Opengl Enhancements; Release 35 Enhancements - Nvidia Quadro Workstation User Manual

Appendix D
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History
• Zoom Support — New fixed-frame zoom and bi-directional zoom editing
capability
• NV-Switcher — Improved Alt+Tab switcher which also supports Desktop
switching and is expandable to other NVIDIA features
• Color Keyed Windows — Allows the user to color key windows for easy
identification when activating them on the desktop.
• Taskbar and Menu Transparency
• New window actions and application settings.
Keystone Support
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OpenGL Enhancements

• OpenGL 1.4 ICD with NVIDIA Extensions — New extension includes
ARB_vertex_program, which co-exists with NV_vertex_program.
• Enhancements for Workstation Applications
• NV1x line stipple enhancements, and NV2x 2-sided lighting optimizations
• Immediate mode optimizations for Solid Edge, and display list tuning for
UGv17.
• Multi-monitor Improvements — New accelerated spanning mode is enabled by
default.
• Reduced Power Consumption — Release 40 utilizes CPU cycles more efficiently,
resulting in reduced power consumption without sacrificing performance.
• Dynamic AGP/Video memory management

Release 35 Enhancements

The Release 35 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the
NVIDIA Driver for Windows.
• NVRotate — The NVRotate feature lets you view your Windows desktop in
Landscape or Portrait mode. You can rotate desktop by 90, 180 and 270 degrees.
• Improved and expanded NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager application
nView Desktop Manager has now been redesigned with a convenient user
interface and many new features and utilities designed to solve specific problems
for users. Utilities such as anti-keystoning support and flat panel monitor
4. Keystone is not supported on graphics cards based on the TNT, TNT2 or Vanta product families.
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