Nvidia System Utility User's Guide
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NVIDIA System Utility User’s Guide
Version 1.1
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Table of Contents
1.About NVIDIA System Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2.Using NVIDIA System Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing and Starting NVIDIA System Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing NVIDIA System Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Starting NVIDIA System Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
NVIDIA System Utility Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
NVIDIA System Utility Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Navigating the Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Changing System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Two Overclocking Pages Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Quick Guide To Changing System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Understanding the Overclocking—Basic Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Understanding the Overclocking—Advanced Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Viewing System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Viewing Temperature and Voltage Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Viewing the Information Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
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About NVIDIA System Utility
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NVIDIA System Utility is a full-featured application for easily modifying system settings
and testing them without the need for rebooting your system.
With NVIDIA System Utility, you can
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• Modify system performance settings, such as bus speeds, CPU voltages, fan speed, and
other system performance options that are supported by the BIOS
• Save the modifications to a profile so that you can quickly apply settings to suit specific
application environments
• Monitor hardware temperature, voltage, timing, and fan speed
• View other information about your system, such as hardware and software revisions
and other capabilities
System Requirements
•Windows
• NVIDIA nForce2 or nForce3 System with the following processors:
• AMD 133 (266DDR) MHz processors
• AMD 166 (333DDR) MHz processors
• AMD 200 (400DDR) MHz processors
• AMD Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 FX processors
• AMD Opteron processors
• Some features require BIOS support from the motherboard manufacturer.
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2000, Windows® XP, Windows® Me, and Windows® 98.
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Using NVIDIA System Utility
This chapter is organized in the following sections:
• “Installing and Starting NVIDIA System Utility” on page 3
• “NVIDIA System Utility Overview” on page 4
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• “Changing System Settings” on page 6
• “Viewing System Information” on page 13
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