Table Of Contents - Nvidia P128 - Quadro FX2000 Dual Graphic Card 8x 128MB Model OEM User Manual

N V I D I A D i s p l a y P r o p e r t i e s

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Other Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . 1
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
nView vs. NVIDIA Display Properties . . . . . . . 2
nView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 2
NVIDIA Display Properties . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Key Terms and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
analog display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
digital display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
dual-card configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
GPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
modal dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
modeless dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
multi-card configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 4
multi-display configuration . . . . . . . . . . 4
single-display configuration . . . . . . . . . 4
nView Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New Features in this Driver Release . . . . . . . 5
Enhanced Display Driver, DirectX, and Video
Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Windows XP SP1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Temperature Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Direct 3D Vertical Sync Options . . . . . . . 6
NVRotate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
DirectX 9 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Video Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
TV Screen Size Support . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Additional Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . 7
NVIDIA Display Properties: New User Interface7
New Display Properties Panel. . . . . . . . 7
Using the Media Center Menu. . . . . . . . 7
Media Center Tray Application . . . . . . . 12
nView Desktop Manager: Enhancements and
New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Feature Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . 12
New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
OpenGL Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
OpenGL 1.4 ICD with NVIDIA Extensions . 13
Additional OpenGL Enhancements . . . . . 13
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2. System Requirements
System Requirements and Support. . . . . . . . 17
Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Minimum Hard Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Software: NVIDIA Display Driver . . . . . . . 19
Hardware: Supported NVIDIA Products . . . 19
Supported Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Notes on Feature and Configuration Support . . 22
Feature Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Multi-Display Setup: Tips and Requirements . 22
Examples in this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3. NVIDIA Driver Feature History
Driver Release History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Release 35 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Release 25 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Release 20 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Release 10 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Release 6 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
TwinView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Virtual Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Video Mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Digital Vibrance Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
OpenGL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cursor Trails Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Display Properties - Settings - Advanced Tabs .
29
Release 5 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
OpenGL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
OpenGL 1.2 Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
OpenGL Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
OpenGL Performance Enhancements . . 30
Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Display Properties - Settings - Advanced Tabs .
31
4. About Installing and Uninstalling
NVIDIA Drivers
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
About the NVIDIA Display Driver Installation . . 33
File Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Preserving Desktop Manager Settings Before
Upgrading Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . 33
U s e r ' s G u i d e
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