Release 40 Enhancements; Enhanced Display Driver, Directx, And Video Capabilities; New Graphical User Interface - Nvidia VCQFX550PCIEPB - Quadro FX 550 User Manual

Appendix C
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History

Release 40 Enhancements

The Release 40 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the
NVIDIA Driver for Windows.

Enhanced Display Driver, DirectX, and Video Capabilities

• Windows XP SP1
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Release 40 supports Windows XP SP1, including support for Windows XP
Tablet PC and eHome technology.
•
Release 40 provides support for bugcheck EA callbacks, enabling OCA EA
failures to be resolved more quickly while assisting to identify failure causes—
such as due to chip instability or overclocking.
• Rotation Support
Release 40 supports desktop rotation
by 90, 180, or 270 degrees.
• DirectX 9 Support
With Microsoft's release of DirectX 9 runtime, Release 40 version 42.51 and later
provides support for DirectX 9, which includes the new vertex shaders,
antialiasing modes, and multi-display device support.
• Video Enhancements
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Flip Sync functionality support
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Support for multiple Macrovision clients
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Simplified Video Mirror controls
• TV Overscan Support
Depending on the TV encoder used, Release 40 supports TV overscan—allowing
the user to eliminate the black borders around the TV display screen. This option
is accessible through the NVIDIA display properties control panel.

New Graphical User Interface

• Media Center Tray Application — The Media Center Tray is a new application
that replaces QuickTweak, and contains menu items that provide access to all
NVIDIA user interface software applications.
• New Display Properties Panel — The NVIDIA control panel has been redesigned
to make navigating easier and to improve control over the display adapter
settings.
3. Rotation is not supported on graphics cards based on the TNT, TNT2 or Vanta product families.
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, which allows the user to rotate the desktop
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