Release 55 Enhancements; Pci Express Support; Pae Support; Nview Desktop Manager Enhancements - Nvidia VCQFX550PCIEPB - Quadro FX 550 User Manual

Release 55 Enhancements

The Release 55 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the
NVIDIA Driver for Windows. The following highlights the new features in Release
55:

PCI Express Support

2D and 3D graphics drivers support the PCI Express I/O.

PAE Support

2D and 3D graphics driver support systems that utilize physical address extensions
2
(PAE) .

nView Desktop Manager Enhancements

• Seamless nView support between 32-bit and 64-bit processes on Windows 64-bit
Edition
• Dual NVKeystone support for independent keystone trapezoids under nView
Span modes.
• Per-display Desktop Management

User Interface Enhancements

• New application profiles capability lets you associate a collection of driver
settings—such as antialiasing and display quality settings—with an application.
• Easy access standalone panel, independent of the Microsoft Display Properties
window.
• Improved multi-adapter support.
• Improved television and HDTV controls
2. PAE is an extension that enables Intel compatible computers to address more than 4 GB of physical
memory.
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