Display Timing Standards; Table 7.2 Display Timing Standards - Nvidia Quadro Workstation User Manual

Unlike the "progressive scanning" method, where all the scan lines are updated
in each frame, interlaced scanning results in a higher frame rate but usually
causes image flicker.

Display Timing Standards

Note: If you want to use "standard" timings (such as DMT, GTF, CVT, and EDID)
instead of "custom" or EIA‐861B timing parameters from the Mode & timing
list discussed in the previous section "Display Mode & Timing Parameters" on
page
1 Click the Timing standard list and select one of the display timing standards
described in Table 7.2.
2 Click Apply.
Table 7.2
Display Timing
Standard
General Timing
Formula (GTF)
Discrete Monitor
Timings (DMT)
Coordinated Video
Timings (CVT)
Coordinated Video
Timings-Reduced
Blanking (CVT-RB)
EDID Timing
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140, follow these steps:
Display Timing Standards
Description
GTF is an older but widely used timing standard. However, newer display are
switching to the CVT standard.
DMT 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 GTF.
CVT became the VESA standard on March 2003. CVT supports higher
resolutions better than other timing standards.
CVT-RB improves on the CVT standard. CVT-RB offers reduced horizontal and
vertical blanking periods and allows a lower pixel clock rate and higher frame
rates.
EDID timing is the preferred timing standard defined by the display's EDID
value. EDID is a standard data structure that defines the display's model
number, timing, and other settings.
Note: Manufacturer-defined EDIDs are available only on Plug-and-Play (PnP)-
compatible displays.
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