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- Page 1 PNY Quadro Professional Graphics Accelerators User Manual Quadro FX Series Quadro4 XGL Series Quadro4 NVS Series PNY Technologies, Inc. 299 Webro Road Parsippany, NJ 07054 (USA) PNY Technologies Europe Z.A.C du Phare Rue Joseph Cugnot, BP-181 33708 Merignac Cedex (France)
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Consequently, PNY Technologies, Inc. assumes no liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly from errors, omissions or discrepancies between the product and the manual. Copyright Copyright PNY 2003 All rights reserved. No reproduction of this document in any form is permitted without prior written authorization from PNY Technologies, Inc. Trademarks All registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. -
Page 3: Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your Quadro graphics accelerator board from PNY Technologies. You are now the owner of a state-of-the-art graphics accelerator that was designed for professional 3D and 2D applications, and offers features and functionality beyond any other card in its class. We recommend that you read through this User Guide before installing your accelerator board to ensure a proper installation. - Page 4 1x DVI-I to VGA adapter (PNY Quadro4 380 XGL, Quadro4 750 XGL, Quadro FX 500) • 2x DVI-I to VGA adapters (PNY Quadro4 980 XGL, Quadro FX 1000, Quadro FX 2000, Quadro FX 3000) • 1x LFH adapter to 2x VGA (PNY Quadro4 200 NVS, Quadro4 280 NVS, Quadro4 580 XGL) •...
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Page 5: Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation
For systems with ‘On-Board 3D Graphics’, there is no graphics card to remove. Some systems may require you to disable your ‘On-Board 3D Graphics’. Consult your PC users’ manual or vendor manual on how to properly do this. PNY Quadro User Manual page... - Page 6 The diagram below should help you in identifying the proper slot. PCI Slots (5) Motherboard Example AGP Slot ISA Slot PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 7 Remove the back of the PC cover for the slot you intend to use and save the screw for the mounting bracket of your new PNY Quadro graphics card. Position the Quadro graphics card over the expansion slot that coincides with the type (AGP or PCI) of card purchased.
- Page 8 Located an unused 4-pin power plug inside your computer system and plug it into the card connector as shown below. The power connector is keyed so that it can only be inserted one way. Please verify the orientation of the plug before insertion. DO NOT FORCE IT INTO THE CONNECTOR. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 9 NVS 400 has two LFH 60-pin connectors. Each LFH connector can support two analog monitors, using the supplied splitter cable. Your card ships with one VGA+VGA splitter cable per LFH port. DVI-I + DVI-I splitter cables are available at an additional cost. Visit PNY Technologies web site at www.pny-europe.com more information.
- Page 10 Single digital monitor • One analog monitor and one digital monitor • The Quadro4 750 XGL also supports stereo out through a standard 3-pin connector for 3D-shutter- glasses VGA Connector Stereo 3D Connector DVI-I Connector PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 11 One analog monitor and one digital monitor (using one DVI-I to VGA adapter) • Dual digital monitors • The Quadro4 980 XGL & Quadro FX 1000/2000/3000 also supports stereo out through a standard 3- pin connector for 3D-shutter-glasses DVI-I Connector Stereo 3D Connector DVI-I Connector PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 12 The Quadro FX 3000G also supports stereo out through a standard 3-pin connector for 3D-shutter- glasses • Framelock: two RJ45 connectors • Genlock: one BNC connector RJ45 Connector Stereo 3D Connector RJ45 Connector DVI-I Connector BNC Connector DVI-I Connector PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 13 Dual analog monitors (using one DVI-I to VGA adapter) • Single digital monitor • One analog monitor and one digital monitor • The Quadro4 380XGL also supports S-video out VGA Connector S-video Connector DVI-I Connector PNY Quadro User Manual page...
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Page 14: Chapter 3 - Software Installation
Windows® is now ready to install the Standard Graphics Adapter driver. Click Next to continue. • Click Finish. Windows® will install the Standard Graphics Adapter driver. • You will now be prompted to re-start your computer. Click Yes. PNY Quadro User Manual page... - Page 15 2. For Windows® 2000/XP go to PNY CD-ROM directory: drivers/WIN_2K_XP and double click on the Set-up Icon and follow the screen instructions. 3. For Windows® NT go to PNY CD-ROM directory: drivers/WIN_NT4 and double click on the Set- up Icon and follow the screen instructions.
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Page 16: Chapter 4 - Nview Installation
Once you install the nVidia drivers and reboot, the nVidia nView wizard will appear. You can either choose to install it or cancel the nView setup. Each screen will give you a brief description of the options nView will enable. Detailed documentation nView available Installation manuals/nView/nViewDesktopManagerGuide.pdf folder. Screen: PNY Quadro User Manual page... - Page 17 Screen: PNY Quadro User Manual page...
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- Page 28 Interface, Effects, Hot Keys and Tools. Most settings are self explaining. To get more information just make a right click on the desired setting and choose What’s this? The full nView documentation is available on the PNY driver CD in the folder manuals/nView/nViewDesktopManagerGuide.pdf Info:...
- Page 29 Windows: Applications: PNY Quadro User Manual page...
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Page 33: Chapter 5 Display Properties
The higher the number of pixels, the more information you can display on your screen. Advanced: Clicking on this button will bring up the video cards advanced options, where you can “tweak” your video cards performance. PNY Quadro User Manual page... - Page 34 The following screenshots were taken using a Quadro FX 2000. DPI setting: Enables you to set the dots per inch so that screen items and fonts are legible. Compatibility: Select the appropriate choice as to when you want settings applied. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 35 Adapter Information This tab displays adapter information and system information. Properties: Shows driver version number and resource settings. List All Modes: Displays the supported monitor resolutions and refresh rates. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 36 The Monitor tab displays the identification and refresh rate information for the connected monitor. Properties: Shows model type of the current monitor. Screen refresh rate: Here you can adjust the refresh rate for the monitor. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 37 Adjusts the level of hardware acceleration controlled by device drivers. Dragging the slider from full to none gradually disabled portitios of hardware acceleration. Enable “Write Combining“: Improves video performance by speeding up the display of information to your screen. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 38 The Color Management tab enables you to load color profiles for your monitor. Default monitor profile: Lists all the color profiles curently associated with this monitor. Click a profile to make it the active profile. Otherwise, the default profile is the active profile. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 39 Additional Properties: Brings up the subsequent dialogs to adjust your driver settings for optimal performance and quality. NVIDIA on the Internet: Connects to NVIDIA’s web site for the most current information and software downloads. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 40 Detect Displays: This options is used to have your Quadro card recognize the displays that are connected. Device Settings: This options gives you access to ‘Color Correction’ and ‘Screen Adjustment’ dialog boxes. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 41 Detect Displays: This option is used to have your Quadro card recognize the displays that are connected. Device Adjustments: This option gives you access to ‘Screen Adjustment’ and ‘Display Timing’ dialog boxes. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 42 Device Adjustments in nView Screen Adjustment Analog Display, Digital Display: This option allows to adjust the screen to the desired position. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 43 General Timing Formula or GTF: Is a standard used by the newer hardware. Discrete Monitor Timings or DMT: Is an older standard still in use on some hardware. Enable this option if your hardware requires DMT. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 44 Device Adjustments in nView Digital Flat Panel Digital Flat Panel Options: This options allows you to determine how lower resolutions are displayed on your flat panel. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 45 Automatically apply these settings at startup: Will automatically restore the color adjustments you have made when Windows is restarted. Note: If your computer is running on a network, the color will be adjusted after you have logged on to Windows. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 46 This tab will allow you to manually or automatically select the antialiasing mode to be used with your 3D applications Performance & Quality Settings: You can allow applications to adjust the antialiasing mode, or manually override and select the type of antialiasing your desire. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 47 On by default will keep vertical sync enabled, unless an application specifically requests that it be disabled. Custom OpenGL Applications Settings: Select the application for which you want to load predetermined, optimized settings. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 48 Swap eyes (L becomes R, R becomes L): In case you can not view a stereo effect, select this option to exchange the right and left images. Enable Overlay in OpenGL: Some applications, e.g. Softimage3D require overlay-planes. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 49 Custom Direct3D Settings A list of the custom settings (or “tweaks” ) you have saved. Selecting an item from the list will activate the custom setting. To apply the setting, choose the “OK” or “Apply” button. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 50 Refresh Rate Control Override refresh rate: Allows the driver to override the refresh rate for Direct3D applications. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 51 DVD movies on your computer. Video Overlay Zoom: Enables the controls to zoom in on a specific area of the video output. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 52 “On the fly” from a convenient popup menu. The menus also contain items for restoring default settings and accessing the Display Properties dialog. Desktop Manager: Enables enhanced multi-display functionality. Complete Desktop Manager documentation is located on the Quadro CD. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 53 Or you can click the circular arrow on the right top and move it in the direction of the rotation. Attention: NVRotate is not available when you have choosen horizontal or vertical span in nView ! PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 54 Shows the current GPU temperature. Ambient Temperature: Shows the current ambient temperature of the GPU. Enable Heat Indicator: If you have choosen this option you get a warning message if the core temperature matches Core Slowdown Threshold. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
- Page 55 House Sync: This is the rate at which the external sync generator pulses being received through the BNC connector. Sync and Connection Status: This graphics displays the current status of the framlock card. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
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Page 56: Chapter 6 - Maxtreme
Chapter 6 MAXtreme MAXtreme is a 3D driver that is specifically optimized for use with the PNY Quadro FX, Quadro4 XGL, Quadro2 and Quadro DCC Series workstation graphics cards. Together, this driver and your new graphics hardware enhances the capabilities of the interactive renderer in several applications from Discreet/Autodesk, including: •... - Page 57 NOTE: If the installation program stops processing and generates an error message, run the program when logged in with Administrator privileges. For additional information about MAXtreme, refer to the Readme.txt file in the MAXtreme directory or to the manuals/Workstation/MAXtreme_Manual.pdf file on the PNY Driver CD. Uninstalling MAXtreme 1. From the Windows desktop, click Start >...
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Page 58: Chapter 7 - Powerdraft
Chapter 7 POWERdraft POWERdraft is designed to enhance the performance and features of the following applications when used in conjunction with a PNY Quadro4 XGL Series, Quadro2 Series or Quadro DCC workstation graphics card: • AutoCAD 2002/2000/2000i • AutoCAD Architectural Desktop Version 2/3.3 •... - Page 59 Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. 2. Click "Add/Remove Programs". 3. Click "POWERdraft" from the list. 4. Click the "Change/Remove" button. 5. Follow the instructions from the InstallShield program to complete uninstallation. PNY Quadro User Manual page...
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Page 60: Chapter 8 - Quadroview
Chapter 8 QuadroView QuadroView is an add-on 3D viewing application designed as a stand alone application or for use with any of the following applications when used in conjunction with a PNY workstation graphics card: • AutoCAD 2002/2000/2000i • AutoCAD Architectural Desktop Release 2/2i •... - Page 61 InstallShield program. The full documentation of QuadroView is available in the folder manuals/Workstation/QuadroView_Manual.pdf on the PNY Driver CD. NOTE: If the installation program stops processing and generates an error message, try to run the installer after logging in with Administrator privileges.
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Page 62: Chapter 9 - Available Resolutions
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Page 68: Chapter 10 - Technical Support / Warranty
PNY Technologies provides ‘Live Technical Support’ 5 days a week, Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. For Technical Support, phone PNY at +49 (0)2405 4826 222 (english and german speaking) or +33 (0)5 56 13 75 32 (french speaking). - Page 69 This warranty is not assignable. PNY’s sole obligation under this warranty is to replace the product with like or similar product. This warranty applies only on the condition that the product has been installed, maintained and operated under conditions of normal use and in accordance with the installation guide provided herewith.
- Page 70 Class B device, shielded cables must be used for the connection of any devices external to this product. To the judgment of the products with regard to electromagnetic compatibility according following regulations: EN 50081-1 (EN55022 class B) EN 50082-1 (IEC 801 Part 2, 4 / ENV 50140 / ENV 50141) PNY Quadro User Manual page...
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