindowsNT4.0,youmusthave,atleast,PowerUseraccessprivilegesinordertocreateorsaveaprofile.(RefertoWindowsHelpifyouneedanexplanationofPowerUseraccessrights.)
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1 OpenthenViewDesktopManagerProfilespage(Figure2.1).
Figure 2.1 nView Desktop Manager Sample Profiles Page
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1 Topreserveyourcurrentsettings,youcanuseeithertheSaveortheNewoptionfromthenViewDesktopManagerProfilespage: Ifyouwanttooverwritethecurrentlyloadedprofilewithyourchanged
settings,usetheSaveoption.Noticethatawarningmessageindicatesthatyouareabouttooverwritetheselectedprofile.
Ifyouwanttoretainthecurrentlyloadedprofileandwanttosaveyourchangedsettingstoanewfile,clicktheNewoption.EnteranameanddescriptionoftheprofileintheNewProfiledialogbox.Forexample,youcannamethisprofileMy Settings.
2 Ifyouareanadvanceduserandwanttocustomizecertainsettingsinthesavedprofile,clickAdvanced
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3 Tocustomizethesettings,youcanselectorclearanyofthesettingscheckboxes.
4 ClickSavetoreturntothemainProfilespage.Ifyoucreatedanewprofile,youwillseethenameofthenewlycreatedprofileintheprofileslist.
Ifyouoverwroteacurrentprofile,thesameprofilenameisretainedinthelist.
Note:nViewDesktopManagerprofile(.tvp)filesaresavedintheWindows\nViewdirectory.DependingontheversionoftheNVIDIAdriverpreviouslyinstalled,profilesmayalsobesavedintheDocuments and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ nView_Profilesdirectory.
5 Nowyoucanuninstallyourcurrentdriverforadriverupgrade.
6 AfteryourestartyourcomputerfollowinganNVIDIAnewdriverinstall,youcaneasilyloadthesavedprofilefromtheProfilespageofnViewDesktopManager.
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About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer
Youcaneasilyuseanysavedprofile(.tvp fileintheWindows\nView directory)fromonecomputeranduseitinanothercomputer,ifyouwant.Youllneedtocopyit
Installi
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totheWindows\nViewdirectoryofacomputerthathastheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriver,etc.installedproperly.ThenthisprofilecanbeloadedfromanothercomputerfromthenViewDesktopManagerProfilespagejustasitcanfromyouroriginalcomputer.
ng the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver Software
1 Followtheinstructionsonthewww.nvidia.comWebsitedriverdownloadpagetolocatetheappropriatedrivertodownload,basedonyourhardwareandoperatingsystem.
2 Clickthedriverdownloadlink.Thelicenseagreementdialogboxappears.
3 ClickAcceptifyouacceptthetermsoftheagreement,theneitheropenthefileorsavethefiletoyourPCandopenitlater.
Openingthe.EXEfilelaunchestheNVIDIAInstallShieldWizard.4 FollowtheinstructionsintheNVIDIAInstallShieldWizardtocompletethe
installation.
lling the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver Software
Note:ItishighlyrecommendedthatyoufollowthestepsinthissectiontocompletelyuninstalltheNVIDIADisplayDriversoftwarebeforeupdatingtoanewversionofthesoftware.
TouninstallthenViewsoftware,followthesesteps:
1 FromtheWindowstaskbar,clickStart>Settings>ControlPaneltoopentheControlPanelwindow.
2 DoubleclicktheAdd/RemoveProgramsitem.
3 ClicktheNVIDIADisplayDriveritemfromthelist.
4 ClickChange/Remove.
5 ClickYestocontinue.
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ApromptappearsaskingwhetheryouwanttodeleteallofthesavednViewprofiles.
IfyouclickYes,allofthenViewsoftwareandallofyoursavedprofileswillbedeleted.
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IfyouclickNo,thenViewsoftwareisremoved,buttheprofilefilesaresavedinthe Windows\nViewdirectoryonyourharddisk.
6 Yoursystemnowrestarts.
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Support
ToaccessfeaturesonthenViewDisplaySettingspage(seenViewDisplayModesonpage 41),youneed:
amultidisplaygraphicscardbasedonanyoftheNVIDIAGPUsthatsupportmultipledisplaysonasinglegraphicscard,asindicatedinTable2.1,SupportedNVIDIAConsumerProducts,and
atleasttwodisplaysconnectedtothegraphicscard. Whenrunningwithmultiplegraphicscards(i.e.,twoormoreNVIDIAGPUbased
graphicscardareinstalledinyourcomputer),ensurethatthesameversionoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriverisinstalledforeachcard.ForadetaileddiscussionofusingmultidisplaynViewmodes,seeUsingnViewMultiDisplaySettingsonpage 40.
SomeNVIDIAdisplayandnViewDesktopManagerfeaturesaresupportedbyeithersingledisplayormultidisplayNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscards.Therefore,toaccessfeaturesthataresupportedbysingledisplayconfigurations,youonlyneedasingedisplayconnected,providedthattheparticularNVIDIAGeForcebasedgraphicscardsupportsthesefeatures.
ThesettingsavailableontheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpagesmayvarydependingonthespecificNVIDIAGeForceGPUbasedgraphicscardyouareusing.Forexample,settingsthatareavailableforaspecificgraphicscardsuchasonethatisGeForce7800GTXbased,maynotbeavailableonagraphicscardbasedonaGeForce4TiorotherolderNVIDIAGeForceGPUseries.
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Forexamplepurposes,mostoftheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpagesshowninthisguidefeatureanNVIDIAGeForceGPUbasedgraphicscard.Youmaybe
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usingadifferentNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscard,inwhichcaseyouwillseetheexactnameoftheGPUyouareusingreflectedintheNVIDIAGPUtab.
TheWindowsXPscreensshowninthisdocumentapplyalsotoWindows2000functionality,unlessnotedotherwise.
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NVIDIA DRIVER CONTROL PANEL ACCESSThischapterdiscussesthefollowingmajortopics:
NVIDIADisplaySetupWizardsonpage 27
AccessingtheNVIDIADisplayControlPanelPagesonpage 28
ShortcuttoPlayingVideoFilesonAnyDisplayonpage 30
UsingtheNVIDIADisplayMenuonpage 33
UsingtheNVIDIADisplayMenuHelpandToolTipsonpage 37
A Display Setup Wizards
AfterafreshinstallationoftheNVIDIARelease90graphicsdisplaydriverandrestartingyourcomputer,oneorbothoftheNVIDIAdisplaywizards(DisplayWizardorTVWizard)areautomaticallyinvoked,dependingonthetypesofdisplaysthatareconnectedtoyourgraphicscardi.e.,analogordigitaldisplay,television,orHDTV.ThewizardshelpsetupthemostcommonlyusednViewdisplaymodes,includingscreenresolutionandoutput.
Note:OnsubsequentsessionusingtheNVIDIAdisplaydriver,youcanmanuallystartanyoneofthesewizardsbyclickingeithertheDisplayWizardortheTVWizardbuttonfromtheDesktopManagementpage(Figure3.1).ToseesampleWizardpages,seeAppendixC,NVIDIASetupWizardPagesonpage 209.
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Figure 3.1 Manually Starting the NVIDIA Display Wizard
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1 ClickChange/Remove.
2 ClickYestocontinue.
ing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages
OnceyourNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriverisinstalled,youcaneasilyaccessthedriverfeaturesfromaconvenientmenu.YoucanquicklyaccesstheNVIDIAdisplaymenuthatgivesyoudirectaccesstotheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpages.
Forquickaccess,youcanuseeithertheDesktopAccessonpage 29ortheNVIDIASettingsMenuWindowsTaskbarAccessonpage 31accessmethod,explainedinthesectionsthatfollow.
ClickTVWizardforhelpinsettingupyourtelevisionorHDTVdisplay.
ClickDisplayWizardforhelpinsettingupyouranalogordigitaldisplays.
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1 RightclickonyourWindowsdesktoptoopenthedesktopmenu.
2 IfyoudonotseethemenuitemNVIDIADisplay,followtheprocedureinAddingNVIDIAMenuOptionstotheWindowsDesktopMenuonpage 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 modeis enabled. One your primary display appearsif any other nView display mode is enabled.
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YouwillseeoneormoreofthedescriptiveEDIDdisplaynamesasshownintheexamplesinFigure3.2.Thedisplaynamesthatappeararebasedonthenumberandtypeofdisplay(s)thatareconnectedtoyourcomputerandwhetheryouareinnViewDualviewmode.ThesedisplaynamesarealsoviewablefromthenView
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Settingspage(Figure3.9).
Note:Forexample,ifyouhavemultipledisplaysconnectedtoanNVIDIAdualdisplaygraphicscard,inordertoseebothofyourdisplays,youmustbeinnViewDualviewmode.InnViewCloneorSpanmode,youcanonlyseeonedisplaybecauseWindowsconsidersthedisplaysasasingledisplayinthesemodes.Fordetails,seeAboutRenamingDisplaysonpage 46andAboutRenamingDisplaysonpage 46.
4 SelectthedisplayforwhichyouwanttoviewtheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanel.
Duringfirstuseofthedriver,thedefaultpagethatopensisalwaysthemainNVIDIAGPUpageasshowninFigure3.7.Onsubsequentuse,theactualNVIDIAcontrolpanelpagethatopenswillbethepagethatwasopenwhenyoulastclosedtheNVIDIAcontrolpanel.
cut to Playing Video Files on Any Display
YoucannowusetheNVIDIAdisplayselectionshortcutfeaturetoplayvideofilesonanyselecteddisplay.
1 AsshowninFigure3.3,rightclickonavideofiletoopenitscontextmenu.
2 SelecttheNVIDIAoptionPlayOnMyandthenchoosethedisplayonwhichyouwanttoplaythevideo.
3 Toconfigurefullscreenvideodisplay,seeUsingFullScreenVideoSettingsonpage 128.
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Settings Menu Windows Taskbar Access
1 MakesureyouhaveaddedtheNVIDIASettingsmenuicontoyourWindowstaskbarnotificationarea.Fordetails,seeAddingtheNVIDIASettingsMenutotheWindowsTaskbaronpage 133.
2 FromyourWindowstaskbar,clicktheNVIDIASettingsmenuicon(Figure3.4)todisplaythetypesofmenusshowninFigure3.5andFigure3.6.
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Figure 3.4 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area
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Figure 3.5 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menu
3 ClickNVIDIADisplay(Figure3.5)andthenselectthetypeofdisplay.TheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelappears(Figure3.7).
Note:Figure3.6showsanotherviewoftheNVIDIASettingsmenu.YoucanusethismenutoquicklyaccessthesameNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriverbasedsettingsthatyoucanaccessintheregularNVIDIAdisplaymenushowninFigure3.7.
Figure 3.6 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards
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YoucanstillaccesstheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelthroughtheMicrosoftDisplayPropertiesSettings>Advancedoption,ifneeded.
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1 RightclickfromyourWindowsdesktoptoopenthedesktopmenu.
2 SelectPropertiesandthentheSettingstab.
3 ClickAdvancedandthenclicktheNVIDIAGPUtab.TheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelwithmenuappears(Figure3.7).
the NVIDIA Display Menu
FromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu(Figure3.7),youcanaccessalltheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpageswhereyoucanconfiguremanyNVIDIAdriverfeatures.
ToviewanyoftheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpages,simplyclickamenuitemfromtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
Note:ThenViewDisplaySettingsmenuitemappearsonlywhenyouhavemorethanonedisplayconnected,asshowninFigure3.7.Figure3.8showsthemenuwhenonlyonedisplayisconnected;theexampleisforanotebookcomputer.
TotogglebetweenhidingandshowingtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu,clickthegreenbuttononthegreenbuttonthatappearsonanyNVIDIAdisplaymenupage(Figure3.7).YoucanalsoclicktheAdditionalPropertiesbuttontoshowthemenuwhenitishidden(Figure3.7).
YoucanresizetheNVIDIAdisplaymenubydirectlymanipulatingitwithyourmouse.
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eenbuttontotogglebetweenopeningtheNVIDIAdisplaymenu.
ClicktheNVIDIAInformation>>buttontoopenamenufromwhichyoucanchoosetoupdateyourNVIDIAdriver,sendfeedbacktoNVIDIA,keepcurrentwithNVIDIAnews,products,anddemos,andseeNVIDIAdisplaydriverversionandfileinformation.
Systeminformationdetailsselectedaspectsofyoursystemthancouldaffectoverallgraphicsperformance.
nthemenuishidden,youcanalsoditionalPropertiesbuttontoreopenthemenu.
aspectsofthecurrentlyselectedNVIDIAGPU.Graphicscardinformationdetailsthehardware
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Asmentionedpreviously,duringfirstuseofanewlyinstalledNVIDIAdriver,thedefaultpagethatopensisalwaysthismainNVIDIAGPUpage,asshownintheFigure3.7example.
ThisGPUpagecontainssystemandgraphicscardinformation.YoucanalsousetheNVIDIAInformation>>button(Figure3.7)toaccessamenufromwhichyoucanchoosetoupdateyourNVIDIAdriver,sendfeedbacktoNVIDIA,keepcurrentwithNVIDIAnews,productsanddemos,andviewNVIDIAdisplaydriverversionandfileinformation.
VIDIA Display Menu Items
ThissectiongivesanoverviewofthepagesassociatedwiththeotherNVIDIAdisplaymenuitems
nViewDisplaySettingspageisshowninFigure3.9.
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Note:Thismenuitemonlyappearsifyouhavemorethanonedisplayconnected.ForcompletedetailsonusingthenViewDisplaySettingsfeatures,seethenextchapterUsingnViewMultiDisplaySettingsonpage 40.
PerformanceandQualitySettingsseeAdjustingPerformanceandQualitySettingsonpage 104
VideoOverlaySettingsseeUsingVideoOverlaySettingsonpage 126
FullScreenVideoseeUsingFullScreenVideoSettingsonpage 128.
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Note:ThismenuitemonlyappearsifyouhavemorethanonedisplayconnectedandthenViewDisplayModelistisnotsettoSingledisplay.
ToolsseeUsingtheToolsPageonpage 133
PowerMizerformobilecomputersonly;seeAdjustingPowerMizerSettings
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OnlyforNotebookComputersonpage 153.
NVRotateseeUsingNVRotateSettingsonpage 138.
TemperatureSettingsmenuoptionisavailableonnewerGPUs,suchasGeForceFX,andoncertainolderGPUs.AdjustingTemperatureSettingsonpage 141.
ScreenResolutions&RefreshRatesChangingScreenResolutionsandRefreshRatesonpage 143
DesktopManagerseetheNVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriversnViewDesktopManagerUsersGuideRelease90driverversion.
MenuEditingseeEditingtheNVIDIADisplayMenuonpage 150
the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips
t Help
YoucanobtaincontextHelp(Figure3.10)foranyofthesettingsandoptionsontheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpagebyusinganyoneofthesemethods:
SelectormoveyourmousepointertotheoptionforwhichyouwanthelpandthenpressF1,or
Clickthe?iconlocatedonthetoprightcorneroftheNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpageyouhaveopen,movethe?iconovertheoptionforwhichyouwanthelp,thenclickyourmouseagaintodisplaythehelp.
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Windowsstyletooltip(popup)Helpappearswhenyouhoveryourmousepointeronanitemthatispartiallyobscured.Forexample,youcanplaceyoumouseonanyofthelongNVIDIAmenunamesthatmaybepartiallyobscured(suchasPerformanceandQualitySettings)andbeabletoviewthenameinitsentirety.
ol Tips for Disabled Settings
Whenanoptionorsettingisdisabled(grayed)onanyNVIDIAdisplaycontrolpanelpage,youcanplacethemousepointeronthedisabledoptionforacoupleofsecondstoseetooltiphelpdescribingthereasonitisdisabled.
AnexampleofthiskindoftooltipHelpisshowninFigure3.11.
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USING NVIEW MULTI-DISPLAY SETTINGSThischapterdiscussesthefollowingmajortopics:
nViewMultiDisplayApplicationsonpage 43
nViewDisplayModesonpage 41
AboutDisplayNumberingonpage 46
nViewDisplaySettingsRenamingaDisplayonpage 47
UsingnViewDualviewModeonpage 50
UsingnViewSpanModesonpage 55
UsingnViewCloneModeonpage 60
SwitchingBetweennViewDualviewandSpan/CloneModesWindows2000onpage 66
EnablingnViewMultiviewModeOnlyforNVIDIAQuadroNVSbasedGraphicsCardsonpage 66
ArrangingDisplaysontheSettingsPageonpage 67.
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ThenViewDisplaySettingspageprovidesseveraldisplaymodesforyourmultidisplayconfiguration.
WhenusingNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardsthatsupportmultipledisplays,therearethreewaystorunmultidisplayconfigurationsundermostoperatingsystems;Dualview,Span,orClonemode.ThesenViewdisplaymodesareavailablefromthenViewDisplaySettingspageasshowninFigure4.1andFigure4.2.
Figure 4.1 nView Single Display Mode Windows XP/2000
Singledisplaymodeindicatesthatonlyoneofyourconnecteddisplaysisused.
Note:Ifyouhaveonlyonedisplaythatisconnected,youwillnotseethenViewDisplaySettingsoptiononthemenu.
Clonemodeindicatesthatbothdisplaysinthedisplaypairshowimagesofthesamedesktop.
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HorizontalSpanmodeindicatesthatbothdisplaysinthedisplaypairfunctionasonewidevirtualdesktop.Thewidthofeachdisplayishalfthewidthofthetotalvirtualdesktopwidth.
VerticalSpanmodeindicatesthatbothdisplaysinthedisplaypairfunctionasone
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tallvirtualdesktop.Theheightofeachdisplayishalftheheightofthetotalvirtualdesktopheight.
Figure 4.2 nView Multi-Display Mode Windows XP/2000
Dualviewmode(Figure4.2,Figure4.3,andFigure4.4)indicatesthatbothdisplaysinthedisplaypairfunctionasonevirtualdesktop.UnlikeHorizontalSpanorVerticalSpanmode,Dualviewtreatseachdisplayasaseparatedevice.ThismeansthattheWindowstaskbarwillnotbestretchedacrossdisplaysand3Dapplicationsarenotacceleratedasefficientlyaswhentheapplicationspansdisplays.
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ForextensiveinformationonnViewapplications,clicktheProductstabfromtheNVIDIAWebsite:www.nvidia.com
EngineeringormechanicalCADapplicationscanusemultipledisplaysfordifferentdirectionalviewsofanobjectorabuilding,suchasafrontorsidevieworevenawireframemodelononescreenandatexturedversionofthesamemodelonanother.Manyprofessionalapplicationsofferextensivegraphicaluserinterfaces,whichcanbeleftfullyenabledandvisibleononedisplay,whiletheseconddisplayremainsunobstructedforviewingtheactualwork.
TrainingandPresentationnViewClonemode(seeEnablingnViewCloneModeonpage 60),wheretwodisplaysshowidenticalimages,isusefulforpresentations.Apresentermayusethesmallerdisplayonthepodium,whileaprojectordisplayreflectsthepresentationtotheaudience.Intrainingapplications,theinstructorcanseewhatthestudentisdoingundernViewClonemode.Theabilitytoseethepresentationwhileitsbeingprojectedcanbeespeciallyusefulwhenusingmobilecomputers.
VirtualDesktop(seeEnablingVirtualDesktopCloneModeonpage 62),asubfeatureofnViewCloneMode,isusefulforflatpanelsandanalogdisplayswithlimitedresolutionandisusedtosetalargerthanviewableareaontheseconddisplay,whichsupportsfullpanandscanoftheentiredesktoparea.
Digitalcontentcreation(DCC)applicationscanuseonedisplayfortoolbarsandpalettesandtheotherforrenderedoutput.Additionally,manyrealtimeorgamedevelopmentenvironmentsallowtheauthoringtoolsorgameenginecodetobevisibleononedisplay,whileshowingtheartorgameengineinafullscreen,gameplaylikemodeontheseconddisplay.
GraphicsArtistscanhavecommonapplicationssuchasAdobePhotoshopor3DStudioMaxopenwiththepalettesandmenusononedisplayandtheotherdisplaydedicatedtoworkspace.Writerscanuseonedisplayforresearchandtheotherforwriting.
Financialapplications,suchasstocktradingapplications,canuseapairoflargedigitalflatpanels.Thiswouldallowyoutowatchrealtimestockdataononescreenandusetheotherscreenfortradingactivity.
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VideoeditingapplicationswoulduseonelargecomputerdisplayandoneNTSCdisplay.SincenViewtechnologyallowsdecouplingofrefreshrates,theprimary(editing)displaycouldbeahighresolutionRGBdisplayforrunningtheapplication(AdobePremiere,forexample),whiletheseconddisplaycanbeanNTSCorSVideo
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displayforcheckingthevideooutputforpropercolorbalanceandquality.
Entertainmentapplicationscanusemultipledisplaysupportinseveralways.Gametitles,suchasMicrosoftsFlightSimulator2000,supportmultipledisplaysoutofthebox.WithnViewClonemode,gameplaycanbesenttoabigscreenTVoreventoaVCR.
HometheatersystemscantakeadvantageoftheDVDcapabilitiesofyourcomputer.SimplyhookupalargescreentelevisionasyourseconddisplayandyoucanwatchDVDswithouthavingtobuyadedicatedDVDplayer.SeeUsingFullScreenVideoSettingsonpage 128.
TelevisionandMoviesUsingtheNVIDIAdisplayvideomirrorfeature,youcanwatchTVandanyothervideowhileyouwork.SeeUsingFullScreenVideoSettingsonpage 128.
ing the Display Context Menus
ThedisplayiconsonthenViewDisplaySettingspagedisplayagraphicalrepresentationofyournViewdisplayconfigurationi.e.,thesingle(Figure4.1)ORpairofdisplays(Figure4.2andonward)connectedtoyourcomputerandbeingusedbythenViewdisplaymodeyouselectedfromthenViewdisplaymodeslist.
1 Clickadisplayimagetoselectitasyourcurrentdisplay.
2 Thenrightclickthedisplayimagetodisplayapopupcontextmenu(Figure4.3)fromwhichyoucanadjustsettingsforthatdisplay.
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Figure 4.3 Example Context Menus for Digital and TV Displays
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Availablesettingsinclude:
ColorCorrection.SeeAdjustingDesktopColorsonpage 99. Deviceadjustments.SeeConfiguringDisplaysonpage 69. SelectTVformat.SeeConfiguringDisplaysonpage 69. NVRotate.SeeUsingNVRotateSettingsonpage 138. ChangeResolution.SeeChangingScreenResolutionsandRefreshRateson
page 143.
Note:YoucanaccessthesesamemenuoptionsbyclickingtheDeviceSettings>>optionatthebottomofthenViewDisplaySettingspage.
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WhenyouarerunninginnViewSingledisplay,Clone,orDualviewmode,thenumericpartofthedisplayimageidentifiersuchas1(or2),1and2,1aand1b,or2aand2breflecttheWindowsdisplaynumber,asviewablefromtheWindowsDisplayPropertiespage.
Note:TheWindowsoperatingsystemonlyassignsnumberstodisplaysrunninginnativeWindowsmultidisplaymodei.e.,Dualview,whichiscommontobothWindowsandNVIDIAbutnotClonemode,whichisanNVIDIAnViewspecificdisplaymode.
nViewDualviewmode.ThedisplayimagesonthenViewDisplaySettingspagearenumberedasseparatedisplays,1and2,asintheWindowsDisplayPropertiespage.
nViewCloneorSpanmode.MultipledisplaysrunninginnViewCloneornViewSpanmodealsoappearasoneDualviewheadtoWindowsandthereforetheWindowsDisplayPropertiespagedisplaysonlyasingledisplayimage.ThedisplayimagesonthenViewDisplaySettings,however,maybenumberedas1aand1b(or2aand2b)wherethenumericvalueremainsthesamewithonlythealphabeticpartofthenumber(aorb)designatingseparateheadsindicatingdualdisplay.
Renaming Displays
InthisreleaseoftheNVIDIAdriver,youcanalsorenamethedisplaynamesthatappearonyourdesktopcontextmenushowninFigure4.4ofthepreviouschapter.OnyournViewDisplaySettingspage,thesedisplaynamesarealsoalwaysvisibleinthePrimaryDisplayandSecondaryDisplayfieldsandwhenyourestyourmouseonadisplayimage,asshowninFigure4.5.
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Torenameadisplayname,followthesesteps:
1 FromthenViewDisplaySettingspage,rightclickonanyofyourdisplay(monitor)icons,orclicktheDeviceSettings>>buttontodisplaythecontextmenu.
2 SelectRenametoopentheRenameDisplaydialogbox,asshowninFigure4.4.
3 EnteranameintheRenameeditboxandclickOKtoreturntothenViewSettingpage.
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nenteranew nameandclickOKtoshowthenewnameonthenViewDisplaySettingsFig.5.5).
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NoticethatthenewnamenowappearsonthedisplayimageandthePrimaryDisplay/Secondarydisplaybox,asshowninFigure4.5.
Figure 4.5 nView Display Settings Renamed Display
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ThefollowingaresampledisplaycombinationsthatNVIDIAGPUbasedmultidisplaycardssupportwhenusedwiththeNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriver:
TwoRGBdisplayswithsecondRAMDAC(digitaltoanalogconverter)
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Settingupamultidisplaygraphicscardinvolvesinstallingthegraphicscardonacomputer,connectingthedisplaystoyourcomputer,andinstallingthecurrentversionoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdisplaydriver.Afterrestartingyourcomputer,themultipledisplaymodesofthegraphicscardsinstalledarefullyfunctional.
WhenusinganynViewmultidisplaymode,youcaneasilyswitchbetweenthedisplaysbyfollowingthesesteps:
1 OpenthenViewDisplaySettingspage.
2 ClicktheDisplaypairslistandclickthepaireddisplaycombinationyouwant.Forexampleifyouhaveananalogdisplay,adigitaldisplay,andaTVconnectedtoyourcomputer,yourchoicesareaslistedbelowandshowninFigure4.6.
Figure 4.6 nView Display Pair Options
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OntheNVIDIAnViewDisplaySettingspage,theprimarydisplayisdesignatedbythedisplayiconontheleftandthesecondarydisplayisdesignatedbythedisplayiconontheright.
indows Display Properties Settings
OntheWindowsDisplayPropertiesSettingspage,yourcandeterminetheprimarydisplaybyplacingyourmousepointeronadisplayiconwherethetooltiptextindicatesPrimary.
nView Dualview Mode
Note:YoumusthaveatleasttwodisplaysconnectedtoyourcomputertobeabletoviewthenViewSpanmodesettings.
nViewDualviewmodetreatseverydisplayasaseparatedevice.DualviewmodeissometimescallednativemodebecauseitisthenativemodesupportedbyWindowsmultidisplayconfigurations;i.e.itisthemultidisplaymodedefinedbyMicrosoftandsupportedbyMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems.
DualviewmodeisequivalenttoselectingtheExtendmyWindowsdesktopontothismonitor...settingontheWindowsDisplaySettingspage,whichgivesyouanextendedworkspace.
WhenyoustartWindowsXPusingmultipledisplays,WindowsispreconfiguredforDualviewmode.ThisisnotthecaseforWindows2000.ToenableDualviewinWindows2000,youneedtoinstallDualviewfromthenViewDisplaySettingspage,asexplainedinsubsequentsections.
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SamplenViewDisplaySettingpagesinDualviewmodeareshownFigure4.2,Figure4.3,andFigure4.4.
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Dualviewsupportandfunctionalityincludethefollowing:
SupportforadvancedNVIDIAfeaturessuchasFullScreenVideoMirroringandOverlay.(SeeUsingFullScreenVideoSettingsonpage 128andUsingVideoOverlaySettingsonpage 126.)
Note:WindowsNT4.0innViewMultiviewmodedoesnotsupportthevideomirroringfeature.
Windowsplacesthetaskbarononlyonedisplayandreplicates(ratherthanstretches)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.Figure4.7andFigure4.8showexamplesofDualviewsystemswheretheleftandrightdisplaysarerunningatdifferentscreenresolution.Noticethatthebackgroundisnotstretchedacrossthedisplaysandthetaskbarappearsonasingledisplayinsteadofbeingstretchedacrossdisplays.
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isplay 1 resolution=1280x768 Display 2 resolution=800x600
Background is not stretched across displaysTaskbaris not stretched acrossdisplays.
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Display 1 resolutionis1280x768 Display 2 resolutionis1024x768
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Youcansetdifferentcolordepthsperdisplay.
Youcanarrangeyourmultidisplaydesktoptobeanyshape;itdoesnothavetobelimitedtorectangularasinnViewSpanmodes.
WhenyourunaDirectXorOpenGLapplicationinDualviewmode,itisacceleratedaslongasthewindowdoesnotspanmorethanonedisplay.Ifthewindowspanstwodisplays,drawingisnotacceleratedinthewindow.
Note:InSpanmodes,drawingisalwaysaccelerated. Dualviewmodeissupportedonvariouscombinationsdualdisplays,asexplained
earlierinnViewDisplaySettingsRenamingaDisplayonpage 47.
Forexample,youcanhaveasystemwiththeprimarydisplayasananalogdisplaythatsupportsupto1600x1200at100Hzrefreshrate,whilethesecondarydisplayisconnectedtoanNTSCTVthatislimitedto800x600at60Hzrefreshrate.TheTVhaslowerresolutionandrefreshratethantheanalogdisplaybecausetheTVencoderontheGPUhasfewercapabilitiesthantheanalogdisplay.
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:WhenyoustartWindows2000withanNVIDIAGPUbasedmultidisplaygraphicscard(ormultipleNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscards),youarenotyet
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inDualviewmode.YoucanconfirmthiswhenyouviewtheWindowsDisplayPropertiesSettingspageandseeonlyonedisplayimageinthedisplay.
FollowthesestepstoenableDualview.
1 MakesureyourmultidisplayNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardisproperlyinstalledinyourcomputerandsecurelyconnectedtoyourdisplays.MakesureyourdisplaysareturnedonandtheNVIDIAdisplaydriverhasbeenproperlyinstalledonyourcomputer.
2 AfterWindowsstartsup,rightclickonyourdesktoptoopentheWindowsdesktopmenu.ThenselectthedisplayforwhichyouwanttoopentheNVIDIAdisplaymenuandselectthenViewDisplaySettingsoption.
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.ItmaytakeuptooneminuteforthefirstDualviewprompttoappear.Clicktheconfirmingprompts(suchas,Yes,OK,orFinish)tofollow
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throughandthenrestartyourcomputerasprompted.
5 Afterthesystemstartsup,iftheNVIDIAnViewDesktopManagerSetupWizardappears,runthroughtheWizard.(SeetheNVIDIAnViewDesktopManagerUsersGuidefordetails.)
6 Fromyourdesktop,rightclicktoviewtheWindowdesktopmenu,thenclickPropertiesandtheSettingstab.
YoullnoticethatatleasttwodisplayimagesappearontheWindowsDisplayPropertiesSettingspage,asshowninFigure4.10,indicatingDualviewmode.
Figure 4.10 Display Properties Settings Dualview Mode (Windows 2000)
7 ClickAdvanced,theNVIDIAGPUtab,andthenViewDisplaySettingmenuoption.
8 FromthenViewModeslist,selectDualview.
9 Followthepromptstorestartyourcomputeragain.
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10Whenyouhavereturnedtoyourdesktop,openthenViewDisplaySettingpageandselectDualviewfromthenViewModeslist.
Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial Installation Window
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SwitchingbackandforthbetweenDualviewandSpan/ClonesmodeunderWindows2000ismuchfasteraftertheinitialDualviewinstallationsessiondescribedintheprevioussection.OnsubsequentDualviewenablingsessions,youcanusefewersteps,asfollows:
1 FromyourWindows2000desktop,rightclicktoviewtheWindowsdesktopmenu,thenclickProperties>Settings>AdvancedandthentheNVIDIAGPUtab.
2 ClicknViewDisplaySettingfromtheNVIDIAmenuandselectDualviewfromthenViewModeslist.
3 Followthepromptstorestartyourcomputer.
4 Whenyouhavereturnedtoyourdesktop,gotothenViewDisplaySettingpageandselectDualviewfromthenViewModeslist.
Note:ToswitchbacktoClone,HorizontalSpan,VerticalSpan,or,undercertainconfigurations,SingleDisplaymode,youwillneedtorestartyourcomputer,asprompted.
nView Span Modes
Note:Youmust