Page 1 ForceWare Graphics Driver Quadro Workstation User’s Guide Driver Version: Release 75 for Windows NVIDIA Corporation June 2005...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Using the NVIDIA Display Menu ..26 The NVIDIA GPU Page ... . . 28 About this Guide ....1 Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items .
Page 4 Supported TV and HDTV Adjustment Features Adding a New Application Profile ..104 Based on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU . . 73 Adding Profiles With an SLI Configuration . .105 Deleting Application Profiles ..105 6.
Page 5 Temperature Level (GPU Core Temperature) Viewing Multiple Card Configurations Using the NVIDIA Settings Menu ....165 Core Slowdown Threshold..135 Ambient Temperature.
Page 6 Capabilities ....197 NVIDIA Display ....185 New Graphical User Interface .
Page 7 U s e r ’ s G u i d e T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Control Panel ....205 D.
Page 8 List of Tables Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products ....... 8 Table 2.2 Supported NVIDIA Desktop Consumer Products.
Page 9: List Of Figures
Figure 3.6 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards ....25 Figure 3.10 NVIDIA Display — Sample Context Help ......31 Figure 3.11 NVIDIA Display Menu —...
Page 10 Figure B.4 Sample NVIDIA Personal Cinema™ A/V Cables ......172 Figure C.1 NVIDIA Display Wizard — Typical Setup ......174 Figure C.2 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard —...
Page 11 L i s t o f F i g u r e s Figure C.10 NVIDIA Display Wizard — Digital Display with TV Pages (2) ....183...
Page 12 N V I D I A F o r c e W a r e G r a p h i c s D r i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n...
Page 13: Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction H A P T E R NTRODUCTION This chapter discusses the following major topics: • “About this Guide” on page 1 • “Online Help” on page 2 • “NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Manager” on page 3 • “Release 75 Enhancements” on page 3 About this Guide ® This user’s guide is addressed to users of the control panel‐based NVIDIA ForceWare™ graphics display driver. This guide focuses on NVIDIA workstation products, i.e, graphics cards based on the NVIDIA Quadro™ series of GPUs (graphics processing units) listed in “Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products” on page For technical details on the features and benefits of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver, refer to the NVIDIA Web page — www.nvidia.com. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 14: Other Related Documentation
Chapter 1 Introduction Other Related Documentation • NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver: User’s Guide — Release 75 driver version. Refer to this document if you are primarily using the NVIDIA desktop consumer ® products, i.e, graphics cards based on the NVIDIA GeForce series of GPUs listed in Table 2.2, “Supported NVIDIA Desktop Consumer Products” on page • NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers nView Desktop Manager User’s Guide — Release 75 driver version. Refer to this document if you are using the nView™ Desktop Manager application component of the ForceWare graphics driver. • NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver: Release Notes — Release 75 driver version. These Release Note documents describe performance improvements and software fixes in the ForceWare graphics drivers. Release notes also enable add‐in‐card (AIC) producers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to monitor performance improvements and bug fixes in the driver. • Application Note — Using NVIDIA SLI Graphics Cards — Version 2.0 or later Note: NVIDIA SLI multi‐GPU features are intended for advanced users and available with NVIDIA SLI graphics cards. Online Help Context Help You can obtain context Help for any of the settings on the NVIDIA display control panel pages. Also, when a setting is disabled (grayed out), placing the cursor on the setting provides “too tip” help indicating the reason it is disabled. For complete details on Help and tool tips, see “Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips” on page User’s Guide...
Page 15: Nvidia Display Properties And Nview Desktop Manager
Chapter 1 Introduction NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Manager The NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver includes two major control panel‐ based components — NVIDIA display properties and nView Desktop Manager. In general terms, “nView™” represents a collection of multi‐display technologies encompassing driver support, multi‐display GPU architecture, and desktop management support. • NVIDIA display properties, the topic of this user’s guide, refers to the control panel‐based user interface from which you can configure the advanced display properties of the current release of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver. For details on using the NVIDIA display control panel menu, see “Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages” on page • nView Desktop Manager is a user‐level application utility that focuses on making you more productive when working on your Windows® desktop. nView Desktop Manager was originally created for multi‐display graphics cards but has grown to enhance single‐display user desktops as well. Desktop Manager supports both single‐display and multi‐display configurations running with single‐display, multi‐display, or multiple graphics cards based on NVIDIA GPUs. For details on using nView Desktop Manager features, refer to the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers: nView Desktop Manager User’s Guide. Release 75 Enhancements OpenGL Enhancements • Support for OpenGL 2.0 Specification • New extensions: •...
Page 16: Sli Support Improvements
Express graphics cards. • Additional SLI support — Release 75 adds support for the following combinations of PCI Express graphics cards and NVIDIA products, as listed below: NVIDIA Product PCI-Express Graphics Cards NVIDIA nForce4 SLI NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 GeForce 7800 GTX + GeForce 7800 GTX NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 + NVIDIA nForce Professional 2050 All NVIDIA GPUs GeForce 6600 + GeForce 6600 •...
Page 17: Directx
Chapter 1 Introduction • Improved performance • Improved management of profiles between driver updates, enabling you to select which profiles to keep and which profiles to update with each new software update. This ensures that if you have setup your profiles in your current driver, you will not lose any settings when you update your driver. • Improved high‐resolution scalable desktop functionality for Quadro GPU‐based workstations. DirectX Improved driver stability and performance, including the following areas: • UMA support • 2D operations • SLI NVIDIA Display Control Panel Release 75 includes enhancement to the following sections of the NVIDIA display control panel user interface: • Additions and improvements in the Performance & Quality page (see “Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings” on page 98) include: • Combined DirectX and OpenGL application profiles on one page • All application profiles, including workstation applications, are combined into the same application profiles page. • Added a triple‐buffering option for improved frame rates. (Does not apply to ...
Page 18: Nview Desktop Manager
Chapter 1 Introduction • Improved the SLI rendering mode options by allowing complete end‐user control of SLI for any application. This provides maximum flexibility over creating application profiles for any for current and new applications. • Underscan support has been added for full screen overlay and full screen video mirror outputs. nView Desktop Manager Note: Release 75 no longer supports the nView Display Wizard for Windows NT 4.0 and NVKeystone for Windows 98/Me. The driver does include enhancement to the following nView Desktop Manager sections: • TV/Display Wizard is enhanced to make HDTV setup easier. Each high‐definition mode can be previewed to determine the capabilities of the flat panel. • Desktop Manager setting — Release 75 lets you create system‐wide nView Desktop Manager settings that apply across all users. • Per‐display desktops — Release 75 brings support for independent per‐display virtual desktops to nView Span mode and Multiview environments. For details on using nView Desktop Manager features, refer to the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers: nView Desktop Manager User’s Guide. User’s Guide...
Page 19: System Requirements
Chapter 2 System Requirements H A P T E R YSTEM EQUIREMENTS This chapter discusses the following major topics: • “Supported Operating Systems” on page 7 • “Hardware — Supported NVIDIA Products” on page 8 • “Supported Languages” on page 11 • “Software — NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation” on page 12 • “Notes on Feature and Configuration Support” on page 17 Supported Operating Systems ® This Release 75 driver includes drivers designed for the following Microsoft operating systems: ® • Microsoft Windows XP •...
Page 20: Hardware - Supported Nvidia Products
Chapter 2 System Requirements • Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition (Me), collectively called Windows 9x in this document Hardware — Supported NVIDIA Products Table 2.1 and Table 2.2 list the NVIDIA products supported by the Release 75 driver. Note: All GPU products listed below support multiple displays (usually two displays) on a single graphics card, with the following exceptions: • Graphics cards based on a Quadro NVS 400 GPU support up to four displays per graphics card. • Graphics cards based on a GeForce3 series GPU support only one display per graphics card. Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products Windows XP Windows XP 32-bit Professional Windows 98/ Windows Product Windows 2000 Quadro FX 4400...
Page 21: Table 2.2 Supported Nvidia Desktop Consumer Products
Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products (continued) Windows XP Windows XP 32-bit Professional Windows 98/ Windows Product Windows 2000 Quadro4 700 XGL Quadro4 580 XGL Quadro4 550 XGL Quadro4 500 XGL Quadro4 400 NVS Quadro4 380 XGL...
Page 22 Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2.2 Supported NVIDIA Desktop Consumer Products (continued) Windows XP Windows XP 32-bit Professional Windows 98/ Windows NVIDIA Product (GPU) Windows 2000 GeForce FX 5900ZT GeForce FX 5900XT GeForce FX 5900 Ultra GeForce FX 5900 GeForce FX 5800 Ultra...
Page 23: Supported Languages
Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2.2 Supported NVIDIA Desktop Consumer Products (continued) Windows XP Windows XP 32-bit Professional Windows 98/ Windows NVIDIA Product (GPU) Windows 2000 GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X GeForce4 MX 440 GeForce4 MX 420 GeForce3 Ti 500...
Page 24: Software - Nvidia Forceware Graphics Driver Installation
Chapter 2 System Requirements Software — NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation Minimum Hard Disk Space Requirement The minimum hard disk space requirement for each operating system are listed in Table 2.3, Table 2.4, and Table 2.5: Hard Disk Space Requirements—English Table 2.3 Operating System Minimum Hard Disk Space Windows XP (all editions) 27.56 MB Windows 2000 27.56 MB Windows NT 4.0...
Page 25: Additional Operating System Requirements
Additional Requirements Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 ™ Windows 98 Microsoft DirectX Driver Installation Instructions Note: If you do not have System Administrator access privileges, it is assumed that the appropriate person with System Administrator access in your organization will set up and install the Release 75 NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver software on your computer. • The installation process copies all necessary NVIDIA Release 75 ForceWare graphics driver files for operation into the appropriate directories. Note: If you are using a mobile (laptop or notebook) computer, please be sure that you are using the “mobile” version of the NVIDIA display driver. • The nView system files are copied to your Windows\System directory. • nView Desktop Manager Profile files (*.tvp) are saved in the Windows\nView directory. Depending on the version of the NVIDIA driver previously installed, profiles may also be located in the Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ nView_Profiles directory. • As part of the install process, an uninstall is registered in your system. • Under Windows Me and Windows XP, the NVIDIA driver is installed in ...
Page 26: Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your Software
Chapter 2 System Requirements Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your Software Before uninstalling or installing software, your can preserve your nView Desktop Manager and/or NVIDIA Display settings by using the nView Desktop Manager Profiles features. Note: Follow the steps below and/or refer to the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User’s Guide for details. Under Windows XP/2000 and Windows NT 4.0, you must have, at least, Power User access privileges in order to create or save a profile. (Refer to Windows Help if you need an explanation of Power User access rights.) 1 Open the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page (Figure 2.1). nView Desktop Manager — Sample Profiles Page Figure 2.1 2 To preserve your current settings, you can use either the Save or the New option from the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page: • If you want to overwrite the currently loaded profile with your changed ...
Page 27: Figure 2.2 Nview Desktop Manager - Save Profile Settings
Chapter 2 System Requirements If you want to retain the currently loaded profile and want to save your • changed settings to a new file, click the New option. Enter a name and description of the profile in the New Profile dialog box. For example, you can name this profile My Settings. 3 If you are an “advanced” user and want to customize certain settings in the saved profile, click Advanced << to expand the dialog box (Figure 2.2). nView Desktop Manager — Save Profile Settings Figure 2.2 4 To customize the settings, you can select or clear any of the settings check boxes. 5 Click Save to return to the main Profiles page. If you created a new profile, you will see the name of the newly created profile in the profiles list. If you overwrote a current profile, the same profile name is retained in the list. Note: nView Desktop Manager profile (.tvp) files are saved in the Windows\nView directory. Depending on the version of the NVIDIA driver previously installed, profiles may also be saved in the Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ nView_Profiles directory. 6 Now you can uninstall your current driver for a driver upgrade. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 28: About Using Saved Profiles In Another Computer
System Requirements 7 After you restart your computer following an NVIDIA new driver install, you can easily load the saved profile from the Profiles page of nView Desktop Manager. About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer You can easily use any saved profile (.tvp file in the Windows\nView directory) from one computer and use it in another computer, if you want. You’ll need to copy it to the Windows\nView directory of a computer that has the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver, etc. installed properly. Then this profile can be loaded from another computer from the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page just as it can from your original computer. Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver Software Note: It is highly recommended that you follow the steps in this section to completely uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before updating to a new version of the software. To uninstall the nView software, follow these steps: 1 From the Windows taskbar, click Start > Settings > Control Panel to open the Control Panel window. 2 Double‐click the Add/Remove Programs item. 3 Click the NVIDIA Display Driver item from the list. 4 Click Change/Remove. 5 Click Yes to continue. ...
Page 29: Notes On Feature And Configuration Support
Chapter 2 System Requirements 2 Click the driver download link. The license agreement dialog box appears. 3 Click Accept if you accept the terms of the agreement, then either open the file or save the file to your PC and open it later. Opening the EXE file launches the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard. 4 Follow the instructions in the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard to complete the installation. Notes on Feature and Configuration Support Feature Support • To access features on the nView Display Settings page (see “nView Display Modes” on page 34), you need: • a multi‐display graphics card based on any of the NVIDIA GPUs that support multiple displays on a single graphics card, as indicated in “Hardware — Supported NVIDIA Products” on page 8, and • at least two displays connected to the graphics card. • When running with multiple graphics cards (i.e., two or more NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card are installed in your computer), ensure that the same version of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver is installed for each card. For a detailed discussion of using multi‐display nView modes, see “Using nView Multi‐ Display Settings” on page • Some NVIDIA display and nView Desktop Manager features are supported by ...
Page 30: Examples In This Guide
Chapter 2 System Requirements Examples in this Guide • For example purposes, most of the NVIDIA display control panel pages shown in this guide feature an NVIDIA GeForce GPU‐based graphics card. You may be using a different NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card, in which case you will see the exact name of the GPU you are using reflected in the NVIDIA GPU tab. • The Windows XP screens shown in this document apply also to Windows 2000 functionality, unless noted otherwise. User’s Guide...
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Page 32: Nvidia Control Panel Access
Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access H A P T E R NVIDIA C ONTROL ANEL CCESS This chapter discusses the following major topics: • “NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards” on page 20 • “Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages” on page 21 • “Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display” on page 23 • “Using the NVIDIA Display Menu” on page 26 • “Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips” on page 30 • “Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver” on page 32 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards After a fresh installation of the NVIDIA Release 75 graphics display driver and ...
Page 33: Accessing The Nvidia Display Control Panel Pages
NVIDIA Control Panel Access Manually Starting the NVIDIA Display Wizards Figure 3.1 Click TV Wizard for help in setting up your television or HDTV display. Click Display Wizard for help in setting up your analog or digital displays. 1 Click Change/Remove. 2 Click Yes to continue. Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages Once your NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver is installed, you can easily access the driver features from a convenient menu. You can quickly access the NVIDIA display menu that gives you direct access to the NVIDIA display control panel pages. For quick access, you can use either the “Desktop Access” on page 22 or the “NVIDIA Settings Menu — Windows Taskbar Access” on page 24 method, explained in the sections that follow. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 34: Desktop Access
2 If you do not see the menu item “NVIDIA Display,” follow the procedure in “Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu” on page 129 and then continue to the next step. 3 Click NVIDIA Display to see one or more of the descriptive EDID display names as shown in the (Figure 3.2). The display names that appear are based on the NVIDIA Display Options on the Windows Desktop Menu Figure 3.2 Note If you have two displays connected, both displays appear and only are accessible on the desktop menu if nView Dualview mode is enabled.
Page 35: Shortcut To Playing Video Files On Any Display
Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access number and type of display(s) that are connected to your computer and whether you are in nView Dualview mode. These display names are also viewable from the nView Settings page (Figure 3.9). Note: For example, if you have multiple displays connected to an NVIDIA dual‐ display graphics card, in order to see both of your displays, you must be in nView Dualview mode. In nView Clone or Span mode, you can only see one display because Windows considers the displays as a “single” display in these modes. For details, see “About Display Numbering” on page 39 and “About Renaming Displays” on page 4 Select the display for which you want to view the NVIDIA display control panel. During first use of the driver, the “default” page that opens is always the main NVIDIA GPU (Figure 3.7). On subsequent use, the actual NVIDIA control panel page that opens will be the page that was open when you last closed the NVIDIA control panel. Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display You can now use the NVIDIA display selection shortcut feature to play video files on any selected display. 1 As shown in Figure 3.3, right click on a video file to open its context menu. 2 Select the NVIDIA option Play On My and then choose the display on which you want to play the video. To configure full screen video display, see “Using Full Screen Video Settings” on page 120.
Page 36: Nvidia Settings Menu - Windows Taskbar Access
Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access NVIDIA Display Options from a Video File Context Menu T Figure 3.3 NVIDIA Settings Menu — Windows Taskbar Access 1 Make sure you have added the NVIDIA Settings menu icon to your Windows taskbar notification area. For details, see “Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar” on page 126. 2 From your Windows taskbar, click the NVIDIA Settings menu icon (Figure 3.4) to display the types of menus shown in Figure 3.5 and Figure 3.6. User’s Guide...
Page 37: Figure 3.4 Nvidia Settings Menu Icon In The Windows Taskbar Notification Area
Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area Figure 3.4 NVIDIA Settings menu icon Windows Taskbar 3 Click NVIDIA Display (Figure 3.6) and then select the type of display. NVIDIA Settings Sample Menu Figure 3.5 The NVIDIA display control panel appears (Figure 3.7). Figure 3.8 shows another view of the NVIDIA Settings menu. You can use this menu to quickly access the same NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver‐ based settings that you can access in the regular NVIDIA display menu shown in Figure 3.9. NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards Figure 3.6...
Page 38: Windows Display Properties Setting Access
Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Windows Display Properties Setting Access You can still access the NVIDIA display control panel through the Microsoft Display Properties Settings > Advanced option, if needed. 1 Right click from your Windows desktop to open the desktop menu. 2 Select Properties and then the Settings tab. 3 Click Advanced and then click the NVIDIA GPU tab. The NVIDIA display control panel with menu appears (Figure 3.7). Using the NVIDIA Display Menu From the NVIDIA display menu (Figure 3.7), you can access all the NVIDIA display control panel pages where you can configure a variety of NVIDIA driver features. To view any of the NVIDIA display control panel pages, simply click a menu item from the NVIDIA display menu. Note: The nView Display Settings menu item appears only when you have more than one display connected, as shown in Figure 3.7. Figure 3.8 shows the menu when only one display is connected; the example is for a notebook computer. To toggle between hiding and showing the NVIDIA display menu, click the green button on the green button that appears on any NVIDIA display menu page (Figure 3.7). You can also click the Additional Properties button to show the menu when it is hidden (Figure 3.7). You can resize the NVIDIA display menu by directly manipulating it with your mouse. User’s Guide...
Page 39 Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access NVIDIA Display Menu Showing the GPU Page— Multiple Displays Connected Figure 3.7 NVIDIA display menu showing the main NVIDIA GPU page. The nView Display Settings menu item appears when multiple displays are connected. Click the green button to toggle between hiding and opening the NVIDIA display menu. Note: When ...
Page 40: The Nvidia Gpu Page
Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access NVIDIA Display Menu — Single Display Connected Figure 3.8 NOTE: nView Display Settings menu option does not appear when only one display is connected The NVIDIA GPU Page As mentioned previously, during first use of a newly installed NVIDIA driver, the “default” page that opens is always this main NVIDIA GPU page, as shown in the Figure 3.7 example. This GPU page contains system and graphics card information. You can also use the NVIDIA Information >> button (Figure 3.7) to access a menu from which you can choose to update your NVIDIA driver, send feedback to NVIDIA, keep current with NVIDIA news, products and demos, and view NVIDIA display driver version and file information.
Page 41 Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access NVIDIA Display Menu Showing nView Display Settings Page Figure 3.9 EDID display names EDID display names Note: This menu item only appears if you have more than one display connected. For complete details on using the nView Display Settings features, see the next chapter “Using nView Multi‐Display Settings” on page • Performance and Quality Settings — see “Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings” on page • Video Overlay Settings — see “Using Video Overlay Settings” on page 118 • Full Screen Video — see “Using Full Screen Video Settings” on page 120. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 42: Using The Nvidia Display Menu Help And Tool Tips
• Temperature Settings menu option is available on newer GPUs, such as GeForce FX, and on certain older GPUs. “Adjusting Temperature Settings” on page 134. • Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates “Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates” on page 136. • Desktop Manager — see the “NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers nView Desktop Manager User’s Guide” Release 75 driver version. • Menu Editing — see “Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu” on page 144. • PowerMizer™ — for mobile computers only; see “Adjusting PowerMizer Settings — Only for Notebook Computers” on page 146. Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips Context Help You can obtain context Help (Figure 3.10) for any of the settings and options on the NVIDIA display control panel page by using any one of these methods: • Select or move your mouse pointer to the option for which you want help and then press F1, or • Click the “?” icon located on the top right corner of the NVIDIA display control panel page you have open, move the “?” icon over the option for which you want help, then click your mouse again to display the help. User’s Guide...
Page 43: Tool Tips
Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access NVIDIA Display — Sample Context Help Figure 3.10 Sample context Help for an option on an NVIDIA control panel page Tool Tips Windows‐style tool tip (pop‐up) Help appears when you hover your mouse pointer on an item that is partially obscured. For example, you can place you mouse on any of the long NVIDIA menu names that may be partially obscured (such as Performance and Quality Settings) and be able to view the name in its entirety. Tool Tips for Disabled Settings When an option or setting is disabled (grayed) on any NVIDIA display control panel page, you can place the mouse pointer on the disabled option for a couple of seconds to see “tool tip” help describing the reason it is disabled. An example of this kind of tool tip Help is shown in Figure 3.11. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 44: Uninstalling The Nvidia Display Driver
Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access NVIDIA Display Menu — Sample Tool Tip for Disabled Settings Figure 3.11 Sample tool tip help for disabled settings Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver Note: It is strongly recommended that you follow the steps in this section to completely uninstall the existing NVIDIA driver installed on your computer before you install a new version of the driver. To uninstall the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver, follow these steps: 1 From the Windows taskbar, click Start > Settings > Control Panel to open the Control Panel window. 2 Double click the Add/Remove Programs item. 3 Click the NVIDIA Display Driver item from the list. A prompt appears asking whether you want to delete all of the saved nView profiles. 4 Click Change/Remove.
Page 45 Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access 5 Click Yes to continue. A prompt appears asking whether you want to delete all of the saved nView profiles. • If you click Yes, all of the nView software and all of your saved profiles will be deleted. • If you click No, the nView software is removed, but the profile file are saved in the Windows\nView directory on your hard disk.
Page 46: Using Nview Multi-Display Settings
ETTINGS This chapter discusses the following major topics: • “nView Multi‐Display Applications” on page 36 • “nView Display Modes” on page 34 • “About Display Numbering” on page 39 • “nView Display Settings — Renaming a Display” on page 40 • “Using nView Dualview Mode” on page 43 • “Using nView Span Modes” on page 48 • “Using nView Clone Mode” on page 53 • “Switching Between nView Dualview and Span/Clone Modes — Windows 2000” on page 59 • “Enabling nView Multiview Mode — Only for NVIDIA Quadro NVS‐based Graphics Cards” on page 59 • “Arranging Displays on the Settings Page” on page nView Display Modes The nView Display Settings page provides several display modes for your multi‐ display configuration. User’s Guide...
Page 47: Figure 4.1 Nview Single Display Mode - Windows Xp/2000
Using nView Multi-Display Settings When using NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards that support multiple displays, there are three ways to run multi‐display configurations under most operating systems; Dualview, Span, or Clone mode. These nView display modes are available from the nView Display Settings page as shown in Figure 4.1 and Figure 4.2. nView Single Display Mode — Windows XP/2000 Figure 4.1 nView display modes — current setting is “Single display” • Single display mode indicates that only one of your connected displays is used. Note: If you have only one display that is connected, you will not see the nView Display Settings option on the menu. • Clone mode indicates that both displays in the display pair show images of the same desktop. • Horizontal Span mode indicates that both displays in the display pair function as one wide virtual desktop. The width of each display is half the width of the total virtual desktop width. • Vertical Span mode indicates that both displays in the display pair function as one tall virtual desktop. The height of each display is half the height of the total virtual desktop height. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 48: Nview Multi-Display Applications
Using nView Multi-Display Settings nView Multi-Display Mode — Windows XP/2000 Figure 4.2 nView display modes — current setting is “Dualview” • Dualview mode (Figure 4.2, Figure 4.3, and Figure 4.4) indicates that both displays in the display pair function as one virtual desktop. Unlike Horizontal Span or Vertical Span mode, Dualview treats each display as a separate device. This means that the Windows taskbar will not be stretched across displays and 3D applications are not accelerated as efficiently as when the application spans displays. nView Multi-Display Applications For extensive information on nView applications, click the Products tab from the NVIDIA Web site: www.nvidia.com Engineering or mechanical CAD applications can use multiple displays for different directional views of an object or a building, such as a front or side view or even a wireframe model on one screen and a textured version of the same model on another. Many professional applications offer extensive graphical user interfaces, which can be left fully enabled and visible on one display, while the second display remains unobstructed for viewing the actual work. User’s Guide...
Page 49 Virtual Desktop (see “Enabling Virtual Desktop — Clone Mode” on page 55), a sub‐ feature of nView Clone Mode, is useful for flat panels and ana log displays with limited resolution and is used to set a larger than viewable area on the second display, which supports full pan‐and‐scan of the entire desktop area. Digital content creation (DCC) applications can use one display for toolbars and palettes and the other for rendered output. Additionally, many real‐time or game development environments allow the authoring tools or game engine code to be visible on one display, while showing the art or game engine in a full screen, game play‐like mode on the second display. Graphics Artists can have common applications such as Adobe Photoshop or 3D Studio Max open with the palettes and menus on one display and the other display dedicated to workspace. Writers can use one display for research and the other for writing. Financial applications, such as stock trading applications, can use a pair of large digital flat panels. This would allow you to watch real‐time stock data on one screen and use the other screen for trading activity. Video editing applications would use one large computer display and one NTSC display. Since nView technology allows decoupling of refresh rates, the primary (editing) display could be a high‐resolution RGB display for running the application (Adobe Premiere, for example), while the second display can be an NTSC or S‐Video display for checking the video output for proper color balance and quality. Entertainment applications can use multiple display support in several ways. Game titles, such as Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 2000, support multiple displays out of the box. With nView Clone mode, game play can be sent to a big screen TV or even to a VCR. Home theater systems can take advantage of the DVD capabilities of your computer. Simply hook up a large screen television as your second display and you can watch DVDs — without having to buy a dedicated DVD player. See “Using Full Screen Video Settings” on page 120. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 50: Accessing The Display Context Menus
Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings Television and Movies — Using the NVIDIA Display “video mirror” feature, you can watch TV and any other video while you work. See “Using Full Screen Video Settings” on page 120. Accessing the Display Context Menus The display icons on the nView Display Settings page display a graphical representation of your nView display configuration — i.e., the single (Figure 4.1) OR pair of displays (Figure 4.2 and onward) connected to your computer and being used by the nView display mode you selected from the nView display modes list. 1 Click a display image to select it as your current display. 2 Then right click the display image to display a popup context menu (Figure 4.3) from which you can adjust settings for that display. Example Context Menus for Digital and TV Displays Figure 4.3 Sample context menu Display icon 2...
Page 51: About Display Numbering
Device Adjustments. See “Configuring Displays” on page • Select TV format. See “Adjusting Television (TV) Settings” on page • NVRotate. See “Using NVRotate Settings” on page 131. • Change Resolution. See “Enabling Virtual Desktop — Clone Mode” on page 55 and “Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates” on page 136. Note: You can access these same menu options by clicking the Device Settings >> option at the bottom of the nView Display Settings page. About Display Numbering When you are running in nView Single display, Clone, or Dualview mode, the numeric part of the display image identifier such as 1 (or 2), 1 and 2, 1a and 1b, or 2a and 2b reflect the Windows display number, as viewable from the Windows Display Properties page. Note: The Windows operating system only assigns numbers to displays running in native Windows multi‐display mode — i.e., Dualview, which is common to both Windows and NVIDIA — but not Clone mode, which is an NVIDIA nView‐specific display mode. nView Dualview mode. The display images on the nView Display Settings page are numbered as separate displays, 1 and 2, as in the Windows Display Properties page. nView Clone or Span mode. Multiple displays running in nView Clone or nView Span mode also appear as one “Dualview” head to Windows and therefore the Windows Display Properties page displays only a single display image. The display images on the nView Display Settings, however, may be numbered as 1a and 1b (or 2a and 2b) where the numeric value remains the same with only the alphabetic part of the number (a or b) designating separate heads indicating dual display. About Renaming Displays In this release of the NVIDIA driver, you can also “rename” the display names that appear on your desktop context menu shown in Figure 3.2 of the previous chapter. On your nView Display Settings page, these display names are also always visible in NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 52 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings the Primary Display and Secondary Display fields and when you rest your mouse on a display image, as shown in Figure 4.4: To rename a display name, follow these steps: 1 From the nView Display Settings page, right click on any of your display (monitor) icons, or click the Device Settings >> button to display the context menu. 2 Select Rename to open the Rename Display dialog box, as shown in Figure 4.4. nView Display Settings — Renaming a Display Figure 4.4 1. Select Rename from the display’s context menu to open the Rename Display dialog box. 2.
Page 53: Nvidia Multi-Display Support
Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings 3 Enter a name in the Rename edit box and click OK to return to the nView Setting page. Notice that the new name now appears on the display image and the Primary Display/Secondary display box, as shown in Figure 4.4. nView Display Settings — Renamed Display Figure 4.5 Display with edited name NVIDIA Multi-Display Support The following are sample display combinations that NVIDIA GPU‐based multi‐ display cards support when used with the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver: • Two RGB displays with second RAMDAC (digital‐to‐analog converter) • Two analog flat panels • Two digital flat panels • One digital flat panel and one analog flat panel NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 54: Figure 4.6 Nview Display Pair Options
Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings • One digital flat panel and one RGB display • One RGB display and one TV • One RGB display and one analog flat panel (with second RAMDAC) • One analog flat panel and one TV Note: Actual combinations supported on a given graphics card will vary. Setting up a multi‐display graphics card involves installing the graphics card on a computer, connecting the displays to your computer, and installing the current version of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver. After restarting your computer, the multiple display modes of the graphics cards installed are fully functional. When using any nView multi‐display mode, you can easily switch between the displays by following these steps: 1 Open the nView Display Settings page. 2 Click the Display pairs list and click the paired display combination you want. For example if you have an analog display, a digital display, and a TV connected to your computer, your choices are as listed below and shown in Figure 4.6. nView Display Pair Options Figure 4.6 nView display pair options User’s Guide...
Page 55: Primary And Secondary Displays
• Digital display + TV • Analog display + TV • TV + Analog display Primary and Secondary Displays nView Display Mode On the NVIDIA nView Display Settings page, the primary display is designated by the display icon on the left and the secondary display is designated by the display icon on the right. Windows Display Properties Settings On the Windows Display Properties Settings page, your can determine the primary display by placing your mouse pointer on a display icon where the tool tip text indicates “Primary”. Using nView Dualview Mode Note: You must have at least two displays connected to your computer to be able to view the nView Span mode settings. nView Dualview mode treats every display as a separate device. Dualview mode is sometimes called “native mode” because it is the native mode supported by Windows multi‐display configurations; i.e. it is the multi‐display mode defined by Microsoft and supported by Microsoft Windows operating systems. Dualview mode is equivalent to selecting the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor. . . setting on the Windows Display Settings page, which gives you an extended workspace. When you start Windows 9x or Windows XP using multiple displays, Windows is pre‐configured for Dualview mode. This is not the case for Windows 2000. To enable NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 56: Key Features
Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings Dualview in Windows 2000, you need to install Dualview from the nView Display Settings page, as explained in later sections. Sample nView Display Settings pages in Dualview mode are shown Figure 4.2, Figure 4.3, and Figure 4.4. Key Features Dualview support and functionality include the following: • Support for advanced NVIDIA features such as Full Screen Video Mirroring and Overlay. (See “Using Full Screen Video Settings” on page 120 and “Using Video Overlay Settings” on page 118.) Note: Windows NT 4.0 in nView Multiview mode does not support the “video mirroring” feature. • Windows places the taskbar on only one display and replicates (rather than stretches) the background on each display as shown in Figure 4.7 and Figure 4.8. • When you maximize an application, it maximizes only to the single display, and so on. Figure 4.7 and Figure 4.8 show examples of Dualview systems where the left and right displays are running at different screen resolution. Notice that the background is not stretched across the displays and the taskbar appears on a single display instead of being stretched across displays. Multiple Displays in nView Dualview Mode (1) Figure 4.7 Display 1 — resolution = 1280 x 768 Display 2 —...
Page 57 Display 1 resolution is 1280 x 768 Background is not stretched across displays. Taskbar is not stretched across displays. • You can set different color depths per display. • You can arrange your multi‐display desktop to be any shape; it does not have to be limited to “rectangular” as in nView Span modes. • When you run a DirectX or OpenGL application in Dualview mode, it is accelerated as long as the window does not span more than one display. If the window spans two displays, drawing is not accelerated in the window. Note: In Span modes, drawing is always accelerated. • Dualview mode is supported on various combinations dual displays, as explained earlier in “nView Display Settings — Renaming a Display” on page 40. For example, you can have a system with the primary display as an analog display that supports up to 1600 x 1200 at 100 Hz refresh rate, while the secondary display is connected to an NTSC TV that is limited to 800 x 600 at 60 Hz refresh rate. The TV has lower resolution and refresh rate than the analog display because the TV encoder on the GPU has fewer capabilities than the analog display. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 58: Initial Installation Of Nview Dualview Mode - Windows 2000
Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings Initial Installation of nView Dualview Mode — Windows 2000 Note: When you start Windows 2000 with an NVIDIA GPU‐based multi‐display graphics card (or multiple NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards), you are not yet in Dualview mode. You can confirm this when you view the Windows Display Properties Settings page and see only one display image in the display. Follow these steps to enable Dualview. 1 Make sure your multi‐display NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card is properly installed in your computer and securely connected to your displays. Make sure your displays are turned on and the NVIDIA display driver has been properly installed on your computer. 2 After Windows starts up, right click on your desktop to open the Windows desktop menu. Then select the display for which you want to open the NVIDIA display menu and select the nView Display Settings option. 3 Click the arrow in nView display modes list and select Install Dualview (Advanced) as shown in Figure 4.9. (nView Display Settings — Installing Dualview in Windows 2000 Figure 4.9...
Page 59: Figure 4.10 Display Properties Settings - Dualview Mode (Windows 2000)
Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings 4 When the prompt appears, click Restart Now. Note: When the system starts up, you may see a series of Dualview installation prompts. It may take up to one minute for the first Dualview prompt to appear. Click the confirming prompts (such as, Yes, OK, or Finish) to follow through and then restart your computer as prompted. 5 After the system starts up, if the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard appears, run through the Wizard. (See the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User’s Guide for details.) 6 From your desktop, right click to view the Window desktop menu, then click Properties and the Settings tab. You’ll notice that at least two display images appear on the Windows Display Properties Settings page, as shown in Figure 4.10, indicating Dualview mode. Display Properties Settings — Dualview Mode (Windows 2000) Figure 4.10 7 Click Advanced, the NVIDIA GPU tab, and the nView Display Settings menu option. 8 From the nView Modes list, select Dualview. 9 Follow the prompts to restart your computer again. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 60: Enabling Nview Dualview Mode After Initial Installation - Windows 2000
Using nView Multi-Display Settings 10When you have returned to your desktop, open the nView Display Settings page and select Dualview from the nView Modes list. Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial Installation — Windows 2000 Switching back and forth between Dualview and Span/Clones mode under Windows 2000 is much faster after the initial Dualview installation session described in the previous section. On subsequent Dualview enabling sessions, you can use fewer steps, as follows: 1 From your Windows 2000 desktop, right click to view the Windows desktop menu, then click Properties > Settings > Advanced and then the NVIDIA GPU tab. 2 Click nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA menu and select Dualview from the nView modes list. 3 Follow the prompts to restart your computer. 4 When you have returned to your desktop, go to the nView Display Settings page and select Dualview from the nView modes list. Note: To switch back to Clone, Horizontal Span, Vertical Span, or, under certain configurations, Single Display mode, you will need to restart your computer, as prompted. Using nView Span Modes Note: nView Span modes do not apply under Windows 9x operating systems. Note: You must have at least two displays connected to your computer to view the ...
Page 61: Nview Span Modes Vs. Dualview Mode Features
• nView Vertical Span mode allows you to extend the Windows desktop across two displays vertically. In this mode the two displays combine to form a tall, spanned display surface, which is useful when viewing items that are taller then a single display. nView Span modes supports the “video mirror” feature, where you may want to dedicate an application to one of the two displays or run the application across both displays. Examples include entertainment applications, digital video editing, and DVD playback. For details, see “Using Full Screen Video Settings” on page 120. Note: Windows NT 4.0 Multiview mode does not support the Video Mirroring feature. nView Span Modes vs. Dualview Mode Features nView Horizontal and Vertical Span mode support and functionality include the following: • DirectX or OpenGL applications in Span modes are fully accelerated. • In nView Span mode, your Windows desktop is “stretched” or “spans” all of your displays. In Span mode, Windows treats the multiple displays as a single “logical” display connected to your computer ––– the real “physical” displays are combined together to give you this “logical” display. Figure 4.11 shows an example of running Span modes under Windows XP with both of the two displays set to 1280x1024 resolution. In this configuration, Windows recognizes only a single display running at 2x1280x1024 or 2560x1024. • The key point to remember when running nView Span modes is that Windows does not detect that you have two displays connected – as far as it is concerned, you have an oversized display. This is the reason that you cannot use different bit depths or resolutions per display. Note: This also results in nView Span modes being slightly faster than Dualview mode because Windows only has to manage one display instead of two. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 62: Using Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes
Display 1 Display 2 Background is stretched Taskbar is stretched across displays. across displays. • Under nView Span modes, Windows “stretches” the background wallpaper out to cover your large “logical” display and it stretches the taskbar out to fill your large “logical” display, as shown in Figure 4.11. If you maximize an application, the application will be maximized to fill the large “logical” display screen – i.e., both displays. • Under Windows XP/2000, you can run nView Span modes with more than two displays. For example, if you are using a Quadro NVS‐based graphics card to which you have four displays connected, you can have two sets of two spanned displays. If you are using a Quadro NVS‐based graphics card, refer to the document titled “NVIDIA ForceWare Driver for Windows Using nView MultiView Modes with NVIDIA Quadro NVS‐based Graphics Cards” Using Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes Note: Span modes do not work if you have only one display attached. In Span mode, the Windows desktop area is spread across both displays. This mode can be set for multiple categories of displays, although display limitations may override the capabilities of your NVIDIA multi‐display graphics card. For example, if User’s Guide...
Page 63: Figure 4.12 Nview Horizontal Span Mode - Windows Xp
Windows 2000, the latter does not currently offer true multi‐display support for Span modes using one NVIDIA multi‐display graphics card . As a result, size of the actual desktop is limited to twice the smaller size of the two displays. Note: The desktop can be extended either horizontally (Figure 4.12) or vertically (Figure 4.13). nView Horizontal Span Mode — Windows XP Figure 4.12 To access the nView Span modes, follow these steps: 1 Click the Horizontal or Vertical Span setting on the nView Display Settings page and click Apply. 2 Click OK and Yes when the messages appear. ____________________________________________________________________ . If two graphics cards are installed, the Windows 2000 operating system does detect two devices. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 64: Figure 4.13 Nview Vertical Span Mode - Windows Xp
Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings If you just switched from Standard (Dualview) to one of the Span modes, your secondary display will be activated. If needed, click Detect Displays to enable the displays. 1 Depending on whether you have Horizontal or Vertical Span mode enabled, you can drag your active windows, images, or icons horizontally or vertically to move them to the secondary display. Note: Figure 4.12 and Figure 4.13 show the primary display is designated by a and the secondary display is designated by b. Both display are identified with the (can also be another Windows display same number — 1 in this case number, depending on your configration) — because in nView Span mode, Windows doesn’t treat the primary and secondary displays as two separate displays. (For details on this concept, see the section “nView Span Modes vs. Dualview Mode Features” on page 49.) From the Windows Display Properties Settings tab, if you click Identify when you are in nView Span mode, you will see the same number displayed on each of your active displays. nView Vertical Span Mode — Windows XP Figure 4.13 User’s Guide...
Page 65: Using Nview Clone Mode
Using nView Clone Mode Note: You must have at least two displays connected to your computer in order to see the Clone mode setting. nView Horizontal Span, Vertical Span, Clone, and Dualview modes support advanced NVIDIA features such as Video Mirroring. In Clone mode, two displays show identical images, which is useful for presentations. For example, Clone mode is useful when giving presentations. The presenter may have a small display or other display on the podium while a projector or presentation quality display shows the larger image to the audience. Full support for virtual desktops is available for flat panels and displays with limited resolution. Virtual desktops offer full pan‐and‐scan of the desktop and can be configured for one or both displays. See “Enabling Virtual Desktop — Clone Mode” on page In application Zoom mode (a feature of nView Desktop Manager), part of the image from the primary display is shown on the secondary display, but zoomed in. This mode can be used for image editing, close‐up work in modeling or CAD applications, or image processing and mapping applications. nView Clone mode supports the Video Mirror feature, where you may want to dedicate an application to one of the two displays or run the application across both displays. Examples include entertainment applications, digital video editing, and DVD playback. See “Using Full Screen Video Settings” on page 120. Enabling nView Clone Mode 1 Click nView Display Settings from the NV ID IA display menu. 2 From the nView modes list, select Clone and click Apply. Figure 4.14 show the primary display is designated by a and the secondary display is designated by b. Both display are identified with the same number — 2 in this case (this number can be another Windows display number, depending on your configuration) — because nView Clone mode implies the two displays are duplicate desktop images and, therefore, Windows identifies them with the same number. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 66 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings nView Clone Mode — Analog + Digital Displays with Context Menus Figure 4.14 Context menu for the primary display in nView Clone mode. Context menu for the secondary display in nView Clone mode. From the Windows Display Properties Settings page, if you click Identify when you are in nView Clone mode, you will see the same number on both your ...
Page 67: Enabling Virtual Desktop - Clone Mode
Clone Mode — TV + Digital Display Figure 4.15 TV and digital display selected Enabling Virtual Desktop — Clone Mode Before You Begin If the maximum resolution of the secondary display is by default set to less than the current resolution of the primary display, once you enable Clone mode from the nView Display Settings page, Virtual Desktop will already be enabled. Note: You can test if Virtual Desktop is enabled by moving your mouse vertically and horizontally across your secondary display’s desktop. If the desktop scrolls as you move your cursor to the far edges of the display, then Virtual Desktop is already enabled. However, you still may want to adjust the resolutions of the primary and/or secondary device using the steps below if you want to further adjust the screen resolutions of either display. You can use the NVIDIA “Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates” (see “Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates” on page 136”) menu option to adjust the screen resolution of your primary and/or secondary display so that the resolution of the secondary device is less than the primary, which allows you to enable Virtual Desktop, a useful feature for displays with limited resolution — newer flat panels offer high resolution. This feature lets you pan‐and‐scan the entire desktop area on NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 68: Procedure
Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings the secondary display when its resolution is set to less than the value set on the primary display. Procedure Follow these steps to enable Virtual Desktop: 1 From your Windows desktop, right click to view the Windows desktop menu, then click Properties > Settings > Advanced and then the NVIDIA GPU tab. 2 From the NVIDIA menu, click the nView Display Settings option. 3 From the nView Modes list, select Clone and click Apply. Note: If you just switched to Clone from Dualview, you’ll need to follow the prompts to restart your computer. Then, when you have returned to your desktop, go to the nView Display Settings page and select Clone from the nView Modes list and click Apply. From the nView Display Settings page, right click display image (i.e., 1a or 1b) to display the pop‐up menu and click Change Resolution (Figure 4.16). The Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates page appears, as shown in Figure 4.17. nView Clone Mode with Virtual Desktop Enabled — Disabling Panning Figure 4.16 Click Change Resolution from the context menu of your secondary display.
Page 69 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings Configuring Screen Resolution for Virtual Desktop — From nView Display Figure 4.17 Settings Page 4 Use the Screen resolution slider to set the resolution so that the primary display’s resolution is greater than the secondary display’s resolution. Note: If you set the same screen resolution value for both primary and secondary displays, you cannot pan/scan the desktop area on the secondary display; both displays will remain static. 5 Use the Screen resolution slider to set the resolution so that the primary display’s resolution is greater than the secondary display’s resolution. Note: If you set the same screen resolution value for both primary and secondary displays, you cannot pan/scan the desktop area on the secondary display; both displays will remain static. 6 Optional: If you want, you can select a refresh rate from the list box. 7 Click Apply and OK close the Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates page and return to the nView Display Settings page. Note: Now that you have adjusted the screen resolutions, notice that you can move your mouse horizontally and/or vertically all the way across the NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 70: Disabling Auto-Panning (Lock Pan Position)
Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings desktop on your secondary display (i.e., display 1b) to pan and scan the desktop, thus enabling the Virtual Desktop feature. Disabling Auto-Panning (Lock Pan Position) Disabling the pan and scan feature (virtual desktop) results in locking the current pan position on the secondary clone display, letting you effectively freeze the virtual desktop at a certain position, which is useful for presentations or fine‐detail work in applications. If you want to disable the auto‐panning on your secondary display, you do one of the following: • Select the check box labeled Disable auto‐panning on secondary device (viewport lock) or simply • Select the Lock Pan Position check box on the popup menu on your secondary display (i.e., display 1b.) The example in Figure 4.18 shows that the Lock Pan Position check box is selected, nView Clone Mode with Virtual Desktop Enabled — Disabling Panning Figure 4.18 Disabling desktop panning of the secondary display = Lock Pan Position...
Page 71: Switching Between Nview Dualview And Span/Clone Modes - Windows 2000
1 From your Windows 2000 desktop, right click to view the Windows desktop menu, then click Properties > Settings > Advanced and then the NVIDIA GPU tab. 2 Click nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA menu. 3 From the nView Modes list, select Clone, Horizontal Span, or Vertical Span mode. Note: If you just switched to Clone, Horizontal Span, Vertical Span, or, under certain circumstances, Single Display mode from Dualview, you’ll need to follow the prompts to restart your computer. 4 When you have returned to your desktop, go to the nView Display Settings page and select Clone, Horizontal Span, or Vertical Span mode from the nView Modes list. Note: To switch back to Dualview mode, you will need to restart your computer, as prompted. Only Enabling nView Multiview Mode — for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards Note: nView Multiview mode is a custom mode that is only available when using the NVIDIA Quadro NVS GPU‐based series of graphics cards. The NVIDIA Quadro NVS is a series of multi‐display graphics cards for professionals in the financial and non‐linear editing (NLE) markets. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 72: Arranging Displays On The Settings Page
Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings For further details on using this mode, see the NVIDIA Application Note titled “Using nView MultiView Modes with NVIDIA Quadro NVS‐based Graphics Cards” Arranging Displays on the Settings Page In nView Dualview mode, you can arranging displays on the Windows Properties Settings page to match the actual setup of your physical displays. The examples shown in Figure 4.19 and Figure 4.20 are Windows XP, but the procedure explained below applies to all Windows operating systems. Display Settings — Horizontal and Vertical Figure 4.19 When using multiple displays, the desktop can be extended horizontally and vertically, as well as at other angles by page. You can drag the images to the positions that represent how you want to move items between your displays. • For example, if you’re using two displays and you want to move items from one display to the other by dragging left and right, position the images side‐by‐side (Figure 4.19). User’s Guide...
Page 73: Figure 4.20 Display Settings - Diagonal
Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings • To move items between displays by dragging up and down, position the images one above the other (Figure 4.19). • To move items between displays by dragging at an angle, position the images diagonally (Figure 4.20). The positions of the images don’t have to correspond to the physical positions of your displays. That is, you can position the images one above the other even though your displays are side‐by‐side. Display Settings — Diagonal Figure 4.20 NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 74: Configuring Displays
Chapter 5 Configuring Displays H A P T E R ONFIGURING ISPLAYS This chapter discusses the following major topics: • “Adjusting Analog Display Settings” on page 62 • “Adjusting Digital Display Settings” on page 65 • “Adjusting Television (TV) Settings” on page 67 Adjusting Analog Display Settings If your NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card is connected to an analog display, follow the steps in this section to access the analog display’s Device Adjustment window from which you can configure Screen Adjustment and Display Timing settings. To access the Device Adjustments window for an analog display connected to your computer, follow these steps: If you have only one display connected and you do not the see the “nView Display Settings” option on the NVIDIA display menu, you will see the “Screen Adjustment” and “Display Timing” option instead: Click Screen Adjustment to open the Screen Adjustment page. See “Screen Adjustment” on page Click Display Timing to open the Display Timing page. See “Display Timing Settings” on page User’s Guide...
Page 75: Screen Adjustment
Chapter 5 Configuring Displays If you have more than one display connected, follow these steps. Click nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA display menu. Left click on the display image that represents your analog display to select it. Right click on that display image and click Device Adjustments to open the Device Adjustment page (Figure 5.1), which contains the Screen Adjustment and the Display Timing pages. For details, see Screen Adjustment and Display Timing Settings in the next sections. Screen Adjustment The Screen Adjustment page is shown in Figure 5.1. To adjust the screen position on your analog display, use the arrow positioning buttons for fine adjustments. Screen Adjustment Settings — Analog Display Figure 5.1 NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 76: Display Timing Settings
Chapter 5 Configuring Displays Display Timing Settings The Display Timing page is shown in Figure 5.2. Select the proper timing mode for your analog display. • Auto‐Detect (default setting) allows Windows to receive the proper timing information directly from the analog display. Note: Some older analog displays may not support this feature. Display Timing Settings — Analog Display Figure 5.2 • General Timing Formula (GTF) is an older but widely used timing standard. However, newer display are switching to the CVT standard. • Discrete Monitor Timings (DMT) timing is a set of pre‐defined VESA timings. VESA updates this standard every year. If DMT timing is available for a specific mode, the NVIDIA display driver normally selects it instead of the GTF standard. • Coordinated Video Timings (CVT) became the VESA standard on March 2003. CVT supports higher resolutions better than other timing standards. User’s Guide...
Page 77: Adjusting Digital Display Settings
• Fixed Aspect Ratio Timing forces the displayed image to retain the aspect ratio of the mode rather than aspect ratio of the analog display Note: The driver may place a black border around the displayed image, as needed. • Enable doublescan for lower resolution modes. Enabling this setting greatly improves image quality at lower resolutions, which is most useful for full screen video or computer games. Adjusting Digital Display Settings If your NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card is connected to a digital display, follow the steps in this section to access the display’s Device Adjustment page where you can configure some flat panel display settings. If you have only one display connected and you do not the see the “nView Display Settings” option on the NVIDIA display menu, you will see the “Screen Adjustment” option instead. Click Screen Adjustment to access the digital flat panel settings page (Figure 5.3). See the next section Digital Display Settings for configuration details. If you have more than one display connected, follow these steps. Click nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA display menu. Select the display image that represents your digital display and then right click and select Device Adjustments to open digital flat panel settings page (Figure 5.3). See the next section Digital Display Settings for configuration details. Digital Display Settings The digital display options are shown in Figure 5.3 and explained below. • Display Adapter Scaling. Select this setting if you want lower‐resolution images scaled to fit the flat panel. For example, if your flat panel has a maximum resolution of 1400x1050, an image with a resolution of 1024x768 will be scaled to appear on the screen at a 1400x1050 resolution. • Centered Output. Select this setting if you want to display lower‐resolution images as is in the center of the flat panel. For example, if your flat panel has a NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 78: Figure 5.3 Digital Display Settings
Chapter 5 Configuring Displays maximum resolution of 1400x1050, an image with a resolution of 1024x768 will be displayed in the center of the screen at a 1024x768 resolution with black borders. Digital Display Settings Figure 5.3 • Monitor Scaling is only available for digital flat panels that support multiple native resolutions. • Fixed Aspect Ratio Scaling. Note: The availability of this setting depends on your display configuration. Select this setting if you want lower‐resolution images scaled to fit the flat panel but preserve the aspect ratio of the image. For example, if your flat panel has a maximum resolution of 1680 x 1050, an image with a resolution of 1024 x 768 will be scaled to appear on the screen at a 1400 x 1050 resolution with black borders. User’s Guide...
Page 79: Adjusting Television (Tv) Settings
Adjusting Television (TV) Settings If you have a television connected to your computer, follow the steps in this section to access page where you can choose the correct regional format for TV reception, choose the correct TV connection mode, and configure several TV display settings. If your television is the only display connected to your computer and you do not the see the nView Display Settings option on the NVIDIA display menu, you will see the following options on the menu: TV Settings and Screen Adjustment Note: If you do not see the “TV Settings” or the “Screen Adjustment” pages, go to the information in the next bullet. Click TV Settings to display the TV Settings page (Figure 5.4). For details, see TV Settings, the next section. Click Screen Adjustment to open the TV Output page where you can configure TV display settings. For details, see “Device Adjustments — TV Output” on page If your television is the only display connected to your computer directly (or through a VCR or switch box or receiver) and you do not see the nView Display Settings option and also do not see the TV Settings and the Screen Adjustment option on the NVIDIA display menu, then follow these steps. Open the Tools page by clicking the Tools option from the NVIDIA display menu. Figure 7.15 in Chapter 8 shows the Tools page. Select the Force TV detection check box and click Apply. You should now be able to see the TV Settings and Screen Adjustment options on the NVIDIA display menu. Click TV Settings to display the TV Settings page (Figure 5.4). For details, see TV Settings, the next section. Click Screen Adjustment to open the TV Output page where you can configure TV display settings. For details, see “Device Adjustments — TV Output” on page If you have more than one display connected, including your television, follow these steps. Click nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA display menu. Left click on the display image that represents your TV to select it. Then right click on that display image and select Select TV format or Device Adjustments, depending on the task you want to perform. Click Select TV format to display a list of the common TV regional settings and choose a setting that applies to your region. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 80: Tv Settings
Configuring Displays For additional settings, click Advanced to display the TV Settings page (Figure 5.4). See TV Settings in the next section for detailed information. Click Device Adjustments to open the TV Output page where you can configure TV display settings. For details, see “Device Adjustments — TV Output” on page TV Settings Figure 5.4 show a sample NVIDIA TV Settings page. TV Settings Figure 5.4 Click to display a list of regional signal formats and select a format. Click to display a list of connectors and select the select the type you are using using to connect your TV.
Page 81: Video Output Format
Chapter 5 Configuring Displays Video Output Format Click the Video output format connection list to specify the type of video connector, based on the output signal format supported by your regular television or HDTV, if you have one connected. For details on configuring an HDTV, see Chapter 6 — “Configuring HDTV” on page The default setting is Auto‐select (Figure 5.4). If you have the proper connector cable, S‐Video Out generally provides a higher quality output than Composite Video Out. If you are not sure about the type of video connector you should specify, choose Auto‐select. Device Adjustments — TV Output You can customize your TV display settings from the TV Output page shown in Figure 5.5. Note: Availability of settings on your TV Output page can vary from those shown in Figure 5.5 and depend on the “Internal” TV encoder on your NVIDIA GPU or the “external” TV encoder on the NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card you are using. Screen Positioning Repositioning the TV screen — To reposition the TV screen (desktop), click any of the long arrow buttons displayed on the outer top, bottom, left, and right edges of the TV display icon, as shown in the TV Output page in Figure 5.5. Note: If the TV picture becomes scrambled or is blank due to over‐adjustment, simply wait 10 seconds; the picture will automatically return to its default position. You can then begin your adjustments again. Once you have positioned the desktop where you want it, click OK or Apply to save the settings before the 10 second interval has elapsed. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 82: Brightness/Contrast/Saturation
Figure 5.5 The settings that are visible on your TV output page depends on the “internal” TV encoder of your NVIDIA GPU or “external” encoder on your NVIDIA GPU-based graphics card. Therefore, the settings on this sample TV Output page may not match those on your TV Output page.
Page 83: Flicker
Chapter 5 Configuring Displays Flicker Use the Flicker slider to adjust the amount of flicker filter you want applied to the TV signal. Note: It is recommended that you turn off the Flicker filter completely (move slider all the way to the left) for DVD movie playback from a hardware decoder. Overdrive To use the Overdrive slider, select the check box and click Apply. The overdrive range is between 0% and 100%. When you set the slider to adjust “overdrive,” you are simultaneously adjusting the Brightness and Contrast slider to remove or reduce edge breaks — i.e., the balloon effect of the visible edges based on content. As you increase the overdrive value, the Brightness is increased and the Contrast is decreased by a similar amount. Overscan Shift Note: This feature is available on the following TV encoders — Conexant 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, and integrated encoders. Depending on the TV encoder on the NVIDIA GPU or NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card, for some HDTV output modes, there is no available downscaler to implement overscan compensation. The Overscan shift slider option is available for this condition. Using the Overscan shift slider, you can shift the desktop by 0% to 20% (based on the position of this slider) in response to the movement of your mouse. For example, if you start moving the mouse cursor near the Windows taskbar Start button, the desktop will shift up and right so that the Start button becomes visible. Also, if you see a black border on your TV screen, you can use the slider to enlarge the TV screen to remove the border. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 84: Video Border - (For Hdtv)
Chapter 5 Configuring Displays Video Border — (for HDTV) If you are using an HDTV, most HDTV displays, such as plasmas, suffer from burn‐ in related artifacts which can be distracting. Selecting the Video border check box (Figure 5.6)applies grey borders to the unused portion of your display to reduce this effect. HDTV Output Setting — Video Border Figure 5.6 Select the Video border check box if you see dark or black borders on any unused portion of your display. User’s Guide...
Page 85: Based On Tv Encoder And Nvidia Gpu
1. This category of TV encoders is supported, at minimum, by a GeForce MX or newer Quadro FX-based NVIDIA GPU family. Your Quadro FX-based graphics card may not have TV support. 2. This category of TV encoder supports NVIDIA GPU series that are older than those listed in the previous footnote 1.
Page 86 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV H A P T E R HDTV ONFIGURING This chapter explains how to initialize and configure your HDTV display under single‐display and multiple‐display nView Dualview and Clone configurations. The following major topics are discussed: • “Supported Television/HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs” on page 75 • “Optimizing HDTV Viewing” on page 77 • “Notes on Startup Functionality with HDTV Connected” on page 79 • “Using HDTV in nView Display Modes” on page 80 • “Using HDTV Formats” on page 81 • “Troubleshooting HDTV Configuration” on page 89 Note: If you are using the Quadro 3400 — 4400, 1400, and later series of NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards with your HDTV, for helpful hardware information, see Appendix B — “Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU‐Based Graphics Cards” on page 168. User’s Guide...
Page 87: Configuring Hdtv
• Digital output (DVI) on HDTV‐capable GPUs with a compatible connector. * Supported on NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards with Conexant 875 or Philips 7108 TV encoders and compatible connectors, or on the NVIDIA GPU internal HDTV encoder for the newer GPUs. Back View of an HDTV with DVI and Analog Connectors Figure 6.1 Component (analog) connection DVI (digital) connection NVIDIA graphics cards support the following television and HDTV formats, depending on the GPU or graphics card encoder and EDID of the TV/HDTV display: • NTSC (US and Japanese) • PAL (including all variations) • SDTV 480i (525i); 576i (625i) • EDTV 480p (525p); 576p (625p) • HDTV 1080i, 720p, and 1080p NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 88: About D Connector Output Modes
Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Supported TV/ HDTV Formats Table 6.1 Supported TV/HDTV Format NTSC SDTV EDTV HDTV — US and Japanese — all variations — 480i (525i) — 480p (525p) — 1080i Connector Used — 576i (625i) — 576p (625p) —...
Page 89: Hdtv Formats
Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV HDTV Formats • 480i/480p ‐ resolution of 720 x 480 interlaced/ resolution of 720 x 480 progressive • 576i/576p – resolution of 720 x 576 interlaced/ resolution of 720 x 576 progressive • 720p – resolution of 1280 x 720 progressive • 1080i/1080p – resolution of 1920 x 1080 interlaced/resolution of 1920 x 1080 progressive If the selected resolution lines are smaller than the selected HDTV format, then black borders will be visible, but if the selected resolution lines are more than the selected HDTV format, the desktop should start panning. To select these formats, see “Using HDTV Formats” on page If you use plasma displays with burn‐in display issues, you can use the Video border option on the TV Output page to display grey instead of black for the borders when the selected resolution is smaller than the selected native HDTV format. See “Device Adjustments — TV Output” on page Optimizing HDTV Viewing The NVIDIA driver provides three user‐correction methods — “Underscan”, “Overscan Shift”, and Overscan Shift — to solve the problem of the Windows desktop overscanned and cutting off the Windows taskbar Start button. Table 6.3 summarizes the various correction methods and reasons for use. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 90: Underscan
Therefore you can use an alternative way to correct the resolution, such as checking the display for correction options. Underscan The Underscan setting (Figure 6.7) works by centering a lower resolution on the HDTV screen, the dimensions of which you can further adjust with sliders in the current release of the driver, as shown in Figure 6.10, “Underscan Screen Resolution Adjustment Sliders” on page 89. For component out, NVIDIA determined through market research that 15% overscan is common with many TVs (both SDTV and HDTV). NVIDIA used this information to create two custom resolutions that are optimal for Web browsing, running applications, and playing games on HDTV sets. These resolutions are: • 720p: 1088 x 612 (85% of the full 1280x720.) • 1080i: 1600 x 900 (1632 x 918 is 85% of the full 1920x1080, but that is so close to 1600x900 that 1600 x 900 is used instead.) “Using Underscan” on page 88 explains how to use the Underscan setting.
Page 91: Overscan Shift
Overscan Shift The Overscan shift setting enables you to pan the desktop, when needed, to access any display elements that appear off‐screen. The Overscan shift feature works by tracking the position of the mouse cursor and slightly shifting the display when the cursor starts to become close to an edge of the desktop. This mode looks just like “native” HDTV formats (720p, 1080i) because it runs at the full HDTV resolution, which causes certain elements of the desktop, such as the Start button and the clock on the Windows taskbar, to not be visible at all times. But as the mouse cursor gets close to these desktop elements, the NVIDIA driver intelligently shifts the desktop a little in order to move those elements into view. “Using Overscan Shift” on page 86 explains how to use the Overscan shift setting. Native In the third technique, native mode, no overscan compensation is done in order to give the user a true cinematic experience. This is useful when you do not want any pixel compression (squishing) and do not want to use the mouse to shift the desktop image. Notes on Startup Functionality with HDTV Connected nView Single Display Mode When you first start your computer, the HDTV display may have color distortion and may not fill the entire screen display. This is because when you first start your computer with a newly‐installed driver, the TV signal format defaults to NTSC. nView Multi-Display Mode When two displays are connected to your computer, you will notice both displays are mirrored or “cloned” — this is nView Clone mode. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 92: Using Hdtv In Nview Display Modes
Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV As with first‐time startup on a single‐display setup, in a multi‐display setup you will also notice that the HDTV screen will have color distortion and may not fill the entire screen display area. Again, as in a single‐display setup, this is because when you first start your computer with a newly‐installed driver, the TV signal format defaults to NTSC. Using HDTV in nView Display Modes Note: HDTV use is not supported in nView Span mode. Using HDTV in nView Single Display Mode Based on the connector (“Supported Television/HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs” on page 75) in use, all the associated HDTV formats (“Supported Television/HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs” on page 75) will be available in the nView Display Settings context menu available from the TV display icons as well as from the TV Settings screen. Screen resolutions and HDTV formats (“Television and HDTV Formats and Desktop Resolutions” on page 76) can be independently selected and set. Using HDTV as the Primary Display in nView Clone Mode Based on the connector in use, all the associated HDTV formats (“Supported ...
Page 93: Using Hdtv As The Secondary Display In Nview Clone Mode
If the primary resolution is smaller than the HDTV, then the HDTV needs to upscale it to fit the current format or black borders will appear around the desktop. To reduce the brightness of the border, you can use the Video border option on the TV Output page; see “Device Adjustments — TV Output” on page If the primary resolution is greater than the HDTV format, then HDTV will pan on the secondary display. Any format change on the secondary HDTV display causes the physical mode to change, based on the associated resolution for the selected format. See “Television and HDTV Formats and Desktop Resolutions” on page Using HDTV in nView Dualview Mode As with nView Single Display mode, based on the connector (“Supported Television/ HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs” on page 75) in use, all the associated HDTV formats (“Supported Television/HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs” on page 75) will be available in the nView Display Settings context menu available from the TV display icons as well as from the TV Settings screen. Using HDTV Formats Note: The following procedure can be used for nView Single display, Clone, or Dualview mode. 1 After installing the NVIDIA Release 75 graphics driver, right click on your Windows desktop. 2 If you have an HDTV connected in nView single display mode, then select the TV option. If you have dual displays connected, then select the NVIDIA Display option and then select the TV display option. The NVIDIA display control panel appears. 3 Select nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA display menu to display the associated page. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 94 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Either a single or two display icons appear. 4 If you are in single display mode but have multiple displays connected, you can click the nView display settings list and select either Dualview or Clone mode. 5 If you are using an HDTV with a component connection, right click on the HDTV display image and select the Select TV format option to quickly see the HDTV formats (Figure 6.2). Proceed to step 6. If you are using an HDTV with a DVI connection, when you right click on the HDTV display image, the “Select TV format” option will appear only if the “Treat Digital Display as HDTV” option is selected (checked), as shown in Figure 6.3. If it is not checked, follow these steps: a Select the Treat Digital Display as HDTV option and be sure to click Apply. b Then right click on the HDTV display image again. Notice that the “Treat Digital Display as HDTV” option is now checked and you can click the Select TV format option to quickly see the HDTV formats (Figure 6.3). c Proceed to step 6. 6 You can choose to select an HDTV format quickly from this list or click the Advanced option at the bottom of the context menu to open the TV Settings dialog box (Figure 6.4 and Figure 6.5) where you can select an HDTV format from the list in the Signal format section. 7 If you have selected an HDTV format that requires you to adjust your HDTV overscan configuration for optimal viewing of your desktop on your TV screen, then click the HDTV Overscan Configuration option from the context menu of your HDTV display (Figure 6.2) or click the Overscan Compensation button on the TV Settings page (Figure 6.4 and Figure 6.5) to open the HDTV Overscan Compensation dialog box (Figure 6.6). Note: By default, the Native (Figure 6.6) option is selected. For details about the native display setting, see “Native” on page User’s Guide...
Page 95: Figure 6.2 Quick Access To Hdtv Formats - Hdtv Component Connection
Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Quick Access to HDTV Formats — HDTV Component Connection Figure 6.2 NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 96 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Quick Access to HDTV Formats — HDTV over DVI Connection Figure 6.3 Select Treat Digital Display as HDTV and click Apply to enable the HDTV formats. User’s Guide...
Page 97: Figure 6.4 Tv Settings - Hdtv Component Connection
Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV TV Settings — HDTV Component Connection Figure 6.4 Click this list to select an HDTV (EDTV/SDTV) format. TV Settings — HDTV over DVI Connection Figure 6.5 Click this list to select an HDTV format. . NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 98: Using Overscan Shift
Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV HDTV Overscan Configuration — “Native” Selected Figure 6.6 Using Overscan Shift As explained in “Overscan Shift” on page 79, use this option when your desktop appears larger than your HDTV screen so that part of your Windows taskbar, such as the Start button or the clock are not visible. Overscan shift will enable you to “pan” your desktop by moving your mouse over the edges of your desktop so that the hidden areas become visible. 1 From the HDTV Overscan Configuration page, select the Overscan shift option (Figure 6.7) and click Apply. 2 Use the slider to indicate to what degree you want to pan the edges of the desktop for the hidden parts to be visible. If you move the slider all the way to the left, that indicates “zero” panning. The further right you move the slider, the more you have to pan. 3 Click OK or Apply when done. User’s Guide...
Page 99: Figure 6.7 Hdtv Overscan Configuration - "Overscan Shift" Selected
Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV As you are applying the adjustments, you will be prompted to confirm proper settings by the messages in Figure 6.8. HDTV Overscan Configuration — “Overscan shift” Selected Figure 6.7 Confirm Display Settings Prompts Figure 6.8 NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 100: Using Underscan
Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Using Underscan As explained in “Underscan” on page 78, use this option to reduce your desktop resolution so that the entire desktop is visible on your TV screen without having to pan. 1 From the HDTV Overscan Configuration page, select the Underscan option (Figure 6.9) and click Apply. HDTV Overscan Configuration — “Underscan” Selected Figure 6.9 2 Click the Overscan Compensation button to display a screen resolution adjustment control panel (Figure 6.10). User’s Guide...
Page 101: Troubleshooting Hdtv Configuration
Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Underscan Screen Resolution Adjustment Sliders Figure 6.10 3 Use the horizontal and vertical sliders to adjust your HDTV desktop size to properly fit your screen. For example, if your desktop appears smaller than your screen causing a black border around the desktop, use the sliders to enlarge the desktop to fit the screen.If the desktop is larger than the screen and you want to avoid panning, then use the sliders accordingly to adjust the desktop size so that it is fully visible without panning. 4 Click OK when done. Troubleshooting HDTV Configuration Problem: For 480i/p, 640x480 is the native solution, Can NVIDIA support this resolution? Answer: Actually, the native resolution for 480i and 480p is 720x480. NVIDIA does fully support 640x480 also. However, Windows XP hides that mode from the user. Note that this is a Windows XP feature and, therefore, cannot be changed by NVIDIA. To access this resolution, follow these steps: 1 Right click on your Window desktop and select Properties from the desktop menu. The Windows Display Properties window appears. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 102 2 Click the Settings tab. 3 Click the Advanced button. 4 Click the Adapter tab. 5 Click List All Modes and locate the resolution. _____________________________________________ ______ ____________ Problem: For 720p/1080i, we cannot find the resolution 1280x720 (720p) and 1920x1080 (1080i). Answer: You are probably using nView Clone or an nView Span display mode where HDTV is the secondary display. Note: When using nView Clone or an nView Span mode, the secondary display should not be set to a higher resolution than the primary. If, however, that is your current setting, you can solve the problem in one of three ways: • Make the HDTV be the primary display. • Assign a different display that can handle higher resolutions as the “primary”. • Do not use the nView Clone or Span modes. _______________________________________________________________________ Problem 1: Screen is shrunk. The screen shrink should only be horizontal. Answer: This is because 720p is 1280 pixels wide, but your desktop is only 1024 wide. Problem 2: The horizontal edges of the screen are cut. For example, we only see half of the Windows taskbar. Answer: This means that your HDTV has more than 18% overscan — therefore, some of the 768 lines are not visible. The solution is to use the Overscan shift slider on your HDTV display’s NVIDIA Device Adjustment page. See relevant sections under “Optimizing HDTV Viewing” on page 77 for a description of this feature. See “Using Overscan Shift” on page 86 for details on using this option. _____________________________________________________________________ User’s Guide...
Page 103 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Problem 1: The TV is set to full screen display. The Windows desktop display is panning. Answer: You are not exactly seeing the “panning” feature — but rather the Overscan shift feature.See relevant sections under “Optimizing HDTV Viewing” on page 77 for a description of this feature. Problem 2: The top and bottom edges of the desktop are cut. For example, we only see half of the Windows taskbar. Answer: You need to increase the amount of overscan shift by using the Overscan shift slider from the HDTV display’s NVIDIA Device Adjustment page. The amount required will vary, based on the type of HDTV you are using, and is not detectable. See relevant sections under “Optimizing HDTV Viewing” on page 77 for a description of this feature. See “Using Overscan Shift” on page 86 for details on using this option. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 104: Configuring Key Forceware
ORCE RAPHICS RIVER EATURES This chapter explains how to configure key ForceWare graphics driver features: • “Adjusting Desktop Colors” on page 93 • “Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings” on page 98 • “Using Video Overlay Settings” on page 118 • “Using Full Screen Video Settings” on page 120 • “Using the Tools Page” on page 125 • “Using NVRotate Settings” on page 131 • “Adjusting Temperature Settings” on page 134 • “Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates” on page 136 • “Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu” on page 144 • “Adjusting PowerMizer Settings — Only for Notebook Computers” on page 146 • “Using the HiRes Desktop Scaling Feature” on page 148 User’s Guide...
Page 105: Adjusting Desktop Colors
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adjusting Desktop Colors Accessing the Desktop Colors Page Note: In order to access the Color Correction page, the color setting on the Windows Display Properties Settings page must be set to 16 bit or higher. A setting of “256 colors” will not enable the Color Correction page. Follow any one of these methods to access the Color Correction page (Figure 7.1). • From the NVIDIA display menu, click Color Correction • From the nView Display Settings page: Right‐click one of the display images or click the Device Settings >> option. Select the Color Correction option. • From the Video Overlay Settings or Full Screen Video page, click Adjust Color. Color Correction Settings Figure 7.1 Image Sharpening is available with the newer series of NVIDIA Quadro GPUs. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 106: Color Correction Settings
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Color Correction Settings Digital Vibrance Note: The Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) feature supported by the GeForce2 MX and newer series of NVIDIA GPUs. DVC, a mechanism for controlling color separation and intensity, boosts the color saturation of an image so that all images including 2D, 3D, and video appear — — brighter and crisper (even on flat panels) in your applications. Digital Vibrance can be turned off or set to different levels from low to high as shown in Figure 7.1. Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma Note: The Color profile option on this page must be set to Standard Mode in order to use the Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma sliders. To adjust the Brightness, Contrast, or Gamma values for the selected color channel, click and move the sliders until you see the desired adjustment. Notice that the color curve graph changes as you adjust values using these sliders, which also reflects in the values of the Input and Output boxes displayed on the left of the Gamma slider. Adjusting brightness, contrast, and gamma values helps you compensate for variations in luminance between a source image and its output on a display. This is useful when working with image processing applications to help provide more ...
Page 107: Apply Color Changes To
Apply Color Changes to... The Apply color changes to list appears at the top of the Color Correction page. Click the list to display the settings below and then select a setting. • All applies the color correction settings on this page to your Windows desktop and to video playback. • Desktop applies the color correction settings to your Windows desktop. • Overlay/VMR applies color correction settings on this page to video playback that uses overlay hardware. Note: Current generation hardware overlay does not support per‐component (Red, Green, Blue) color correction, but instead exposes a single. unified color correction channel. Therefore, if you select this setting, only the All Channels setting in the color channels list is available. (See Color Channels in the next section.) • Full Screen Video applies color correction settings on this page to any full screen video that is running on your display. Color Channels The color channels list appears directly above the color curve graph on the Color Correction page. Click the color channel list to select a color channel. You can adjust the Red, Green, and Blue channels by selecting each color separately or by selecting the composite choice All channels, which is the default setting. Note: If you select the Overlay/VMR setting from the Apply color changes to list (see Apply Color Changes to...), only the All Channels setting is available. When you select a color channel, notice that the following takes place: • The color appears in the graph of the color correction curve below. • Moving the Brightness/Contrast/Gamma sliders changes the appearance of the colored line/curves in the graph in real time. For additional information on the graph of the color correction curve, see Color Curve Graph below. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 108: Color Curve Graph
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Color Curve Graph The graph below the color channels list represents the color correction curve. Input values are represented along the x‐axis and shown numerically in the In(put) edit box. The adjusted output values are represented along the y‐axis and the adjusted output values are shown numerically in the Out(put) edit box. If the Color profile option is set to Standard Mode, this curve changes dynamically as you adjust the Contrast, Brightness, or Gamma values using the sliders. If the Color profile option is set to Advanced Mode, you cannot use the Contrast, Brightness, or Gamma sliders but you can modify this curve in real‐time by using any one of these methods: • Click the curve to create a control point on it. Repeat the step to create additional points, as needed. • Click the curve and drag the mouse to modify the curve, which also dynamically modifies the values in the Input and Output edit boxes. • Enter a value that is less than or equal to 1 in the Input and/or Output edit boxes. • Select one or more control points and then press the arrow keys on your keyboard to adjust the curve and numeric values in the Input/Output edit boxes. • To insert several control points, click the curve to select a point and then press Ins (Ins key on your keyboard) one or more times, depending on the number of points you want to add, which is limited by any other points that may already exist on the curve. • To remove a control point, select the point and drag it out of bounds or select the point and press Del. • To select multiple control points, you can either press down the Ctrl key and select the points you want with your mouse, or left click and drag the mouse around the ...
Page 109: Image Sharpening
Use the Image Sharpening slider to adjust the sharpness of the image quality by amplifying high frequency content. Color Profile The Color Profile option displays a list of available color correction profiles. • Specify Standard Mode if you want to adjust color correction settings using the Contrast, Brightness, and Gammas sliders. • Use Advanced Mode if you want to adjust color correction settings by manually inserting, dragging, and removing control points along the curve shown in the graph. See “Color Curve Graph” on page Note: When this option is enabled, the Contrast, Brightness, or Gamma slider settings are not available. • Custom settings you may have saved are also shown in this list. To activate a custom profile, select it from the list and click Apply. Add (ICC Profile Mode) 1 Click Add to display a dialog box from which you can load an ICC profile that contains color correction curves. 2 Enter the file name of the ICC profile and click OK to load the file. The ICC profile just added now appears in the Color profile list. Note: Once you load this ICC profile, the Brightness, Gamma, and Contrast sliders are disabled. Other Settings • Save as lets you save the current color settings as a custom setting. Saved settings will then be added to the Color Profile list as a “custom” setting. • Delete lets you delete the custom color setting currently selected in the list. • Restore Defaults restores all color values to the hardware factory settings. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 110: Adjusting Performance And Quality Settings
Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings The following topics are discussed in this section: • “Changing Global Driver Settings” on page 99 • “Modifying an Existing Application Profile” on page 101 • “Adding a New Application Profile” on page 104 • “Deleting Application Profiles” on page 105 • “Basic Driver Settings” on page 106 • “Advanced Driver Settings” on page 109 To access the Performance and Quality Settings page, from the NVIDIA display menu, click the Performance and Quality Settings option (Figure 7.2). Performance and Quality Settings Page Figure 7.2 When the View list is set to Basic settings, a standard short list of driver settings appear in the Global driver settings ...
Page 111: Changing Global Driver Settings
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Note: You can use the “Application profiles” and “Global driver settings” modules independently. For example, you can use the Global driver settings to modify your active desktop application without having to use any of the Application profiles features or settings. • Application profiles refer to pre‐defined saved files containing NVIDIA OpenGL and Direct3D driver settings for workstation applications. Note: When you fist open the Performance & Quality page, the lists in the Application profile section is set to the default “global driver settings” state as shown in the screen image above. You can click these lists to select workstation applications profiles for which you want to modify the driver settings that appear in the global driver settings list. • Global Driver Settings The list that appears in the Global driver settings section contain OpenGL and Direct3D‐based settings, which you can modify. When Basic settings is selected in the View window (Figure 7.2), a standard • shorter list of settings appear in the Global driver settings list. For details about these basic driver settings, see “Basic Driver Settings” on page 106. When you select Advanced settings from the View window, additional • advanced settings, intended for advanced users, appear in the Global driver settings list. For details about these advanced driver settings, see “Advanced Driver Settings” on page 109 You can change driver settings for any applications that you are currently running. See “Changing Global Driver Settings” on page You can also change driver settings for existing workstation application profiles and new application profiles you are adding and then save these settings. See “Modifying an Existing Application Profile” on page 101.
Page 112 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features 4 Notice that the setting is highlighted and its slider appears at the bottom of the page, as shown in the example in Figure 7.3. Note: If you have chosen a setting that is application‐controlled, click the Application‐controlled check box to clear the check mark, then use the slider to change the setting, 5 Use the slider to modify the setting to suit your needs. Refer to the following sections for additional information: “Changing Global Driver Settings” on page 99 • “Modifying an Existing Application Profile” on page 101 • 6 Repeat steps 3 through 5 for each driver setting you want to change. 7 Be sure to click Apply after each change you make to the global driver settings. Changing Global Driver Settings Figure 7.3 User’s Guide...
Page 113: Modifying An Existing Application Profile
To modify pre‐defined NVIDIA‐supplied application profiles, follow these steps: 1 Set the Active profile list to Global driver settings and click the Restore button to restore all settings to their default values. 2 Click the Active profile list and select an application profile from the list. The driver settings of the profile you selected appear in the Global driver settings list. Figure 7.4 shows an example for the 3D Studio Max selected profile. Changing An Existing Application Profile Figure 7.4 A driver setting with a check mark before it indicates that the setting is part of the selected profile chosen in the Active profile list. 3 Scroll down in the Global driver setting list to view any driver setting with a check mark preceding it. These checked settings are part of the selected profile. Notice that for these checked settings, the “Global driver settings” label changes to the name of the selected profile — in the Figure 7.4 example, the label reads “Settings for 3D Studio Max” — indicating that these are the profile settings. Note: You cannot change profile driver settings; i.e., those that contain a check mark. However, you can modify other non‐checked driver settings, then NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 114 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features check the associated check box, and save the profile with a new name. Or if you don’t save the profile with a new name, you can always use the Restore button to restore the profile to its original state. 4 From the driver settings list, click a setting that you want to change for the selected application profile. Notice that the setting is highlighted. 5 Select the check box (inserts a check mark) for that setting and click Apply. Notice that its slider appears at the bottom of the page. 6 If the Application‐controlled check box is checked, click the check box to clear the check mark and click Apply. 7 Use the slider to modify the setting to suit your needs. Refer to the following sections for additional information: 8 Repeat steps 4 through 7 for each driver setting you want to change. 9 Be sure to click Apply after each change you make to a driver setting. Note: If you do not want to save these settings with a new name, these settings automatically become part of the existing profile. But you can always click the Restore button to restore the settings to their original state. 10To save the changed profile settings with a new name, click the Modify Profile button, then click Save As to display the Save Settings dialog box (Figure 7.5). 11 From the Save Settings dialog box, you can either retain the existing name or rename the profile. If you retain the existing name, thus overwriting the profile with the new settings, you can always click the Restore button to restore the original settings when you select this profile from the Application profile list. If you renamed the profile (Figure 7.6), then it is considered a “new” profile and the Remove button appears when you retrieve the profile from the Application profile list. You can always remove these types of profiles from the list. ...
Page 115 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Saving a Modified Profile (1) Figure 7.5 Saving a Modified Profile (2) Figure 7.6 NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 116: Adding A New Application Profile
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adding a New Application Profile You can add new application profiles, which you can also delete. To add a new application profile, follow these steps: 1 Set the Active profile list to Global driver settings. 2 Click Apply. 3 Click Add to display the Add Profiles dialog box. Note: If you don’t intend to associate specific applications with this profile, make sure that the Global driver settings check box is checked. 4 If you want to associate one or more applications with the profile you are adding, select the check boxes for those applications. You can click the Browse button to locate applications that may not appear in the list. 5 Enter a name for the profile you are adding in the Profile text entry box, as shown in the left image in Figure 7.7. Adding a Profile Figure 7.7 User’s Guide...
Page 117: Adding Profiles With An Sli Configuration
Click Apply. c If needed, clear the Application controlled check box and click Apply. d Use the slider to set the value you want and click Apply. For additional information on specific driver settings, see “Basic Driver Settings” on page 106 or “Advanced Driver Settings” on page 109. e Click Apply. Adding Profiles With an SLI Configuration If you are an advanced user running an SLI multi‐GPU configuration and want to create profiles that utilize SLI rendering technology, see “SLI Rendering Mode” on page 115 and “About Using Other SLI‐based Advanced Settings” on page 115. Deleting Application Profiles You can remove the following types of profiles — i.e., the Remove button is available for use when: • From the Active profile list, you have selected a profile you have added. • From the Active profile list, you have selected an existing pre‐defined profile that you have modified and then renamed. Note: Remember that when you delete a profile that is associated with a single application or multiple applications, all NVIDIA settings for that one or multiple applications as you’ve set in that profile are remove. d If you have created another profile that contains any of these same applications, you may want to use that profile. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 118: Basic Driver Settings
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Basic Driver Settings Antialiasing Settings Antialiasing is a technique used to minimize the “stairstep” effect sometimes seen along the edges of 3D objects. Your selection can range from turning antialiasing completely off to selecting the maximum amount possible for a particular application. Use this slider to set the degree of antialiasing to be used in Direct3D and OpenGL applications. Tips on setting antialiasing modes — Some antialiasing settings require a large amount of video memory. If the mode you requested requires more video memory than available and you see unexpected results, try selecting the next lower mode, and so on, until you achieve the desired result. You may also want to experiment with different screen resolutions, refresh rates, and/or color depths until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for antialiasing to work. NVIDIA Driver Settings (Standard) Figure 7.8 Basic driver settings User’s Guide...
Page 119: Anisotropic Filtering
• Off disables antialiasing in 3D applications. Select this option if you require maximum performance in your applications. • 2x enables antialiasing using the 2x mode. This mode offers improved image quality and high performance in 3D applications. • 4x enables antialiasing using the 4x mode. This mode offers better image quality but can slightly reduce performance in 3D applications. • 6xS affects only Direct3D applications and enables antialiasing using the 6xS mode. This mode offers better image quality than the 4xS mode. • 8x enables antialiasing using the 8x mode. This mode offers better image quality than the 6xS mode for Direct3D applications and better image quality that the 4x mode for OpenGL applications. • 16x enables antialiasing using the 16x mode. This mode offers better image quality than the 8x mode. Anisotropic Filtering Anisotropic filtering is a technique used to improve the quality of textures applied to the surfaces of 3D objects when drawn at a sharp angle. Use the Anisotropic filtering slider to set the degree of anisotropic filtering for improved image quality. Enabling this option improves image quality at the expense of some performance. • Application‐controlled. If you select this check box, the configurable options are automatically disabled because your application determines the anisotropic filtering settings. To configure options with the slider, you must clear this check box and click Apply. • Off disables anisotropic filtering. • 1x results in maximum application performance. • 2x through 8x results in improved image quality but at some expense to application performance. Higher values yield better image quality while reducing performance. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 120: Vertical Sync
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Vertical Sync Vertical Sync settings specify how vertical synchronization is handled in OpenGL applications. • Off keeps vertical synchronization disabled unless an application specifically requests otherwise. • On keeps vertical synchronization enabled unless an application specifically requests otherwise. Vertical Sync Click the list to specify how vertical sync is handled in OpenGL. • Always off always disables vertical sync in OpenGL applications. • Off by default keeps vertical sync disabled unless an application specifically requests that it be enabled. On by default keeps vertical sync enabled unless an application specifically requests that it be disabled. Unified back/depth buffer Note that this setting is on by default allowing the OpenGL driver to allocate one back buffer and one depth buffer at the same resolution of the display. When this setting is enabled, OpenGL applications that create multiple windows use video memory more efficiently and show improved performance. When this setting is off, the OpenGL driver allocates a back buffer and depth buffer for every window created by an OpenGL application. Early z test Enabling this option causes a z‐test to be performed earlier in the graphics pipeline, which can improve the performance especially of shaded rendering when items are often behind other items that were already drawn. ...
Page 121: Advanced Driver Settings
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Advanced Driver Settings When you select Advanced Settings from the View list, additional advanced settings appear in the Global driver settings list. These settings, intended for advanced users, are shown in Figure 7.9 through Figure 7.9 and explained in this section. Note: Availability of the advanced settings described below may depend on the type of NVIDIA GPU that your graphics card is using and/or the type of graphics card you are using. NVIDIA Driver Settings (Advanced) Figure 7.9 NVIDIA Advanced Driver Settings Color Profile Use the Color profile setting to associate a color profile with the selected application profile. 1 Make sure you have created and saved at least one custom color profile from the Color Correction page. For details, see “Color Profile” on page 97 and “Other Settings” on page NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 122: Conformant Texture Clamp
2 On the Performance & Quality page, select View advanced settings from the View list and click Apply. 3 Select Color profile from the driver settings list (Figure 7.9). 4 If you completed step 1, you will see the Color profile list box at the bottom of the page (Figure 7.9). 5 Click the list and select a color profile, then click Apply. Conformant Texture Clamp “Texture clamping” refers to how texture coordinates are handled when they fall outside the body of the texture. Texture coordinates can be clamped to the edge or within the image. 1 Make sure the View advanced settings option is selected from the View list. 2 Select Conformant texture clamp from the driver settings list. The available slider settings are On and Off. Extension Limit Note: You cannot change this setting. By default, the driver extension string has been trimmed for compatibility with the application. Hardware Acceleration Hardware acceleration settings determine advanced rendering options when using multiple displays and/or graphics cards based on different classes of NVIDIA GPUs. 1 Make sure the View advanced settings option is selected from the View list. 2 Select Hardware acceleration from the driver settings list. The available slider settings are shown in Figure 7.10 and explained. Note: Multi‐display hardware acceleration options do not apply when using nView Multiview mode in Windows NT 4.0. User’s Guide...
Page 123: Figure 7.10 Hardware Acceleration Driver Setting
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features • Single‐display mode: If you have only one active display, this is the default setting. You can also specify this setting if you have problems with the multi‐ device modes. • nView Clone/Span mode is the default setting when your nView display mode is set to nView Clone mode or one of the nView Span modes. If multiple NVIDIA‐ GPU based graphics cards in your system are in use with active displays, this setting is replaced by one of the “multi‐display” modes described below. Hardware Acceleration Driver Setting Figure 7.10 • Multi‐display compatibility mode is available if you have two or more active displays when running in nView Dualview display mode or if you are using different classes of NVIDIA GPU‐based cards. Note: When this mode is in effect, OpenGL renders in “compatibility” mode for all displays. In this mode, when different classes of GPUs are in use, the lowest common feature set of all active GPUs is exposed to OpenGL applications. The OpenGL rendering performance is slightly slower than in single‐ display mode. • Multi‐display performance mode is available if you have two or more active displays when running in nView Dualview mode or if you are using different classes of NVIDIA GPU‐based cards. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 124: Disable Enhanced Cpu Instruction Set
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Note: When this mode is in effect, OpenGL renders in “performance” mode for all displays. As in “compatibility” mode, when different classes of GPUs are in use, the lowest common feature set of all active GPUs is exposed to OpenGL applications. However, the rendering performance is “faster” than in compatibility mode, although switching or spanning displays may result in minor transient rendering artifacts. Multi‐Display Hardware Acceleration settings determine advanced rendering options when using multiple displays and/or graphics cards based on different classes of NVIDIA GPUs. The settings are shown in Figure 7.4. Note: Multi‐display hardware acceleration options do not apply when using nView Multiview mode in Windows NT 4.0. Single‐display mode: If you have only one active display, this is the default • setting. You can also specify this setting if you have problems with the multi‐ device modes. • nView Clone/Span mode is the default setting when your nView display mode is set to nView Clone mode or one of the nView Span modes. If multiple NVIDIA‐GPU based graphics cards in your system are in use with active displays, this setting is replaced by one of the “multi‐display” modes described below. • Multi‐display compatibility mode is available if you have two or more active displays when running in nView Dualview display mode or if you are using different classes of NVIDIA GPU‐based cards. Note: When this mode is in effect, OpenGL renders in “compatibility” mode for all displays. In this mode, when different classes of GPUs are in use, the lowest common feature set of all active GPUs is exposed to OpenGL applications. The OpenGL rendering performance is slightly slower than in Single‐ Display mode. Note: Multi‐display performance mode is available if you have two or more active displays when running in nView Dualview mode or if you are using ...
Page 125: Maximize Texture Memory
Enabling this setting lets you disable support for these additional 3D instructions in the drivers, which can be useful when comparing performance or when troubleshooting. Off — Support for enhanced instructions used by certain CPUs is not disabled. Maximize texture memory Enabling this option sets aside as much memory as possible for use by texture maps. This can increase performance for highly texture‐intensive applications but at the expense of a minor amount of performance for non‐textured applications. Buffer-Flipping Mode Click the list to display the buffer‐flipping modes for full‐screen OpenGL applications. You can select one of the following methods: • Use Block Transfer is the block transfer method. • Auto‐select allows the driver to determine the best method based on your hardware configuration. Antialiasing Line Gamma Note: This setting is available on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX series. Enabling this option allows gamma‐corrected antialiased lines to consider variances in the color‐display capabilities of your displays when rendering smooth lines. Antialiasing Full Screen Gamma Note: This setting is available on newer NVIDIA GPUs. Activating this setting enables gamma correction for full screen antialiasing. Gamma‐ corrected antialiasing consider variances in the color display capabilities of your displays when rendering smooth edges. As a result, slightly inclined edges look smoother. Note: Enabling this setting can slow down application performance speed. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 126: Texture Color Depth
This setting determines whether textures of a specific color depth should be used by default in OpenGL applications. • Use desktop color depth always uses textures of the color depth at which your Windows desktop is currently running. • The Always use 16 bpp and Always use 32 bpp settings force the use of textures of the specified color depth, regardless of your desktop settings. Triple Buffering • On enables the driver to maintain higher frame rates when the frame rate is less than the VSYNC (vertical synchronization) value. Note: In order for the On setting to work, the Unified back/depth buffer setting must be turned off. • Off disables triple buffering. Gamma Correct Antialiasing Note: This option is available on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs. • On enables gamma correct antialiasing, which results in a better color calculation to help reduce jaggies and maintain the highest level of color reproduction of 3D images. • Off disables gamma correct antialiasing. Transparency Antialiasing Note: This option has no effect on applications that are exclusively OpenGL‐based. Note: This option is available on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs. Transparency antialiasing, an advanced feature, is a technique used to minimize the visible aliasing on the edges of images with transparent textures. This improvement in 3D image quality is most noticeable in objects such as vegetation, chain‐link fences, ...
Page 127: Sli Rendering Mode
• In Auto‐select mode, the driver automatically selects the multi‐GPU rendering mode to use. • In Split‐frame rendering mode, each frame is divided into horizontal strips, with each GPU responsible for rendering one strip. Line(s) between horizontal strips are not visible. • In Alternate frame rendering mode, consecutive frames are rendered by two separate groups of GPUs. Each group processes alternating frames and operates on each frame as in split‐frame rendering mode. • Select Single GPU rendering if, for example, you prefer not to use multi‐GPU rendering for a specific application. The NVIDIA driver selects the GPU to use for single‐GPU rendering. Note: This is not the same as completely disabling SLI. If you are trying to solve a compatibility issue, you may want to completely disable SLI by clearing the Enable SLI multi‐GPU check box on the SLI page. You will then have to restart your computer. About Using Other SLI-based Advanced Settings For additional information on SLI and configuring advanced SLI settings, go to the following Web address: http://www.slizone.com/page/slizone_appprofile.html Enable Stereo Applies to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX series. Tip: If the stereo or overlay features do not work properly, you may want to try setting different screen resolutions and refresh rates until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for better results. Select the Enable stereo in OpenGL check box to enable stereo functionality in OpenGL applications. To run stereo applications with shutter glasses or other hardware, the NVIDIA driver exports OpenGL stereo pixel formats and organizes NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 128: Stereo Display Mode
Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features memory to allow stereoscopic and monoscopic applications to be used simultaneously. Tips: • Enable this option only if it is necessary. Some applications automatically choose a stereo format while other applications may not function properly in a stereo pixel format. • Stereo viewing requires additional onboard graphics memory and may not be available under all resolutions. You may want to reduce the resolution or color depth if you have problems viewing in stereo. Stereo Display Mode Applies to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX series. Tip: If the stereo or overlay features do not work properly, you may want to try setting different screen resolutions and refresh rates until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for better results. The NVIDIA driver supports a variety of stereo hardware. If you use stereo hardware other than the default, select a display mode from the list box. • Use shutter glasses — Select this option only if you use an ELSA 3D Revelator or compatible adapter. These adapters will translate the monitor signal to the standardized 3‐pin‐DIN used by most of available stereo hardware. You don't need to use the adapter if your graphics card has a built-in 3-pin-DIN...
Page 129: Swap Eyes (L Becomes R, R Becomes L)
You don't need to use the adapter if your graphics card has a built-in 3-pin DIN connector. Swap eyes (L becomes R, R becomes L) Applies to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX series. Tip: If the stereo or overlay features do not work properly, you may want to try setting different screen resolutions and refresh rates until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for better results. In case you cannot view a stereo effect, select this option to exchange the left and right images. In general, you may need to enable this option only on vertical interlace monitors and in passive mode. Enable Overlay Applies to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX series. Tip: If the stereo or overlay features do not work properly, you may want to try setting different screen resolutions and refresh rates until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for better results. On enables the NVIDIA driver to export overlay pixel formats so that OpenGL applications can use overlays. Some applications (for example, Softimage3D) require overlay planes, which are used as a paletted surface in addition to the normal color (RGB) buffer. Overlays are especially useful for overlapping drawing areas that are independent of the 3D image itself, such as menus and cursors. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 130: Exported Pixel Types
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Overlays are supported in 16‐bit and 32‐bit color modes. Tip: Overlays need additional onboard graphics memory and may not be available under all resolutions. You may want to reduce the resolution or color depth if you have problems accessing overlay functionality. Exported Pixel Types Applies to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX series. Tip: If the stereo or overlay features do not work properly, you may want to try setting different screen resolutions and refresh rates until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for better results. Option available only on newer NVIDIA GPUs) lets you specify pixel formats to use for overlays in OpenGL. • Color indexed overlays (8bpp) allows the application to use 8‐bit paletted overlays. • RGB overlays (RGB555 format) allows the application to use 16‐bit (RGB555) overlays. • Color indexed (8 bpp) and RGB555 format allows the application to use either 8‐ bit paletted or 16‐bit (RGB555) overlays. Overlays need additional onboard graphics memory and may not be available under all resolutions.
Page 131: Accessing The Video Overlay Settings
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Accessing the Video Overlay Settings Page 1 First, open the DVD or video application that you want to view. 2 Click Video Overlay Settings from the NVIDIA display menu to open the Video Overlay Settings page (Figure 7.11). If you need help in accessing the NVIDIA display menu, see “Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages” on page Video Overlay Settings — Windows XP/2000 Figure 7.11 Overlay Zoom Controls Zoom Control Zoom control lets you zoom into the rendered video. Use the drop‐down menu to select the display type to zoom and use the quadrant selection to select the screen region to zoom. • Video Overlay sets the zoom selection to the display on which the overlay video is ...
Page 132: Out/In
• Both applies the zoom selection to both the device on which the overlay video is rendered and the full screen display you selected for the video mirror feature (see “Using Full Screen Video Settings” on page 120). Note: Video players that cannot detect the presence of Video Mirror may not update the zoom factor immediately while displaying a still frame. Out/In The Out/In slider lets you zoom in on or out of the selected portion of the video playback screen. Screen Region to Zoom Select the area of the video screen on which you would like to zoom by clicking the area. You can then zoom to that portion of the screen by moving the Out/In slider control, below. Overlay Color Controls Hue and Saturation You can independently control the hue and saturation to achieve optimal image quality when playing back videos or DVD movies on your computer. Adjust Colors See “Adjusting Desktop Colors” on page Restore Defaults Click Restore Defaults to restore all color values to the hardware factory settings. Using Full Screen Video Settings Note: If you have only one display connected to your computer and active, you will not see the Full Screen Video menu option on the NVIDIA display menu. However, you will have access to the Video Overlay Settings menu option. User’s Guide...
Page 133: About The Full Screen Video Mirror Feature
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Note: You can now use the NVIDIA display selection shortcut feature to play video files on any selected display. For details, see “Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display” on page Use the Full Screen Video settings page (Figure 7.12) to adjust the quality of video or DVD playback on your display(s). Note that the settings on the Full Screen Video page affect videos that are created using the hardware overlay. These settings have no effect on videos created using software overlays, or a “blit” process such as VMR. Note: If any settings changes you make do not take effect (e.g., the controls have no effect on the video) after you click Apply, close the video overlay application and then re‐open it. Full Screen Video Settings — Disabled Figure 7.12 About the Full Screen Video Mirror Feature The full screen “video mirror” feature allows a video or DVD application to mirror its playback in full‐screen mode on any one of the connected displays. Note: The full screen “video mirror” feature is • Not available under Windows NT 4.0. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 134: Accessing The Full Screen Video Page
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features • Supported by any NVIDIA GPU‐based multi‐display graphics card. Accessing the Full Screen Video Page 1 First, make sure you have at least two displays connected to your computer. If you have only one display connected, you will not see the Full Screen Video menu option on the NVIDIA display menu. 2 On the nView Display Settings page, set nView mode to a multi‐display mode, such as Clone or Dualview. 3 Open the DVD or video application and click Full Screen Video from the NVIDIA display menu. If you need help in accessing the NVIDIA display menu, see “Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages” on page Figure 7.12 and Figure 7.13 show Full Screen Video settings pages. Full-Screen Video Settings Full Screen Device Select the display on which you want video to be played back in full‐screen mode. Note: After selecting any of these Full Screen Device settings, you may need to exit and restart your video application for the settings to take effect. • Disable (Figure 7.12) disables Video Mirror (including the Full screen video zoom ...
Page 135: Track Overlay Rotation
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Full Screen Video — Settings for nView Dualview/Span and Clone Modes Figure 7.13 Auto‐select option is available in Primary display and Secondary display nView Dualview and Span modes. options are available in nView Clone mode. Track Overlay Rotation Select the Track overlay rotation check box (Figure 7.14) to link the degree of rotation you specify on the NVRotate page (see “Using NVRotate Settings” on page 131) for a video overlay between the primary and secondary displays. Adjust Colors See “Adjusting Desktop Colors” on page NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 136: Full Screen Video Zoom Controls
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Full Screen Video — Zoom Control Video Mirror Settings Figure 7.14 Zoom controls apply to the display being used for the “video mirror” feature. Select the Track overly rotation check box to link the degree of rotation you specified on the NVRotate page for the video overlay on the primary display to the secondary display. Full Screen Video Zoom Controls Zoom Control Zoom Control lets you zoom into the rendered video. Click the list to select the display type to zoom and use the quadrant selection to select the screen region to zoom. • Video Mirror (Figure 7.14) sets the zoom selection to the secondary display on which the video mirror is rendered.
Page 137: Out/In
Screen Region to Zoom Select the area of the video screen on which you would like to zoom by clicking the area. You can then zoom to that portion of the screen by moving the Out/In slider control, below. • Out/In slider lets you zoom in on or out of the selected portion of the video playback screen. • Restore Defaults restores all color values to the hardware factory settings. Troubleshooting Full Screen Video Problems • If any settings changes you make do not take effect (e.g., the controls have no effect on the video) after you click Apply, close the video overlay application and then re‐open it. • Some applications have their own overlay color control settings. If you run one of these applications and try to use the NVIDIA color settings, both the application’s color settings and the NVIDIA color settings can change the overlay attributes. This can result in an inaccurate indication of the overlay settings, or unexpected overlay settings for an overlay application. To prevent this problem, use the overlay application’s color settings. Using the Tools Page Accessing the Tools Page To access the Tools page, click Tools from the NVIDIA display menu. If you need help in accessing the NVIDIA display menu, see “Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages” on page 21. Figure 7.15 shows the Tools page. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 138: Windows Taskbar
Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Tools Settings Figure 7.15 Select the “Enable taskbar icon” check box to add a menu of NVIDIA configurable settings to your Windows taskbar notification area. Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar The Enable taskbar icon check box is selected, by default, on the Tools page (Figure 7.15). When this option is selected, the NVIDIA Settings menu icon is added to the Windows taskbar notification areas, as shown in Figure 7.16. NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon Displayed in the Windows Taskbar Figure 7.16 Notification Area NVIDIA Settings menu icon Windows taskbar notification area...
Page 139 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features You can access the following settings using the NVIDIA Settings menu icon. • Screen Resolution • Screen Refresh Rate • Color Quality • nView Display Settings • Performance and Quality Settings • Custom Color Settings • Rotation Settings • Desktop Color Settings • nView Desktop Manager Figure 7.17 and Figure 7.18 show sample NVIDIA Settings menus. NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards Figure 7.17 NVIDIA Settings menu showing four graphics cares are connected. You can select each to access and configure its display settings. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 140: Display Optimization Wizard
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features NVIDIA Settings Menus — Another Example Figure 7.18 Display Optimization Wizard Run the Display Optimization Wizard to adjust your displays for optimal viewing and representation of colors. Note: Displays in nView Clone mode cannot be optimized. If you would like to optimize these displays, change the display mode to another nView mode and then restart the wizard. User’s Guide...
Page 141: Adding Nvidia Menu Options To The Windows Desktop Menu
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu When the Enable desktop context menu check box is selected (the default condition) (Figure 7.19), your connected displays appear as choices on your Windows desktop menu. 1 To access the desktop menu, right click on your desktop. 2 Select NVIDIA Display and one of your connected displays from the list that appears (Figure 7.19). You can select any of these displays to directly access the NVIDIA display properties control panel. 3 To remove the NVIDIA Display choices from your desktop menu, clear the check box and click Apply (Figure 7.19). Forcing Detection of Connected Television Selecting the Force TV detection check box can be useful in situations where the particular television model that is connected to your graphics card does not properly load the signals that allow the graphics card to detect its presence. As a result, you are not able to see the television as a display on the nView Display Settings page. 1 Select the Force TV detection check box and click Apply.
Page 142 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Tools Settings Figure 7.19 Clearing the Enable desktop context menu check Selecting the Enable desktop context menu box removes the NVIDIA display menu option, but check box adds the NVIDIA display menu item retains the nView Desktop Manager menu items to your desktop context menu. if you chose to display them using options on the nView Desktop Manager control panel, as shown i n the desktop menu below. User’s Guide...
Page 143: Using Nvrotate Settings
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Using NVRotate Settings The NVRotate settings (Figure 7.20) let you view your Windows desktop in Landscape or Portrait mode. You can rotate your desktop by 90, 180, or 270 degrees. Note: NVRotate is supported on GeForce2 MX and later series of NVIDIA GPUs. Note: If you are using the Video Mirror feature, you can also use the NVRotate feature to rotate the overlay video. If you want to apply the specified rotation to both the primary and secondary displays, use the Track overlay rotate setting on the Full Screen Video page. For details, see “Using Full Screen Video Settings” on page 120. Accessing the NVRotate Page To access the NVRotate page, click NVRotate from the NVIDIA display menu. Figure 7.20 through Figure 7.22 show the NVRotate settings. NVRotate Settings — Landscape Mode Figure 7.20 NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 144: Before You Use Nvrotate Settings
Before You Use NVRotate Settings • Rotation requires an additional video buffer equal to the settings for the rotated device. For systems with limited video memory, this can restrict the modes for which rotation can be supported. • In nView Clone mode, both displays are rotated. • In Dualview mode, either of the displays can be rotated provided there is enough memory to perform the rotation operation. • Only applications that include support for rotation will work in rotated modes. • Because rotated modes consume additional system and graphics resources, you might experience slower video performance and poorer graphics quality under the following conditions: • You are using slower GPUs, such as those in the NVIDIA GeForce2 or older series. • Other demands are placed on the NVIDIA graphics driver, such as moving the application window across the desktop. Enabling NVRotate Settings The following desktop rotations options are available: • Landscape is the “default” mode (Figure 7.20). • Inverted Landscape results in a 270 degree rotation (Figure 7.21). • Portrait results in a 90 degree rotation (Figure 7.22). • Inverted Portrait results in a 180 degree rotation (Figure 7.22). • Restore Default results in the default “Landscape” mode (Figure 7.20).
Page 145 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features NVRotate Settings — Inverted Landscape Mode Figure 7.21 To rotate your desktop, click one of these arrow buttons. . Select one of these options. NVRotate Settings — Portrait & Inverted Portrait Mode Figure 7.22 NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 146: Adjusting Temperature Settings
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adjusting Temperature Settings Note: The Temperature Settings page is available with GeForce FX and newer NVIDIA GPUs and on certain older NVIDIA GPUs only if the option has been enabled on your computer. Temperature settings let you adjust the temperature of the selected NVIDIA GPU on your computer.: Accessing the Temperature Settings Page To access the Temperature Settings page, click Temperature Settings from the NVIDIA display menu. Temperature Settings Figure 7.23 User’s Guide...
Page 147: Temperature Settings
Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Temperature Settings Temperature Level (GPU Core Temperature) Displays the current temperature of the selected NVIDIA GPU in your system. Core Slowdown Threshold Enter the value at which you want the NVIDIA GPU to slow itself down to prevent overheating. When this value matches the GPU core temperature value, a dialog box automatically appears warning of the condition and the actions that have been taken to prevent possible overheating and damage to any particular GPU(s) in your system. Note: The recommended value for this setting is the default that is preset. Any changes to this value should be made with extreme caution. Ambient Temperature Ambient temperature is the current temperature of the area surrounding the selected NVIDIA GPU in your system. This temperature varies greatly, depending on other heat sources located near the GPU. Enable Heat Indicator Warning When Threshold Exceeded When the value of the NVIDIA GPU core temperature matches the Core slowdown threshold value, the Heat Indicator dialog box automatically appears describing the situation and the actions that have been taken to prevent possible damage to any particular GPU(s) in your system. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 148: Changing Screen Resolutions And Refresh Rates
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates The Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates page (Figure 7.24) lets you configure screen resolution, color quality, and screen refresh rates for each of your connected displays. To access the Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates page, click Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates from the NVIDIA display menu. If you need help in accessing the NVIDIA display menu, see “Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages” on page 21. Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates Page Figure 7.24 Screen Resolution and Color Quality • Screen Resolution lets you display available screen resolution settings for the display. Move the slider to select a different screen resolution. • Color quality lets you displays available color settings for the currently selected screen resolution of the display. Use the slider to select a different color setting. ...
Page 149: Monitor Settings
• Screen refresh rate displays available refresh rates for the currently selected screen resolution of the display. Click the list to select a different refresh rate. • Show only physical panning resolutions. Check this box to allow modes smaller than traditional Windows desktop modes to be set on the selected display. This can cause the visible area of the display to possibly appear zoomed or to pan around the desktop, depending on the capabilities of the display. • Hide modes that this monitor cannot support specifies whether to include modes that are not supported by your display. CAUTION: Choosing a mode that is inappropriate for your display may cause severe display problems and could damage your hardware. Adding Custom Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates 1 Click Add to display the dialog box shown in Figure 7.25. Add Custom Resolution Dialog Box. Figure 7.25 2 Enter the pixel settings for the resolution you want to add in the Width and Height fields. 3 Click Add. 4 When the confirmation message appears, click OK. 5 Click OK to return to the Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates page. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 150: Enabling Custom Screen Resolutions
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features To enable these custom resolutions, see the next section “Enabling Custom Screen Resolutions” on page 138. Enabling Custom Screen Resolutions After you have added one or more custom screen resolutions, follow these steps to enable these resolutions. 1 Select the Only show custom modes check box to access those screen resolutions & refresh rates that you have added using the Add button. Note: Custom resolutions that you can select are limited to resolutions divisible by the number “8”. 2 Click Apply. 3 Move the Screen resolution slider to a custom resolution you added. 4 Click Apply. The screen may go blank for a few seconds for the new setting to take effect. Removing Custom Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates 1 Once you have added one or more custom screen resolutions and refresh rates, follow the remaining steps to delete any of them: 2 From the Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates page, make sure the Only show custom modes check box is selected.
Page 151: Advanced Timing
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Advanced Timing The Advanced Timing page enables you to adjust timings for your NVIDIA GPU‐ based graphics card in order to support a variety of different display timings for ultimate flexibility for analog CRT and DVI connections. Note: The Advanced Timing button is not available for certain NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards with a DVI connector in use. DVI timing adjustment is supported for NV3x‐based graphics cards only if they have an external TMDS, such as the SiliconImage 164. If the graphics card uses the internal TMDS, then the Advanced Timing button is not available. However, graphics cards that use the internal TMDS can support refresh rates below 60 Hz using the current NVIDIA Release 60 driver. Note: To use the Advanced Timing page, you must be an advanced user and familiar with the concepts of display timing standards and parameters. If you are not familiar, it is recommended that you do not use the Advanced Timing page. For additional details, refer to the following documents that explain display timing standards >> VESA and Industry Standards and Guidelines for Computer Display Monitor Timing (DMT) published by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) >> Coordinated Video Timing Standard published by VESA >> EIA Standard: A DTV Profile for Uncompressed High Speed Digital Interfaces published by the Electronic Industries Alliance 1 Click the Advanced Timing button. If an Agreement page appears, scroll down and then click the I Agree button to accept the agreement and open the Advanced Timing page. The Advanced Timing configuration page (Figure 7.26) where you can select display timing standards and custom parameters. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 152: Display Mode & Timing Parameters
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Advanced Timing — Custom Modes/Timings & Timing Standards Figure 7.26 Display Mode & Timing Parameters Click the Mode & timing list if you want to select a “custom” timing value or an “EIA‐861B” timing. These settings are explained below. Note: If you rather use “standard” timings (such as DMT, GTF, CVT, and EDID), see “Display Timing Standards” on page 143 in the next section. • Custom values — If you are an advanced user and would prefer to enter custom timing values in the fields provided on the Advanced Timing page, follow these steps: Select Custom values from the Mode & timing list and click Apply. Enter the values you want in the various fields as described in Table 7.1 When the confirmation prompt appears, click Yes. Your custom settings are now in effect. User’s Guide...
Page 153: Table 7.1 Advanced Timing Parameters
If the vertical synchronization polarity value is negative (-), the value of the vertical synchronization pulse is lower than the baseline value. Note: You can select the vertical synchronization polarity independently of the horizontal synchronization polarity. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 154 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Advanced Timing Parameters (continued) Table 7.1 Advanced Timing Parameter Description Refresh rate Refresh rate indicates how many times per second the electron beam in the picture tube is moved from top to bottom in the case of a CRT (analog display), or more generally, the frequency at which the entire screen is refreshed.
Page 155: Display Timing Standards
Discrete Monitor DMT is a set of pre-defined VESA timings. VESA updates this standard every Timings (DMT) year. If DMT timing is available for a specific mode, the NVIDIA display driver normally selects it instead of GTF. Coordinated Video CVT became the VESA standard on March 2003. CVT supports higher Timings (CVT) resolutions better than other timing standards.
Page 156: Editing The Nvidia Display Menu
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu Use the Menu Editing page to remove infrequently used NVIDIA menu items, which you can restore later. Accessing the Menu Editing Page To access the Menu Editing page, click Menu Editing from the NVIDIA display menu (Figure 7.27). If you need help in accessing the NVIDIA display menu, see “Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages” on page Menu Editing Page — Default Settings Figure 7.27 Using Menu Editing 1 Select the Enable menu editing check box (Figure 7.28). User’s Guide...
Page 157 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Menu Editing Enabled — Removing Menu Items Figure 7.28 These menu items have been temporarily removed from the NVIDIA display menu. Clear the Enable menu editing check box after removing menu in order to navigate normally within the NVIDIA display menu. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 158: Adjusting Powermizer Settings - Only For Notebook Computers
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features 2 Remove infrequently used screens by dragging them from the NVIDIA display menu to the list box shown below the check box. Figure 7.28 shows the Refresh Rate Overrides and Temperature Settings pages temporarily removed from the NVIDIA display menu. 3 To return to normal NVIDIA menu navigation, clear the Enable menu editing check box (Figure 7.28). 4 To restore the menu options back to the NVIDIA display menu, you can simply click Restore Defaults or if you want to remove each item manually, follow these steps: a Select the Enable menu editing check box to insert the check mark. b Drag the menu items that you want to restore back to the menu. Only Adjusting PowerMizer Settings — for Notebook Computers When using a mobile (notebook or laptop) computer, the NVIDIA PowerMizer™ page lets you regulate the power consumption of your NVIDIA GPU. Accessing the PowerMizer Page To access the PowerMizer page, click PowerMizer from the NVIDIA display menu.
Page 159: Current Power Source
Current Power Source Current power source can be either AC Outlet or Battery. In this example (Figure 7.29) it is AC Outlet. only PowerMizer Settings — Applies to Notebook Computers Figure 7.29 Current battery Current power source charge Current power level Current Power Level The current power level can apply to either AC outlet or Battery power source, depending on the power source being used by your computer. • AC Outlet. Adjust the power consumption from the AC power source relative to performance by setting one of the following: Maximum power savings • Maximum performance • • Balanced • Battery. You can choose any one of the following options: NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 160: Using The Hires Desktop Scaling Feature
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features • Conserve battery life by setting Maximum Power Savings, but at some decrease in performance. • Use the full graphics performance of your NVIDIA GPU by selecting Maximum Performance. • Choose a compromise between the two settings by using Balanced. Using the HiRes Desktop Scaling Feature High resolution (HiRes) desktops are used with many workstation applications, which often results in desktops that are difficult to navigate. For example, Figure 7.30 illustrates the effect of high resolution on icon size. Figure 7.30 3840 x 2400 versus 1920 x 1200 3840 x 2400 1920 x 1200...
Page 161: Figure 7.31 Effect Of Hires Scaling On Opengl Drawing
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features HiRes desktop scaling allows you to comfortably view desktops set to 3840x2400 by scaling it down to 1920 x 1200, without affecting the OpenGL window resolution. Figure 7.31 illustrates the difference in OpenGL applications when viewed on a desktop set to 1920 x 1200 versus a desktop set to 3480 x 2400 with hires scaling enabled. Figure 7.31 Effect of Hires Scaling on OpenGL Drawing OpenGL wireframe with desktop at 1920 x 1200. OpenGL wireframe with desktop hires scaled to 1920 x 1200 from 3840 x 2400. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 162: Activating Hires Desktop Scaling
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Activating HiRes Desktop Scaling To enable HiRes desktop scaling on flat panel displays capable of 3840 x 2400, follow these steps: 1 Right click from your Windows desktop to display the desktop menu. 2 Click Properties > Settings to display the Windows Display Properties Settings page Figure 7.32. 3 If Dualview is enabled, click the display icon corresponding to your high resolution display. Figure 7.32 Windows Display Properties Settings Page 4 Change the resolution using any one of the following methods: Using the Settings page a Under Screen Resolution, move the slider to 3840 x 2400 pixels (Figure 7.32), then click Apply. b Click Advanced and then click the NVIDIA Quadro GPU tab. User’s Guide...
Page 163: Figure 7.33 Hires Desktop Scaling Option On Nview Display Settings Page
Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Using the NVIDIA Change Resolution page a Click Advanced and then click the NVIDIA Quadro product tab. b From the NVIDIA display menu, click Change Resolution. c Move the slider to 3840 x 2400 and click Apply. 5 From the NVIDIA display menu, select the nView Display Settings option to display the nView Display Settings page (Figure 7.33). 6 Select the HiRes desktop scaling from 3840 x 2400 to 1920 x 1200 check box and (Figure 7.33) and click Apply. Note: Your desktop is now scaled to 1920 x 1200, yet OpenGL application windows will continue to appear at 3840 x 2400 resolution. Figure 7.33 HiRes Desktop Scaling Option on nView Display Settings Page HiRes desktop scaling check box NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 164: Using Two Nvidia Gpu-Based Graphics Cards
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards P P E N D I X NVIDIA GPU-B SING ASED RAPHICS ARDS This appendix contains the following major topics: • “Before You Begin” on page 153 • “Quadro FX 3000 — Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver” on page 154 • “Quadro FX 3000 — Attaching the Secondary Display for nView Dualview Mode” on page 155 • “GeForce4 MX — Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver” on page 158 • “Attaching Displays for GeForce4 MX — nView Dualview Mode” on page 159 •...
Page 165: Before You Begin
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Before You Begin This appendix discusses an example of using two multi‐display NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards in one computer running Windows XP. Note: When running Windows with multiple graphics cards (i.e., two or more NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card are installed in your computer), the same NVIDIA driver (version) must be installed for each graphics card. Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 1 Make sure you have an AGP slot and a PCI slot on your computer. 2 Install the appropriate NVIDIA GPU‐based PCI and AGP cards. 3 Make sure the graphics cards are securely seated in their slots. 4 Connect the appropriate display devices to each card, making sure that the cable connectors are securely attached to the graphics cards. 5 Turn on your display devices. Examples and Setup The examples in this appendix show the following NVIDIA‐based graphics cards and configurations. ...
Page 166: Quadro Fx 3000 - Installing The Nvidia Forceware Graphics Display Driver
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 — Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 1 Start up your computer. Your desktop will appear on one of the display devices attached to one of your graphics cards. The Found New Hardware Wizard appears. 2 Click the last option labeled Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) to select it. 3 Click Next. 4 Click the last option labeled Don’t search. I will choose... to enable it and click Next. 5 From the Common hardware types: list, double‐click the Display adapters choice. 6 On the next window that appears, make sure that none of the choices is highlighted. If one is, click it to remove the highlight. 7 Click Have Disk. 8 Click Browse and locate the path containing NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display ...
Page 167: Quadro Fx 3000 - Attaching The Secondary Display For Nview Dualview Mode
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 — Attaching the Secondary Display for nView Dualview Mode 1 From your desktop, open the Display Properties Settings page. Three display screen images appear, one of which is active (attached) while the other two are not active, meaning connected but not attached. In this example (Figure A.1), display device numbered 1 appears active, connected, and attached to the Quadro FX 3000 graphics card. Display 2 (connected to the GeForce4 MX) and display 3 (connected to the Quadro FX 3000 graphics card) are not active (appear as grayed screen images) because they have not yet been attached. 2 Click Identify to identify the display device. 3 Notice that the display’s number, as represented on the Settings page, appears briefly on that display device’s desktop (Figure A.2). Figure A.1 Display Properties Settings — 3 Display Devices with 1 Attached...
Page 168: Figure A.2 One Display Device With Identifying Number
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Figure A.2 One Display Device With Identifying Number 4 From the Settings page, right click the inactive screen image numbered display 3 (connected to the GFX 5900 Ultra card), click Attached, and click Apply. Figure A.3 show that display 3 is now enabled and attached. 5 Click Identify to identify the attached display devices (1 and 3) on their desktops. Notice that the attached display devices’ numbers, as represented on the Settings page, appear briefly on those display devices’ desktops (Figure A.4). User’s Guide...
Page 169: Figure A.3 Display Properties Settings - 3 Display Devices With 2 Attached
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Figure A.3 Display Properties Settings — 3 Display Devices with 2 Attached Figure A.4 Two Display Devices With Identifying Numbers NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 170: Geforce4 Mx - Installing The Nvidia Forceware Graphics Display Driver
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards GeForce4 MX — Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 1 From the Windows Display Properties Settings page, right click the display image 2 (connected to the GeForce4 MX‐based graphics card) and click Properties. 2 Click the Adapter tab and click Properties. 3 Click the Driver tab and then click Update Driver to display the Hardware Update Wizard. 4 Click the last option labeled Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) to select it. 5 Click Next. 6 Click the last option labeled Don’t search. I will choose... to enable it and click Next. 7 Enable the check box labeled Show compatible hardware, if it is not checked already. 8 On the Model list, if it appears, click the NVIDIA‐based graphics card for which you are about to install the NVIDIA driver. In this example, it is GeForce4 MX.
Page 171: Attaching Displays For Geforce4 Mx - Nview Dualview Mode
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards 17Click Finish when that option appears and then click Close to close the Driver window. 18Respond to the prompts to restart your computer. Attaching Displays for GeForce4 MX — nView Dualview Mode 1 When you have returned to your desktop, right click on the desktop to display the desktop menu and click Properties and the Settings tab. Notice that all four of the connected display devices are now represented by numbered display images, as shown in Figure A.5. Remember that we already attached display devices 1 and 3 for the Quadro FX 3000‐based graphics card. Now we will enable display devices 2 and 4 for the GeForce4 MX‐based graphics card. 2 Right click display image 2, click Attached and click Apply. The associated display device becomes enabled and displays a desktop. 3 Right click on display image 4, click Attached and click Apply. The associated display device becomes enabled and displays a desktop. Figure A.5 and Figure A.6 show the associated Display Properties Settings page and the resulting desktops on the numbered display devices. NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 172: Figure A.5 Display Properties Settings - 4 Attached Display Devices
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Figure A.5 Display Properties Settings — 4 Attached Display Devices 4 MX 420 Figure A.6 Four Display Devices With Identifying Numbers Note: Attaching all the displays implies that nView Dualview mode is enabled. If you check the nView Display Settings page for either of the NVIDIA‐based graphics cards that are installed, you will see that nView Dualview mode is enabled. 1 From the Windows Display Properties Settings page, right click any of the four display images. 2 Click Properties and then click the NVIDIA GPU ab to open the associated page. User’s Guide...
Page 173: Enabling Nview Span And Clone Modes - Detaching The Secondary Display Device
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards 3 Click the nView Display Settings menu option. Notice that the nView modes list is set to Dualview. Enabling nView Span and Clone Modes — Detaching the Secondary Display Device Note: In the following steps, we’ll switch from Dualview to Span or Clone mode for each of the two NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards. You will notice that the secondary displays become detached (disabled) because nView Span and Clone modes do not detect the secondary display device as separate display devices. 1 Right click on either display image 2 or 4, representing the GeForce4 MX‐based graphics card. 2 Click Properties and then click the NVIDIA GPU‐labeled tab to open the associated NVIDIA GPU (GeForce4 MX) page. 3 Click the nView Display Settings menu option. 4 Click the nView modes list and select Horizontal Span, then click Apply/ 5 Wait while the display devices adjust modes. ...
Page 174: Figure A.7 Display Properties Settings - 4 Display Devices With 2 Attached
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Figure A.7 Display Properties Settings — 4 Display Devices with 2 Attached 4 MX 420 Figure A.8 Two Display Devices With Identifying Numbers Note: You can repeat steps 4 and 5 and chose Vertical Span or Clone mode. The result will be similar to what is shown in Figure A.7 and Figure A.8 in that the secondary displays become detached because nView Span and Clone modes do not detect the secondary display device as a separate display device. User’s Guide...
Page 175: Viewing Multiple Nvidia Gpu-Based Graphics Cards From The Nvidia Display Menu
Viewing Multiple NVIDIA GPU-based Graphics Cards from the NVIDIA Display Menu You can view multiple NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards from the NVIDIA display menu and easily access the corresponding NVIDIA Display control panel pages to configure advanced display settings for each graphics card. See Chapter 8, “Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features” on page Figure A.9 NVIDIA Display Menu — Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX 420 Options Quadro FX 3000 menu GeForce4 MX 420 GeForce4 MX menu NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 176: Figure A.10 Nvidia Display Menu Showing Both Quadro Fx 3000 And Geforce4 Mx Graphics Cards
Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Figure A.10 NVIDIA Display Menu Showing Both Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 menu GeForce4 MX 420 GeForce4 MX menu User’s Guide...
Page 177: Viewing Multiple Card Configurations Using The Nvidia Settings Menu
Settings Menu You can view the multi‐GPU configurations through the NVIDIA Settings icon on the Windows taskbar. If you don’t have the NVIDIA Settings icon enabled, see “Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar” on page 126. 1 Right click the NVIDIA Settings icon from your Windows taskbar notification area. A menu of configuration options appears, as shown in Figure A.11. Notice that both Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX 420 GPU‐based graphics cards are shown in the menu. Figure A.11 NVIDIA Settings Menu Displaying NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000-based and GeForce4 MX-based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 — display 1 GeForce4 MX 420 — display 2 NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 178 Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards 2 To see the configuration options for each GPU‐based graphics card, point to the GPU names on the menu (Figure A.11) and then move the cursor to any of the options that appear on the next menu level. User’s Guide...
Page 179 Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 180: Using Hdtv With Nvidia Gpu-Based Graphics Cards
Appendix B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards P P E N D I X HDTV NVIDIA SING WITH GPU-B ASED RAPHICS ARDS HDTV‐connectivity is supported by NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards that have the proper encoding to support HDTV display. Also see Supported HDTV Connectors in the next section. Any NVIDIA graphics card solution for HDTV ships with an appropriate video cable — examples are shown in the “Sample Video Cables...” sections. • “Supported HDTV Connectors” on page B‐169 • “Sample Cables Shipped with NVIDIA HDTV‐Encoded Graphics Cards” on page B‐171 • “Sample Cables Shipped with NVIDIA HDTV‐Encoded Graphics Cards” on page B‐171...
Page 181: Supported Hdtv Connectors
Appendix B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Supported HDTV Connectors HDTV output using an NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card is supported under the following types of connectors: • Component • HDTV over DVI • D connector Component The component connector path is defined and formats restricted by the encoder on the graphics card. • The “Component” video connection is the “High Definition” output of the converter. “Component” connections frequently will be labeled “Y”, “Pb” and “Pr”. While all programming (analog, digital, and “high definition”) is available on these wires, there are some disadvantages to viewing the analog and digital programming in this mode. That is discussed next. • The “Component” output is in the “Native Resolution” format of 1080i. (this is important to know!) Like the Yellow “Composite” and the S‐Video outputs, the “Component” output will require a Left and Right (red and white) cable connection to provide the audio signals to either the HDTV or the Home Theater system. • Component cables are usually a cluster of 3 cables with RCA style plugs and will be color coded Green, Blue and Red. The HDTV jacks on the back of the converter and the HDTV display will also be color‐coded and it is important that the cables are connected so that the green jack on the HDTV converter is connected ...
Page 182: Hdtv Over Dvi
Appendix B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards HDTV over DVI HDTV over DVI (see “Using HDTV Formats” on page 81) uses the standard digital interface to transmit uncompressed HD digital video. The formats are limited by the available EIA‐861B modes from the EDID or the custom modes you may have added. So if you have an HDTV with a DVI connection, you can use a DVI cable (sample shown in Figure B.2) below. Figure B.2 Sample DVI Cable. D connector The D Connector is used mostly in Japanese market and its path is also defined by the encoder but the available formats are additionally restricted by the D1 to D4 output modes. User’s Guide...
Page 183: Sample Cables Shipped With Nvidia Hdtv-Encoded Graphics Cards
Appendix B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Sample Cables Shipped with NVIDIA HDTV-Encoded Graphics Cards Figure B.3 Sample Video Cables NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 184: Figure B.4 Sample Nvidia Personal Cinema™ A/V Cables
Appendix B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Note: Only cables with a “component” connection can be used with an HDTV. Figure B.4 Sample NVIDIA Personal Cinema™ A/V Cables User’s Guide...
Page 185: Nvidia Setup Wizard Pages
Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages P P E N D I X NVIDIA S ETUP IZARD AGES The following sections contain the NVIDIA Setup Wizard pages in sequence for a few different display configurations. • “NVIDIA Display Wizard — Typical Setup” on page 174 • “NVIDA Display Setup Wizard — Custom Setup” on page 175 • “NVIDIA Display Wizard — HDTV Component Connection” on page 177 • “NVIDA Display Wizard — Analog Display with HDTV/DVI” on page 179 • “NVIDA Display Wizard — Digital Display and Television” on page 181 NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 186: Nvidia Display Wizard - Typical Setup
Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDIA Display Wizard — Typical Setup Figure C.1 NVIDIA Display Wizard — Typical Setup User’s Guide...
Page 187: Nvida Display Setup Wizard - Custom Setup
Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDA Display Setup Wizard — Custom Setup Figure C.2 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard — Custom Setup Pages (1) NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 188: Figure C.3 Nvidia Display Setup Wizard - Custom Setup Pages (2)
Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages Figure C.3 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard — Custom Setup Pages (2) User’s Guide...
Page 189: Nvidia Display Wizard - Hdtv Component Connection
Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDIA Display Wizard — HDTV Component Connection Figure C.4 NVIDIA TV Display Wizard — HDTV Component Connection Page (1) NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 190: Figure C.5 Nvidia Tv Display Wizard - Hdtv Component Connection Page (2)
Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages Figure C.5 NVIDIA TV Display Wizard — HDTV Component Connection Page (2) User’s Guide...
Page 191: Nvida Display Wizard - Analog Display With Hdtv/Dvi
Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDA Display Wizard — Analog Display with HDTV/DVI Figure C.6 NVIDIA Display Wizard—Analog Display with HDTV/DVI Pages (1) NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 192: Figure C.7 Nvidia Display Wizard-Analog Display With Hdtv/Dvi Pages (2)
Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages Figure C.7 NVIDIA Display Wizard—Analog Display with HDTV/DVI Pages (2) User’s Guide...
Page 193: Nvida Display Wizard - Digital Display And Television
Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDA Display Wizard — Digital Display and Television Figure C.8 NVIDIA Display Wizard — Digital Display with TV Pages (1) NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 194: Figure C.9 Nvidia Display Wizard - Various Types Of Tv Connectors
Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages Figure C.9 NVIDIA Display Wizard — Various Types of TV Connectors User’s Guide...
Page 195 Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages Figure C.10 NVIDIA Display Wizard — Digital Display with TV Pages (2) NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 196: Nvidia Forceware Graphics Display Driver - Feature History
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History P P E N D I X NVIDIA F ORCE RAPHICS ISPLAY — F RIVER EATURE ISTORY This appendix provides information on the previous releases of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver and summarizes the features and enhancements that have been introduced in each release. Driver Release History Release 75 is the latest release of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver for Windows. Table D.1 includes a summary of previous driver releases and the versions associated with them. Note: Some versions listed may not have been released outside of NVIDIA. NVIDIA Drivers for Windows Table D.1...
Page 197: Release 75 Enhancements
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History NVIDIA Drivers for Windows (continued) Table D.1 Driver Release Name Version Comment Release 40 Detonator 40 40.60–44.02 Release 35 Detonator 35 35.60–37.80 Release 25 Detonator 25 26.00–32.90 Release 20 Detonator XP 21.83–23.xx...
Page 198: Video
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History • Tools page — provides options for shortcuts, display optimizations, and troubleshooting. For details, see “Using the Tools Page” on page 125. Note: The Tools page replaces the Release 65 Troubleshooting page. • Improved Driver Information and Change Resolutions pages. • Application profiles can include “color settings” — You can now associate application‐specific color settings (Digital Vibrance, Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, etc.) with video games. • Improved HDTV‐over‐DVI user interface and support for arbitrary overscan/ underscan for HDTV‐over‐DVI. • Variable “Underscan” and “Overscan Shift”— The HDTV Overscan Configuration page now lets you adjust the HDTV underscan and overscan shift. • Show HDTV display formats option on the Change Resolutions page lets you add and remove standard EIA 861b HD modes and enables HD over DVI. • The Advanced Timings page now lets you modify the X and Y resolution to create a custom mode. Custom modes creation and advanced timings adjustments are combined on one page. • Improved SLI multi‐GPU mode pages — available with NVIDIA SLI graphics cards intended for use by advanced users. For details, see the document “Application Note — Using NVIDIA SLI Graphics Cards” Version 2.0 or later. nView Desktop Manager Video •...
Page 199: Display Driver, Directx, And Opengl
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History Display Driver, DirectX, and OpenGL Release 70 Graphics Driver — Performance Improvement and New Features Table D.2 Display Driver DirectX OpenGL Performance • Improved stability and robustness • Improved robustness...
Page 200: Nvmanagement
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History • Consolidation of some actions, providing fewer hot keys and increased functionality • New hot keys: Activate Last Active Desktop, and Show Last Blocked Popup • nView Toolbar — Added drag‐n‐drop window management to the display toolbars. • Gridlines — New gridline creation tools to insert preset rows and columns • Internet Explorer Popup Preventer—Sensitivity Adjustment • Window Management — New setting to open window on next empty display NVManagement Improved functionality in response to customer feedback. The NVManagement application includes new switches for scripting driver settings Driver Independence For ForceWare graphics drivers Release 50 and later, any nView version can be installed over any driver version. Release 65 Enhancements 512 MB Frame Buffer Support ForceWare Release 65 graphics drivers provide memory management techniques for ...
Page 201: Operating System Support
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History Operating System Support Release 65 supports Windows XP SP2 and will support the next version of Windows XP Media Center Edition—”Symphony”. Enhancements in Driver Performance Improved Robustness The ForceWare Release 65 graphics driver offers improved stability and robustness in DirectX and 2D graphics. Video Enhancements Video enhancements in Release 65 include • Optimized motion compensation and video processing to take advantage of the capabilities of the newest generation of NVIDIA GPUs. • Support for Microsoft’s Certified Output Protection Protocol (COPP) • Improved media capture interface 3D Graphics API Enhancements • DirectX Enhancements •...
Page 202: Desktop Manager And Control Panel Improvements
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History Desktop Manager and Control Panel Improvements Release 65 includes the following improvements in the Desktop Manager and NVIDIA display control panel: • High Resolution Scalable Desktop Performance • Desktop Manager Wizards • Desktop Manager Hot Keys, Toolbars, and Gridlines • Application Profiles • Control Panel User Interface Release 60 Enhancements Latest GPU Support The ForceWare Release 60 graphics drivers support the newest generation of NVIDIA GPUs, including • Improved vertex and pixel compilers • Video shaders PCI Express Support ForceWare Release 60 offers 2D and 3D graphics driver support for the PCI Express I/...
Page 203: 3D Graphics Api Enhancements
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History The ForceWare Release 60 graphics driver offers more robust stability and compatibility in DirectX support, antialiasing, and desktop rotation. • Reduction of OCA issues • Dynamic video memory streamlines operating system resources for large frame buffer configurations 3D Graphics API Enhancements Direct3D DirectX 9.0c Support OpenGL • New drivers for the OpenGL ARB shading language (GLSL) • Enhanced support for Windows XP 64‐Bit Edition and IA32‐E. • New extensions • GL_NV_fragment_program2 • GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate • NV_vertex_program3 • ATI_draw_buffers • ATI_texture_float •...
Page 204: Pci Express Support
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History PCI Express Support 2D and 3D graphics drivers support the PCI Express I/O. PAE Support 2D and 3D graphics driver support systems that utilize physical address extensions (PAE) nView Desktop Manager Enhancements • Seamless nView support between 32‐bit and 64‐bit processes on Windows 64‐bit Edition • Dual NVKeystone support for independent keystone trapezoids under nView Span modes. • Per‐display Desktop Management User Interface Enhancements • New application profiles capability lets you associate a collection of driver settings—such as antialiasing and display quality settings—with an application. • Easy access standalone panel, independent of the Microsoft Display Properties window. • Improved multi‐adapter support.
Page 205: 3D Graphics Api Enhancements
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History 3D Graphics API Enhancements Direct3D • Improved antialiasing performance • Improved shaders OpenGL New extension: GL_NV_pixel_buffer_object Release 50 Enhancements The Release 50 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Driver for Windows. New Feature Highlights 64-bit Support Driver Release 50 offers AMD64 and IA64 operating system support. Dynamic Memory Mapping Dynamic memory mapping adds support for 256 MB graphics cards for video, display, and OpenGL drivers. NVIDIA Unified Compiler As today’s GPUs become more and more programmable they are entering a similar ...
Page 206: Display Driver Changes-New Features
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History with the GeForce FX architecture, NVIDIA has implemented a GPU‐specific compiler that can be used to optimize application performance. Display Driver Changes—New Features • Rotation Support for Windows Me/9x • Custom Resolutions ‐ Provides the user with the ability to construct new modes via the NVIDIA control panel. • Dynamic EDIDs ‐ Updates the master mode list with new modes contained in the connected device’s EDID. • Support for Special Panels and Devices • Large Panels • Wide Panels • Seamless Spanning Modes ‐ Included in the mode list to support T221 style large panels. • Interlaced Modes for HDTV • DVI Device Hot Plugging • Frame Lock Functionality ‐ For synchronizing applications across multiple displays (Quadro FX 3000 only) •...
Page 207: Nview
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History • Change Resolution Panel • Edge Blending and Desktop Overlap Panel • Frame Lock Panel • HDTV Support • New Color Panel with Enhanced Gamma • Overclocking Panel • AGP Settings Panel • Video BIOS Flash Utilities • ATL Client Panel • Menus for NVIDIA user components • Device Selection drop down in the slider tray • Panel access for non‐administrator users • Tool tips for the slider tray • Performance and Quality Settings • TV‐Out Settings •...
Page 208: Directx Graphics
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History • Faster desktop switching • Integrated control panels • New Setup Wizard • Driver independence DirectX Graphics • Floating point render targets • Multi‐element textures • Improved antialiasing compatibility • Improved shader handling and stability • Improved render‐to‐texture performance OpenGL • Windows 9x Rotation Support • New Extensions Supported • GL_ARB_occlusion_query • Faster Vertex Processing Pipeline—Improved geometry processing and display list support ...
Page 209: Enhanced Display Driver, Directx, And Video Capabilities
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History Enhanced Display Driver, DirectX, and Video Capabilities • Windows XP SP1 • Release 40 supports Windows XP SP1, including support for Windows XP Tablet PC and eHome technology. • Release 40 provides support for bugcheck EA callbacks, enabling OCA EA failures to be resolved more quickly while assisting to identify failure causes— such as due to chip instability or overclocking. • Rotation Support Release 40 supports desktop rotation , which allows the user to rotate the desktop by 90, 180, or 270 degrees. • DirectX 9 Support With Microsoft’s release of DirectX 9 runtime, Release 40 version 42.51 and later provides support for DirectX 9, which includes the new vertex shaders, antialiasing modes, and multi‐display device support. • Video Enhancements Flip Sync functionality support •...
Page 210: Opengl Enhancements
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 • 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.
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Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History calibration screens and utilities have been designed to improve windows multi‐ display usability. For example, NVKeystone can be set to compensate for keystoning effects on your windows display, allowing you to fix distorted projection images. This feature is primarily for laptop (mobile) computers. Note: For further details on NVKeystone and many new nView Desktop Manager features, see the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User™s Guide. Release 25 Enhancements The Release 25 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Driver for Windows. • nView: The latest multi‐monitor technology encompassing driver support, multi‐ monitor GPU architecture, and desktop management support. nView consists of two main modules: nView Display Manager—New support for multi‐monitor functionality, • including Clone modes, and Horizontal and Vertical spanning modes. • nView Desktop Manager—A control panel and desktop management engine for application window management and extension of functions, and support for multiple desktops. • Dualview support for Windows 2000 • Improved DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) • Special support for NVIDIA NV25 capabilities: •...
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Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History Release 20 Enhancements The Release 20 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Driver for Windows. • OpenGL 1.3 ICD with NVIDIA extensions • OpenGL performance optimizations • Optimized DirectX pipeline with NVIDIA pixel and vertex shaders. • Full support for Windows XP, including • Full hardware acceleration for Windows XP GUI features • Accelerated Windows XP 3D performance through the NVIDIA XPress Link technology Release 10 Enhancements The Release 10 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Driver for Windows. ® • Support for Microsoft DirectX 8 ® • Support for Microsoft DirectX VA 1.0.
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Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History Release 6 Enhancements TwinView TwinView is a Release 6 feature that supports connecting dual displays using a single graphics board (such as the GeForce2 MX or Quadro2 MXR) based on the NV11 chipset.TwinView includes major features such as the Virtual Desktop, Video Mirror, and Desktop Manager features. TwinView supports a variety of display options, such as digital flat panels, red‐ green‐blue (RGB) monitors, TVs, and analog flat panels. TwinView features the following display modes: Standard, Extended Desktop (Span), and Clone. Virtual Desktop Virtual Desktop is a TwinView feature that is useful for panels and monitors with limited resolution. Virtual Desktop is used to set a larger than viewable area on the second display, which supports full pan‐and‐scan of the entire desktop area. Currently, Virtual Desktop functionality is available under • Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 in TwinView Standard or Clone mode • Windows 9x in TwinView Clone mode Video Mirror Video Mirror is a TwinView feature that allows a video or DVD application to mirror its playback in full‐screen mode on any one of the connected display devices. In other words, Video Mirror allows video data that’s displayed on a hardware overlay to be displayed at full‐screen on a secondary display. Currently, Video Mirror functionality is available under • Windows 2000 in TwinView Clone mode •...
Page 214: Desktop Manager
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History Desktop Manager Desktop Manager allows the user to run an application on one or both monitors. This configuration may be useful for entertainment applications, such as DVD playback and digital video editing. Desktop Manager functions under the TwinView Extended Desktop (Span) mode and, in addition to being supported by the NV11 chipset (i.e, the GeForce2 MX or the Quadro2 MXR graphics board), is also supported by any two NVIDIA graphics boards running in multi‐monitor mode. Digital Vibrance Control Digital Vibrance Control (DVC), a mechanism for controlling color separation and intensity, boosts the color saturation of an image. DVC is supported by the NV11 chipset (i.e., the GeForce2 MX or Quadro2 MXR graphics board). OpenGL The NVIDIA OpenGL Settings control panel contains the following changes: • Improved full‐scene anti‐aliasing methods • Additional options for Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 Force 16‐bit Depth Buffer • Enable Advanced Multiple Monitors • Direct3D The NVIDIA Direct3D Settings control panel contains the following changes: • Improved full‐scene anti‐aliasing methods not previously available •...
Page 215: Control Panels
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History Control Panels TwinView, Digital Vibrance Control, OpenGL, and Direct3D features have associated NVIDIA‐specific windows (control panels) from which these features can be configured. These control panels are normally accessed by following one of these procedures from the Windows active desktop: • Click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Settings > Advanced or • Click the right mouse button and select Properties > Settings > Advanced. Release 5 Enhancements The Release 5 driver adds capabilities in the following areas: OpenGL Changes have been made to the core, extensions, performance, and available features of OpenGL. OpenGL 1.2 Core Release 5 adds all the features that constitute the OpenGL 1.2 core capabilities: • BGRA pixel formats • packed pixel formats (plus R5_G6_B5 formats and reversed formats) • rescaling vertex normals • specular highlights after texturing •...
Page 216: Opengl Extensions
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History OpenGL Extensions The OpenGL extensions in the table below were added or changed in Release 5. OpenGL Extensions Modified in Release 5 Extension Status Comment Same as EXT_texture_cube_map ARB_texture_cube_map Same as EXT_texture_env_add ARB_texture_env_add ARB_transpose_matrix New (5.16) To replace S3_s3tc GL_ARB_texture_compression NV_blend_square Deprecated S3_s3tc Removed EXT_clip_volume_hint Removed EXT_cull_vertex Renamed...
Page 217: Direct3D
Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History • enabling no longer forces software rendering, resulting in GL_POLYGON_SMOOTH much better performance at some cost in visual quality Direct3D Release 5 contains the following Direct3D changes: • accelerated full‐scene anti‐aliasing is enabled (GeForce, Quadro, GeForce2) • limited three‐stage setup is now possible • capability bit is now disabled (leaving the driver D3DVTXPCAPS_MATERIALSOURCE7 with DirectX 6 material source capabilities) The following Registry keys are useful for applications that do not blit correctly: • is a new Registry key that controls the wait‐after‐blit FLUSHAFTERBLITENABLE condition when the flag is set. DDBLT_WAIT (Default is —do not wait.) DISABLED Note: This Registry key was formerly named WAITAFTERBLITENABLE. • is a new Registry key that forces the flag to ...
Page 218 Appendix D Glossary P P E N D I X LOSSARY analog display — Analog display refers to your CRT display, in general. The terms CRT and analog display may be used interchangeably in this guide. Control Panel (Microsoft Windows) — You can access the Windows Control Panel window by clicking Start > Settings > Control Panel from the Windows desktop taskbar. control panel (NVIDIA display) — The NVIDIA display properties “control panel” (shown in Chapter 3 and throughout this guide) refers to the entire NVIDIA‐based window with the fly‐out NVIDIA display menu containing menu options, each of which opens to a separate configuration page. control panel (nView Desktop Manager) — The nView Desktop Manager “control panel” refers to the entire nView Desktop Manager control panel window (tabbed style or NVIDIA menu style) from which you can configure nView Desktop Manager settings. For details, refer to the nView Desktop Manager User’s Guide — Release 75 Driver Version nView Desktop Manager is also a clickable icon in the Windows Control Panel group of icons. When you click this icon, the nView Desktop Manager “control panel” appears. digital display — A digital display can be a digital flat panel (DFP) or, for example, a mobile (laptop or notebook) computer’s LVDS internal display panel. desktop — Desktop is your Windows on‐screen work area on which windows, icons, menus, and dialog boxes appear. User’s Guide...
Page 219 Appendix D Glossary dialog box — Dialog boxes are user‐input windows that contain command button and various options through which you can carry out a particular command or task. For example, in a Windows application “Save As” dialog box, you must indicate the folder to contain the document to be saved and the name of that document when saving it. dual‐card configuration — A setup where two or more displays (such as an analog display, a digital display, or a TV) are connected to two NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards installed in the computer. GPU — NVIDIA graphics processor (chip) products are called graphics processing units (GPU). Supported NVIDIA GPUs are listed in Chapter 2. The graphics card you are using is based on an NVIDIA GPU. HDTV — high definition television. A system for transmitting a TV signal with far greater resolution than the standard National Television Committee (NTSC) standards. An HDTV set requires at least two million pixels versus a common television set of 360,000. multi‐graphics card configuration — A setup where two or more displays (such as an analog display, a digital display, or a TV) are connected to two (or more) NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards installed in the computer. multi‐display configuration — A setup where two or more displays are connected to either a multi‐display NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card; or two (or more) NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards. single‐display configuration — A setup where only one display is connected to the NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card in your computer. SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology — NVIDIA SLI multi‐GPU technology takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express™ bus architecture to allow multiple GPUs to work together to deliver accelerated performance. An NVIDIA SLI system consists of a PCI Express motherboard that supports two physical connectors capable of having two NVIDIA PCI Express graphics cards plugged into them. The two graphics cards must be joined together by the NVIDIA SLI connector. With the appropriate graphics drivers installed, SLI mode can then be enabled or disabled. When SLI mode is disabled, you can use all the nView multi‐display modes that are supported, including using up to four monitors connected to the two SLI NVIDIA Corporation...
Page 220 Appendix D Glossary graphics cards. When SLI mode is enabled, nView multi‐display modes are not available. Instead, the two graphics cards drive a single display1 to provide accelerated 3D performance in DirectX and OpenGL applications2. Note: For additional details, see the Application Note titled “Using NVIDIA SLI Graphics Cards”. window — A window is any independent window on your desktop. Applications such as Microsoft® Windows® Outlook® or Explorer may have several windows which are all part of the same application. Windows can be dragged around the screen, opened and closed, and resized. The nView Desktop Manager application (described in the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User’s Guide) allows you to do even more with windows such as make them transparent or force them always to be on top of other windows. User’s Guide...

Nvidia Quadro Workstation User Manual

Introduction

System Requirements

NVIDIA Control Panel Access

Using Nview Multi-Display Settings

Configuring Displays

Configuring HDTV

Configuring Key Forceware

Adding Custom Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates

Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards

Quick Links

Troubleshooting

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