Nvidia VCQFX550PCIEPB - Quadro FX 550 User Manual page 6

U s e r ' s G u i d e
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 Changes-New 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
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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 Setup 211
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
T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n