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Nvidia Quadro FX 550 manual available for free PDF download: User Manual
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 User Manual (222 pages)
RELEASE 90 FOR WINDOWS
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NVIDIA
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Video Card
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
1 Introduction
11
About this Guide
11
Other Related Documentation
12
Online Help
12
Context Help
12
NVIDIA Display Properties and Nview Desktop Manager
13
Release 90 Enhancements
13
Opengl
13
Video
14
New Features-Available Only in the New NVIDIA Control Panel
14
Video Processing Improvements
14
Control Panel
14
2 System Requirements and Driver Installation
15
Hardware and Software Support
15
Supported Operating Systems
15
Supported NVIDIA Products
16
Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Consumer Products
16
Table 2.2 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products
18
Supported Languages
19
NVIDIA Forceware Graphics Driver Installation
20
System Requirements
20
Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space Requirements-English
20
Table 2.4 Hard Disk Space Requirements-Non-English Languages
20
Table 2.5 Hard Disk Space Requirements-Full International Package
20
About the NVIDIA Forceware Driver Installation
21
Preserving Settings before Upgrading Your Software
21
Figure 2.1 Nview Desktop Manager - Sample Profiles Page
22
Figure 2.2 Nview Desktop Manager - Save Profile Settings
23
About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer
24
Installing the NVIDIA Forceware Driver Software
24
Uninstalling the NVIDIA Forceware Driver Software
24
Notes on Feature and Configuration Support
25
Feature Support
25
Examples in this Guide
26
3 NVIDIA Driver Control Panel Access
27
NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards
27
Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages
27
Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages
28
Desktop Access
29
Figure 3.2 NVIDIA Display Options on the Windows Desktop Menu
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Shortcut to Playing Video Files on any Display
30
NVIDIA Settings Menu - Windows Taskbar Access
31
Figure 3.3 NVIDIA Display Options from a Video File Context Menu T
31
Figure 3.4 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area
32
Figure 3.5 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menu
32
Figure 3.6 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards
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Windows Display Properties Setting Access
33
Using the NVIDIA Display Menu
33
The NVIDIA GPU Page
35
Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items
35
Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips
37
Context Help
37
Tool Tips
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Figure 3.10 NVIDIA Display - Sample Context Help
38
Tool Tips for Disabled Settings
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Figure 3.11 NVIDIA Display Menu - Sample Tool Tip for Disabled Settings
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4 Using Nview Multi-Display Settings
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Nview Display Modes
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Figure 4.1 Nview Single Display Mode - Windows XP/2000
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Figure 4.2 Nview Multi-Display Mode - Windows XP/2000
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Nview Multi-Display Applications
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Accessing the Display Context Menus
44
About Display Numbering
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About Renaming Displays
46
NVIDIA Multi-Display Support
48
Figure 4.6 Nview Display Pair Options
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Primary and Secondary Displays
50
Nview Display Settings
50
Windows Display Properties Settings
50
Using Nview Dualview Mode
50
Key Features
51
Initial Installation of Nview Dualview Mode - Windows 2000
53
Figure 4.9 Nview Display Settings - Installing Dualview in Windows 2000
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Figure 4.10 Display Properties Settings - Dualview Mode (Windows 2000)
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Enabling Nview Dualview Mode after Initial Installation - Windows 2000
55
Using Nview Span Modes
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Nview Span Modes Vs. Dualview Mode Features
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Using Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes
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Figure 4.12 Nview Horizontal Span Mode - Windows XP
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Figure 4.13 Nview Vertical Span Mode - Windows XP
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Using Nview Clone Mode
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Enabling Nview Clone Mode
60
Enabling Virtual Desktop - Clone Mode
62
Before You Begin
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Figure 4.15 Nview Clone Mode - TV + Digital Display
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Figure 4.16 Nview Clone Mode with Virtual Desktop Enabled - Disabling Panning
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Procedure
63
Disabling Auto-Panning (Lock Pan Position)
65
Switching between Nview Dualview and Span/Clone Modes - Windows 2000
66
Enabling Nview Multiview Mode - Only for NVIDIA
66
Quadro NVS-Based Graphics Cards
66
Arranging Displays on the Settings Page
67
Figure 4.20 Display Settings - Diagonal
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5 Configuring Displays
69
Adjusting Analog Display Settings
69
Screen Adjustment
70
Figure 5.1 Screen Adjustment Settings - Analog Display
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Display Timing Settings
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Figure 5.2 Display Timing Settings - Analog Display
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Adjusting Digital Display Settings
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Digital Display Settings
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Figure 5.3 Digital Display Settings
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Adjusting Television Settings
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TV Settings
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Figure 5.4 TV Settings
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Signal Format
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Video Output Format
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Device Adjustments - TV Output
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Screen Positioning
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Brightness/Contrast/Saturation
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Flicker
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Overdrive
78
Overscan Shift
78
Figure 5.6 HDTV Output Setting - Video Border
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Video Border - (for HDTV)
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Based on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU
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Supported TV and HDTV Adjustment Features Based on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU
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Table 5.1 TV Encoders and Supported TV Adjustment Features
80
6 Configuring HDTV
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Supported Television/Hdtv Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs
81
Figure 6.1 Back View of an HDTV with DVI and Analog Connectors
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Table 6.1 Supported TV/ HDTV Formats
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About D Connector Output Modes
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HDTV Formats
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Table 6.2 D Connector Output Modes
83
Television and HDTV Formats and Desktop Resolutions
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Television Formats
83
Optimizing HDTV Viewing
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Table 6.3 Optimizing HDTV Viewing
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Native
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Overscan Shift
85
Underscan
85
Notes on Startup Functionality with HDTV Connected
86
Nview Single Display Mode
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Nview Multi-Display Mode
86
Using HDTV in Nview Display Modes
86
Using HDTV in Nview Single Display Mode
86
Using HDTV as the Primary Display in Nview Clone Mode
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Using HDTV as the Secondary Display in Nview Clone Mode
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Using HDTV in Nview Dualview Mode
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Using HDTV Formats
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Figure 6.2 Quick Access to HDTV Formats - HDTV Component Connection
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Figure 6.4 TV Settings - HDTV Component Connection
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Figure 6.5 TV Settings - HDTV over DVI Connection
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Figure 6.6 HDTV Overscan Configuration -"Native" Selected
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Using Overscan Shift
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Figure 6.7 HDTV Overscan Configuration -"Overscan Shift" Selected
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Figure 6.8 Confirm Display Settings Prompts
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Figure 6.9 HDTV Overscan Configuration - "Underscan" Selected
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Using Underscan
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Troubleshooting HDTV Configuration
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Figure 6.10 Slider Control to Adjust Underscan to Fit Desktop to HDTV Screen
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7 Configuring Key Forceware Graphics Driver Features
98
Adjusting Desktop Colors
99
Accessing the Desktop Colors Page
99
Figure 7.1 Color Correction Settings
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Color Correction Settings
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Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma
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Digital Vibrance
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Apply Color Changes to
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Color Channels
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Color Curve Graph
102
Add (ICC Profile Mode)
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Color Profile
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Image Sharpening
103
Other Settings
103
Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings
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Figure 7.2 Performance and Quality Settings Page
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Changing Global Driver Settings
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Figure 7.3 Changing Global Driver Settings
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Modifying an Existing Application Profile
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Figure 7.4 Changing Global Driver Settings
107
Adding a New Application Profile
111
Figure 7.8 Modifying a Profile - Renaming and Saving the Profile
111
Adding Profiles with an SLI Configuration
113
Deleting Application Profiles
113
Driver Settings
113
Antialiasing Settings
113
Anisotropic Filtering
115
Image Settings
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Table 7.1 Image Settings and Optimizations
116
Vertical Sync
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Driver Settings - Advanced
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Antialiasing Settings (SLI-Specific)
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Figure 7.11 NVIDIA Advanced Driver Settings - SLI-Specific Antialiasing Settings
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View Advanced Settings
117
Color Profile
118
Conformant Texture Clamp
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Extension Limit
119
Force Mipmaps
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Figure 7.13 NVIDIA Advanced Driver Settings - Hardware Acceleration
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Hardware Acceleration
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Trilinear Optimization
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Anisotropic Optimizations
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Figure 7.14 Driver Settings Displaying Trilinear & Anisotropic Optimizations
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Gamma Correct Antialiasing
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Transparency Antialiasing
123
Figure 7.15 Advanced Driver Settings Displaying SLI Rendering Modes
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SLI Rendering Mode
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Negative LOD Bias
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Triple Buffering
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Using Video Overlay Settings
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Accessing the Video Overlay Settings Page
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Figure 7.16 Video Overlay Settings - Windows XP/2000
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Overlay Zoom Controls
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Out/In
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Screen Region to Zoom
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Zoom Control
127
Overlay Color Controls
127
Adjust Colors
127
Hue and Saturation
127
Restore Defaults
128
Using Full Screen Video Settings
128
Figure 7.17 Full Screen Video Settings - Disabled
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About the Full Screen Video Mirror Feature
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Accessing the Full Screen Video Page
129
Full-Screen Video Settings
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Full Screen Device
129
Track Overlay Rotation
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Adjust Colors
131
Full Screen Video Zoom Controls
131
Figure 7.19 Full Screen Video - Zoom Control Video Mirror Settings
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Zoom Control
131
Out/In
132
Screen Region to Zoom
132
Troubleshooting Full Screen Video Problems132
132
Using the Tools Page
133
Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar
133
Display Optimization Wizard
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Figure 7.21 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon Displayed in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area
134
Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu
136
Forcing Detection of Connected Television
136
Detecting Displays
136
Using Nvrotate Settings
138
Accessing the Nvrotate Page
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Figure 7.25 Nvrotate Settings - Landscape Mode
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Before You Use Nvrotate Settings
139
Enabling Nvrotate Settings
139
Adjusting Temperature Settings
141
Accessing the Temperature Settings Page
141
Figure 7.28 Temperature Settings
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Temperature Settings
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Ambient Temperature
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Core Slowdown Threshold
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Enable Heat Indicator Warning When Threshold Exceeded
142
Temperature Level (GPU Core Temperature)
142
Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates
143
Screen Resolution and Color Quality
143
Figure 7.29 Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates Page
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Monitor Settings
144
Adding Custom Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates
144
Figure 7.30 Add Custom Resolution Dialog Box
144
Enabling Custom Screen Resolutions
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Removing Custom Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates
145
Advanced Timing
145
Display Mode & Timing Parameters
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Table 7.2 Advanced Timing Parameters
147
Display Timing Standards
150
Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu
150
Accessing the Menu Editing Page
150
Table 7.3 Display Timing Standards
150
Using Menu Editing
151
Figure 7.32 Menu Editing Page - Default Settings
151
Adjusting Powermizer Settings - Only for
153
Notebook Computers
153
Accessing the Powermizer Page
153
Current Battery Charge
153
Current Power Source
153
Powermizer Settings
153
Current Power Level
154
Using NVIDIA SLI Technology
155
Hardware Requirements
155
Motherboard
155
Examples of Geforce-Based Graphics Cards Supporting SLI
156
Installation and Operating Instructions
157
Installing the Hardware
157
Power Supply
157
Figure 7.35 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with an SLI Bridge Connector
158
Installing the Display Driver
158
Enabling SLI Mode
159
Figure 7.36 Message "SLI Capable System
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Viewing Load Balancing
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Figure 7.37 NVIDIA SLI Page - Enabling SLI Multi-GPU
160
Figure 7.38 Load Balancing Indicators
161
Graphics Cards
163
Before You Begin
163
Before Installing the NVIDIA Forceware Graphics Display Driver
163
Examples and Setup
163
Geforce FX 5900 Ultra - Installing the NVIDIA Forceware Graphics Display Driver
164
Geforce FX 5900 Ultra - Attaching the Secondary Display for Nview Dualview Mode
165
Figure A.1 Display Properties Settings - 3 Displays with 1 Attached
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Figure A.2 One Display with Identifying Number
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Figure A.3 Display Properties Settings - 3 Displays with 2 Attached
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Figure A.4 Two Displays with Identifying Numbers
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Geforce4 MX - Installing the NVIDIA Forceware Graphics Display Driver
168
Attaching Displays for Geforce4 MX - Nview Dualview Mode
169
Figure A.5 Display Properties Settings - 4 Attached Displays
169
Figure A.6 Four Displays with Identifying Numbers
170
Enabling Nview Span and Clone Modes - Detaching the Secondary Display
171
Figure A.7 Display Properties Settings - 4 Displays with 2 Attached
171
Viewing Multiple NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards from the NVIDIA Display Menu
172
Figure A.8 Two Displays with Identifying Numbers
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Figure A.9 NVIDIA Display Menu - Geforce FX 5900 Ultra and Geforce4 MX 420 Options
173
Figure A.10 NVIDIA Display Menu Showing both Geforce FX 5900 Ultra and Geforce4 MX Graphics Cards
174
Viewing Multiple Card Configurations Using the NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon
175
Figure A.11 NVIDIA Settings Taskbar Menu Displaying NVIDIA Geforce FX 5200 Ultra-Based and Geforce4 MX-Based Graphics Cards
175
Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards
177
Supported HDTV Connectors
177
Component
178
HDTV over DVI
178
Figure B.1 Sample Component Cables
178
D Connector
179
Figure B.2 Sample DVI Cable
179
Figure B.3 Sample NVIDIA Personal Cinema™ A/V Cables
179
Sample "Component-Based" Cables Shipped with NVIDIA HDTV-Encoded Graphics Cards
180
Figure B.4 Sample Video Cables
180
NVIDIA Forceware Graphics Display Driver - Feature History
181
Driver Release History
181
Release 90 Enhancements
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Release 80 Enhancements
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New Feature Highlights
182
Additional Details by Driver Module
183
Nview Desktop Manager
184
Release 75 Enhancements
185
SLI Support Improvements
185
Display Driver
186
Directx
187
NVIDIA Display Control Panel
187
Nview Desktop Manager
188
Release 70 New Features and Enhancements
188
Details by Driver Module
188
Table C.1 Release 70 Graphics Driver - Performance Improvement and New Features
188
Release 65 Enhancements
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SLI Support
191
512 MB Frame Buffer Support
191
Multi-GPU Support
192
Operating System Support
192
Enhancements in Driver Performance
192
Desktop Manager and Control Panel Improvements
193
Release 60 Enhancements
193
Latest GPU Support
193
PCI Express Support
193
Enhancements in Driver Performance
194
3D Graphics API Enhancements
194
Release 55 Enhancements
195
PCI Express Support
195
PAE Support
195
Nview Desktop Manager Enhancements
195
User Interface Enhancements
195
Video Support Enhancements
196
3D Graphics API Enhancements
196
Release 50 Enhancements
196
New Feature Highlights
196
Display Driver Changes-New Features
197
Video - New Features
197
Powermizer - New Features
197
User Interface Changes
198
Nview
198
Directx Graphics
199
Opengl
199
Release 40 Enhancements
200
Enhanced Display Driver, Directx, and Video Capabilities
200
New Graphical User Interface
200
Enhanced Nview Desktop Manager Features
201
Opengl Enhancements
201
Release 35 Enhancements
201
Release 25 Enhancements
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Release 20 Enhancements
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Release 10 Enhancements
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Release 6 Enhancements
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Twinview
203
Video Mirror
204
Virtual Desktop
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Digital Vibrance Control
205
Opengl
205
Direct3D
205
Cursor Trails Support
205
Control Panels
205
Release 5 Enhancements
206
Opengl
206
Direct3D
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Control Panel
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NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages
209
NVIDIA Display Wizard - Typical Setup
210
Figure D.1 NVIDIA Display Wizard - Typical Setup
210
NVIDA Display Setup Wizard - Custom Setup
211
Figure D.2 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard - Custom Setup Pages (1)
211
Figure D.3 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard - Custom Setup Pages (2)
212
NVIDIA Display Wizard - HDTV Component Connection
213
NVIDIA Display Wizard - Analog Display with HDTV/DVI
215
NVIDIA Display Wizard - Digital Display and Television
217
Glossary
220
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