Nvidia PCI Express User Manual

Cinematic Computing for Every User

NVIDIA

GeForce FX

NVIDIA

GeForce FX

NVIDIA PCI Express SeriesNVIDIA PCI Express Series

User's ManualUser's Manual

Contents

Getting Ready

Driver Installation

Display Modes

Appendices

Contents

1 Getting Ready

1 Package Contents

2 Board Layout
4 Features
5 Connections

10 Before Driver Installation
11 Quick Driver Installation -

Windows XP/2000/ME/98

12 Software Settings

12 Display Properties - Overview
14 Display Properties - Screen Settings
15 Display Properties - Advanced

Settings

18 nView Display Mode
23 Direct3D Settings
24 OpenGL Settings

NVIDIA PCI Express Series User's Manual
Version B
Sep 2004 P/N: W0500895

Getting Ready

Package Contents

GPU

NVIDIA Graphics Card

AV cable

(Optional for TV output)

S-video cable

(Optional for TV output)

If the TV-OUT connector on
your card looks like this: ,
the following cable is included:

Software

CD

Quick Installation

Video In

Component
Out

Video Out

Standard VIVO cable

(Optional)

Do not have the VIVO cable connected with the AV cable and S-video
cable simultaneously. Connect only the cable for currently desired input
source for the video to be displayed correctly.

General Guide/

Guide

White (S-IN)

Orange (AV-IN)

Red (Pr-Out)

Blue (Pb-Out)

Green
(Y-Out / AV-Out)

Black (S-Out)

S-video-AV cable

(Optional)

Power-split cable

(Optional)

VIDEO
CARD

VIVO cable with HDTV

support (Optional)

DVI to VGA

adapter

(Optional)

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Getting Ready

Board Layout

TYPE 1

DVI Connector (Optional)
VIVO / TV Out Connector (Optional)

TYPE 2

BIOS

GPU

DVI Connector (Optional)
VIVO / TV Out Connector (Optional)

Bus Connector

VGA Connector
Bus Connector

BIOS

Note: The board layout is for your reference only. The graphics card you
purchased may differ from the figures.

GPU

2 1

TYPE 3

VIVO / TV Out Connector(Optional)
DVI Connector (Optional)

TYPE 4

TV Out / S-video
VGA Connector

VGA Connector
Bus Connector

BIOS

BIOS

GPU

GPU

TV Out / Composite
Bus Connector (AGP / PCI Express)

GPU

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TYPE 5

TV Out
VGA Connector

Features

Powered by NVIDIA GeForce PCX / GeForce 6 GPU Graphics Beyond
Imagination

CineFX Engine - Enables stunning, cinematic-quality special effects along with
advanced programmability

Intellisample Technology - Delivers higher image quality through anti-aliasing at
frame rates that rival aliased modes

nView Multi-display Technology - Empower user with maximum flexibility in
display options and control

PCI Express Support - PCI Express is a new Intel bus architecture that doubles
the bandwidth of the AGP 8X bus, delivering over 4GB per second in both
upstream and downstream data transfers.

Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL 1.4 /1.5 Optimizations and Support

Video-in / Video-out function support (Optional)

Bus Connector (PCI Express)

GPU

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Connections Type 1

S-Video Cable

DVI Cable

Television

Connecting the VGA cable to the
DVI connector through the DVI to
VGA adapter:

DVI 2

BIOS

GPU

DVI 1

DVI Cable

LCD Monitor LCD Monitor

VGA cable

DVI to VGA

adapter

DVI connector

When the DVI to VGA adapter is used on DVI 2 to connect
to a monitor, the TV-out will not function.

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Connections Type 2

DVI Cable

LCD Monitor

VGA Cable

S-Video Cable

Television

BIOS

GPU

CRT Monitor

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Connections Type 3

S-Video Cable

Television

VGA Cable

DVI Cable

LCD Monitor

BIOS

GPU

CRT Monitor

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Connections Type 4

S-Video Cable

GPU

AV Cable

VGA Cable

Television

CRT Monitor

Television

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Connections Type 5

S-Video Cable

GPU

VGA Cable

Television

CRT Monitor

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Before Driver Installation

Note: It is highly recommended that you follow the steps in this section to

completely uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before
installing a new version of the software.

To uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software, follow these steps:

Step1

Step2

Step3

Step4

Step5

Step6

From the Windows taskbar, click Start > Settings > Control Panel to open
the Control Panel windows.

Double click the Add/Remove Programs item.

Click the NVIDIA Windows Display Drivers item from the list.

Click Change/Remove.

Click Yes to continue.

Restart your system.

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Quick Driver Installation

Windows XP/2000/
ME/98

WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND WINDOWS XP/2000/ME/98 USERS TO USE QUICK DRIVER INSTALLATION.

WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND WINDOWS XP/2000/ME/98 USERS TO USE QUICK DRIVER INSTALLATION.

WINDOWS NT 4.0 USERS PLEASE INSTALL THE DRIVER MANUALLY.

WINDOWS NT 4.0 USERS PLEASE INSTALL THE DRIVER MANUALLY.

Step4Step4

Step1Step1

Insert the software
pack CD into the
CD-ROM drive.

Windows is installing the
driver. A dialog box
appears showing the
progress.

Step2Step2

The Autorun screen
will display on the
screen. Select Driver
Install by clicking on it.

Step3Step3

A dialog box tells you
it is ready to install
the driver. Click Next.

GeForce PCX 5750

Step5Step5

If a warning message
appears, click
Continue Anyway.

Step6Step6

When it is finished, a
dialog box asks you if
you want to restart your
computer. Tick Yes and
click Finish.

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Software Settings

Display Properties-Overview

Calling up the Display Properties Settings Panel

Display properties related to the graphics
adapter are all under the Settings tab as
shown in the figure below.

1. Right-click on the display desktop to open a pop-up menu.

2. Click the Properties option to call up the 5-tabbed Display Properties setup panel.
It is under the Themes tab initially.

3. Click the Settings tab to switch to the Settings panel.

Method 2 Method 2

1. Default Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

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What Settings Panel Does

The Settings panel contains two major
parts of settings:

1 Screen Settings, including resolution

and color depth settings, with a
preview window.

Settings Panel Advanced Settings Panel

1. Default Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

2. Advanced Settings, accessed by
clicking the Advanced button as
shown in the figure below.

Default Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750 is used as
the example throughout the
manual.

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Software Settings

Resolution and color depth of your
display can be set on the Settings panel
(see Page 11). You can also extend your

To extend the desktop

Call up the Settings panel as described
in Page 11, the preview window shows
you have two display devices connected
to your computer, the one(s) in use is in
solid blue and white, and the unused one
is blurred. In the figure to the right,
device 1 is in use, and device 2 is not.

To extend your desktop to a second
device, click the screen 2 Icon to
highlight it (Step 1). Then check the
check box on the bottom (Step 2). The
result will be as in the second figure.
Screen 1 is the primary screen; and 2,
the extended screen.

Desktop Arrangement

You can move either screen icons freely
and arrange them in any fashion (see the
second figure from the top).

In addition, the resolution of either
screen can be changed individually;
simply click on one of the screens in the
preview window and drag the resolution
sliding knob to your desired resolution.

Display Properties­Screen Settings

screen to the second device and set its
resolution separatly using this panel.

You need to have two monitors
connected to use this feature.

Step1Step1

2. Plug and Play Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

Step 2Step 2

Identify button

Click this button on the bottom of the
Settings panel to display on your
primary screen a big 1a, and the
extended, 1b, as in the figure below, for
identification.

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2. Plug and Play Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

2. Plug and Play Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

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Software Settings

Settings ¾ Advanced settings

Monitor
Model-specific Settings p. 14

Monitor

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Default Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

Display Properties­Advanced Settings

Default Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

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Refresh Rate

We recommend you set the
refresh rate to 85 Hz to reduce the
flickering of the screen. If 85Hz is
unavailable, use the default value.

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Software Settings

Display Properties­Advanced Settings

Settings ¾ Advanced settings

Model-specific Settings

nView Display Mode
Performance and Quality Settings

Overlay Controls
Full Screen Video
Desktop Utilities

NVRotate

nView Display Mode

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Default Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

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GeForce PCX 5750

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Default Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

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Choose nView modes here.

Performance and Quality Settings

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Includes Direct3D and OpenGL settings.

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English

Software Settings

Display Properties­Advanced Settings

Overlay Controls

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These controls are used to adjust video quality
such as brightness, contrast, hue and saturation.

Full Screen Video

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Users can also select the default Full screen
device to be as Primary or Secondary Display.

Default Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

Default Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

NVRotate

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Default Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

Desktop Management

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Allow you to set up the Media Center
Taskbar Utility and Desktop manager.

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Software Settings

Display Properties­Advanced Settings

Settings ¾ Advanced settings

Model-specific Settings

nView Display Mode

nView Modes

Display
Detect Displays
Device Settings

Display

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The drop-down list includes
all available display output
devices on your system
(see the figure below).

To set one of the devices as the
primary display, select that device
from the drop-down list and then
check Make this the primary display.

You can also disable auto-panning on
the secondary device by checking the
second check box.

Default Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

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Detect Display

Click this button to have the system
detect for any available display devices.

Device Settings

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Click this button to open a popup menu
that includes settings for output devices.

See page 18 for details.

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Software Settings

nView Modes

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The option checked here determines
how the video is displayed on the
screen(s) using the nView technology.

Four modes are available under
Windows XP/2000 systems.

Standard (DualView)

Allows only one screen to display the
output video.

Horizontal Span

Check to have the Windows desktop span
horizontally across on two screens.

Clone

Check to have the same images displayed
on the two screens.

Vertical Span

Check to have the Windows desktop
span vertically across on two screens.

Display Properties­Advanced Settings

Under Windows ME/98, only
Standard mode and Clone

mode are available.

What is nView?

nView is a multi-display technology
developed by NVIDIA, which is built into
the latest GeForce series video cards.
nView supports a wide variety of multi­display modes, offering users maximum
flexibility. It also allows you to set
independent resolution, color depth, and
refresh rate on a per display basis.

nView is only available for
models with dual video
output ports.

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Software Settings

Display Properties­Advanced Settings

Settings ¾ Advanced settings

Model-specific Settings

nView Display Mode

Device Settings (Standard Mode)

Select Output Device

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Click this option to select a device
from its submenu.

Color Correction

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This dialogue box allows you to adjust
color using slider controls.

Default Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750 Prop

GeForce PCX 5750

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Screen Adjustment

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Click the arrow icons to adjust the
position of the screen on your monitor.

Click Display Timing to call up the
panel as the figure below.

Display Timing

General Timing Formula is a standard

used by most newer hardware.

Discrete Monitor Timings (DMT)

DMT is an older standard still in use on
some hardware. Check this option if
your hardware uses DMT.

Select TV Format
Click this button to bring the Select TV

Format menu and select a TV standard

used in your country from the list. The
system will then set the TV format
accordingly.

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Software Settings

Display Properties­Advanced Settings

Settings ¾ Advanced settings

Model-specific Settings

nView Display Mode

Device Settings (Multi-Display Modes)

Select Output Device

Under multi-display modes, click this

option to open the Device Selection
(see the last page).

Primary Display

Under multi-display modes, you can
click this option (unavailable in Standard
mode) to set the selected device (high­lighted in the preview window) as the
primary display device.

Default Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

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Software Settings

Display Properties­Advanced Settings

Settings ¾ Advanced settings

Model-specific Settings

Performance and Quality Settings

Direct3D Settings

GeForce PCX 5750

Direct3D Settings

Allows you to adjust the
performance and compatibility
options and mipmapping for
your Direct3D games.

Performance & Compatibility Options

This field offers options that change the
performance and the compatibility of
your Direct3D games.

Mipmap detail level

A lower bias provides better image
quality; a higher bias increases
performances of the applications. You
can choose from five preset bias values.

PCI Texture Memory Size

Allows you to specify the maximum size
of PCI texture heap. Increasing this
value on PCI systems with sufficient
memory may greatly improve the
performance of some Direct3D
applications. For performance reasons,
this utility does not allow you to set more
than half the available system memory
as reported by Windows.

Plug & Play Monitor &NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

Custom Direct3D settings

Allows you to save the current settings
as a custom "tweak". Saved settings
will be added to the adjacent list. Once
you have found the optimal settings for
a particular Direct3D before starting
the program and eliminates the need
to set each option individually.

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Software Settings

Display Properties­Advanced Settings

Settings ¾ Advanced settings

Model-specific Settings

Performance and Quality Settings

OpenGL settings

GeForce PCX 5750

OpenGL Settings

Allows you to adjust the
performance and compatibility
options of your OpenGL
application.

Multi-Display Hardware
Acceleration

This option determines advanced
rendering options when using multiple
displays. The options include: Single-

Display Mode, nView Clone/Span
Mode, and Multi-Device Compatiblity
Mode.

Plug & Play Monitor & NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

Custom OpenGL settings

A list of the custom settings you have
saved. Selecting an item from the list will
activate the setting. To apply the setting,
please choose the "OK" or "Apply" button.

Note that Multi-display hardware
acceleration options do not apply
when using nView Multiview mode in
Windows NT 4.0.

Default color depth for textures

This setting item allows you to select
the default Color depth for textures.

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Vertical Sync

Select the type of vertical synchronization.

Buffer flipping mode

Turns on page flipping for full-screen
OpenGL applications which may improve
their performance. If this is disabled,
OpenGL will use a bit block transfer to
flip from the back buffer to the front buffer.

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Software Settings

Display Properties­Advanced Settings

Settings ¾ Advanced settings

Model-specific Settings

NVRotate

NVRotate

Controls the display view to
suit different viewing
directions of the display
devices.

Landscape (0 degree rotation)

.

Plug & Play Monitor & NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

GeForce PCX 5750

Inverted Portrait (270 degree
rotation)

.

Portrait (90 degree rotation)

.

Inverted Landscape (180 degree
rotation)

.

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