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系列通用手冊 Quadro purpose. The information in this document is subject to change without (繁體中文) notice. Leadtek reserves the right to make revisions to this publication without obligation to notify any person or entity of any such changes. Leadtek Research Inc.
ENGLISH Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide Contents How to Use this Guide Removing the Old VGA Driver Hardware Installation Driver Installation Understanding the NVIDIA Control Panel 1-17 Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks 1-24 nView Desktop Manager 1-32 NVIDIA Software for...
How to Use this Guide This guide will familiarize you with the general information necessary for the more advanced configuration and use of your new graphics card. Symbols and Conventions There are symbols and conventions that appear throughout this manual to help draw your attention to important information and for your more effective use of this manual.
Here are the instructions for removing your existing display driver: Step Click Start, then select Control Panel from the Settings menu. Step Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon. Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide...
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Removing the Old VGA Driver The window will list the programs Step currently installed in your system. Select the old display driver. Step Click the Change/Remove button. Follow the instructions on the screen to remove the old VGA driver. Users may encounter problems if the old VGA driver is not removed prior to the replacement of an old VGA card with a new one.
System motherboard and pulling the card off the slot. Inserting your card into the wrong type of slot can damage your card, your computer or both. PCI Express slot Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide...
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Hardware Installation Step Fasten the mounting bracket to the chassis. (Only for Quadro products with 6-pin or 8-pin connector) Step 6-pin or 8-pin connector If the card has a 6-pin or 8-pin power connector located at the edge of the board, as shown in the diagram to the left, please connect the PCI-E power cable from the system power supply to the 6-pin or 8-pin power connector.
Step The InstallShield Wizard is ready to install the driver. Click Next. Step When it is finished, a dialog box asks you if you want to restart your computer. Tick Yes and then Finish. Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide...
Understanding the NVIDIA Control Panel Opening and Closing the New NVIDIA Control Panel You can open the NVIDIA Control Panel in several ways: Right‐click the Windows XP or Windows Vista desktop, then click NVIDIA • Control Panel from the context menu, or For Windows XP •...
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The NVIDIA Control Panel user interface consists of these main areas, as shown in the figure below: Main Task Area · Select a Task Navigation tree · Menu bar · Toolbar · Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide...
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Understanding the NVIDIA Control Panel Tool Bar Menu Bar Select a Task Pane Control Panel Main Task Area 1-10...
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The pages are grouped according to the same categories that existed in the previous version of the NVIDIA Control Panel. Click to open Click to expand corresponding or collapse the page in the category list. main task area. Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide 1-11...
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Understanding the NVIDIA Control Panel Using the Tool Bar The Toolbar provides quick back and forth navigation between pages, and also lets you choose a view setting. Using the Navigation Buttons The back and forward buttons let you navigate sequentially among pages that you have visited.
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3 To leave the Custom View mode, select either Standard or Advanced from the View menu or for quicker access, use the toolbar if you have it enabled. 4 To switch back to your custom view, select Custom. Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide 1-13...
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Understanding the NVIDIA Control Panel Using the Menu Bar The Menu bar contains standard Windows menus and menus specific to the NVIDIA Control Panel, such as the View and Profiles menus. Menus that are available on the menu bar may vary, depending on the NVIDIA Control Panel category (such as, Display, Mobile, 3D Settings, or other category) you are using.
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NVIDIA Control Panel Help Access the NVIDIA Control Panel online help. System Information View detailed information about your system and the NVIDIA Control Panel configuration. About NVIDIA Control Panel View NVIDIA Control Panel version and copyright information. Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide 1-15...
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Understanding the NVIDIA Control Panel Category-Specific Menu The menus appear only when certain category pages are open. Profiles Menu Commands related to saving, loading, and deleting profiles are available on the Profiles menu. Profiles Menu Command Description Load... Load a profile of display settings you have previously saved. Click to open the Load Desktop Profile dialog box and select a .nvp file.
From the Classic View of the Windows Vista Control Panel, click the NVIDIA Control Panel icon, or From the Control Panel Home view of the Windows Vista Control Panel, click Additional Options and then click NVIDIA Control Panel from the Additional Options page. Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide 1-17...
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Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks The categories that appear in the Select a Task pane depend on which NVIDIA software is installed on your system. For example, the Mobile category is not available on desktop systems. 2 From the navigation tree in the Select a Task pane, click one of the links to open a specific task page.
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Signal or HD Format Multi-display configuration Display - Set Up Multiple Displays nView Clone Mode Display - Set Up Multiple Displays nView Span Modes Display - Set Up Multiple Not available with Displays Windows Vista. Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide 1-19...
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Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks Feature NVIDIA Control Panel Category - Page Notes NVRotate Display - Rotate Display Performance and Quality 3D Settings - Adjust Image Settings Settings with Preview PowerMizer Mobile - Change Available only with PowerMizer Settings notebook computers Not available with Windows Vista.
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• Adjust color settings • Rotate the display • Adjust custom timings (available under Advanced View) • Configure multiple displays, including Spanning or Clone modes. Note: Spanning modes will not be available under Windows Vista. Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide 1-21...
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Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks Using the Video & Television Category Pages Note: For Windows Vista - Support for some features under Windows Vista is in development and may not be available with your GeForce graphics driver version. Consult the release notes for the latest list of unsupported features.
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• View a graphical representation of the displays and graphics cards installed on your system. • Manage serial digital interface (SDI) output (requires NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI solution.) • Overlap the edges of adjacent displays. Note: Display edge blending is no longer available. Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide 1-23...
nView Desktop Manager Multi View Multi View Combines the power of two NVIDIA Quadro PCI Express graphics boards to span a single hardware-accelerated OpenGL application window across multiple displays, run a single application per GPU with multiple display outputs, or enable other flexible usage of two PCI Express graphics boards.
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Combines two PCI Express graphics boards to drive one monitor with higher image quality. Benefits: 1. Expand single screen image quality (higher FSAA) : up to 32X FSAA 2. Example applications: VisSim (Flight, Architectural), Product/Industrial Design review (Auto, Aero), some broadcast apps (VizRT, Brainstorm) Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide 1-25...
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nView Desktop Manager SLI Installation Motherboard and Power Supply Requirements To support SLI, your PC motherboard must be PCI Express-based and SLI-capable, with two available and adjacent PCI Express expansion slots. Both slots must be x16 mechanical with the following allowed electrical slots: x16 + x16 x16 + x8 x16 + x4...
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ONLY REMOVE NVIDIA DISPLAY DRIVER (In the "Remove NVIDIA Components" window, select "Remove only the following" and then select "NVIDIA Display Driver"). You can erase all saved nView profiles as well when asked in the next window that appears. Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide 1-27...
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nView Desktop Manager SLI Installation 1. Power off the system and remove the power cord from the power supply. 2. Gently remove or open the systems enclosure (refer to owners manual that came with your computer if necessary). 3. Perform the installation in a static safe environment and utilize a properly grounded anti-static wristband.
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If this happens, click "Continue Anyway" a second time. 4. Once the software has been installed, choose "Yes, I want to restart my computer now" and select "Finish" to reboot the system. Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide 1-29...
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nView Desktop Manager SLI Installation 5. After logging back to Windows, the message "SLI capable system" will appear at the bottom right corner of the screen as shown below. 6. Click anywhere on the message above (if the message disappears, right-click the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel, then select Set SLI and PhysX configuration).
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Modeling AFR. Then un-check the box at the bottom of the window that reads "Application-controlled". Select "Apply" and "OK". You are now ready to run the SPECviewperf benchmarks. You can download the SPECviewperf benchmarks at: www.spec.org/benchmarks.html#gpc Leadtek Quadro Series General Guide 1-31...
NVIDIA Software for Professionals NVIDIA® Quadro Drivers provides the best combination of performance, quality and features. Certified on over 100 professional applications to ensure longer system uptime in mission critical applications, with one-click driver installation and enterprise software support, Quadro drivers makes installation, deployment, and maintenance a simple and easy to manage process.
If the attempt of resolving the problem on your own was unsuccessful, please contact your vendor or E-mail our technical support staff at : service@leadtek.com.tw, and provide them in your message with: product name, software driver version, motherboard manufacturer, BIOS version and chipset, Computer type and speed, Monitor manufacturer and model, and a detailed description of your problem.
Such disposal is free-of- charge to you. Together with the management of the local collection site, Leadtek will then take care of the efficient recycling and treatment of the electric and electronic waste.
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認識 NVIDIA 控制面板 開啟與關閉 NVIDIA 控制面板 有好幾種方式可以開啟 NVIDIA 控制面板: 在 Windows XP 或 Windows Vista 的桌面上按滑鼠右鍵,然後在選單中按 • NVIDIA 控制面板,或者 在 Windows XP 中 從 Windows 的開始選單,選擇設定→控制台,然後在控制台的視窗中, • 雙按 NVIDIA 控制面板的圖示。 在 中 Windows Vista 從 Windows Vista 控制台的傳統檢視中 按 NVIDIA 控制面板的圖示,或 •...
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執行 NVIDIA 控制面板工作 啟動 NVIDIA 控制面板 1 啟動 NVIDIA 控制面板: 在 Windows 的桌面上按滑鼠右鍵,然後在選單中按 NVIDIA 控制面 · 板,或者 在 Windows XP 中: a 從 Windows 的開始選單,選擇設定→控制台 b 然後在控制台的視窗中, 雙按 NVIDIA 控制面板的圖示。 在 Windows Vista 中: a 按開始圖示,然後從開始選單中按控制台。 b 從 Windows Vista 控制台的傳統檢視中按 NVIDIA 控制面板的圖示,或 從...
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執行 NVIDIA 控制面板工作 功能 NVIDIA 控制面板類別 備註 - 頁面 NVRotate Display - Rotate Display Performance and Quality 3D Settings - Adjust Image Settings Settings with Preview PowerMizer Mobile - Change Available only with PowerMizer Settings notebook computers Not available with Windows Vista.
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執行 NVIDIA 控制面板工作 NVIDIA 控制面板群組 本節提供 NVIDIA 控制面板群組的概述。 使用顯示器類別頁面 註: Windows Vista - 目前對 Windows Vista 的一些功能支援還在開發中, 因此可能不會出現在您的繪圖卡驅動程式裡面。請參考發行注意事項 中列出的未支援功能。 實際出現的工作項目會依照您的系統硬體而定,例如連接的顯示器種類及 數目。您可用顯示器類別頁面來: • 執行顯示器最佳化精靈 • 變更解析度 • 變更顯示比例縮放 • 調整色彩設定值 • 旋轉顯示畫面 • 管理自訂解析度 (在進階檢視頁面中) • 設定多台顯示器,包括橫跨與複製模式。 註: 中不支援橫跨模式。 Windows Vista 2-20...
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執行 NVIDIA 控制面板工作 使用視訊與電視類別頁面 註: Windows Vista - 目前對 Windows Vista 的一些功能 支援 還在開發中,因 此可能不會出現在您的繪圖卡驅動程式裡面。請參考發行注意事項中 列出的未支援功能。 實際出現的工作項目會依照您的系統硬體而定,例如您是否已連接電視。 您可用視訊與電視類別頁面來: • 調整電視畫面品質和視訊色彩設定值以便獲得在其環境中最佳的觀看體 驗。 • 啟動全螢幕鏡像功能,您可以在一部顯示器觀看全螢幕影像,另一部顯示 器顯示較小的影像視窗及控制介面。 • 變更桌面 / 視訊的位置和尺寸以完美地符合電視或 HDTV (高畫質電視) 螢 幕。 • 變更信號格式以用於標準電視或高畫質電視 (HDTV),以及變更國家特定 的信號或 HDTV 格式。 使用 3D 設定類別頁面 註:...
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執行 NVIDIA 控制面板工作 • 改變使用 及 的 3D 應用軟體及遊戲的畫面與成像項設定 Direct3D OpenGL • 為每個遊戲指定獨立的 3D 設定,遊戲啟動時會自動載入這些設定 (在進 階檢視模式中) • 設定您的 SLI 或多重 GPU 組態 註: 溫度監控及 超頻功能不包含在 95 版本及其後的 設定頁 面中。要使用這些功能,您必須安裝 NVIDIA nTune 軟體。 使用工作站類別頁面 工作站類別在您安裝 NVIDIA Quadro FX 繪圖卡之後會出現。 註: Windows Vista - 目前對...
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nView 桌面公用程式 安裝SLI 安裝驅動程式和啟動 SLI 請依照下列步驟安裝驅動程式: 1. 啟動電腦,登入系統 。 2. 取消 " 找到新硬體精靈 " ( 此精靈會出現兩次,因為安裝了兩張顯示卡)。啟 動 SLI 顯示卡的 "setup.exe" 程式 (打開 zip 資料夾即可找到此程式)。 3. 請依照"下一步"指示安裝驅動程式。因 SLI 驅動程式並不包含在 Microsoft Windows XP CD 裡,所以螢幕會出現 "NVIDIA Quadro FX xxxx 還未通過 Windows Logo 的測試,證明此顯示卡與 Windows XP 系統的相容性" 的訊 息。按下...
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