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U s e r ' s G u i d e
Restore Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Using Full Screen Video Settings . . . . . . . . 128
Accessing the Full Screen Video Page . . . 129
Full-Screen Video Settings . . . . . . . . . . 129
Full Screen Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Track Overlay Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Adjust Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Full Screen Video Zoom Controls . . . . . . 131
Zoom Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Out/In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Screen Region to Zoom . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using the Tools Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Display Optimization Wizard . . . . . . . . . 134
Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows
Desktop Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Detecting Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Using NVRotate Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Accessing the NVRotate Page . . . . . . . . 138
Before You Use NVRotate Settings . . . . . 139
Enabling NVRotate Settings . . . . . . . . . 139
Adjusting Temperature Settings . . . . . . . . . 141
Temperature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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Core Slowdown Threshold. . . . . . . . . 142
Ambient Temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Threshold Exceeded . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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Screen Resolution and Color Quality . . . . 143
Monitor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Adding Custom Screen Resolutions & Refresh
Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Enabling Custom Screen Resolutions . . . . 145
Refresh Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Advanced Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Display Mode & Timing Parameters . . . 146
Display Timing Standards . . . . . . . . . 150
Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . . . . 150
Accessing the Menu Editing Page . . . . . . 150
Using Menu Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n
Notebook Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Accessing the PowerMizer Page . . . . . . .153
PowerMizer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Current Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . .153
Current Power Source. . . . . . . . . . . .153
Current Power Level. . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Using NVIDIA SLI Technology. . . . . . . . . . .155
Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Motherboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Supporting SLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Installation and Operating Instructions . . . .157
Installing the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . .157
Installing the Display Driver . . . . . . . . .158
Enabling SLI Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Viewing Load Balancing. . . . . . . . . . .159
A. Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based
Graphics Cards (Non-SLI
Configuration)
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Graphics Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Examples and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
ForceWare Graphics Display Driver. . . . . . .164
Display for nView Dualview Mode . . . . . . . .165
Graphics Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Detaching the Secondary Display . . . . . . . .171
Cards from the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . .172
NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon . . . . . . . . . . .175
Supported HDTV Connectors . . . . . . . . . . .177
Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
HDTV over DVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
D connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
NVIDIA HDTV-Encoded Graphics Cards . . . .180
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