Nvidia Display Properties Driver Version: Release 40

Drivers for Windows

NVIDIA Display Properties Desktop User’s Guide

Driver Version: Release 40

4th Edition

NVIDIA Corporation May 2003

NVIDIA Display Properties User’s Guide

Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Other Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . 1

Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

nView vs. NVIDIA Display Properties . . . . . . . 2

nView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 2

NVIDIA Display Properties . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Key Terms and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

analog display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

digital display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

dual-card configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

GPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

modal dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

modeless dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

multi-card configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 4

multi-display configuration . . . . . . . . . . 4

single-display configuration . . . . . . . . . 4

nView Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

New Features in this Driver Release . . . . . . . 5

Enhanced Display Driver, DirectX, and Video

Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Windows XP SP1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Temperature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Direct 3D Vertical Sync Options. . . . . . . 6

NVRotate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

DirectX 9 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Video Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TV Screen Size Support . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Additional Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . 7

NVIDIA Display Properties: New User Interface7

New Display Properties Panel. . . . . . . . 7

Using the Media Center Menu. . . . . . . . 7

Media Center Tray Application . . . . . . . 12

nView Desktop Manager: Enhancements and

New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Feature Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . 12

New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

OpenGL Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

OpenGL 1.4 ICD with NVIDIA Extensions .13

Additional OpenGL Enhancements . . . . . 13

2. System Requirements

System Requirements and Support. . . . . . . . 17

Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Minimum Hard Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Software: NVIDIA Display Driver . . . . . . . 19

Hardware: Supported NVIDIA Products . . . 19

Supported Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Notes on Feature and Configuration Support . . 21

Feature Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Multi-Display Setup: Tips and Requirements. 22

Examples in this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3. NVIDIA Driver Feature History

Driver Release History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Release 35 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Release 25 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Release 20 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Release 10 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Release 6 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

TwinView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Virtual Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Video Mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Digital Vibrance Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

OpenGL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Cursor Trails Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Display Properties – Settings – Advanced Tabs .

Release 5 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

OpenGL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

OpenGL 1.2 Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

OpenGL Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

OpenGL Performance Enhancements . . 29

Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Display Properties – Settings – Advanced Tabs .

4. About Installing and Uninstalling NVIDIA Drivers

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

About the NVIDIA Display Driver Installation . . 32

File Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Preserving Desktop Manager Settings Before

Upgrading Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver Software .33

5. Using nView Multi-Display Modes: Dualview vs. Span/Clone

nView Dualview vs. Span and Clone Modes . . . 34

nView Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Key Features of nView Dualview Mode . . . . 37

Enabling nView Dualview Mode for the First

Time: Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial

Session: Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Activating nView Dualview Mode: Windows XP

Activating nView Dualview Mode: Windows 9x

nView Span and Clone Modes . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Key Features of nView Span Mode. . . . . . . 51

Enabling nView Span/Clone Modes . . . . . . 53

Enabling nView Span/Clone Modes:

Windows 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Enabling nView Span/Clone Modes: Windows

XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Enabling nView Clone Mode: Windows 9x . . 58

Enabling nView Modes: Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . 61

nView Multiview Mode: Windows NT 4.0. . 61

nView Span/Clone Modes . . . . . . . . . . 61

Multi-Display Mode: Arranging Displays on the

Windows Display Properties Settings Panel . . 61

6. nView Applications

nView Multi-Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

About nView Display Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

nView Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

7. nView Display Mode Basics

Notes Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

nView Display Mode Panel Options . . . . . . . . 70

Accessing nView Clone and Span Modes. . . . . 71

Standard (Dualview) Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Accessing the Configuration Options . . . . . . . 74

Options Available for nView Clone and Span

Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Change Resolution: Clone Mode (Virtual

Desktop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes . . . . . . . . . 83

Other Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

8. Device Selection And Configuration

Switching Displays in nView Span, Clone, or

Standard (Dualview) Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Switching Secondary to Primary Display: nView

Clone or Span Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Switching Displays in Dualview Mode . . . . . . 92

Device Adjustments: Analog Display (CRT) . . . 96

Screen Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Display Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Device Adjustments: Flat Panel . . . . . . . . . . 98

Flat Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Monitor Settings (Refresh Frequency):

Secondary Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

TV Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Accessing the TV Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Video Output Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Change Format: Regional Settings . . . . . .103

Device Adjustments: TV Output . . . . . . . .103

9. Additional Features and

Enhancements

Desktop Utilities Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Enabling Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . .107

Enabling the Media Center Icon . . . . . . . .109

Using the Media Center Icon . . . . . . . .109

Enabling Dualview Mode for Windows 2000 .111

Color Correction Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Description of Color Correction Settings . . . 113

Digital Vibrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Active Color Channel . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma Controls .

114

Image Sharpening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Diagonal Line/Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Custom Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Performance and Quality Settings Panel. . . . . 115

Image Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Antialiasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Tips on Setting Antialiasing Modes . . . . 116

Anisotropic Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Texture Sharpening . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Direct3D Settings Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Performance & Compatibility Options . . . . . 117

Other Direct3D Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Mipmap Detail Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

PCI Texture Memory Size . . . . . . . . . . 118

Custom Direct3D Settings . . . . . . . . . 119

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Save As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Restore Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

More Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

More Direct3D Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Texel Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Vertical Sync Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Direct3D Settings: Refresh Rate Overrides . 121

Applications control refresh rates . . . . . 122

Override refresh rates . . . . . . . . . . . 123

OpenGL Settings Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Performance and Compatibility Options . . . 125

Other OpenGL Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Multi-Display Hardware Acceleration . . . 126

Default Color Depth for Textures . . . . . 128

Buffer Flipping Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Vertical Sync. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Using System Memory for Textures in PCI

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Custom OpenGL Settings . . . . . . . . . 128

Save As . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Restore Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Custom OpenGL Application Settings 129

Overlay Controls Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Description of Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . 130

Full-Screen Video Mirroring Options . . . 130 Other Overlay and Video Mirror Settings. 133

NVRotate Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Enabling NVRotate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Notes and Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Temperature Settings Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Description of Temperature Settings . . . . . 137

PowerMizer Settings Panel (Mobile computers

only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Description of PowerMizer Settings . . . . . 139

A. Using Multiple NVIDIA GPU-

Based Cards

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Setting Up the NVIDIA GPU-Based Cards . . . 141 GeForce4 Ti 4200 Panels: nView Span/Clone Mode

142

GeForce2 MX Panels: Standard (Dualview) Mode

145

Viewing Multiple GPU Configurations From the

Media Center Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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List of Tables

Table 2.1 Operating System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Table 2.2 Hard Disk Space Requirements — English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space Requirements — Non-English Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 2.5 Supported NVIDIA Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Table 2.4 Hard Disk Space Requirements — Full International Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Table 8.1 TV Encoders and Supported TV Adjustment Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

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List of Figures

Figure 1.1 NVIDIA GPU Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Figure 1.2 NVIDIA Display Properties: Media Center Menu (nView Display Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Figure 1.3 NVIDIA Display Properties: Media Center Menu (nView Dualview Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 1.4 NVIDIA GPU Panel with Media Center Menu (Collapsed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 1.5 nView Display Mode Panel with Media Center Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 1.6 nView Display Mode Panel with Media Center Menu Collapsed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 5.1 NVIDIA Media Center Menu: nView Display Mode Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 5.2 NVIDIA Media Center Menu: Dualview Mode Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 5.3 nView Span/Cone Modes Available: Windows XP (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 5.4 Multiple Display Devices in nView Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 5.5 NVIDIA Desktop Utilities Panel: Enabling Dualview in Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 5.6 Restart Now Message: Enabling Dualview in Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 5.7 Dualview Installation Messages: Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 5.8 Display Properties Settings: Dualview Mode (Windows 2000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 5.9 First Appearance of the NVIDIA GPU Tab: Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 5.10 First Appearance of the Media Center Menu: Windows 2000 (Dualview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 5.11 Windows 2000 Display Settings: Dualview Mode (Display 2 attached) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 5.12 Windows XP Display Settings in Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 5.13 Windows XP Display Settings in Dualview Mode (Display 2 attached) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Figure 5.14 First Appearance of the NVIDIA GPU tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Figure 5.15 nView Span/Clone Options Disabled in Dualview Mode: Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Figure 5.16 Display Settings: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 5.17 Enabling Dualview (1): Windows 9x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 5.18 Enabling Dualview (2): Windows 9x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 5.19 First Appearance of the NVIDIA GPU Tab: Windows 9x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 5.20 NVIDIA Media Center Menu in Dualview Mode: Windows 98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 5.21 Multiple Displays in nView Horizontal Span Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 5.22 Windows 2000 Display Properties Settings in nView Span/Clone Mode (Dualview disabled) . . . 54

Figure 5.23 First Appearance of the NVIDIA GPU Tab: Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 5.24 NVIDIA Media Center Menu: Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 5.25 nView Clone/Span Modes Available: Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 5.26 Disabling Dualview Mode: Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 5.27 First Appearance of the NVIDIA GPU tab: Windows XP (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 5.28 NVIDIA Media Center Menu: Windows XP (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 5.29 nView Clone/Span Modes Available: Windows XP (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 5.30 Disabling Dualview: Windows 9x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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Figure 5.31 First Appearance of the NVIDIA GPU tab: Windows 9x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 5.32 NVIDIA Media Center Menu: Windows 9x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 5.33 nView Clone Mode Available: Windows 9x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 5.34 Display Settings (Horizontal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Figure 5.35 Display Settings (Vertical) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 5.36 Display Settings (Diagonal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 7.1 NVIDIA GPU Tab and Panel with Media Center Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Figure 7.2 nView Standard (Dualview) Mode with Menu: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 7.3 nView Standard (Dualview) Mode Menu: Windows XP (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 7.4 nView Clone Mode Menu (Display 1= Analog Display): Windows 98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 7.5 nView Clone Mode Menu (Display 2 = Digital Display): Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 7.6 nView Clone Mode (Display 1= Analog Display): Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 7.7 nView Device Selection Panel (Display 1= Analog Display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 7.8 nView Clone Mode Menu (Display 2 = Digital Display): Win 2000 (XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 7.9 nView Device Selection Panel (Display 2 = Digital Display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 7.10 nView Clone Mode Menu (Display 2 = TV): Windows 2000 (XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 7.11 nView Device Selection Panel (Display 2 = TV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 7.12 nView Clone Mode (Display 1 = Digital Display): Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 7.13 nView Clone Mode (Display 2 = Analog Display): Windows 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 7.14 nView Clone Mode Menu (Display 2 = Digital Display): Win 2000 (XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Figure 7.15 nView Clone Mode Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Figure 7.16 nView Horizontal Span Mode (Display 1= Analog Display): Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 7.17 nView Horizontal Span (Display 2 = Digital Display) Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 7.18 nView Clone & Horizontal Span Modes: Primary Displays (Windows XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Figure 7.19 nView Vertical Span Mode (Display 2 = Digital Display): Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Figure 8.1 Display Settings Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Figure 8.2 Confirm Display Settings Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Figure 8.3 nView Clone Mode (Display 2 = Digital Display): Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Figure 8.4 nView Clone Mode (Display 1 = Digital Display) Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 8.5 nView Vertical Span (Display 2 = Analog Display): Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure 8.6 nView Horizontal Span/Clone Modes (Primary Displays): Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 8.7 nView Vertical Span (Display 2 = Digital Display): Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 8.8 Device Selection: Analog or Digital Display as Primary Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Figure 8.9 Device Selection: nView Standard (Dualview) Mode (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Figure 8.10 Device Selection: nView Standard (Dualview) Mode (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Figure 8.11 Display Settings Dualview Mode: Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 8.12 Display Settings Dualview Mode: Windows 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 8.13 Display Settings Dualview Mode: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 8.14 Device Selection: Analog Display and TV (Dualview mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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Figure 8.15 Device Selection: Digital Display and TV (Dualview mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Figure 8.16 Screen Adjustment Settings: Analog Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Figure 8.17 Display Timing Settings: Analog Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Figure 8.18 Flat Panel Display Settings: Digital Display = 1 (Primary display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Figure 8.19 Flat Panel Display Settings: Digital Display = 2 (Secondary display). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Figure 8.20 Flat Panel Display Settings: Centered Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Figure 8.21 Monitor Setting: Digital Display = Display 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Figure 8.22 Device Selection with TV Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Figure 8.23 Change TV Format: TV Regional Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Figure 8.24 Device Adjustments: TV Output Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Figure 9.1 Desktop Utilities: Desktop Manager (Windows XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Figure 9.2 Desktop Manager Enabled: nView Properties on Desktop Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Figure 9.3 nView Desktop Manager Properties Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Figure 9.4 NVIDIA Media Center Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Figure 9.5 NVIDIA Media Center Icon: nView Desktop Manager Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Figure 9.6 NVIDIA Media Center Icon: 3D Antialiasing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Figure 9.7 NVIDIA Media Center Icon: NVRotate Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Figure 9.8 Desktop Utilities: Enabling Dualview (Windows 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Figure 9.9 Color Correction Settings: Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Figure 9.10 Color Correction Settings: nView Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Figure 9.11 Performance and Quality Settings Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Figure 9.12 Direct3D Settings Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Figure 9.13 More Direct3D Settings: Texel Alignment (applies to older NVIDIA GPUs) . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Figure 9.14 More Direct3D Settings: Vertical Sync (applies to certain NVIDIA GPUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Figure 9.15 Direct3D Refresh Rates: Applications control refresh rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Figure 9.16 Direct3D Refresh Rate Overrides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Figure 9.17 Direct3D Refresh Rates: Override refresh rates (menu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Figure 9.18 OpenGL Settings: Single-Display Hardware Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Figure 9.19 OpenGL Settings: nView Span/Clone Mode Hardware Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Figure 9.20 OpenGL Settings: Dualview Mode Hardware Acceleration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Figure 9.21 Overlay Controls Panel: nView Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Figure 9.22 Overlay Controls Panel: Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Figure 9.23 Overlay Controls Panel: Zoom Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Figure 9.24 Overlay Controls Panel: TV Tuner Option (Windows 98). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Figure 9.25 NVRotate Settings Panel: Landscape Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Figure 9.26 NVRotate Settings Panel: Portrait Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Figure 9.27 NVRotate Settings Panel: Inverted Landscape & Inverted Portrait Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Figure 9.28 Temperature Settings Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Figure 9.29 .PowerMizer Settings Panel (for mobile computers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Figure A.1 Display Properties Settings: Display 1 (Digital Display) nView Span/Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . 142

Figure A.2 Display Properties Settings: Display 3 (TV) in nView Span/Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Figure A.3 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Figure A.4 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Figure A.5 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 nView Span and Clone Modes are Accessible . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Figure A.6 Display Properties Settings: Display 2 (CRT) Dualview mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Figure A.7 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Figure A.8 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Figure A.9 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX Standard (Dualview) Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Figure A.10 NVIDIA Media Center Icon Menu Displaying GeForce4 Ti 4200 and GeForce2 MX GPUs . . . .147

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C HAPTER

NTRODUCTION

This chapter contains the following major sections:

• “About this Guide” on page 1

• “Online Help” on page 2

• “nView vs. NVIDIA Display Properties” on page 2

• “Key Terms and Concepts” on page 3

• “New Features in this Driver Release” on page 5

About this Guide

This User’s Guide is addressed to users of NVIDIA® Display Properties, which is the NVIDIA Windows Control Panel-based user interface accessible from the Windows Display Properties Settings > Advanced option.

This guide focuses on the NVIDIA desktop products, i.e, graphics cards based on NVIDIA desktop GPUs (graphics processing units) listed in Table 2.5,

“Supported NVIDIA Products” on page 19.

For technical details on the features and benefits of the NVIDIA Display Driver, refer to the NVIDIA web page: www.nvidia.com.

Online Help

You can obtain context help for any of the options on the NVIDIA control-panel based user interface by using any one of these methods:

• Select or move your mouse pointer to the option for which you want help. Then press F1.

• Click the “?” icon located on the top right corner of the NVIDIA panel (window) you have open, move the “?” icon over the option for which you want help, then click your mouse again to display the help.

nView vs. NVIDIA Display Properties

nView

nView represents a collection of multi-display technologies encompassing driver support, multi-display GPU architecture, and desktop management support.

nView Desktop Manager

The primary nView component is the Desktop Manager, which is a user-level application utility that focuses on making you more productive when working on your Windows desktop. Desktop Manager was originally created for multidisplay 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.

Note: nView Desktop Manager has been further enhanced in terms of new

features for the Release 40 NVIDIA drivers. For details, see “New

Features in this Driver Release” on page 5 and the NVIDIA nView

Desktop Manager 2.0 User’s Guide.

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NVIDIA Display Properties

NVIDIA Display Properties, the topic of this User’s Guide, refers to the NVIDIA Windows Control Panel-based user interface, which you can access from the Windows Display Properties > Settings > Advanced option. Once you click the NVIDIA GPU tab name that your are using, a Media Center menu appears (Figure 1.2) from which you can configure the advanced display properties of the current release of the NVIDIA Windows Display Driver software.

Note: The NVIDIA Display Properties has a completely new and efficient user

interface. For details, see “NVIDIA Display Properties: New User

Interface” on page 7 later in this chapter.

Key Terms and Concepts

analog display

Analog display refers to your CRT display device, in general. The terms CRT and analog display may be used interchangeably in this guide.

application

An application (or program) can have any number of windows. Some applications have only a single window such as Calculator or Notepad. Other applications can have many windows such as Outlook where you can open several E-mail windows, have your Inbox open, open calendars, etc.

Control Panel

Refers to the Windows Control Panel group, which you can access by clicking Start > Settings > Control Panel from the Windows taskbar.

digital display

A digital display device can be a digital flat panel (DFP) or, for example, a mobile computer (laptop) LVDS internal panel.

desktop

Desktop is the on-screen work area on which windows, icons, menus, and dialog boxes appear.

dialog box

Dialog boxes are user-input windows that contain command button and various kinds of options through which you can carry out a particular command or task. For example, in a Windows application “Save As” dialog box, you must

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indicate the folder to contain the document to be saved and the name of that document when saving it.

Also see the definition of “modal dialog box” and “modeless dialog box” on this page.

dual-card configuration

A setup where two or more display devices (such as a monitor, flat panel, or TV) are connected to two NVIDIA GPU-based graphics cards installed in the computer.

GPU

Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). NVIDIA graphics chip products are called GPUs. Supported NVIDIA GPUs are listed in “Hardware: Supported NVIDIA

Products” on page 19. The graphics card you are using is based on an NVIDIA

GPU.

modal dialog box

A dialog box that puts you in the state or “mode” of being able to work only in the dialog box. You cannot move a modal dialog box; it can be removed only by clicking its buttons.

modeless dialog box

A dialog box that resembles a document window without a collapse box. You can move a modeless dialog box, make it inactive and active again, and close it like a document window.

multi-card configuration

A setup where two or more display devices (such as a monitor, flat panel, TV, and so on) are connected to two (or more) NVIDIA GPU-based graphics cards installed in the computer.

multi-display configuration

A setup where two or more display devices 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 device is connected to the NVIDIA GPU-based graphics card in your computer.

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nView Display Mode

nView Span and Clone mode display options are available when you click the nView Display Mode option from the Media Center menu

window

A window is any independent window on your desktop. Applications such as 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 2.0 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.

New Features in this Driver Release

This section provides a summary of the new features and enhancements provided with the NVIDIA Release 40 drivers for Windows. In addition to overall performance and stability improvements, the following are the specific areas that have undergone significant changes:

• “Enhanced Display Driver, DirectX, and Video Capabilities” on page 5

• “NVIDIA Display Properties: New User Interface” on page 7

• “nView Desktop Manager: Enhancements and New Features” on page 12

• “OpenGL Enhancements” on page 13

Enhanced Display Driver, DirectX, and Video Capabilities

• “Windows XP SP1” on page 6

• “Temperature Settings” on page 6

• “Direct 3D Vertical Sync Options” on page 6

• “NVRotate” on page 6

• “DirectX 9 Support” on page 6

• “Video Enhancements” on page 7

• “TV Screen Size Support” on page 7

• “Additional Enhancements” on page 7

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Windows XP SP1

• Release 40 driver software supports Windows XP SP1, including support for Windows XP Tablet PC and eHome technology.

• Release 40 driver software provides support for bugcheck EA callbacks, enabling OCA EA failures to be resolved more quickly while assisting to identify failure causes such as those due to chip instability or overclocking.

Temperature Settings

Note: This option is available with GeForce FX and later NVIDIA GPUs and

on certain older NVIDIA GPUs if the option has been enabled in the registry settings of your computer.

Temperature settings let you adjust the temperature of the selected NVIDIA GPU on your computer. See “Temperature Settings Panel” on page 136 for details.

Direct 3D Vertical Sync Options

Vertical Sync Mode options for Direct3D specify how Vertical Sync is handled in Direct3D application. For details, see “Other Direct3D Options” on page 118.

NVRotate

NVRotate is a desktop rotation feature that lets you rotate the desktop by 90, 180, or 270 degrees.

For further details, see “Enabling NVRotate” on page 134.

•Controls: Desktop rotation is controlled through the NVIDIA Display Properties panel, or integrated seamlessly with Windows XP Tablet PC.

• Graphics API Support: NVRotate includes support for windowed and fullscreen applications in all rotation modes for Direct3D and OpenGL application.

• Hardware Platforms: Rotation functionality is supported on desktop, mobile, and Tablet PCs.

DirectX 9 Support

When Microsoft releases DirectX 9 runtime, Release 40 will provide support for DirectX 9, which includes the new vertex shaders, antialiasing modes, and multi-display device support.

1. Rotation is not supported on graphics cards based on the NVIDIA TNT, TNT2 or Vanta product families.

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Video Enhancements

Changes in the video driver include:

• Flip Sync functionality support

• Support for multiple Macrovision clients

• Simplified Video Mirror feature controls

TV Screen Size Support

Depending on the TV encoder used, Release 40 supports the adjustment of the TV screen up to a DVD-optimal mode. This option is accessible through the NVIDIA display properties control panel.

For further details, see “Device Adjustments: TV Output” on page 103.

Additional Enhancements

• Improved support for wide-aspect ratio screen resolutions.

• Improved memory management support for Dualview.

• Improved memory management support for OpenGL.

NVIDIA Display Properties: New User Interface

New Display Properties Panel

The NVIDIA display properties panels (accessed through the Windows Display Properties Settings Advanced option) have been redesigned to improve control over the display adapter settings and make navigation easier.

Some of the new features include the following:

• A Media Center menu in the form of a “slider tray” that allows all pages to be available from the top level page. See Using the Media Center Menu below for details on using this interface.

• Dynamic tracking allows the pages to adapt to the state of the driver, and user interface controls are modified, or even created, accordingly.

• Driver configuration changes are maintained across driver installations.

Using the Media Center Menu

Once your NVIDIA display driver software is installed, you can access the NVIDIA display driver features that are available on the Media Center menu by using the procedures that are explained and illustrated in this section.

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1 From your Windows desktop, right click to display the pop-up menu and

click Properties > the Settings tab and then Advanced. You will see the name of your NVIDIA GPU on a tab (Figure 1.1).

2 Click the NVIDIA GPU tab, which displays the name of the NVIDIA GPU-

based graphics card that is installed on your computer.

The NVIDIA Media Center menu appears (Figure 1.2 and Figure 1.3). From this menu, you can access all the NVIDIA properties panels where you can configure the following NVIDIA Display Driver features.

• nView Display (Span/Clone) Mode options are available when Dualview

is disabled, as shown in Figure 1.2. In this case, you can also access the Color Correction and Device Selection panels.

• Device Selection. This option appears when Dualview mode is enabled, as

shown in Figure 1.3. When Dualview mode is disabled (nView Span/ Clone mode enabled), this option doesn’t appear because it is accessible from the nView Display Mode panel.

• Performance and Quality Settings

• Direct3D Settings

• Refresh Rate Overrides

• OpenGL Settings

• Overlay Controls

• Desktop Utilities

• NVRotate

• Temperature Settings (available only with the GeForce FX GPU and

only if the feature is enabled on GPUs that are older than the GeForce GX)

3 Click the green button on the Media Center menu to toggle between hiding/

displaying the Media Center menu, as shown in Figure 1.4 through Figure

1.6.

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Figure 1.1

Figure 1.2

NVIDIA GPU Tab

NVIDIA Display Properties: Media Center Menu (nView Display Mode)

Media Center

menu with

nView Display

Mode Option

Click this button to collapse the Media Center menu.

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Figure 1.3

Media Center

in nView Dualview mode.

NVIDIA Display Properties: Media Center Menu (nView Dualview Mode)

Click this button to collapse the Media Center menu.

Figure 1.4

NVIDIA GPU Panel with Media Center Menu (Collapsed)

Click this button or click Additional Properties to display the Media Center menu.

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Figure 1.5

nView Display Mode Panel with Media Center Menu

Click this button to collapse the Media Center menu.

Figure 1.6

nView Display Mode Panel with Media Center Menu Collapsed

Click this button to display the

Media Center menu.

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Media Center Tray Application

The Media Center Tray is a new application that can be used in place of the Media Center menu described earlier. The Media Center tray is accessible by clicking the “Media Center icon”, which you can optionally add to the Windows taskbar. The Media Center tray contains menu items that provide access to the same display settings that the Media Center menu contains, in additional to direct access to certain application-specific options such as those for nView Desktop Manager, OpenGL and Direct3D customized settings, and others.

For details on enabling the Media Center icon, see “Enabling the Media Center

Icon” on page 109.

nView Desktop Manager: Enhancements and New Features

Feature Enhancements

The following features have been enhanced in the new version of NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager:

• Operating System Support includes Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98/Me, and Windows 2000/XP.

• Profile Feature: Display Modes are now saved to and loaded from each profile. (This feature is not available in Windows NT 4.0.)

• Multiple Desktop Support additions include:

• Support for multi-display wallpaper selection

• Graphical display in explorer shell extension

• Support for icons to represent desktops

• Support for arbitrary positioning of windows on the desktops

• Zoom Support includes new “Fixed-Frame zoom” and “Bi-Directional”

zoom editing capability

New Features

The following features are new to the current version of the nView Desktop Manager:

• Task Switcher. When enabled, nView Desktop Manager adds a desktop switcher in addition to the standard application tab switcher. By default, this additional “switch desktop” functionality is accessed through a Alt-~ keystroke combination which you can change through options in the Desktop Manager Hot Keys panel.

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• Color Keyed Windows allows the user to color key windows for easy identification when activating them on the desktop.

• NVKeystone™ allows real-time image correction on portable projectors and heads-up displays.

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.

• Taskbar and Menu Transparency

• New window actions, such as Collapse

• New applications settings, including a full set of application launch and disable settings.

OpenGL Enhancements

OpenGL 1.4 ICD with NVIDIA Extensions

• New extension includes ARB_vertex_program, which co-exists with NV_vertex_program

• Meets new conformance tests

Additional OpenGL Enhancements

• Multi-Monitor Improvements

New accelerated spanning mode is enabled by default.

• Reduced Power Consumption: Release 40 utilizes CPU cycles more efficiently, resulting in reduced power consumption without sacrificing performance.

• Dynamic AGP/Video Memory Management

• Accommodates multiple applications open at the same time

• Dynamic Memory Resizing

Allowance for additional memory tuning

NVKeystone is not supported on graphics cards based on the TNT, TNT2 or Vanta product

families.

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Chapter 2 System Requirements

C HAPTER

YSTEM

This chapter contains the following major sections:

• “System Requirements and Support” on page 17

• “Notes on Feature and Configuration Support” on page 21

• “Examples in this Guide” on page 22

EQUIREMENTS

System Requirements and Support

This section contains the following topics:

• “Operating Systems” on page 17

• “Minimum Hard Disk Space” on page 18

• “Software: NVIDIA Display Driver” on page 19

• “Hardware: Supported NVIDIA Products” on page 19

• “Supported Languages” on page 21

Operating Systems

This release of the NVIDIA Display Properties driver is designed for the Microsoft

Table 2.1

Operating System Minimum Requirements

Windows XP Home and Professional Editions

Windows 2000

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Operating System Requirements (continued)

Operating System Minimum Requirements

Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4

Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

Windows 98 Microsoft DirectX 5

Windows 95 OSR2 (OEM Service Release 2) with USB supplement

for full AGP support

Microsoft

Microsoft DirectX 5

OPENGL32.DLL

Note: Windows 95, 98, and Me are collectively called Windows 9x in this

guide.

Minimum Hard Disk Space

The minimum hard disk space requirements for each operating system are listed in Table 2.2, Table 2.3, and Table 2.4.

Table 2.2

Operating System Minimum Disk Space Required

Windows XP 16.3 MB

Windows 2000 16.3 MB

Windows NT 14.0 MB

Windows Me 15.4 MB

Windows 98 15.4 MB

Windows 95 15.4 MB

Hard Disk Space Requirements — English

Table 2.3

Hard Disk Space Requirements — Non-English Languages

Operating System Minimum Requirements

Windows XP 16.8 MB

Windows 2000 16.8 MB

Windows NT 14.5 MB

Windows Me 16.0 MB

Windows 98 16.0 MB

Windows 95 16.0 MB

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Table 2.4

Hard Disk Space Requirements — Full International Package

Operating System Minimum Requirements

Windows XP 37.8 MB

Windows 2000 37.8 MB

Windows NT 36.6 MB

Windows Me 36.6 MB

Windows 98 36.6 MB

Windows 95 36.6 MB

Software: NVIDIA Display Driver

Make sure the current version of the NVIDIA Display Driver software for your Windows operating system has been installed on your computer.

Consult your System Administrator if you are unsure about the version that is installed.

Hardware: Supported NVIDIA Products

Table 2.5 lists the NVIDIA products supported by the NVIDIA Display Driver

software and the number of displays the GPU-based card supports.

Table 2.5

NVIDIA Desktop Products

nForce™2 S

nForce2 ST nForce2 G

nForce2

nForce

nForce 220/220D GeForce™ FX 5800

GeForce GeForce FX 5200

GeForce FX Ultra

GeForce FX Mobile

GeForce

GeForce4 4200 Go Quadro4 700 GoGL 2 — applies to all GPUs

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NVIDIA Workstation Products

420/420D

FX 2000

FX 5600

Quadro

Quadro FX 1000

4 Ti 4200 AGP 8X Quadro4 980 XGL

Quadro4 780 XGL

Number of Displays Supported Per Card

2— applies to all GPUs

in this category.

1— applies to all GPUs in this category.

2 — applies to all GPUs in this category.

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NVIDIA Desktop Products

GeForce4 Ti 4600

GeForce4 Ti 4400

GeForce4 Ti 4200

GeForce3 Ti 500

GeForce3 Ti 200

GeForce3

GeForce4 MX 460

GeForce4 MX 440

GeForce4 MX 420 SDR

GeForce4 460 Go

GeForce4 440 Go

GeForce4 440 Go 64M

GeForce4 420 Go

GeForce4 420 Go 32M

GeForce4 410 Go 16M

GeForce2 Ultra

GeForce2 Ti

GeForce2 GTS/Pro

GeForce2 MX 400

GeForce2 MX 200

GeForce2 MX

GeForce2 Go Quadro2 Go 2 — applies to all GPUs

GeForce

GeForce 256 RIVA TNT™2 family

RIVA TNT2 Ultra

RIVA TNT2 Pro

RIVA TNT2

RIVA TNT2 M64

NVIDIA Vanta

NVIDIA Vanta LT

RIVA TNT

Supported NVIDIA Products (continued)

NVIDIA Workstation Products

Quadro4 900 XGL

Quadro4 750 XGL

Quadro4 700 XGL

Quadro DCC 1 — applies to all GPUs

Quadro4 550 XGL

Quadro4 500 XGL

Quadro NVS 200 (AGP)

Quadro NVS 200 (PCI)

Quadro NVS 400 (PCI) 4 — applies to all GPUs

Quadro4 500 Go GL 2 — applies to all GPUs

Quadro2 Pro 1 — applies to all GPUs

Quadro2 MXR 2 — applies to all GPUs

Quadro2 EX 1 — applies to all GPUs

DDR

Quadro 1 — applies to all GPUs

--- 1 — applies to all GPUs

™

--- 1

Number of Displays Supported Per Card

2 — applies to all GPUs

in this category.

2 — applies to all GPUs in this category.

in this category.

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Supported Languages

The following languages are supported in the NVIDIA panels that are accessible from the Windows Display Properties > Settings > Advanced option.

English (USA) French (Canada) Portuguese (Brazil) English (UK) German Portuguese (Euro/Iberian) Arabic Greek Russian Chinese (Simplified) Hebrew Slovak Chinese (Traditional) Hungarian Slovenian Czech Italian Spanish Danish Japanese Spanish (Latin America) Dutch Korean Swedish Finnish Norwegian Thai French Polish Turkish

Notes on Feature and Configuration Support

• “Feature Support” on page 21

• “Multi-Display Setup: Tips and Requirements” on page 22

Feature Support

• To access NVIDIA nView-based features using the NVIDIA Display Properties driver, you need

• a multi-display graphics card based on any of the NVIDIA GPUs that

support multiple displays on a single card, as indicated in Table 2.1, and

• at least two display devices connected to the card.

• Other non-nView features are supported by either single-display or multidisplay NVIDIA GPU-based cards; i.e., you can connect only one display device, such as a monitor, and access these features, provided the NVIDIA GPU supports these features.

• The options shown in the NVIDIA properties panels may vary depending on the specific NVIDIA GPU you are using. For example, one or more options that are available for a specific GPU-based card, such as a GeForce4 Ti or GeForce4 MX, may not be available on a GeForce2 Pro or other types of products.

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Multi-Display Setup: Tips and Requirements

• When using a multi-display setup under Windows 2000/XP, running Windows in “Dualview” mode is strongly recommended.

• When running Windows with multiple cards (i.e., two or more NVIDIA GPU-based graphics card are installed in your computer), note the following:

• Using cards based on the same NVIDIA GPU is strongly recommended.

• The same NVIDIA driver (version) must be installed for each card.

• For a detailed discussion of using multi-display modes, see “Using nView

Multi-Display Modes: Dualview vs. Span/Clone” on page 34.

Examples in this Guide

• For example purposes, most of the NVIDIA panels shown in this guide feature NVIDIA GeForce4-based and the GeForce FX-based GPUs. You may be using a different NVIDIA GPU, in which case you will see the exact name of the GPU you are using reflected in the NVIDIA GPU tab.

• The Windows 2000 and Windows XP panels shown in this document are interchangeable, unless noted otherwise.

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NVIDIA D

This chapter provides release history of the NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and summarizes the features and enhancements that have been introduced in each release. It contains these sections:

• “Driver Release History” on page 23

• “Release 35 Enhancements” on page 24

• “Release 25 Enhancements” on page 24

• “Release 20 Enhancements” on page 25

• “Release 10 Enhancements” on page 26

• “Release 6 Enhancements” on page 26

• “Release 5 Enhancements” on page 28

Driver Release History

Release 40 is the latest NVIDIA Display Driver software for Windows. Table

3.1 contains a summary of previous driver releases and the versions associated

with them.

Note: Some versions listed may not have been released outside of NVIDIA.

RIVER

EATURE

ISTORY

Table 3.1

Driver Name Versions Comments

Release 40 Detonator™ FX 44.03 – 44.xx Releases ongoing

Release 40 Detonator 40 40.xx – 44.02 Releases ongoing

Release 35 35.xx – 36.xx Releases ongoing

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