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1. 165 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology Figure 8 4 Load Balancing Indicators GAME LOAD GAME MULTIPLAYER AFR load balancing bar shows relative work provided by each GPU SFR load balancing line shows relative portion of the screen rendered by each GPU SLI AA indicator shows the effect of SLI antialiasing modes NVIDIA Corporation 166 Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards UsiING Two NVIDIA GPU BASED GRAPHICS CARDS This appendix contains the following major topics 167 Before You Begin on page 168 Quadro FX 3000 Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver on page 169 Quadro FX 3000 Attaching the Secondary Display for nView Dualview Mode on page 170 GeForce4 MX Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver on page 173 Attaching Displays for GeForce4 MX nView Dualview Mode on page 174 Enabling nView Span and Clone Modes Detaching the Secondary Display Device on page 176 Viewing Multiple NVIDIA GPU based Graphics Cards from the NVIDIA Display Menu on page 178 Viewing Multiple Card Configurations Using the NVIDIA Settings Menu on page 180 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Before You Begin This appendix discusses an example of using two multi display NVIDIA GPU based graphics ca
2. 201 SLI Support Improvements 202 Display Driven s s scsi a Ger ee SR RR Sar 202 DIECA a ae ae ee ee 203 NVIDIA Display Control Panel 203 nView Desktop Manager 204 Release 70 New Features and Enhancements 204 NVIDIA Display lt es essssssssssss 204 VIDEO is r eae ae SE eS Ee ee 205 Display Driver DirectX and OpenGL 206 nView Desktop Manager 206 New Features aa 6 606 eee ee ws 206 Feature Enhancements 206 NVManagement 24 207 Driver Independence 207 Release 65 Enhancements 207 512 MB Frame Buffer Support 207 M t GPU SUPPO s o0 6 68 6 Ss ea 207 Operating System Support 208 Enhancements in Driver Performance 208 Improved Robustness 208 Video Enhancements 208 3D Graphics API Enhancements 208 HDTV Support Enhancements 209 Desktop Manager and Control Panel IMPFOVEMENTS a a eaa aoe even Bee ees 209 Release 60 Enhancements 209 Latest GPU Suppolts occ aw ee eee ee 209 PCI Express SUpDpOMt lt ssas 6 a2 se aces 209 Enhancements in Driver Performance 210 3D Graphics API Enhancements 210 DIRECTS Diaries a es eae na da eee dy Seca Se sis 210 OpbenGlenwcs 28 ee aed ORE ERS 210 Release 55 Enhancements 211 PCI Express Support sx 66 46 a ee we ee 211 PAE SUPDOM eas se oe war s ee Wie wee Gere ee 211 nView Desktop
3. Calor profitec Image sharpening Standard mode iv iracas N rai lt Restore Defauks Image Sharpening is available as with the newer series of NVIDIA Quadro GPUs 97 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Color Correction Settings Digital Vibrance Note The Digital Vibrance Control DVC feature supported by the GeForce2 MX and newer series of NVIDIA GPUs DVC a mechanism for controlling color separation and intensity boosts the color saturation of an image so that all images including 2D 3D and video appear brighter and crisper even on flat panels in your applications Digital Vibrance can be turned off or set to different levels from low to high as shown in Figure 7 1 Brightness Contrast and Gamma Note The Color profile option on this page must be set to Standard Mode in order to use the Brightness Contrast and Gamma sliders To adjust the Brightness Contrast or Gamma values for the selected color channel click and move the sliders until you see the desired adjustment Notice that the color curve graph changes as you adjust values using these sliders which also reflects in the values of the Input and Output boxes displayed on the left of the Gamma slider Adjusting brightness contrast and gamma values helps you compensate for variations in luminance between a source image and its output on a display
4. Color Correction GeForce 6800 Ultra _ Display 2 Analog GeForce 6200 Ultra Display 1 Analog I NVIDIA Display About NVIDIA settings Exit 19 Performance amp Quality Se Custom Color Settings 3 Rotation Settings Color Correction GeForce 6800 Uira Display 1 Analog 2 NVIDIA Display d About NVIDIA settings Exit Display Optimization Wizard Run the Display Optimization Wizard to adjust your displays for optimal viewing and representation of colors NVIDIA Corporation 132 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Note Displays in nView Clone mode cannot be optimized If you would like to optimize these displays change the display mode to another nView mode and then restart the wizard Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu When the Enable desktop context menu check box is selected the default condition Figure 7 19 your connected displays appear as choices on your Windows desktop menu 1 To access the desktop menu right click on your desktop 2 Select NVIDIA Display and one of your connected displays from the list that appears Figure 7 19 You can select any of these displays to directly access the NVIDIA display properties control panel 3 To remove the NVIDIA Display choices from your desktop menu clear the check box and click Apply Figure 7 19 Forcing Detection of Connected Television Selecting the Force TV detection chec
5. GeForce4 MX menu amp Desktop Management Screen Menus V AVIDIA Adapter Infomation ee a ae Trae Bus PCI NVIDIA Corporation 178 Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Figure A 10 NVIDIA Display Menu Showing Both Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 menu a Quadro FX 3000 splay Mod Peslcemence amp Quality Colour Correction Overlay Controls Fullscreen Video Troubleshooting NVRotete Refresh Rate Override Change Resolutions amp GeForce MX 420 amp Desktop Management Screen Menus riviews Quadro FX 3000 Fores Screen Adustmert Display Timing Pesicemance amp Qustly More Direct3D Colour Correction Overlay Controls Troubleshooting NVRotete Refresh Rete Override Change Resolutions if Desktop Management Screen Menus GeForce4 MX menu _ gt 179 B NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 riview Display Mode Primary display 4E NECLCD1760VM Secondary display B ViewSoric GS815 Make this the primary display _ Disable sute panring on secondar device viewport lock Plug and Play Monitor and gt General Adapt eee Color Management Application profiles Global Diver Settings jestore Global Driver Settings Settings Value Artiatasing Settings Application Control Anisotropic Filtering Appication Cortrol System Performance Quali
6. Eizo L685 ViewSonic GS815 Configurati Figure 3 8 shows another view of the NVIDIA Settings menu You can use this menu to quickly access the same NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver based settings that you can access in the regular NVIDIA display menu shown in Figure 3 9 Figure 3 6 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards E Screen Resolution gt E Screen Refresh Rate gt E Color Quality gt BH nView Display Settings Py Quadro Fx 3000 Display 4 I j i I Peters Sands oocen ornan te 83 Rotation Settings ng p BB GeForce2 mmMx 400 Display 2 Color Correction il GeForce FX 5900 Ukra Display 1 WZ ritiow Desktop Manager v v E Adjust Display Proparties About NVIDIA Settings Ext NVIDIA Corporation 28 Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Windows Display Properties Setting Access You can still access the NVIDIA display control panel through the Microsoft Display Properties Settings gt Advanced option if needed 1 Right click from your Windows desktop to open the desktop menu 2 Select Properties and then the Settings tab 3 Click Advanced and then click the NVIDIA GPU tab The NVIDIA display control panel with menu appears Figure 3 7 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu From the NVIDIA display menu Figure 3 7 you can access all the NVIDIA display control panel pages where you can configure a variety of
7. For details see Screen Adjustment and Display Timing Settings in the next sections Screen Adjustment The Screen Adjustment page is shown in Figure 5 1 To adjust the screen position on your analog display use the arrow positioning buttons for fine adjustments Figure 5 1 Screen Adjustment Settings Analog Display Device Adjustments PIX Screen Adjusiment Display Mode Tiring Postion Click the icons on the cesklop image lo edjust Ihe screen to the desired posilicn Nobe On certain displays the scieen may go blark romentaily duting adustnsnt Restore Defaults 67 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 5 Configuring Displays Display Timing Settings The Display Timing page is shown in Figure 5 2 Select the proper timing mode for your analog display e Auto Detect default setting allows Windows to receive the proper timing information directly from the analog display Note Some older analog displays may not support this feature Figure 5 2 Display Timing Settings Analog Display Device Adjustments Wale Select the display mode timing foe your display based on one of the liming formats and standards below Auto detect windows determines the proper mode General Timing Formula GTF Disetete Morito Timing DMT Cocedinated Video Timing CVT Standard Fred aspect ratio timing C Enable doublescan for lower resolution modes General Timing Formula
8. Portuguese Euro Iberian Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Spanish Latin America Swedish Thai Turkish Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 2 System Requirements Driver Installation System Requirements The minimum hard disk space requirement for each operating system are listed in Table 2 2 Table 2 3 and Table 2 4 Table 2 2 Hard Disk Space Requirements English Operating System Minimum Hard Disk Space Windows XP all editions 41 1 MB Windows 2000 41 1 MB Table 2 3 Hard Disk Space Requirements Non English Languages Operating System Minimum Hard Disk Space Windows XP all editions 26 66 MB Windows 2000 26 66 MB Table 2 4 Hard Disk Space Requirements Full International Package Operating System Minimum Hard Disk Space Windows XP all editions 67 76 MB Windows 2000 67 76 MB Installation Instructions Before You Begin e If you do not have System Administrator access privileges it is assumed that the appropriate person with System Administrator access in your organization will set up and install the NVIDIA graphics driver software on your computer e The installation process copies all necessary files for operation into the appropriate directories e The nView system files are copied to your Windows System directory NVIDIA Corporation 8 Chapter 2 System Requirements nView Desktop Manager Profile files tvp are saved in the Windows Nview directory Depending on the
9. Device Adjustments AA NOTE The settings that are visible on your ES TV output page depends on the internal TV itia encoder of your NVIDIA GPU or external encoder on your NVIDIA GPU based graphics card Therefore the settings on this sample TV Output page may not match those on your VIDIA i TV Output page Screen Aqustment SANON To reposition your TV screen click any of these long arrow buttons outside the top bottom Cortiast ore r left or right edge of the TV display image Brightness C Overdiive ite To increase the size of your TV screen click ine Bios the arrows in the box on the right To decrease the size of your TV screen click the arrows in the box on the left Use any of these sliders to adjust settings such gt as Flicker Brightness Contrast Overdrive and Overscan shift Custom defaut Resizing the TV Screen To increase the size of your TV screen desktop click the arrows in the box on the right inside the TV display image as shown in Figure 5 5 To decrease the size of your TV screen desktop click the arrows in the box on the left inside the TV display image as shown in Figure 5 5 Brightness Contrast Saturation Note Availability of the Brightness Contrast and Saturation slider depends on TV encoder used on your NVIDIA GPU or NVIDIA GPU based graphics card Use the Brightness Contrast and Saturation sliders to adjust the brightnes
10. Note In the following steps we ll switch from Dualview to Span or Clone mode for each of the two NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards You will notice that the secondary displays become detached disabled because nView Span and ete modes do not detect the secondary display device as separate display evices 1 Right click on either display image 2 or 4 representing the GeForce4 MX based graphics card 2 Click Properties and then click the NVIDIA GPU labeled tab to open the associated NVIDIA GPU GeForce4 MX page 3 Click the nView Display Settings menu option 4 Click the nView modes list and select Horizontal Span then click Apply 5 Wait while the display devices adjust modes The resulting Windows Display Properties Settings page and desktop are shown in Figure A 7 and Figure A 8 NVIDIA Corporation 176 Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Figure A 7 Display Properties Settings 4 Display Devices with 2 Attached Display Propertics idle Themes Desktop Scieen Saver Appearance Seltings Diag the montor icons to match the physical arangemernt of your moritors Display 4 Defaut Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce MX 420 Screen resolution Colo quality Less _ Mare Highest 22 ba 2048 by 768 pixels bt he ae V Use this device as the primary montor v Extend my Windows desktop onto this monter Note You can repeat steps 4 and 5 and chose Vertical Span or Clone mode The resul
11. Temperalwe Settings Sereen Resolulians amp Relresh Rales Desklop Overlap and Edge Blending s 3 Deskin Managemert Menu Edling NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Display with edited name niview Display Mode Primay delay a ViewSaric GS3815 Secondary display Display 2 DFP Make this Ihe piimary display C Disable aytoganring on secondary device viewgert lock Detect Displays NVIDIA Multi Display Support The following are sample display combinations that NVIDIA GPU based multi display cards support when used with the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver e Two RGB displays with second RAMDAC digital to analog converter e Two analog flat panels e Two digital flat panels e One digital flat panel and one analog flat panel NVIDIA Corporation 44 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings e One digital flat panel and one RGB display e One RGB display and one TV e One RGB display and one analog flat panel with second RAMDAC e One analog flat panel and one TV Note Actual combinations supported on a given graphics card will vary Setting up a multi display graphics card involves installing the graphics card ona computer connecting the displays to your computer and installing the current version of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver After restarting your computer the multiple display modes of the graphics cards installed are fully functional When using any nView
12. Vertical Sync Vertical Sync settings specify how vertical synchronization is handled in OpenGL applications e Off keeps vertical synchronization disabled unless an application specifically requests otherwise e On keeps vertical synchronization enabled unless an application specifically requests otherwise Vertical Sync Click the list to specify how vertical sync is handled in OpenGL Always off always disables vertical sync in OpenGL applications Off by default keeps vertical sync disabled unless an application specifically requests that it be enabled On by default keeps vertical sync enabled unless an application specifically requests that it be disabled Unified back depth buffer Note that this setting is on by default allowing the OpenGL driver to allocate one back buffer and one depth buffer at the same resolution of the display When this setting is enabled OpenGL applications that create multiple windows use video memory more efficiently and show improved performance When this setting is off the OpenGL driver allocates a back buffer and depth buffer for every window created by an OpenGL application Early z test Enabling this option causes a z test to be performed earlier in the graphics pipeline which can improve the performance especially of shaded rendering when items are often behind other items that were already drawn Note This settings is disabled by default for most application because enabling
13. e NV Switcher Improved Alt Tab switcher which also supports Desktop switching and is expandable to other NVIDIA features e Color Keyed Windows Allows the user to color key windows for easy identification when activating them on the desktop e Taskbar and Menu Transparency New window actions and application settings Keystone Support OpenGL Enhancements e OpenGL 1 4 ICD with NVIDIA Extensions New extension includes ARB_vertex_program which co exists with NV_vertex_program Enhancements for Workstation Applications NV1x line stipple enhancements and NV2x 2 sided lighting optimizations Immediate mode optimizations for Solid Edge and display list tuning for UGv17 e Multi monitor Improvements New accelerated spanning mode is enabled by default e Reduced Power Consumption Release 40 utilizes CPU cycles more efficiently resulting in reduced power consumption without sacrificing performance e Dynamic AGP Video memory management Release 35 Enhancements 4 Keystone is not supported on graphics cards based on the TNT TNT2 or Vanta product families 217 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History The Release 35 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Driver for Windows e NVRotate The NVRotate feature lets you view your Windows desktop in Landscape or Portrait mode You can rotate deskto
14. multi display configuration A setup where two or more displays 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 is connected to the NVIDIA GPU based graphics card in your computer SLI Scalable Link Interface technology NVIDIA SLI multi GPU technology takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture to allow multiple GPUs to work together to deliver accelerated performance An NVIDIA SLI system consists of a PCI Express motherboard that supports two physical connectors capable of having two NVIDIA PCI Express graphics cards plugged into them The two graphics cards must be joined together by the NVIDIA SLI connector With the appropriate graphics drivers installed SLI mode can then be enabled or disabled When SLI mode is disabled you can use all the nView multi display modes that are supported including using up to four monitors connected to the two SLI NVIDIA Corporation 226 Appendix D Glossary 227 graphics cards When SLI mode is enabled nView multi display modes are not available Instead the two graphics cards drive a single display1 to provide accelerated 3D performance in DirectX and OpenGL applications2 Note For additional details see the Application Note titled Using NVIDIA SLI Graphics Cards window A window is any indepen
15. Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Modifying an Existing Application Profile To modify pre defined NVIDIA supplied application profiles follow these steps 1 Set the Active profile list to Global driver settings and click the Restore button to restore all settings to their default values 2 Click the Active profile list and select an application profile from the list The driver settings of the profile you selected appear in the Global driver settings list Figure 7 4 shows an example for the 3D Studio Max selected profile Figure 7 4 Changing An Existing Application Profile NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 peere meoo ad 2 RVIDIA Apoleation peofles Application Active profle 9 giob ee eee v A driver setting with Modiy Prolite a check mark before it icing for 2D Studio Max indicates that the J Views Basic callings setting is part of the Settings selected profile chosen in C Anisotropic filtering x C Vertical sync the Active profile list Unified back deoth bilia Unified back depth buffer 3 Scroll down in the Global driver setting list to view any driver setting with a check mark preceding it These checked settings are part of the selected profile Notice that for these checked settings the Global driver settings label changes to the name of the selected profile in the Figure 7 4 example the label reads Settings for 3D Studio Max indicating that these
16. Connector Type The vazard needs to know how your television is connected to your computer Select the type of commector pou are using lo Connect pour TY to your computer O Auto select po NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Connector Type The vazard needs to know how your television is connected to your computer Select the type of commector pou are using to connect pour TY to your computer O Auto elect I cra Nea SE aa O S ideo Connector Type The vazard needs to know how your television is connected to your computer Select the type of connector pou are using to connect pour TV to your computer Auto select O Svideo O Composte om NVIDIA Corporation 196 Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages Figure C 10 NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display with TV Pages 2 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard X Display Appearance Adjust your displays to look how pou saan them to Use the corteok below to adjust the appearance of your computer displays Screen resoltior NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Preview Preview your display settings Dick the Preview button to get a 15 second preview of the selected settings If changes are needed click Back until you get to the setting pou want to change If you are happy with the preview click Next NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Completing the nView Multi Display Setup Wizard When you click Finis
17. French NVIDIA Corporation German Greek Hebrew Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Brazil Portuguese Euro Iberian Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Spanish Latin America Swedish Thai Turkish 16 Chapter 2 System Requirements Software NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation Minimum Hard Disk Space Requirement The minimum hard disk space requirement for each operating system are listed in Table 2 2 Table 2 3 and Table 2 4 Table 2 2 Hard Disk Space Requirements English Operating System Minimum Hard Disk Space Windows XP all editions 29 50 MB Windows 2000 29 50 MB Table 2 3 Hard Disk Space Requirements Non English Languages Operating System Minimum Hard Disk Space Windows XP all editions 21 66 MB Windows 2000 21 66 MB Table 2 4 Hard Disk Space Requirements Full International Package Operating System Minimum Hard Disk Space Windows XP all editions 51 16 MB Windows 2000 51 16 MB Driver Installation Instructions Note If you do not have System Administrator access privileges it is assumed that the appropriate person with System Administrator access in your organization will set up and install the Release 80 NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver software on your computer e The installation process copies all necessary NVIDIA Release 80 ForceWare graphics driver files for operation into the appropriate directories Note If you are using
18. If you want to overwrite the currently loaded profile with your changed settings use the Save option Notice that a warning message indicates that you are about to overwrite the selected profile If you want to retain the currently loaded profile and want to save your changed settings to a new file click the New option Enter a name and description of the profile in the New Profile dialog box For example you can name this profile My Settings 3 If you are an advanced user and want to customize certain settings in the saved profile click Advanced lt lt to expand the dialog box Figure 2 2 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 2 System Requirements Figure 2 1 nView Desktop Manager Sample Profiles Page nView Desktop Manager Desktop Management Piofies Windows Appbcalions Desktops User interface Effects Zoom HotKeys Mouse Took RVIDIA Cumert poolte dalat F Prompt to save changes before loading new profile A Orly users with Power User privileges can create save delete import and export polies NVIDIA Corporation 10 Chapter 2 System Requirements Figure 2 2 nView Desktop Manager Save Profile Settings Save Profile You are about to overvaite the profile do you stl want to save the curent saltings to the peolle Profile name dec Desctiphior NVIDIA Gispley diwes options C Save desktop colours C Save performance and quality settings
19. NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 GeForce 6800 XE GeForce 6800 XE NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 NVIDIA nForce Professional 2050 NVIDIA PureVideo Enhancements e Improved inverse 3 2 and 2 2 pulldown e Improved adaptive deinterlacing Support for the Next Generation of NVIDIA GPUs Additional Details by Driver Module DirectX e Support for the next generation of GPUs e Support for dual core CPUs OpenGL e New Extensions NV_packed_depth_stencil NVIDIA Corporation 200 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_NV_timer_query e Improved performance under Dualview e Improved memory management for multiple open applications on Quadro workstation cards e Improved performance with multiple overlapping windows e Improved SLI performance e Support for dual core CPUs e Support for the next generation of GPUs Video Release 80 includes the following new PureVideo features and improvements e Improved inverse 3 2 implementation e Improved inverse 2 2 implementation e Adaptive Deinterlacing for HD content on GeForce 6600 and higher GPUs e PureVideo support for the next generation of GPUs Classic NVIDIA Control Panel e HDTV Overscan compensation support Includes X Y adjustment and independent front end timing adjustment features e Dynamic SLI enable disable capability e New Direct Access page Allows direct access to DDC CI display control
20. Workstation User s Guide Driver Version Release 90 for Windows NVIDIA Corporation July 2006 First Edition Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara CA 95050 Copyright 2005 2006 NVIDIA Corporation All rights reserved This software may not in whole or in part be copied through any means mechanical electromechanical or otherwise without the express permission of NVIDIA Corporation Information furnished is believed to be accurate and reliable However NVIDIA assumes no responsibility for the consequences of use of such information nor for any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use No License is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of NVIDIA Corporation Specifications mentioned in the software are subject to change without notice NVIDIA Corporation products are not authorized for use as critical components in life support devices or systems without express written approval of NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA the NVIDIA logo Detonator Digital Vibrance Control ForceWare GeForce nForce nView NVKeystone NVRotate Personal Cinema PowerMizer NVIDIA Quadro RIVA TNT TNT2 TwinView and Vanta are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the United States and or other countries International Color Consortium and the ICC logo are registered trademarks of the International Color Conso
21. on page 138 Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates on page 140 Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu on page 148 Adjusting PowerMizer Settings Only for Notebook Computers on page 150 Using the HiRes Desktop Scaling Feature on page 152 NVIDIA Corporation 96 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adjusting Desktop Colors Accessing the Desktop Colors Page Note In order to access the Color Correction page the color setting on the Windows Display Properties Settings page must be set to 16 bit or higher A setting of 256 colors will not enable the Color Correction page Follow any one of these methods to access the Color Correction page Figure 7 1 e From the NVIDIA display menu click Color Correction e From the nView Display Settings page Right click one of the display images or click the Device Settings gt gt option Select the Color Correction option e From the Video Overlay Settings or Full Screen Video page click Adjust Color Figure 7 1 Color Correction Settings NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 B Quacko FX 3000 riview Display Sellings Peifoimance amp Quality Settings Color Comection Video Oveilay Sellings Full Screen Video Tals NvRalale f Temperalue Settings Sereen Resolulians amp Relresh Rales Desktop Overlap and Edge Blending B Desklop Management Menu Edling Coritiast lt I In oco Gamma 1 00 Out 04
22. 480p Enhanced 576i Standard 576p Enhanced O 720p Hih 100i High e IF you do not know which definition type your television supports refer to your 1 television owner s marai 193 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages Figure C 7 NVIDIA Display Wizard Analog Display with HDTV DVI Pages 2 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard x NVIDIA nView Display Mode Select the display mode you wish to use The wizard has determined that you have Clone mode selected It is recommended that you wa Duahiew mode O Duakiew TE Native muli display moda Each desplay has ts own S resolulion colot depth and refresh rate Display Appearance Adjust your displays to look how pou want them to Use the corteok below to adjust the appearance of pour computer displays Screen resoltior NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Preview Preview your display settings Cick the Preview button to get a 15 second preview of the selected settings NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard If changes are needed cick Back ur If you are happy with the preview click Completing the nView Multi Display Setup Wizard When you click Finish pour new muli displap settings wil be applied ViewSonic GS815 Resobsiore 1280 x 1024 piwas Color qually Highest 32 bi HDTV Connector lype DV Defintior 480 SOTV Multidsplay mode Span To c
23. C Save ovetlap and edge blending settings CI Save overlay and full screen setting Desktop managemert options C Save open application state Save desktop management settings CI Save display mode information 4 To customize the settings you can select or clear any of the settings check boxes 5 Click Save to return to the main Profiles page If you created a new profile you will see the name of the newly created profile in the profiles list If you overwrote a current profile the same profile name is retained in the list Note nView Desktop Manager profile tvp files are saved in the Windows nView directory Depending on the version of the NVIDIA driver previously installed profiles may also be saved in the Documents and Settings All Users Application Data nView_Profiles directory 6 Now you can uninstall your current driver for a driver upgrade 7 After you restart your computer following an NVIDIA new driver install you can easily load the saved profile from the Profiles page of nView Desktop Manager About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer You can easily use any saved profile tvp file in the Windows nView directory from one computer and use it in another computer if you want You ll need to copy it 11 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 2 System Requirements to the Windows nView directory of a computer that has the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver etc installed properly The
24. Multi display hardware acceleration options do not apply when using nView Multiview mode in Windows NT 4 0 NVIDIA Corporation 114 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features e Single display mode If you have only one active display this is the default setting You can also specify this setting if you have problems with the multi device modes e nView Clone Span mode is the default setting when your nView display mode is set to nView Clone mode or one of the nView Span modes If multiple NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards in your system are in use with active displays this setting is replaced by one of the multi display modes described below Figure 7 10 Hardware Acceleration Driver Setting NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 BVIDIA Aaplication profiles z x Active profile Using giobal driver settings wv Global Driver Settings v Global Driver Settings Settings Value Mukidevice pefo Trlinear optimization On Anisotropic mip fiter optimization Of conie semels eatiminntio on Show advanced settings Hardware acceleration value J Single display mode Multi device performance mode Muti device compatbilty mode e Multi display compatibility mode is available if you have two or more active displays when running in nView Dualview display mode or if you are using different classes of NVIDIA GPU based cards Note When this mode is in effect OpenGL renders in compatibility mode for all
25. The NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver includes two major control panel based components NVIDIA display properties and nView Desktop Manager In general terms nView represents a collection of multi display technologies encompassing driver support multi display GPU architecture and desktop management support e NVIDIA display properties the topic of this user s guide refers to the control panel based user interface from which you can configure the advanced display properties of the current release of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver For details on using the NVIDIA display control panel menu see Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages on page 24 e nView Desktop Manager is a user level application utility that focuses on making you more productive when working on your Windows desktop nView Desktop Manager was originally created for multi display 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 For details on using nView Desktop Manager features refer to the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers nView Desktop Manager User s Guide Release 90 Enhancements Release 90 provides these new features and improvements e Establishes the new NVIDIA Control Panel as the recommended user interface e Incl
26. This is useful when working with image processing applications to help provide more accurate color reproduction of images such as photographs when they are displayed on your screen Also many 3D accelerated games may appear too dark to play Increasing the brightness and or gamma value equally across all channels will make these games appear brighter making them more playable For related information see Color Channels on page 99 and Color Curve Graph on page 100 NVIDIA Corporation 98 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Apply Color Changes to The Apply color changes to list appears at the top of the Color Correction page Click the list to display the settings below and then select a setting e All applies the color correction settings on this page to your Windows desktop and to video playback e Desktop applies the color correction settings to your Windows desktop e Overlay VMR applies color correction settings on this page to video playback that uses overlay hardware Note Current generation hardware overlay does not support per component Red Green Blue color correction but instead exposes a single unified color correction channel Therefore if you select this setting only the All Channels setting in the color channels list is available See Color Channels in the next section e Full Screen Video applies color correction settings on this page to any full screen vi
27. Undo Rename Ctrl 2 fi Eizo L685 ViewSonic GS815 nView Properties NvKeystone Paste Shortcut Undo Rename Properties Arrange Icons By Refresh riview Properties Paste NVKeystone b Paste Shortout Properties Undo Delete Ctrrl 2 2 Select the NVIDIA option Play On My and then choose the display on which you want to play the video 3 To configure full screen video display see Using Full Screen Video Settings on page 120 NVIDIA Corporation 26 Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Figure 3 3 NVIDIA Display Options from a Video File Context Menu T Name a11_HDnet_July 2004 trp a a12_Speed_Demo wmy a12b_To_The_Limit_1080 wmv amp al2c_PUREVIDEO_720p wmy a13_surfer20K wrng a a13b_stepIntoLiqu a13c_PUREVIDEO_ a al4a_hawaii_DI m al4b_HM_Text_Sy a15_vM textNicon a16a_3_2pulldown Make Available Offline a16b_fireTruck_3_ Open With s17_3_2_Edit_Fire eB winzip amp a17b_upScaling_ar a a18a_butterfly_sm Send To amp ala b_Samurail ay cyt 19a_office7Z20D a a20a_laptop girl a a a21_ExtendedBlac Play Add to Now Playing List Add to Playlist Add to Sync List Add to Burn List Copy Create Shortcut Faroudja_flag mpg Delete Faroudja_pendulur Rename MGM mpg Properties E Movie_Listing txt ED Shortcut to Movies SEN i Thumbs db amp YellowCard_HQ wmy lt Luh Type T
28. You may also need to relocate a card The chosen slot must be x16 x8 or x4 capable 5 Connect the two graphics cards with the SLI bridge connector Figure 8 1 Figure 8 1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with the SLI Bridge Connector 159 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology The SLI connector is required for SLI Frame Rendering and SLI Antialiasing 6 If your graphics boards have an auxiliary power connector connect them to the power supply using the supplied power connector cables 7 Replace the system s cover and reconnect your display s to the SLI capable graphics board installed in the x16 expansion slot 8 Plug the power cable back into the system Installing the Display Driver Follow the steps listed below to install your driver software 1 Power on the system and log into Windows 2 Cancel the Windows Found New Hardware Wizard This message should appear twice one for each graphics board 3 Run setup exe in the SLI driver you saved to your desktop 4 Follow the Next prompts to proceed with driver installation 5 Once the software has been installed choose Yes I want to restart my computer now and select Finish to reboot the system Enabling SLI Mode 1 After logging back into Windows you should see the message SLI capable system in the bottom right corner of the screen SLI capable system x This system is properly configure
29. s Guide Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology Using the 3D App Profiles The following three preset application profiles for OpenGL applications are useful in SLI configurations e 3D App Modeling AFR This profile uses SLI AFR mode e 3D App Visual Simulation This profile uses SLI SFR mode It is also useful for non SLI configurations since it optimizes the driver for texture and shader intensive operations e 3D App Default Global Settings This profile uses SLI single GPU rendering mode and is also useful for non SLI configurations To enable one of these profiles open the Performance amp Quality Settings page and then select the profile from the Active profile list Viewing Load Balancing To view the relative amount of work or load balancing performed by each GPU in DirectX and OpenGL applications select the Show GPU load balancing check box on the NVIDIA SLI Multi GPU page Figure 8 3 This option enables an SLI status bar that reflects how the GPUs are working together to render DirectX and OpenGL full screen applications See Figure 8 4 NVIDIA Corporation 164 Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology Figure 8 3 SLI Multi GPU Page Show GPU Load Balancing Option E NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 RVIDIA Your graphics cards features N VIDIA Scalable Link Interface SLI technology for significant improvements in rendering performance ai To learn more click here Restore Defaults
30. see Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates on page 136 menu option to adjust the screen resolution of your primary and or secondary display so that the resolution of the secondary device is less than the primary which allows you to enable Virtual Desktop a useful feature for displays with limited resolution newer flat panels offer high resolution This feature lets you pan and scan the entire desktop area on 59 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings the secondary display when its resolution is set to less than the value set on the primary display Procedure Follow these steps to enable Virtual Desktop 1 From your Windows desktop right click to view the Windows desktop menu then click Properties gt Settings gt Advanced and then the NVIDIA GPU tab 2 From the NVIDIA menu click the nView Display Settings option 3 From the nView Modes list select Clone and click Apply Note If you just switched to Clone from Dualview you ll need to follow the prompts to restart your computer Then when you have returned to your desktop go to the nView Display Settings page and select Clone from the nView Modes list and click Apply From the nView Display Settings page right click display image i e 1a or 1b to display the pop up menu and click Change Resolution Figure 4 16 The Screen Resolution amp Refresh Rates page appears as shown in Figure 4 17 Figure 4 16
31. the following nView Desktop Manager sections e TV Display Wizard is enhanced to make HDTV setup easier Each high definition mode can be previewed to determine the capabilities of the flat panel e Desktop Manager setting Release 75 lets you create system wide nView Desktop Manager settings that apply across all users e Per display desktops Release 75 brings support for independent per display virtual desktops to nView Span mode and Multiview environments For details on using nView Desktop Manager features refer to the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers nView Desktop Manager User s Guide Release 70 New Features and Enhancements NVIDIA Display e Improved NVIDIA display slideout menu layout and functionality The menu automatically resizes to fit content when you first launch the NVIDIA display control panel You can also resize the slideout menu by dragging the window border See chapters 3 and 4 NVIDIA Control Panel Access on page 23 and Using nView Multi Display Settings on page 37 e Improved EDID Extended Display Identification Data display names in the control panel desktop menus and APIs are more descriptive than the previous NVIDIA Corporation 204 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Digital and Analog display designators See Desktop Access on page 25 and Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items on page 31 e Rename displays You ca
32. you can run nView Span modes with more than two displays For example if you are using a Quadro NVS based graphics card to which you have four displays connected you can have two sets of two spanned displays If you are using a Quadro NVS based graphics card refer to the document titled NVIDIA ForceWare Driver for Windows Using nView MultiView Modes with NVIDIA Quadro NVS based Graphics Cards Using Horizontal amp Vertical Soan Modes Note Span modes do not work if you have only one display attached In Span mode the Windows desktop area is spread across both displays This mode can be set for multiple categories of displays although display limitations may override the capabilities of your NVIDIA multi display graphics card For example if the second display is an NTSC TV display depending on the TV encoder on the graphics card the resolution may not be set above 800 x 600 and the refresh rate cannot be set above 60 Hz However the computer s analog display in such a configuration may have its refresh rate and resolution set much higher The desktop may be stretched horizontally or stacked vertically depending on user needs Due to operating system differences between Windows 9x and Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 the latter does not currently offer true multi display support for Span modes using one NVIDIA multi display graphics card As a result size of the actual desktop is limited to twice the smaller size of
33. Click Screen Adjustment to open the TV eg are page where Na can configure TV display settings For details see Device Adjustments TV Output on page 73 If your television is the only display connected to your computer directly or through a VCR or switch box or receiver and you do not see the nView Display Settings option and also do not see the TV Settings and the Screen Adjustment option on the NVIDIA display menu then follow these steps Open the Tools page by clicking the Tools option from the NVIDIA display menu Figure 7 15 in Chapter 8 shows the Tools page Select the Force TV detection check box and click Apply You should now be able to see the TV Settings and Screen Adjustment options on the NVIDIA display menu Click TV Settings to display the TV Settings page Figure 5 4 For details see TV Settings the next section Click Screen Adjustment to open the TV Output page where you can configure TV display settings For details see Device Adjustments TV Output on page 73 Tf you have more than one display connected including your television follow these steps Click nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA display menu Left click on the display image that represents your TV to select it Then right click on that display image and select Select TV format or Device Adjustments depending on the task you want to perform Click Select TV format to display a list of the common TV regional settings and c
34. Desktop Scaling Feature 152 Activating HiRes Desktop Scaling 154 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology Overview of SLI Technology for NVIDIA Quadro CANIS sis aye aaa Gs yas wy Seer a era ay Ge aoe 157 SLI Modes for NVIDIA Quadro GPUs 157 Hardware Requirements 158 Installation and Operating Instructions 159 Installing the Hardware 159 Installing the Display Driver 160 Enabling SLIMOUG s s maa se iw hws a 160 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology 162 SLI Frame Rendering 162 SLI Antialiasing Mode 163 v User s Guide SLI Single GPU Mode 163 Using the 3D App Profiles 164 Viewing Load Balancing 164 A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Before YOu Begin se sausas sie eaa aa 168 Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 168 Examples and Setup 168 Quadro FX 3000 Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 169 Quadro FX 3000 Attaching the Secondary Display for nView Dualview Mode 170 GeForce4 MX Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 173 Attaching Displays for GeForce4 MX nView DualView Mode s ss oe eae ie eee ea wee 174 Enabling nView Span and Clone Modes Detaching the Secondary Display Device 176 Viewing Multiple NVIDIA GPU based Graphics Cards from the NVIDIA Display Menu 178 Viewin
35. Figure 7 32 Windows Display Properties Settings Page Display Properties R Themes Desktop Screen Saver Appearance Settings Display Plug and Play Monitor on NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Screen resolution Color quality Less f Z g Highest 32 bit ba Tel 3840 by 2400 pixels Lim ia ip 4 Change the resolution using any one of the following methods Using the Settings page a Under Screen Resolution move the slider to 3840 x 2400 pixels Figure 7 32 then click Apply NVIDIA Corporation 154 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features b Click Advanced and then click the NVIDIA Quadro GPU tab Using the NVIDIA Change Resolution page a Click Advanced and then click the NVIDIA Quadro product tab b From the NVIDIA display menu click Change Resolution c Move the slider to 3840 x 2400 and click Apply From the NVIDIA display menu select the nView Display Settings option to display the nView Display Settings page Figure 7 33 Select the HiRes desktop scaling from 3840 x 2400 to 1920 x 1200 check box and Figure 7 33 and click Apply Note Your desktop is now scaled to 1920 x 1200 yet OpenGL application windows will continue to appear at 3840 x 2400 resolution Figure 7 33 HiRes Desktop Scaling Option on nView Display Settings Page Plug and Play Monitor and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 P ile General Adapter Monitor Troubleshoot Color Management Quadro Fx 3000 _ MVID
36. Icon Displayed in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area 130 Figure 7 20 NVRotate Settings Landscape Mode 2 eee ewe ee ee ee eee 135 Figure 7 23 Temperattire SettingSis ss seca 44 ed RRR ROE HR Cee See we ee ae 138 Figure 7 24 Screen Resolution amp Refresh Rates Page 1 2 ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 140 Figure 7 25 Add Custom Resolution Dialog Box eea seses ee ee ee ee ee et ee ns 141 Figure 7 27 Menu Editing Page Default Settings 2 2 eee ee ee te ee eee 148 Figure 7 30 3840 x 2400 versus 1920 x 1200 2 1 ce cw cc ewe da aca a wee ne 152 Figure 7 31 Effect of Hires Scaling on OpenGL Drawing 2 eee eee ee ee ee ee ee 153 Figure 7 32 Windows Display Properties Settings Page 1 ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 154 Figure 7 33 HiRes Desktop Scaling Option on nView Display Settings Page 155 Figure 8 1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with the SLI Bridge Connector 159 Figures 2 SEI MulttGPU Page ssas 6 sce ee Sw eee Bie wm eww ae ww Bare ee ee Rie ee ON 161 Figure 8 3 SLI Multi GPU Page Show GPU Load Balancing Option 165 Figure 8 4 Load Balancing Indicators 6 6c6 cass ae sie ree a a BRR ee ER ee 166 Figure A 1 Display Properties Settings 3 Display Devices with 1 Attached 170 Figure A 2 One Display Device With Identifying Number 20 e eee eee cece 171 Figure A 3 Display Properties Settings 3 Display Devices w
37. NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards Therefore to access features that are supported by single display configurations you only need a singe display connected provided that the particular NVIDIA GeForce based graphics card supports these features e The settings available on the NVIDIA display control panel pages may vary depending on the specific NVIDIA GeForce GPU based graphics card you are using For example settings that are available for a specific graphics card such as one that is GeForce 7800 GTX based may not be available on a graphics card based on a GeForce4 Ti or other older NVIDIA GeForce GPU series NVIDIA Corporation 22 Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL ACCESS This chapter discusses the following major topics e NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards on page 23 e Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages on page 24 e Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display on page 25 e Using the NVIDIA Display Menu on page 29 e Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips on page 33 e Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver on page 35 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards 23 After a fresh installation of the NVIDIA Release 80 graphics display driver and restarting your computer one or both of the NVIDIA display wizards Display Wizard or TV Wizard are automatically invoked depending on the types of displays that are connected to your graphics card i e analo
38. NVIDIA driver features To view any of the NVIDIA display control panel pages simply click a menu item from the NVIDIA display menu Note The nView Display Boe menu item o only when you have more than one display connected as shown in Figure 3 7 Figure 3 8 shows the menu when only one display is connected the example is for a notebook computer To toggle between hiding and showing the NVIDIA display menu click the green button on the green button that appears on any NVIDIA display menu page Figure 3 7 You can also click the Additional Properties button to show the menu when it is hidden Figure 3 7 You can resize the NVIDIA display menu by directly manipulating it with your mouse 29 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Figure 3 7 NVIDIA Display Menu Showing the GPU Page Multiple Displays Connected NVIDIA display menu showing the main NVIDIA GPU page The nView Display Settings EN menu item appears EN 5 Quedo 300 when multiple lt lt rien Display Settings gt Pettormance amp Qualty Settings displays are Colo Conection connected Vides Oveday Settings Full Screen Video Toot NvFictate Temoesaiive Sebings Seremm Resobilions amp Relies Plates Desktop Overlap end Edge Blendrg E Dchtup Manager Click the green button to toggle between hiding and opening the NVIDIA display menu Note When the menu is hidden you can also click the Additional Properties button to reopen the menu Meru Eding
39. VESA gt gt Coordinated Video Timing Standard published by VESA gt gt EIA Standard A DTV Profile for Uncompressed High Speed Digital Interfaces published by the Electronic Industries Alliance 1 Click the Advanced Timing button If an Agreement page appears scroll down and then click the I Agree button to accept the agreement and open the Advanced Timing page Th e Advanced Timing configuration page Figure 7 26 where you can select display timing standards and custom parameters 143 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Figure 7 26 Advanced Timing Custom Modes Timings amp Timing Standards Advanced Timing Custom values 4 Use thase settings to adjust display mode timing values foe your display N See 8618 1440 x 460 59 94 P h 2 8618 1440 x576 50 00 P Mode amp timing Custom values v 8618 1920 x 1080 23 97 P 2 eee 5 Z ES 2 6618 1920 x 1060 50 00 1 Timing standard Custom values 51B 1920 x 1030 50 00 P k 8618 1920 x 1080 59 94 I apesin O os ee OR 9P 8618 640 x 480 59 94 P Horizontal pixels 8618 720 x 480 59 94 P gt 8618 720 x 576 50 00 P Erort porch 38 Sync width 48 gt Custom valies Back porch PrE s Scan rate 33 75 kHz Sync polarky ive pixels Coordinated Video Timing CVT Standard anc polary iae in E eci Coordinated Vide
40. and its slider appears at the bottom of the page as shown in the example in Figure 7 3 Note If you have chosen a setting that is application controlled click the Application controlled check box to clear the check mark then use the slider to change the setting 5 Use the slider to modify the setting to suit your needs Refer to the following sections for additional information Changing Global Driver Settings on page 103 Modifying an Existing Application Profile on page 105 6 Repeat steps 3 through 5 for each driver setting you want to change 7 Be sure to click Apply after each change you make to the global driver settings Figure 7 3 Changing Global Driver Settings NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 7 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 BVIDIA Apotcation peohles Apotcation peofiles Application Active profle Application Active profle J d Global divar settings bal attir Add Profile Restore Add Profile 8 Global dive setings Global driver settings Global divar settings Views Basic sallings View Basic callings Seltings Vale Settings Yake Anisotiopic hkenng Apphcehon contol Aniiskasing settings Applicehon contiol Veitical syne Application control Anisotiogic fikering Application control Unilied back depth buffer On Veilical syne On Eaiby atest Off Unified back denth buffer On Veitical syne Vetical syne oif Applicatiorcontroled C Application controlled NVIDIA Corporation 104
41. are the profile settings Note You cannot change profile driver settings i e those that contain a check mark However you can modify other non checked driver settings then 105 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features check the associated check box and save the profile with a new name Or if ie don t save the profile with a new name you can always use the Restore utton to restore the profile to its original state 4 From the driver settings list click a setting that you want to change for the selected application profile Notice that the setting is highlighted 5 Select the check box inserts a check mark for that setting and click Apply Notice that its slider appears at the bottom of the page 6 Ifthe Application controlled check box is checked click the check box to clear the check mark and click Apply 7 Use the slider to modify the setting to suit your needs Refer to the following sections for additional information 8 Repeat steps 4 through 7 for each driver setting you want to change 9 Be sure to click Apply after each change you make to a driver setting Note If you do not want to save these settings with a new name these settings automatically become part of the existing profile But you can always click the Restore button to restore the settings to their original state 10To save the changed profile settings with a new name click the Modify Profile
42. check box on the SLI page e Select SLI antialiasing to use quality modes beyond 16x antialiasing for application profiles that use SLI About Using Other SLI based Advanced Settings For additional information on SLI and configuring advanced SLI settings go to the following Web address http www slizone com page slizone_appprofile html Enable Stereo 119 Applies to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs such as the Quadro FX series Tip Ifthe stereo or overlay features do not work properly you may want to try setting different screen resolutions and refresh rates until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for better results Select the Enable stereo in OpenGL check box to enable stereo functionality in OpenGL applications To run stereo applications with shutter glasses or other hardware the NVIDIA driver exports OpenGL stereo pixel formats and organizes Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features memory to allow stereoscopic and monoscopic applications to be used simultaneously Tips Enable this option only if it is necessary Some applications automatically choose a stereo format while other applications may not function properly in a stereo pixel format e Stereo viewing requires additional onboard graphics memory and may not be available under all resolutions You may want to reduce the resolution or color depth if you have problems viewing
43. degrees DirectX 9 Support With Microsoft s release of DirectX 9 runtime Release 40 version 42 51 and later provides support for DirectX 9 which includes the new vertex shaders antialiasing modes and multi display device support e Video Enhancements Flip Sync functionality support Support for multiple Macrovision clients Simplified Video Mirror controls TV Overscan Support Depending on the TV encoder used Release 40 supports TV overscan allowing the user to eliminate the black borders around the TV display screen This option is accessible through the NVIDIA display properties control panel New Graphical User Interface e Media Center Tray Application The Media Center Tray is a new application that replaces QuickT weak and contains menu items that provide access to all NVIDIA user interface software applications 3 Rotation is not supported on graphics cards based on the TNT TNT2 or Vanta product families NVIDIA Corporation 216 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History e New Display Properties Panel The NVIDIA control panel has been redesigned to make navigating easier and to improve control over the display adapter settings Enhanced nView Desktop Manager Features e Additional Operating System Support NVIDIA nView supports Windows NT 4 0 Windows 9X Me and Windows 2000 XP Zoom Support New fixed frame zoom and bi directional zoom editing capability
44. displays In this mode when different classes of GPUs are in use the lowest common feature set of all active GPUs is exposed to OpenGL applications The OpenGL rendering performance is slightly slower than in single display mode e Multi display performance mode is available if you have two or more active displays when running in nView Dualview mode or if you are using different classes of NVIDIA GPU based cards 115 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Note When this mode is in effect OpenGL renders in performance mode for all displays As in compatibility mode when different classes of GPUs are in use the lowest common feature set of all active GPUs is exposed to OpenGL applications However the rendering performance is faster than in compatibility mode although switching or spanning displays may result in minor transient rendering artifacts Multi Display Hardware Acceleration settings determine advanced rendering options when using multiple displays and or graphics cards based on different classes of NVIDIA GPUs The settings are shown in Figure 7 4 Note Multi display hardware acceleration options do not apply when using nView Multiview mode in Windows NT 4 0 Single display mode If you have only one active display this is the default setting You can also specify this setting if you have problems with the multi device modes nView Clone Span mod
45. example Figure A 1 display device numbered 1 appears active connected and attached to the Quadro FX 3000 graphics card Display 2 connected to the GeForce4 MX and display 3 connected to the Quadro FX 3000 graphics card are not active appear as grayed screen images because they have not yet been attached 2 Click Identify to identify the display device 3 Notice that the display s number as represented on the Settings page appears briefly on that display device s desktop Figure A 2 Figure A 1 Display Properties Settings 3 Display Devices with 1 Attached Display Properties Themes Desktop ScreenSaver Appearance Sethngs Diag the montor icons to match the physical arangemerit of your moritors Display 800 by 600 pixels NVIDIA Corporation 170 Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards 171 Figure A 2 One Display Device With Identifying Number ay beplag Coes reg vos ee ee er 4 From the Settings page right click the inactive screen image numbered display 3 connected to the GFX 5900 Ultra card click Attached and click Apply Figure A 3 show that display 3 is now enabled and attached 5 Click Identify to identify the attached display devices 1 and 3 on their desktops Notice that the attached display devices numbers as represented on the Settings page appear briefly on those display devices desktops Figure A 4 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix A
46. feedback to NVIDIA keep current with NVIDIA news products and demos and view NVIDIA display driver version and file information Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items This section gives an overview of the pages associated with the other NVIDIA display menu items e nView Display Settings page is shown in Figure 3 9 31 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Figure 3 9 NVIDIA Display Menu Showing nView Display Settings Page NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 ales S Quado FX 3000 V V i niew Display Settings een __ AVIDIA EDID display Performance amp Quality Settings niew allows you to connect seperate displays to a single graphics card names Coku Conection Video Overlay Settings 3 Ful Sereen Video rieva Display Mode Abe Plinary display B ViewSonic GS815 oye Gisplay A 1 i he Secondary display B ViewSonic VPD150 Retiesh Rate Ovemides Screen Resolulions amp Retesh Rates ViewSonic VPD150 Digital Display Desktop Management F Meru Edting Z NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 riview Display Moda Dualview Mi Prinnony display DB ViewSonic GS315 Secondary displey PP E ViewSonic VPD150 Make this the pimay display inable afo panning on secondary device viewport lock Note This menu item only appears if you have more than one display connected For complete details on using the nView Display Settings features see the
47. for NVIDIA Quadro GPUs SLI Frame Rendering Mode SLI frame rendering combines two PCI Express graphics boards with an SLI connector to transparently scale application performance on a single display by presenting them as a single graphics card to the operating system SLI Multi View Mode SLI multi view combines the power of two NVIDIA Quadro PCI Express graphics boards to span a single hardware accelerated OpenGL application window across multiple displays run a single application per GPU with multiple display outputs or enable other uses of two PCI Express graphics boards SLI Antialiasing Mode SLI antialiasing combines the power of two PCI Express graphics boards to offer higher quality antialiasing 157 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology Hardware Requirements To support NVIDIA SLI technology the motherboard and system must include the following Motherboard Your PC motherboard must be PCI Express based with two available and adjacent PCI Express expansion slots Both slots must be x16 mechanical with the following allowed electrical slots e x16 x16 e x16 x8 e x16 x4 e x8 x8 Graphics Cards NVIDIA SLI requires two SLI graphics cards For SLI Frame Rendering or SLI Antialiasing Two identical NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 4400 3450 3500 3400 or 5500 graphics cards An SLI bridge connector provided with your graphics board must also be installed to utilize the full
48. images e Off disables gamma correct antialiasing Transparency Antialiasing Note This option has no effect on applications that are exclusively OpenGL based Note This option is available on newer NVIDIA GPUs such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs Transparency antialiasing an advanced feature is a technique used to minimize the visible aliasing on the edges of images with transparent textures This improvement in 3D image quality is most noticeable in objects such as vegetation chain link fences and similar objects To enable this feature use the Multisampling setting for superior application performance or the Supersampling setting for superior image quality NVIDIA Corporation 118 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features SLI Rendering Mode Note SLI rendering mode settings are available only if you are running in an SLI multi GPU configuration and you have selected global driver settings from the Active profile list e Select SLI multi GPU rendering to use SLI frame rendering for application profiles that use SLI e Select Single GPU rendering if for example you prefer not to use multi GPU rendering for a specific application The NVIDIA driver selects the GPU to use for single GPU rendering Note This is not the same as completely disabling SLI If you are trying to solve a compatibility issue you af want to completely disable SLI by clearing the Enable SLI multi GPU
49. in stereo Stereo Display Mode Applies to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs such as the Quadro FX series Tip Ifthe stereo or overlay features do not work properly you may want to try setting different screen resolutions and refresh rates until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for better results The NVIDIA driver supports a variety of stereo hardware If you use stereo hardware other than the default select a display mode from the list box Use shutter glasses Select this option only if you use an ELSA 3D Revelator or compatible adapter These adapters will translate the monitor signal to the standardized 3 pin DIN used by most of available stereo hardware You don t need to use the adapter if your graphics card has a built in 3 pin DIN connector Tips If you are encountering problems with stereo viewing with shutter glasses you may want to experiment with different refresh rate settings for your monitor For example your shutter glasses will not work on a flat panel set to a very low refresh rate Use vertical interlace monitor Select this option if you have connected an auto stereo flat panel to your graphics card Note Non stereo flat panels are not recommended for stereo viewing Use nView Clone mode Select this option if you have passive stereo hardware This option is only available on NVIDIA GPU based multi display graphics cards To use this option you need to have connected th
50. information refer to the user documentation supplied with your HDTV set HDTV over DVI HDTV over DVI see Using HDTV Formats on page 85 uses the standard digital interface to transmit uncompressed HD digital video The formats are limited by the available E A 861B modes from the EDID or the custom modes you may have added So if you have an HDTV with a DVI connection you can use a DVI cable sample shown in Figure B 2 below Figure B 2 Sample DVI Cable D connector The D Connector is used mostly in Japanese market and its path is also defined by the encoder but the available formats are additionally restricted by the D1 to D4 output modes NVIDIA Corporation 184 Appendix B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Sample Cables Shipped with NVIDIA HDTV Encoded Graphics Cards Figure B 3 Sample Video Cables 9 pin to TV Out Pod with C omp onent 9 pin to VIVO Breakout with Comp onent 9 pin VIVO Pod with Component 10 pin to TV Out Pod with Component 10 pin to VIVO Pod with Component Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Note Only cables with a component connection can be used with an HDTV Figure B 4 Sample NVIDIA Personal Cinema A V Cables 42 Pinto PC Basic Pod 10 Pinto PC Basic Pod 10 Pin to PC Basic Pod with Component 41 Pinto PC Pod wio VG A wm 41 Pin to PC Pod with VGA 41 Pin to PC Pod with Component
51. nView Span Modes vs Dualview Mode Features 53 Using Horizontal amp Vertical Span Modes 54 Using nView Clone Mode 57 Enabling nView Clone Mode 57 Enabling Virtual Desktop Clone Mode 59 Before You Begin 55 6 se eee wee 59 PFOCCOUIG s s easi ea a oda Gat vat Gat eves ww 60 Disabling Auto Panning Lock Pan Position 62 Switching Between nView Dualview and Span Clone Modes Windows 2000 63 Enabling nView Multiview Mode Only for NVIDIA Quadro NVS based Graphics Cards 63 Arranging Displays on the Settings Page 64 5 Configuring Displays Adjusting Analog Display Settings 66 Screen Adjustment 6 67 Display Timing Settings 68 Adjusting Digital Display Settings 69 Digital Display Settings 69 Adjusting Television TV Settings 71 TY S tHAGS sz ere tree sdviep ee Goede dee a wee eee 72 Signal Formals s presasat ee ee a 8 72 Video Output Format 73 Device Adjustments TV Output 73 Screen Positioning 73 Brightness Contrast Saturation 74 FICKER gaere dds Bedi danse Sched ded Gea BU 75 OVETOTIVE cece e oe 6 iiss de ap deg se wo eS 75 Overscan Sik sea S28 de ee a aS SG 75 Video Border for HDTV 76 Supported TV and HDTV Adjustment Features Based on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU 77 6 Configuring HDTV Supported Television HDTV Formats for Ana
52. nView modes list select Clone and click Apply Figure 4 14 show the primary display is designated by a and the secondary display is designated by b Both display are identified with the same number 2 in this case this number can be another Windows display number depending on your configuration because nView Clone mode implies the two displays are duplicate desktop images and therefore Windows identifies them with the same number Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Figure 4 14 nView Clone Mode Analog Digital Displays with Context Menus NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Context menu for the primary display in nView Clone mode riview Display Mode Primary display SX Secondary display B ViewSoric GS815 o 5 eel A L e v Primary Display LEAN i amp J EE ANIDIA T AA N DE E T Choe Color Correction Device Adjustments NvRefkate Change Resolution E ViewSoric 65815 iai Di may a C Meke this the primaiy display Lock Pan Position Context menu for the C Disable ayto parming on secondary device vie arbar aide rA secondary display in at nView Clone mode Sreten From the Windows Display Properties Settings page if you click Identify when you are in nView Clone mode you will see the same number on both your displays Figure 4 15 shows nView Clone mode using a digital d
53. results Option available only on newer NVIDIA GPUs lets you specify pixel formats to use for overlays in OpenGL e Color indexed overlays 8bpp allows the application to use 8 bit paletted overlays e RGB overlays RGB555 format allows the application to use 16 bit RGB555 overlays e Color indexed 8 bpp and RGB555 format allows the application to use either 8 bit paletted or 16 bit RGB555 overlays Overlays need additional onboard graphics memory and may not be available under all resolutions You may want to reduce the resolution or color depth if you have problems accessing overlay functionality Using Video Overlay Settings Use the Video Overlay settings to adjust the quality of video or DVD playback on your display Note that these settings affect videos that are created using the hardware overlay but have no effect on videos created using software overlays or a blit process such as VMR Note If any settings changes you make have no effect on the video overlay after you click Apply close the video overlay and then re open it NVIDIA Corporation 122 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Accessing the Video Overlay Settings Page 1 First open the DVD or video application that you want to view 2 Click Video Overlay Settings from the NVIDIA display menu to open the Video Overlay Settings page Figure 7 11 If you need help in accessing the NVIDIA display menu see Acces
54. settings changes you make do not take effect e g the controls have no effect on the video after you click Apply close the video overlay application and then re open it e Some applications have their own overlay color control settings If you run one of these applications and try to use the NVIDIA color settings both the application s color settings and the NVIDIA color settings can change the overlay attributes This can result in an inaccurate indication of the overlay settings or unexpected overlay settings for an overlay application To prevent this problem use the overlay application s color settings Using the Tools Page Accessing the Tools Page To access the Tools page click Tools from the NVIDIA display menu If you need help in accessing the NVIDIA display menu see Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages on page 24 Figure 7 15 shows the Tools page 129 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Figure 7 15 Tools Settings Select the Enable taskbar icon check box to add a menu of NVIDIA configurable NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 settings to your Windows taskbar notification area S Quado FX 3000 i niew Display Settings nn ven RVIDIA _ h Sessa amp Quality Settings PE O LOREN S Enabing these options will give you quick access to NVIDIA Video Overlay Settings lt Q fea
55. the NVIDIA Display video mirror feature you can watch TV and any other video while you work See Using Full Screen Video Settings on page 120 Accessing the Display Context Menus The display icons on the nView Display Settings page display a graphical representation of your nView display configuration i e the single Figure 4 1 OR pair of displays Figure 4 2 and onward connected to your computer and being used by the nView display mode you selected from the nView display modes list 1 Click a display image to select it as your current display 2 Then right click the display image to display a popup context menu Figure 4 3 from which you can adjust settings for that display Figure 4 3 Example Context Menus for Digital and TV Displays NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 amp NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Ko KE _ AVIDIA __ AVIDIA __ ran alone you to Conrect spuse deploys to a srgie gaphes ood Aea cians pelts connect seperate Gaghays too single guphes cad Mee Oopty Hote Duslvew Primary spn B esLas Seamtuyeclc ON nhen Dopiay Mode Oudvio Prony daplay caoteas Socordyy doptas Er B Tam a Primery Display Color Correction C hiako thia tho pinay dapiay Color Correction MPAL Device Adjustments Osassa IAO PORNS OA A Device Adjustments ane NvRotate NvRotate D PAL Change Resolution 1 Change Resolution IPAL Reneme Ren
56. the list in the Signal format section 7 If you have selected an HDTV format that requires you to adjust your HDTV overscan configuration for optimal viewing of your desktop on your TV screen then click the HDTV Overscan Configuration option from the context menu of your HDTV display Figure 6 2 or click the Overscan Compensation button on the TV Settings page Figure 6 4 and Figure 6 5 to open the HDTV Overscan Compensation dialog box Figure 6 6 Note By default the Native Figure 6 6 option is selected For details about the native display setting see Native on page 83 NVIDIA Corporation 86 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Figure 6 2 Quick Access to HDTV Formats HDTV Component Connection i NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 ria dlows you to connect A o tingle giophics card riview Dieplay Mode Dualviews Pemary dioplay Select TY format MTSE HDT Overscan Configuration MOepsq NTsc TV Ward NPA LF Primary Olsplay BYPAL C Make thes the plimaty epiay Color Correction nos Disable aut Danning on recondary evic Device Adjustmerts IPAL HPAL 87 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Figure 6 3 Quick Access to HDTV Formats HDTV over DVI Connection NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 G Que ee Fx 3000 Wia Diealay S allinge Patfonmance amp Qu alty Seting Calor Cowection Video Ovellzy S ellings Full Sereen Video Tac
57. the second pass the rest of the lines are painted Unlike the progressive scanning method where all the scan lines are updated in each frame interlaced scanning results in a higher frame rate but usually causes image flicker Display Timing Standards 147 Note If you want to use standard timings such as DMT GTF CVT and EDID instead of custom or EIA 861B timing parameters from the Mode amp timing list discussed in the previous section Display Mode amp Timing Parameters on page 144 follow these steps 1 Click the Timing standard list and select one of the display timing standards described in Table 7 2 2 Click Apply Table 7 2 Display Timing Standards Display Timing Standard General Timing Formula GTF Discrete Monitor Timings DMT Coordinated Video Timings CVT Coordinated Video Timings Reduced Blanking CVT RB EDI D Timing Description GTF is an older but widely used timing standard However newer display are switching to the CVT standard DMT is a set of pre defined VESA timings VESA updates this standard every year If DMT timing is available for a specific mode the NVIDIA display driver normally selects it instead of GTF CVT became the VESA standard on March 2003 CVT supports higher resolutions better than other timing standards CVT RB improves on the CVT standard CVT RB offers reduced horizontal and vertical blanking periods and allows a
58. version of the NVIDIA driver previously installed profiles may also be located in the Documents and Settings All Users Application Data nView_Profiles directory As part of the install process an uninstall is registered in your system Under Windows Me and Windows XP the NVIDIA driver is installed in Dualview mode display However note that the second display is not activated by default but must be enabled Under Windows 2000 the NVIDIA Display Driver is installed in Span mode See the instructions in the Force Ware Graphics Drivers User s Guide for instructions on how to install nView DualView mode Preserving Settings Before You Upgrade Your Software Before uninstalling or installing software your can preserve your nView Desktop Manager and or NVIDIA Display settings by using the nView Desktop Manager Profiles features Note Follow the aa i below and or refer to the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User s Guide tor details Under Windows XP 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 you must have at least Power User access privileges in order to create or save a profile Refer to Windows Help if you need an explanation of Power User access rights Follow the steps below and or refer to the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User s Guide for details 1 Open the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page Figure 2 1 2 To preserve your current settings you can use either the Save or the New option from the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page
59. your desktop to open the Windows desktop menu Then select the display for which you want to open the NVIDIA display menu and select the nView Display Settings option Click the arrow in nView display modes list and select Install Dualview Advanced as shown in Figure 4 9 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Figure 4 9 nView Display Settings Installing Dualview in Windows 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Montor Troubleshooting Cole Management E Duacio FR 3000 B Quado FX 3000 riVieve Display Sellings Paifaimance amp Qualty Settings Cor Comection Video Ovelay Sellings Full Sereen Video Taols NVRolate i Temperalue Settings Sereen Resolulians amp Relresh Rales Desklop Overlap and Edge Blending s 3 Desklo Management i Menu Edling isplay riview Display 2 Analog Display IZ Make this the primary cisplay IT Disable auto perming on secondary device wiewpart sock Detect Displays Device Settings gt gt OK Concet Apply 4 When the prompt appears click Restart Now Note When the system starts up you may see a series of Dualview installation prompts It may take up to one minute for the first Dualview prompt to appear Click the confirming prompts such as Yes OK or Finish to follow through and then restart your computer as prompted 5 After the system starts up if the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager S
60. 0 x 1080 interlaced resolution of 1920 x 1080 progressive If the selected resolution lines are smaller than the selected HDTV format then black borders will be visible but if the selected resolution lines are more than the selected HDTV format the desktop should start panning To select these formats see Using HDTV Formats on page 85 If you use plasma displays with burn in display issues you can use the Video border option on the TV Output page to display grey instead of black for the borders when the selected resolution is smaller than the selected native HDTV format See Device Adjustments TV Output on page 73 Optimizing HDTV Viewing 81 The NVIDIA driver provides three user correction methods Underscan Overscan Shift and Overscan Shift to solve the problem of the Windows desktop overscanned and cutting off the Windows taskbar Start button Table 6 3 summarizes the various correction methods and reasons for use Quadro Workstation User s Guide Table 6 3 Optimizing HDTV Viewing Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Recommended Corrective User task Method Reasons Watch movies Native Underscan correction always reduces the quality of the video being watched since it changes the size of the native video resolution by compressing the size of the pixels In addition sometimes there is additional electronic information recorded in the invisible portions of the video stream This is
61. 1 and Other Settings on page 101 113 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features 2 On the Performance amp Quality page select View advanced settings from the View list and click Apply 3 Select Color profile from the driver settings list Figure 7 9 4 If you completed step 1 you will see the Color profile list box at the bottom of the page Figure 7 9 5 Click the list and select a color profile then click Apply Conformant Texture Clamp Texture clamping refers to how texture coordinates are handled when they fall outside the body of the texture Texture coordinates can be clamped to the edge or within the image 1 Make sure the View advanced settings option is selected from the View list 2 Select Conformant texture clamp from the driver settings list The available slider settings are On and Off Extension Limit Note You cannot change this setting By default the driver extension string has been trimmed for compatibility with the application Hardware Acceleration Hardware acceleration settings determine advanced rendering options when using multiple displays and or graphics cards based on different classes of NVIDIA GPUs 1 Make sure the View advanced settings option is selected from the View list 2 Select Hardware acceleration from the driver settings list The available slider settings are shown in Figure 7 10 and explained Note
62. 133 Using NVRotate Settings sssses 135 NVIDIA Corporation Table of Contents Accessing the NVRotate Page 135 Before You Use NVRotate Settings 136 Enabling NVRotate Settings 136 Adjusting Temperature Settings 138 Accessing the Temperature Settings Page 138 Temperature Settings 139 Temperature Level GPU Core Temperature 139 Core Slowdown Threshold 139 Ambient Temperature 139 Enable Heat Indicator Warning When Threshold Exceeded 139 Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates 140 Screen Resolution and Color Quality 140 Monitor Settings s ses tos sec sae ce see ee ee we amp ee 141 Adding Custom Screen Resolutions amp Refresh Rale esau are ae eae ete ee ee ee 141 Enabling Custom Screen Resolutions 142 Removing Custom Screen Resolutions amp Refresh Rates s i 0 sxe eee ews 142 Advanced TIMING ss 66 ee ke we ws 143 Display Mode amp Timing Parameters 144 Display Timing Standards 147 Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu 148 Accessing the Menu Editing Page 148 Using Menu Editing 148 Adjusting PowerMizer Settings Only for Notebook Computers 6 150 Accessing the PowerMizer Page 150 PowerMizer Settings 150 Current Battery Charge 150 Current Power Source 151 Current Power Level 151 Using the HiRes
63. 2000 02 e eee eee eee 38 Figure 4 2 nView Multi Display Mode Windows XP 2000 0 eee eee ee eeee 39 Figure 4 3 Example Context Menus for Digital and TV Displays 02 ee ee eee 41 Figure 4 6 nView Display Pair Options lt s e ce 0042454 40 Fee OE Oe Oe ee ea ee Om 46 Figure 4 9 nView Display Settings Installing Dualview in Windows 2000 50 Figure 4 10 Display Properties Settings Dualview Mode Windows 2000 51 Figure 4 12 nView Horizontal Span Mode Windows XP 2 2 ee ee eee eee ee ene 55 Figure 4 13 nView Vertical Span Mode Windows XP 2 2 eee ee ee ee ee ee ee ens 56 Figure 4 15 nView Clone Mode TV Digital Display 2 2 ee ee ee ee ee ee eee 59 Figure 4 16 nView Clone Mode with Virtual Desktop Enabled Disabling Panning 60 Figure 4 20 Display Settings Diagonal lt ss ees ecaa erae teaa ani cea ee ete ene 65 Figure 5 1 Screen Adjustment Settings Analog Display 2 eee eee eee 67 Figure 5 2 Display Timing Settings Analog Display 2 eee ee ee ee ee ee eee 68 Figure 5 3 Digital Display Settings i358 33 4 ane aa eh fae wk Ba e VS Ge SAA ae a 70 Fig re 5 4 TV SENGS s ecg dees e bie By wy ie aE GD gus Gage a OSE EE Eee ae 72 Figure 5 6 HDTV Output Setting Video Border 1 eee ee ee ee ee ee tne 76 Figure 6 1 Back View of an HDTV with DVI and Analog Connectors 2 e2
64. 25i 480p 525p 1080i Connector Used 576i 625i 576p 625p 720p S Video or Composite v y Component v v v D connector v v y Note Formats are restricted based on the selected D mode DVI Only formats associated with the EDID or custom 861B modes are available once they are added on the Advanced Timing page See Advanced Timing on page 139 About D Connector Output Modes D connector output modes support a set of HDTV formats per D mode D1 D2 D3 and D4 The D Connector modes and its associated formats are explained in Table 6 2 D Connector Output Modes Displa Format of the video signal to be transmitted D1 525i D2 525i 525p _ D3 525i 525p 11251 E To D4 O 525i 525p 11251 750p D5 j 525i 525p 1125i 750p 1125p Television and HDTV Formats and Desktop Resolutions The number of the active lines displayed for television or HDTV formats determine the associated native desktop mode or resolution Television Formats e NTSC 525 lines resolution of 720 x 480 interlaced 480i e PAL 625 lines resolution of 720 x 576 interlaced 576i NVIDIA Corporation 80 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV HDTV Formats e 480i 480p resolution of 720 x 480 interlaced resolution of 720 x 480 progressive e 576i 576p resolution of 720 x 576 interlaced resolution of 720 x 576 progressive e 720p resolution of 1280 x 720 progressive e 1080i 1080p resolution of 192
65. 41 Pin to Tv Out Pod with Component 41 Pinto PC Basic Pod gt 10 Pin to VIVO Pod with D Connector 41 Pinto PC Pod with Component NVIDIA Corporation 186 Appendix C p NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDIA SETUP WIZARD PAGES The following sections contain the NVIDIA Setup Wizard pages in sequence for a few different display configurations 187 NVIDIA Display Wizard Typical Setup on page 188 NVIDA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup on page 189 NVIDIA Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection on page 191 NVIDA Display Wizard Analog Display with HDTV DVI on page 193 NVIDA Display Wizard Digital Display and Television on page 195 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDIA Display Wizard Typical Setup Figure C 1 NVIDIA Display Wizard Typical Setup NVIDIA Multi Display Setup Wizard Eg Welcome to the NVIDIA nView Multi Display Setup Wizard This wizard vil help you enable NVIDIA Multi Display Setup Wizard To continue click Next Setup Type Choose the selup type thal best suts pour needs Choose whether to use typical or custom settings Conligures your mubiple display environment quickly using the most commer Custom setup stomiang your multiple deplay environment Preview Preview pour display settings Oick the Preview button to get a 15 second preview of the selected setti
66. 6 thee eee eee ae ee eae ad 221 Direc Dr errena eee eee ee a a 221 Cursor Trails Support 221 Control PANES s aeeie a dad des dew a eos 222 Release 5 Enhancements 6 222 OPENGL 1 x see i ee ede 6 aS a oS eS 222 OpenGL 1 2 Cores eae eae 222 OpenGL Extensions 223 OpenGL Performance Enhancements 223 Directo Dos ae eerie tected aia vad Socks BE ke 8 224 Control Panels 26 cco k cee ee aw Sos 224 D Glossary NVIDIA Corporation Table of Contents NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers User s Guide Table 2 1 Table 2 2 Table 2 3 Table 2 4 Table 2 1 Table 2 2 Table 2 3 Table 2 4 Table 5 1 Table 6 1 Table 6 2 Table 6 3 Table 7 1 Table 7 2 Table D 1 List of Tables Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products 2 6 eee ee ee ee tee ene 6 Hard Disk Space Requirements English 1 2 ee ee ee et et ee te ts 8 Hard Disk Space Requirements Non English Languages e2 2 ee eee 8 Hard Disk Space Requirements Full International Package 02 002ee eee 8 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products 2 cee ee ee ee ee ee ees 14 Hard Disk Space Requirements English 2 2 ee eee eee eee tee ee ene 17 Hard Disk Space Requirements Non English Languages 02 ee2e00 17 Hard Disk Space Requirements Full International Package e22000 17 TV Encoders and Supported TV Adjustment Features 0 20 ee eee eee 77 Supported TV ADTV Format
67. A news products and demos and see IDIA display driver version and file information Criver Updates Products hews Demos Send Feedback Browse the NVIDIA Web site wmw rnvidia com Aha NVIDIA Mienlay Cantral Darel 30 Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Figure 3 8 NVIDIA Display Menu Single Display Connected NOTE nView Display Settings menu option does not appear when only one display is connected ie Quadro4 700 GoGL EN Digtal Flat Panel Settings Performance amp Qualty Settings Color Correction Video Overlay Settings Tools PowerMces NYRotate Temperature Settings Relresh Rate Ovemdes Screen Resolutions amp Relresh Rates Desktop Management Menu Edling The NVIDIA GPU Page Multiple Monitors and NVIDIA Qua 2 5 S AVIDIA i These options allow you to detemine how lower resolutions we displayed on your flat panel Display adapter scaling Centered output Fixed aspect ratio scaling Prewew Your flat panel display has a maximum resolution of 1440 x 900 As mentioned previously during first use of a newly installed NVIDIA driver the default page that opens is always this main NVIDIA GPU page as shown in the Figure 3 7 example This GPU page contains system and graphics card information You can also use the NVIDIA Information gt gt button Figure 3 7 to access a menu from which you can choose to update your NVIDIA driver send
68. Coki piotte Not available Aniiakasing settings Off a poser aia 107 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adding a New Application Profile You can add new application profiles which you can also delete To add a new application profile follow these steps 1 Set the Active profile list to Global driver settings 2 Click Apply 3 Click Add to display the Add Profiles dialog box Note If you don t intend to associate specific applications with this profile make sure that the Global driver settings check box is checked 4 Ifyou want to associate one or more applications with the profile you are adding select the check boxes for those applications You can click the Browse button to locate applications that may not appear in the list 5 Enter a name for the profile you are adding in the Profile text entry box as shown in the left image in Figure 7 7 Figure 7 7 Adding a Profile Add Profiles NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 This new prolie wil be based on your current settings You ce associata an application by choosing amp from the list below GL Prole MyPic ld Apolcation peohles Application Active profle 2 gnbal c piling MyProfile v oer il a E Global driver settings C SA viere Qe faa Views Advanced settings Seltings Yake C Antialiasing settings Application control C Anisotropic tering 4x C Cols prolie Not available Antiakas
69. Enable desktop context menu check box adds the NVIDIA display menu item to your desktop context menu rchle SI or tout Undo Rename NVIDIA Display Ctrl Z Display 2 DFP nView Properties NVKeystone Properties NVIDIA Corporation 21 2 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 ViewSonic GS815 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features RVIDIA r Shoitcik tools Enabling these options wil gve you quick access lo NVIDIA featuies E Enable taskbar icon C Enable desktop context menu cplinal viewing and iepiesertalion al colors Display Optimization Vizaid Trovbleshoaling 8 Il you have TY connected ndit is nat being detected select 1 Display chet E wn the Display Optimization Wizard bo adust pour dsplayls for check box below D Faice TY detection Bestece Defauls Clearing the Enable desktop context menu check box removes the NVIDIA display menu option but retains the nView Desktop Manager menu items if you chose to display them using options on the nView Desktop Manager control panel as shown in the desktop menu below Arrange Paste Shortcut Ctri Z Undo Rename New nview Properties NVKeystone Properties 134 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Using NVRotate Settings The NVRotate settings Figure 7 20 let you view your Windows desktop in Landscape or Portrait mode Y
70. GTF is an older but widely used timing standard However newer display are switching to the CVT standard e Discrete Monitor Timings DMT timing is a set of pre defined VESA timings VESA updates this standard every year If DMT timing is available for a specific mode the NVIDIA display driver normally selects it instead of the GTF standard e Coordinated Video Timings CVT became the VESA standard on March 2003 CVT supports higher resolutions better than other timing standards NVIDIA Corporation 68 Chapter 5 Configuring Displays e Fixed Aspect Ratio Timing forces the displayed image to retain the aspect ratio of the mode rather than aspect ratio of the analog display Note The driver may place a black border around the displayed image as needed e Enable doublescan for lower resolution modes Enabling this setting greatly improves image quality at lower resolutions which is most useful for full screen video or computer games Adjusting Digital Display Settings If your NVIDIA GPU based graphics card is connected to a digital display follow the steps in this section to access the display s Device Adjustment page where you can configure some flat panel display settings If you have only one display connected and you do not the see the nView Display Settings option on the NVIDIA display menu you will see the Screen Adjustment option instead Click Screen Adjustment to access the digital flat panel settings pa
71. Gamma values using the sliders If the Color profile option is set to Advanced Mode you cannot use the Contrast Brightness or Gamma sliders but you can modify this curve in real time by using any one of these methods e Click the curve to create a control point on it Repeat the step to create additional points as needed e Click the curve and drag the mouse to modify the curve which also dynamically modifies the values in the Input and Output edit boxes e Enter a value that is less than or equal to 1 in the Input and or Output edit boxes e Select one or more control points and then press the arrow keys on your keyboard to adjust the curve and numeric values in the Input Output edit boxes e To insert several control points click the curve to select a point and then press Ins Ins key on your keyboard one or more times depending on the number of points you want to add which is limited by any other points that may already exist on the curve e To remove a control point select the point and drag it out of bounds or select the point and press Del To select multiple control points you can either press down the Ctrl key and select the points you want with your mouse or left click and drag the mouse around the items to create a box that selects the items If you have loaded an ICC profile the color correction curves loaded from the ICC profile are displayed in the graph Use a professional publishing application to perfor
72. IA nView allows you to connect separate displays to a single graphics card Current display 2 Digital Display 1 HiRes desktop scaling check box Display nView Display 1 Digital Display First j tne primary cispiay __Detectdsplays __ ___ Device setings gt gt Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology USING NVIDIA SLI TECHNOLOGY NVIDIA SLI technology lets you install and benefit from two PCI Express PCle graphics boards in a single PC Just as dual processors or dual core CPUs improve computer performance SLI allows dual GPUs Graphics Processing Units to significantly accelerate graphics performance This chapter explains how to install configure and use NVIDIA SLI graphics cards as supported in ForceWare driver version 81 76 and later e Overview of SLI Technology for NVIDIA Quadro Cards on page 157 e Installation and Operating Instructions on page 159 NVIDIA Corporation 156 Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology Overview of SLI Technology for NVIDIA Quadro Cards Professional users benefit by using SLI technology on dual NVIDIA Quadro GPUs to span an OpenGL window across multiple displays or to run a single application on each GPU The SLI connector offers dual GPU performance on a single display by leveraging the capabilities of two NVIDIA Quadro GPUs SLI Modes for NVIDIA Quadro GPUs There are three SLI functions available
73. IA Quadro FX 500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 gt lt X gt lt gt lt x gt lt x x gt lt OK x OK x x OK x x x x x x x x NVIDIA Quadro FX 330 NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 780 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL NVIDIA Corporation gt lt X x gt lt x x gt lt x x x X x x x x x x OK x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2 1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products continued Windows XP 32 bit Windows XP Product Windows 2000 Professional x64 NVIDIA Quadro4 400 NVS X NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL X X NVIDIA Quadro4 200 NVS X NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 X X NVIDIA Quadro NVS 400 X NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 PCI E X X NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI X X NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 X X NVIDIA Quadro NVS 200 X NVIDIA Quadro NVS with AGP8X X X NVIDIA Quadro NVS X X NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR X NVIDIA Quadro DCC X Supported Languages The Release 90 NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver supports the following languages in the main driver Control Panel English USA German English UK Greek Arabic Hebrew Chinese Simplified Hungarian Chinese Traditional Italian Czech Japanese Danish Korean Dutch Norwegian Finnish Polish French Portuguese Brazil
74. IREMENTS This chapter covers the following main topics e Hardware and Software Support on page 5 e Driver Installation on page 8 Hardware and Software Support Supported Operating Systems This Release 90 driver includes drivers designed for the following Microsoft operating systems e Microsoft Windows XP Windows XP Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition e Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition e Microsoft Windows 2000 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Supported NVIDIA Products Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2 1 lists the NVIDIA products supported by version 91 36 of the Release 90 NVDIA graphics driver Table 2 1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products Product Windows XP 32 bit Windows 2000 Windows XP Professional x64 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI gt lt gt lt NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 NVID
75. Manager Enhancements 211 User Interface Enhancements 211 Video Support Enhancements 212 NVIDIA Corporation User s Guide 3D Graphics API Enhancements 212 Drect D e soa ss ss ae aS Bee Sw S 212 OpenGL se saana a beanie Gog aoe deowcee 212 Release 50 Enhancements 212 New Feature Highlights 212 64 bit SUDPOM se se ssi fe ose Sees Be eee ws 212 Dynamic Memory Mapping 212 NVIDIA Unified Compiler 213 Display Driver Changes New Features 213 Video New Features 213 PowerMizer New Features 214 User Interface Changes 214 NWEW oc suka ed oe eee Bae ee SS 214 DirectX Graphics 0 215 OPENGL sasaaa asd kdb lees Bd a a als 215 Release 40 Enhancements 216 Enhanced Display Driver DirectX and Video GAD aD IIHES ses ecko gee ae eee aay a 216 New Graphical User Interface 216 Enhanced nView Desktop Manager Features 217 OpenGL Enhancements 217 Release 35 Enhancements 217 Release 25 Enhancements 6 218 Release 20 Enhancements 219 Release 10 Enhancements 219 Release 6 Enhancements 66 220 TIWIAIMIGW zia Baie as a a dtid des Bw SS 220 Virtual Desktop s se s6 eee ee a ee 220 Video MIROf x yea 66 866 Ge ae ars 220 Desktop Manager 221 Digital Vibrance Control 221 OpenGl soi
76. NIDIA Arotcation profiles Applicaton Achve profile 3 vo l Ghbal diver sellings y J Add Pratie Restore Global diver setiings Application Achve profile 3 l Ghbal diver setlings ix Add Pratie Restore Global diive setlings Settings Value a Settings Value a i Appication corirclled Ht Anisctiopic hkenng Applcation corirolled Appicationcontolled Imape settings Quality Quality J Veilical syne Appication contelled Ameto stien o nt I E CO Show advanced settings Antiskasing settings velue Aniiskasing settings velue vfi fi J 2 M Appicationcontolied Applcation contolled Basic driver settings NVIDIA Corporation 110 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Application controlled To configure options with the slider you must clear this check box and click Apply If you select this check box the configurable options are automatically disabled because your application determines the antialiasing settings To configure options with the slider you must clear this check box and click Apply Off disables antialiasing in 3D applications Select this option if you require maximum performance in your applications 2x enables antialiasing using the 2x mode This mode offers improved image quality and high performance in 3D applications 4x enables antialiasing using the 4x mode This mode offers better image quality but
77. P 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 you must have at least Power User access privileges in order to create or save a profile Refer to Windows Help if you need an explanation of Power User access rights 1 Open the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page Figure 2 1 NVIDIA Corporation 18 Chapter 2 System Requirements Figure 2 1 nView Desktop Manager Sample Profiles Page nView Desktop Manager User Interface Effects Zoom HotKeys Mouse Took Desktop Managemert Piolies windows Applications Desktops Cunert polle dalat of genetic F Prompt to save changes before loading new profile JD Orly users with Power User privileges can create save delete import and export polies 2 To preserve your current settings you can use either the Save or the New option from the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page If you want to overwrite the currently loaded profile with your changed settings use the Save option Notice that a warning message indicates that you are about to overwrite the selected profile If you want to retain the currently loaded profile and want to save your changed settings to a new file click the New option Enter a name and description of the profile in the New Profile dialog box For example you can name this profile My Settings 3 If you are an advanced user and want to customize certain settings in the saved profile click Advanced lt lt to expand the dialog box Figure 2 2 19 Quadro Wo
78. Plug and Play Monitor and NVIDIA Quadro FX 300 FIX Moni or Troubleshoot E Juado FX 3000 General Adepte Col Marjagemert fA Inicemaior asou your Nv1D based giaphics cad zfrd eS sistem tis moringon System information Processor AME Athioniim P a Operating system Windows XP Service Pack 2 Direc version Direst 3 0 ot better Graprics card irormaion Procesor Quadro FY 200 Video BIOS version 45202307 IRQ 13 Bus AGP 8X Memory 256 4B Fomew are vesion 76 0 WMIDINInfamaticn gt gt NVIDIA Corporation Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Plug end Flay Monitor and NVIDIA Quadro FX 300 PPIX _ AVIDIA ja Wicmation adoa you NVIDIA baed gaphics cad and Po Se syslem tnng on Spaten infomator Processor Operating ryster Dischi veson AMD Aioni XP 2500 Windows XP Service Pack 2 Drech lt S 0 on bette Graphics card infomation Precescer Quedieo 2000 Video BIOS versione 46 2023 07 IRQ 1 Bus AGP By Memory 256 ME Feard ain waetiuy RAN PE System information details selected aspects of your system than could affect overall graphics performance Graphics card information details the hardware aspects of the currently selected NVIDIA GPU Click the NVIDIA Information gt gt button to open amenu from which you can choose to update your NVIDIA driver send feedback to NVIDIA keep current with NVIDI
79. R Note If any settings changes you make do not take effect e g the controls have no effect on the video after you click Apply close the video overlay application and then re open it Figure 7 12 Full Screen Video Settings Disabled NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 dg Nr S VIDIA iB Quado FX 3000 i iew Display Settings Perlocmance amp Quafly Sellings Ful screen video zoom controls Color Couection Select scieen regian lo zace i Video Overlay Settings es Ful Scieen Video i Troubleshoaling i NVRotale i Temperature Sellings 1 Refresh Rate Overrides Screen Resoluions amp Refresh Rates amp Desktop Management Meru Ediing Ful sciean video controls Full scieen device C Track oveilay rotation Restore Defouks About the Full Screen Video Mirror Feature The full screen video mirror feature allows a video or DVD application to mirror its playback in full screen mode on any one of the connected displays Note The full screen video mirror feature is Not available under Windows NT 4 0 Supported by any NVIDIA GPU based muilti display graphics card 125 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Accessing the Full Screen Video Page 1 First make sure you have at least two displays connected to your computer If you have only one display connected you will not see the Full Screen Video menu option on t
80. RP File Windows Media 4udio video file Windows Media A4udio video file Windows Media 4udio video file Windows Media Audio Video file ndows Media Audio Video file indows Media Audio Video file vie File mpeg vie File mpeg vie File mpeg vie File mpeg vie File mpeg ndows Media Audio Video file vie File mpeg vie File mpeg vie File mpeg t Document ViewSonic 65815 NECLCD1760vM Windows Media 4udio video File gt NVIDIA Settings Menu Windows Taskbar Access 1 Make sure you have added the NVIDIA Settings menu icon to your Windows taskbar notification area For details see Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar on page 126 2 From your Windows taskbar click the NVIDIA Settings menu icon Figure 3 4 to display the types of menus shown in Figure 3 5 and Figure 3 6 27 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Figure 3 4 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area CSE et 9 23 PM Windows Taskbar NVIDIA Settings menu icon 3 Click NVIDIA Display Figure 3 6 and then select the type of display Figure 3 5 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menu B nview Desktop Manager Quadro FX 3000 Display 2 Analog Y GeForce 6800 Ultra Display 1 Analog NVI About NVIDIA settings Exit a Frequently The NVIDIA display control panel appears Figure 3 7
81. Settings on page 118 Note Windows NT 4 0 in nView Multiview mode does not support the video mirroring feature e Windows places the taskbar on only one display and replicates rather than stretches the background on each display as shown in Figure 4 7 and Figure 4 8 e When you maximize an application it maximizes only to the single display and so on Figure 4 7 and Figure 4 8 show examples of Dualview systems where the left and right displays are running at different screen resolution Notice that the background is not stretched across the displays and the taskbar appears ona single display instead of being stretched across displays Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Figure 4 7 Multiple Displays in nView Dualview Mode 1 Background is not stretched across displays Taskbar is not stretched across displays Figure 4 8 Multiple Displays in nView Dualview Mode 2 Display 1 resolution is 1280 x 768 Display 2 resolution is 1024 x 768 a eee one Taskbar is not stretched across displays Background is not stretched across displays NVIDIA Corporation 48 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings You can set different color depths per display You can arrange your multi display desktop to be any shape it does not have to be limited to rectangular as in nView Span modes When you run a DirectX or OpenGL application in Dualvie
82. Stereo 202 119 Stereo Display Mode 120 Swap eyes L becomes R R becomes L 121 Enable Overlay ses 06 6 4 aes ee es 121 Exported Pixel Types 122 Using Video Overlay Settings 122 Accessing the Video Overlay Settings Page 123 Overlay Zoom Controls 123 Zoom Contool x a eee aie eee a WS 123 QTM corset ca enter a eae apt tg eh ards Sas 124 Screen Region to Zoom 124 Overlay Color Controls 124 Hue and Saturation 124 Adjust Colors iiss ace acia ae ae a a ae 124 Restore Defaults 2 124 Using Full Screen Video Settings 124 About the Full Screen Video Mirror Feature 125 Accessing the Full Screen Video Page 126 Full Screen Video Settings 126 Full Screen Device 126 Track Overlay Rotation 127 Adjust Colors sie oa areais 127 Full Screen Video Zoom Controls 128 ZOOM CONTO s 5 5 6 aed gee ese aw se 128 UE Ns ec se a5 hia od ae Bhs Raat 129 Screen Region to Zoom 129 Troubleshooting Full Screen Video Problems129 Using the Tools Page 129 Accessing the Tools Page 129 Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbals 3 ssc 66 ae oe os 130 Display Optimization Wizard 132 Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Men s s es as dod Bs ae 133 Forcing Detection of Connected Television 133 Detecting Displays sc icid anaa
83. TV format 720p HDTV v Video output foma Suert the lype of connector you are using lo attach your oor Component Y Pe Pb v Figure 6 5 TV Settings HDTV over DVI Connection TW Settings TY Seltings i BVIDIA Signal loemet nih Select a signal Tema supperled by pour Ty Click this list to select an HDTV E format Video output for mat Select the Lype of connector you aie using lo lach pour Tw coe Component Y Pr Pb Overscan Compensation Al 89 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Figure 6 6 HDTV Overscan Configuration Native Selected HDTY Overscan Compensation ro Some definition types may cause the Windows taskbar to reside off screen ig Choose a method that provides the desired appearence of the Windows desktop Display the Windows desktop using the nalive resolution of your display without any adjustments Overscan shift Display the Windows desktop using the native resolution but allow the desktop to pan when moving Ihe cursor near the edges of the screen Set the pan sterling point by adjusting the shit threshold O Underscan Fit the entire desktop to mp screen Reduce the resolution by adjusting the underscan percentage C Remember my preference for the selected foemat Using Overscan Shift As explained in Overscan Shift on page 83 use this option when your desktop appears larger than you
84. This category of TV encoders is supported at minimum by a GeForce MX or newer Quadro FX based NVIDIA GPU family Your Quadro FX based graphics card may not have TV support 2 This category of TV encoder supports NVIDIA GPU series that are older than those listed in the previous footnote 1 3 When using Release 50 or later version of the NVIDIA display drivers the Contrast and Brightness sliders are available for all NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards that are at minimum based on the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 through GeForce4 MX 460 class independent of the TV encoder family Also note that any TV encoder that supports both Contrast and Brightness features automatically supports the Overdrive feature 4 Conexant 875 and Philips 7108 TV encoders support HDTV 77 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV CONFIGURING HDTV This chapter explains how to initialize and configure your HDTV display under single display and multiple display nView Dualview and Clone configurations The following major topics are discussed e Supported Television HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs on page 79 e Optimizing HDTV Viewing on page 81 e Notes on Startup Functionality with HDTV Connected on page 83 e Using HDTV in nView Display Modes on page 84 e Using HDTV Formats on page 85 e Troubleshooting HDTV Configuration on page 93 Note If you are using the Quadro 3400 4400 1400 and
85. Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Figure A 3 Display Properties Settings 3 Display Devices with 2 Attached Display Propertics Themes Desktop Screan Saver Appearance Settings Diag the montor icons to match the physical erangemert of your moritors Dieplay ucs ika 3 Plug and Play Moritor on NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Screen resolution Colce quality Less aes Highest 32b 00 by 600 pixels EEE EE E EREA E NA Extend my Windows desktop onto this moniter Temi Cee etre seen e Ce ee Ce Ne eee a a E aa mete NVIDIA Corporation 172 Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards GeForce4 MX Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 9 From the Windows Display Properties Settings page right click the display image 2 connected to the GeForce4 MX based graphics card and click Properties Click the Adapter tab and click Properties Click the Driver tab and then click Update Driver to display the Hardware Update Wizard Click the last option labeled Install from a list or specific location Advanced to select it Click Next Click the last option labeled Don t search I will choose to enable it and click Next Enable the check box labeled Show compatible hardware if it is not checked already On the Model list if it appears click the NVIDIA based graphics card for which you are about to install the NVIDIA driver In this example it is GeForc
86. V if you have one connected For details on configuring an HDTV see Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV on page 78 The default setting is Auto select Figure 5 4 If you have the proper connector cable S Video Out generally provides a higher quality output than Composite Video Out If you are not sure about the type of video connector you should specify choose Auto select Device Adjustments TV Output You can customize your TV display settings from the TV Output page shown in Figure 5 5 Note Availability of settings on your TV Output page can vary from those shown in Figure 5 5 and depend on the Internal TV encoder on your NVIDIA GPU or the external TV encoder on the NVIDIA GPU based graphics card you are using Screen Positioning Repositioning the TV screen To reposition the TV screen desktop click any of the long arrow buttons displayed on the outer top bottom left and right edges of the TV display icon as shown in the TV Output page in Figure 5 5 Note If the TV picture becomes scrambled or is blank due to over adjustment simply wait 10 seconds the picture will automatically return to its default position You can then el your adjustments again Once you have positioned the desktop where you want it click OK or Apply to save the settings before the 10 second interval has elapsed 73 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 5 Configuring Displays Figure 5 5 TV Output Sample Page
87. VIDIA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup Pages 2 52 0200 190 Figure C 4 NVIDIA TV Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection Page 1 191 Figure C 5 NVIDIA TV Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection Page 2 192 Figure C 6 NVIDIA Display Wizard Analog Display with HDTV DVI Pages 1 193 Figure C 7 NVIDIA Display Wizard Analog Display with HDTV DVI Pages 2 194 Figure C 8 NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display with TV Pages 1 22 200 195 Figure C 9 NVIDIA Display Wizard Various Types of TV Connectors 2 e200 196 Figure C 10 NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display with TV Pages 2 26 197 NVIDIA Corporation xi Chapter 1 Introduction NTRODUCTION This chapter discusses the following major topics e About this Guide on page 1 e Online Help on page 2 e NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Manager on page 3 e Release 90 Enhancements on page 3 About this Guide This user s guide is addressed to users of the control panel based NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver This guide focuses on NVIDIA workstation products i e graphics cards based on the NVIDIA Quadro series of GPUs graphics processing units listed in Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products on page 14 For technical details on the features and benefits of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver refe
88. VIDIA com Web site driver download page to locate the appropriate driver to download based on your hardware and operating system 2 Click the driver download link The license agreement dialog box appears 21 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 2 System Requirements 3 Click Accept if you accept the terms of the agreement then either open the file or save the file to your PC and open it later Opening the EXE file launches the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard 4 Follow the instructions in the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard to complete the installation Notes on Feature and Configuration Support Feature Support e To access features on the nView Display Settings page see nView Display Modes on page 37 you need a multi display graphics card based on any of the NVIDIA GPUs that support multiple displays on a single graphics card as indicated in Hardware Supported NVIDIA Products on page 14 and at least two displays connected to the graphics card e When running with multiple graphics cards i e two or more NVIDIA GPU based graphics card are installed in your computer ensure that the same version of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver is installed for each card For a detailed discussion of using multi display nView modes see Using nView Multi Display Settings on page 37 e Some NVIDIA display and nView Desktop Manager features are supported by either single display or multi display
89. YS This chapter discusses the following major topics e Adjusting Analog Display Settings on page 66 e Adjusting Digital Display Settings on page 69 e Adjusting Television TV Settings on page 71 Adjusting Analog Display Settings If your NVIDIA GPU based graphics card is connected to an analog display follow the steps in this section to access the analog display s Device Adjustment window from which you can configure Screen Adjustment and Display Timing settings To access the Device Adjustments window for an analog display connected to your computer follow these steps If you have only one display connected and you do not the see the nView Display Settings option on the NVIDIA display menu you will see the Screen Adjustment and Display Timing option instead Click Screen Adjustment to open the Screen Adjustment page See Screen Adjustment on page 67 Click Display Timing to open the Display Timing page See Display Timing Settings on page 68 NVIDIA Corporation 66 Chapter 5 Configuring Displays If you have more than one display connected follow these steps Click nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA display menu Left click on the display image that represents your analog display to select it Right click on that display image and click Device Adjustments to open the Device Adjustment page Figure 5 1 which contains the Screen Adjustment and the Display Timing pages
90. a mobile laptop or notebook computer please be sure that you are using the mobile version of the NVIDIA display driver e The nView system files are copied to your Windows System directory e nView Desktop Manager Profile files tvp are saved in the Windows nView directory 17 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 2 System Requirements Depending on the version of the NVIDIA driver previously installed profiles may also be located in the Documents and Settings All Users Application Data nView_Profiles directory e As part of the install process an uninstall is registered in your system e Under Windows Me and Windows XP the NVIDIA driver is installed in Dualview mode display However note that the second display is not activated by default but must be enabled e Under Windows 2000 the NVIDIA Display Driver is installed in Span mode For instructions on how to install nView Dualview mode see Initial Installation of nView Dualview Mode Windows 2000 on page 49 and Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial Installation Windows 2000 on page 51 Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your Software Before uninstalling or installing software your can preserve your nView Desktop Manager and or NVIDIA Display settings by using the nView Desktop Manager Profiles features Note Follow the steps below and or refer to the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User s Guide toe details Under Windows X
91. able this option only on vertical interlace monitors and in passive mode Enable Overlay Applies to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs such as the Quadro FX series Tip If the stereo or overlay features do not work properly you may want to try setting different screen resolutions and refresh rates until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for better results On enables the NVIDIA driver to export overlay pixel formats so that OpenGL applications can use overlays Some applications for example Softimage3D require overlay planes which are used as a paletted surface in addition to the normal color RGB buffer Overlays are especially useful for overlapping drawing areas that are independent of the 3D image itself such as menus and cursors 121 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Overlays are supported in 16 bit and 32 bit color modes Tip Overlays need additional onboard graphics memory and may not be available under all resolutions You may want to reduce the resolution or color depth if you have problems accessing overlay functionality Exported Pixel Types Applies to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs such as the Quadro FX series Tip Ifthe stereo or overlay features do not work properly you may want to try setting different screen resolutions and refresh rates until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for better
92. ailable on newer NVIDIA GPUs Activating this setting enables gamma correction for full screen antialiasing Gamma corrected antialiasing consider variances in the color display capabilities of your displays when rendering smooth edges As a result slightly inclined edges look smoother Note Enabling this setting can slow down application performance speed Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Texture Color Depth This setting determines whether textures of a specific color depth should be used by default in OpenGL applications e Use desktop color depth always uses textures of the color depth at which your Windows desktop is currently running e The Always use 16 bpp and Always use 32 bpp settings force the use of textures of the specified color depth regardless of your desktop settings Triple Buffering e On enables the driver to maintain higher frame rates when the frame rate is less than the VSYNC vertical synchronization value Note In order for the On setting to work the Unified back depth buffer setting must be turned off e Off disables triple buffering Gamma Correct Antialiasing Note This option is available on newer NVIDIA GPUs such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs e On enables gamma correct antialiasing which results in a better color calculation to help reduce jaggies and maintain the highest level of color reproduction of 3D
93. ance amp Quality Settings Custom Colour Settings E Rotation Settings About NVIDIA Settings Desktop Colour Options Exit NVIDIA Corporation 180 Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards 2 To see the configuration options for each GPU based graphics card point to the GPU names on the menu Figure A 11 and then move the cursor to any of the options that appear on the next menu level 181 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards UsING HDTV witH NVIDIA GPU BASED GRAPHICS CARDS HDTV connectivity is supported by NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards that have the proper encoding to support HDTV display Also see Supported HDTV Connectors in the next section Any NVIDIA graphics card solution for HDTV ships with an appropriate video cable examples are shown in the Sample Video Cables sections e Supported HDTV Connectors on page B 183 e Sample Cables Shipped with NVIDIA HDTV Encoded Graphics Cards on page B 185 e Sample Cables Shipped with NVIDIA HDTV Encoded Graphics Cards on page B 185 NVIDIA Corporation 182 Appendix B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Supported HDTV Connectors HDTV output using an NVIDIA GPU based graphics card is supported under the following types of connectors e Component e HDTV over DVI e D connector Component The component connector path is defined and form
94. applications such as Adobe Photoshop or 3D Studio Max open with the palettes and menus on one display and the other display dedicated to workspace Writers can use one display for research and the other for writing Financial applications such as stock trading applications can use a pair of large digital flat panels This would allow you to watch real time stock data on one screen and use the other screen for trading activity Video editing applications would use one large computer display and one NTSC display Since nView technology allows decoupling of refresh rates the primary editing display could be a high resolution RGB display for running the application Adobe Premiere for example while the second display can be an NTSC or S Video display for checking the video output for proper color balance and quality Entertainment applications can use multiple display support in several ways Game titles such as Microsoft s Flight Simulator 2000 support multiple displays out of the box With nView Clone mode game play can be sent to a big screen TV or even to a VCR Home theater systems can take advantage of the DVD capabilities of your computer Simply hook up a large screen television as your second display and you can watch DVDs without having to buy a dedicated DVD player See Using Full Screen Video Settings on page 120 NVIDIA Corporation 40 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Television and Movies Using
95. are 66 77 66 93 67 02 67 03 67 66 Release 60 ForceWare 61 76 61 77 Release 55 ForceWare 56 64 56 72 57 30 Release 50 ForceWare 52 16 53 04 Release 40 Detonator FX 44 03 45 xx Release 40 Detonator 40 40 60 44 02 Release 35 Detonator 35 35 60 37 80 Release 25 Detonator 25 26 00 32 90 Release 20 Detonator XP 21 83 23 xx Release 10 Detonator 3 v1x xx 10 00 17 xx Release 90 Enhancements See Release 90 Enhancements on page 3 Release 80 Enhancements NVIDIA SLI Enhancements e Dynamic Enable Disable Capability System reboot is no longer required after enabling or disabling SLI from the control panel e Cross card compatibility SLI no longer requires that graphics cards be identical but they must still have the same core GPU 199 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History e SLI performance without an SLI bridge connector on select graphics cards for the mainstream market e Improved SLI performance and a streamlined list of application profiles for OpenGL e TV HDTV support under SLI e Ability to select which display to use for the output e Additional SLI Support Release 80 adds support for the following combinations of PCI Express graphics cards amp chipsets Chipset PCI Express Graphics Cards NVIDIA nForce4 SLI NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel GeForce 7800 GT GeForce 7800 GT Edition GeForce 6800 XT GeForce 6800 XT
96. ate e Color Quality e nView Display Settings Performance and Quality Settings Custom Color Settings Rotation Settings Desktop Color Settings nView Desktop Manager Figure 7 17 and Figure 7 18 show sample NVIDIA Settings menus Figure 7 17 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards E Screen Resolution 4 E Screen Refresh Rate gt E Color Quality W nView Display Settings r E cerovcez mnyMx 400 Display 4 HH Performance amp Quality Settings HE GeForce FX 5900 Utra Display 3 cares are connected j gt a eed settings p BB GeForcez mrxymx 400 Display 2 You can select each Aoier painaren 5900 Ukra Display 1 to access and configure its display settings NVIDIA Settings menu showing four graphics P niew Desktop Manager Adjust Display Properties About NVIDIA Settings Ext 131 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Figure 7 18 NVIDIA Settings Menus Another Example L13 Dy 0O4 pixs 1088 by 612 pixels 1024 by 768 pixels 950 by 600 pixels 848 by 480 pixels 800 by 600 pixels 640 by 480 pixels 640 by 400 pixels 512 by 364 pixels 480 by 360 pixels 00 by 300 pixels 320 by 240 pixels 320 by 200 pixels S Screen Refresh Rate Color Quality i niview Display Settings 115 Performance amp Quality Settings Custom Color Settings E Rotation Settings i Eec d
97. ation e Efficient synchronization between clients allows for sharing of off screen resources with DirectX applications This avoids potential performance issues with applications that use DirectX rendered surfaces in ways that conflicted with 2D caching e VESA Coordinated Video Timing CVT Support NVIDIA Corporation 202 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History DirectX NVIDIA 203 Support via control panel option for analog monitors Support for CVT CVT RB timing restriction using R amp T strings e Color compression support e SLI Enhancements e SLI screen capture support e Improved performance e Improved management of profiles between driver updates enabling you to select which profiles to keep and which profiles to update with each new software update This ensures that if you have setup your profiles in your current driver you will not lose any settings when you update your driver e Improved high resolution scalable desktop functionality for Quadro GPU based workstations Improved driver stability and performance including the following areas e UMA support e 2D operations e SLI Display Control Panel Release 75 includes enhancement to the following sections of the NVIDIA display control panel user interface e Additions and improvements in the Performance amp Quality page see Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings on page 97 include Combined DirectX and OpenGL a
98. ation 14 Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2 1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products continued Product Windows XP 32 bit Windows 2000 Windows XP Professional x64 NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 gt lt X NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 gt lt x x x x x NVIDIA Quadro FX 330 NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 780 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 400 NVS NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 200 NVS NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 400 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 PCI E NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 200 NVIDIA Quadro NVS with AGP8X NVIDIA Quadro NVS NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR NVIDIA Quadro DCC X X x X x gt lt gt lt x x X X x x x OK x x x x x x x x x x x x x Supported Languages 15 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 2 System Requirements The Release 80 NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver supports the following languages in the main driver control panel English USA English UK Arabic Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Czech Danish Dutch Finnish
99. ats restricted by the encoder on the graphics card e The Component video connection is the High Definition output of the converter Component connections frequently will be labeled Y Pb and Pr While all programming analog digital and high definition is available on these wires there are some disadvantages to viewing the analog and digital programming in this mode That is discussed next e The Component output is in the Native Resolution format of 1080i this is important to know Like the Yellow Composite and the S Video outputs the Component output will require a Left and Right red and white cable connection to provide the audio signals to either the HDTV or the Home Theater system e Component cables are usually a cluster of 3 cables with RCA style plugs and will be color coded Green Blue and Red The HDTV jacks on the back of the converter and the HDTV display will also be color coded and it is important that the cables are connected so that the green jack on the HDTV converter is connected to the green jack on the display etc Figure B 1 Sample Component Cables 183 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Your NVIDIA HDTV encoded graphics card is supplied with the breakout pod to which you connect the Component Y Pb Pr Video Cable for DVD HDTV that came with your HDTV set Note For detailed
100. ay images on the nView Display Settings page are numbered as separate displays 1 and 2 as in the Windows Display Properties page nView Clone or Span mode Multiple displays running in nView Clone or nView Span mode also appear as one Dualview head to Windows and therefore the Windows Display Properties page displays only a single display image The display images on the nView Display Settings however may be numbered as 1a and 1b or 2a and 2b where the numeric value remains the same with only the alphabetic part of the number a or b designating separate heads indicating dual display About Renaming Displays In this release of the NVIDIA driver you can also rename the display names that appear on your desktop context menu shown in Figure 3 2 of the previous chapter On your nView Display Settings page these display names are also always visible in NVIDIA Corporation 42 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings the Primary Display and Secondary Display fields and when you rest your mouse on a display image as shown in Figure 4 4 To rename a display name follow these steps 1 From the nView Display Settings page right click on any of your display monitor icons or click the Device Settings gt gt button to display the context menu 2 Select Rename to open the Rename Display dialog box as shown in Figure 4 4 Figure 4 4 nView Display Settings Renaming a Display G Quado FX 3000
101. ay option The NVIDIA display control panel appears 85 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV 3 Select nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA display menu to display the associated page Either a single or two display icons appear 4 If you are in single display mode but have multiple displays connected you can click the nView display settings list and select either Dualview or Clone mode 5 Ifyou are using an HDTV with a component connection right click on the HDTV display image and select the Select TV format option to quickly see the HDTV formats Figure 6 2 Proceed to step 6 If you are using an HDTV with a DVI connection when you right click on the HDTV display image the Select TV format option will appear only if the Treat Digital Display as HDTV option is selected checked as shown in Figure 6 3 If it is not checked follow these steps a Select the Treat Digital Display as HDTV option and be sure to click Apply b Then right click on the HDTV display image again Notice that the Treat Digital Display as HDTV option is now checked and you can click the Select TV format option to quickly see the HDTV formats Figure 6 3 c Proceed to step 6 6 You can choose to select an HDTV format quickly from this list or click the Advanced option at the bottom of the context menu to open the TV Settings dialog box Figure 6 4 and Figure 6 5 where you can select an HDTV format from
102. button then click Save As to display the Save Settings dialog box Figure 7 5 11 From the Save Settings dialog box you can either retain the existing name or rename the profile If you retain the existing name thus overwriting the profile with the new settings you can always click the Restore button to restore the original settings when you select this profile from the Application profile list If you renamed the profile Figure 7 6 then it is considered a new profile and the Remove button appears when you retrieve the profile from the Application profile list You can always remove these types of profiles from the list NVIDIA Corporation 106 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Figure 7 5 Saving a Modified Profile 1 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Application piofles Soplication Active profile Using global diver setting 20 sudio Max y Sellings for 30 Stud Save As Views Advanced settings If Settings _ Value s C Anisotropic fitering Applicaion conirol C Color prolite Not available Vertical sme On Veitical sync or a Anplcationconivoted Save Settings Save the current sellings t 3D Studio Mex Red amp potcalion peofiles Application Active pic le Using gbbal diwar settings 13D Stidio Ma A jy Global diver setings Views Advanced settings ccna C Antialiasing setlings Application control Anisotropic fierng 4x C
103. can slightly reduce performance in 3D applications 6xS affects only Direct3D applications and enables antialiasing using the 6xS mode This mode offers better image quality than the 4xS mode 8x enables antialiasing using the 8x mode This mode offers better image quality than the 6xS mode for Direct3D applications and better image quality that the 4x mode for OpenGL applications 16x enables antialiasing using the 16x mode This mode offers better image quality than the 8x mode Anisotropic Filtering 111 Anisotropic filtering is a technique used to improve the quality of textures applied to the surfaces of 3D objects when drawn at a sharp angle Use the Anisotropic filtering slider to set the degree of anisotropic filtering for improved image quality Enabling this option improves image quality at the expense of some performance e Application controlled If you select this check box the configurable options are automatically disabled because your application determines the anisotropic filtering settings To configure options with the slider you must clear this check box and click Apply Off disables anisotropic filtering 1x results in maximum application performance 2x through 8x results in improved image quality but at some expense to application performance Higher values yield better image quality while reducing performance Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features
104. capabilities of SLI Frame Rendering e For SLI Multi View Two matching NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 4400 3500 3400 1400 and 540 graphics cards Power supply e Some SLI ready graphics boards such as the NVIDIA Quadro 3450 3400 3500 4500 4400 or 5500 require an external power cable e Since NVIDIA SLI technology supports up to two high end graphics boards the load on the system s power supply can increase significantly A minimum of a 450W Power Supply Unit PSU is recommended An inadequate power supply will result in erratic and unpredictable system behavior NVIDIA Corporation 158 Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology Installation and Operating Instructions Before removing current graphics boards and installing two NVIDIA Quadro FX boards please uninstall any current drivers and save on your Windows desktop the provided SLI drivers Installing the Hardware Note Perform the installation in a static safe environment and utilize a properly grounded anti static wristband Place any static sensitive components in anti static bags 1 Power off the system and remove the power cord from the power supply 2 Gently remove or open the system enclosure Refer to owners manual that came with your computer 3 Remove any non SLI capable graphics boards that may occupy the x16 expansion slot and replace it with your NVIDIA SLI ready graphics board 4 Install the second SLI capable graphics board in the adjacent slot
105. cial support for NVIDIA NV25 capabilities IDCT support for DirectX VA Improved antialiasing compatibility and performance Support for NV25 hardware overlays under OpenGL Enhanced 3D Stereo functionality Support for lenticular lenses on LCDs NVIDIA Corporation 218 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Stereo DIN connector support VSYNC Off with 3D Stereo Stereo API for developers OpenGL enhancement New render_to_texture extension Release 20 Enhancements The Release 20 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Driver for Windows OpenGL 1 3 ICD with NVIDIA extensions OpenGL performance optimizations Optimized DirectX pipeline with NVIDIA pixel and vertex shaders Full support for Windows XP including Full hardware acceleration for Windows XP GUI features Accelerated Windows XP 3D performance through the NVIDIA XPress Link technology Release 10 Enhancements The Release 10 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Driver for Windows 219 Support for Microsoft DirectX 8 Support for Microsoft DirectX VA 1 0 NVIDIA 3D Stereo requires installation of the optional Stereoscopic driver The driver provides stereoscopic viewing capabilities for games and still images Special support for NVIDIA GeForce3 capabilities Pixel and Vertex Shader support for DirectX 8 and OpenGL Quincunx antialiasing option f
106. ck screen Screen Region to Zoom Select the area of the video screen on which you would like to zoom by clicking the area You can then zoom to that portion of the screen by moving the Out In slider control below Overlay Color Controls Hue and Saturation You can independently control the hue and saturation to achieve optimal image quality when playing back videos or DVD movies on your computer Adjust Colors See Adjusting Desktop Colors on page 97 Restore Defaults Click Restore Defaults to restore all color values to the hardware factory settings Using Full Screen Video Settings Note If you have only one display connected to your computer and active you will not see the Full Screen Video menu option on the NVIDIA display menu However you will have access to the Video Overlay Settings menu option NVIDIA Corporation 124 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Note You can now use the NVIDIA display selection shortcut feature to play video files on any selected display For details see Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display on page 25 Use the Full Screen Video settings page Figure 7 12 to adjust the quality of video or DVD playback on your display s Note that the settings on the Full Screen Video page affect videos that are created using the hardware overlay These settings have no effect on videos created using software overlays or a blit process such as VM
107. d to take advantage of SLI multi GPU rendering To enable SLI multi GPU rendering restart is required click this message 2 Click anywhere on the message If the message disappears continue with the following steps 3 Right click the desktop and click Properties gt Settings gt Advanced then click the Quadro FX product tab NVIDIA Corporation 160 Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology 4 Click the SLI multi GPU tree item to open the SLI multi GPU page Figure 8 2 Figure 8 2 SLI Multi GPU Page NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 i sfeatures NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface SLI erat for ance improvements in rendering performance C Show GPU load balancing Load balancing will be shown in Direc and OpenGL applications Select Display To learn more click here Restore Defaults 5 Check Enable SLI multi GPU 6 Click the Select display list arrow then click the display that you want to use as the SLI display This list appears only if you have more than one display connected to the system 7 Click OK You can now configure your system to use SLI technology as explained in the next section 161 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology Using NVIDIA SLI Technology This section explains how to use the following SLI features SLI Frame Rendering SLI Antialiasing Mode SLI Single GPU Mode Using the 3D App Profiles Viewing Load Balancing SLI Frame R
108. d to your computer in order to see the Clone mode setting nView Horizontal Span Vertical Span Clone and Dualview modes support advanced NVIDIA features such as Video Mirroring In Clone mode two displays show identical images which is useful for presentations For example Clone mode is useful when giving presentations The presenter may have a small display or other display on the podium while a projector or presentation quality display shows the larger image to the audience Full support for virtual desktops is available for flat panels and displays with limited resolution Virtual desktops offer full pan and scan of the desktop and can be configured for one or both displays See Enabling Virtual Desktop Clone Mode on page 59 In application Zoom mode a feature of nView Desktop Manager part of the image from the primary display is shown on the secondary display but zoomed in This mode can be used for image editing close up work in modeling or CAD applications or image processing and mapping applications nView Clone mode supports the Video Mirror feature where you may want to dedicate an application to one of the two displays or run the application across both displays Examples include entertainment applications digital video editing and DVD playback See Using Full Screen Video Settings on page 120 Enabling nView Clone Mode 57 1 Click nView Display Settings from the NV ID IA display menu 2 From the
109. dent window on your desktop Applications such as Microsoft Windows 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 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 Quadro Workstation User s Guide
110. deo that is running on your display Color Channels The color channels list appears directly above the color curve graph on the Color Correction page Click the color channel list to select a color channel You can adjust the Red Green and Blue channels by selecting each color separately or by selecting the composite choice All channels which is the default setting Note If you select the Overlay VMR setting from the Apply color changes to list see Apply Color Changes to only the All Channels setting is available When you select a color channel notice that the following takes place e The color appears in the graph of the color correction curve below e Moving the Brightness Contrast Gamma sliders changes the appearance of the colored line curves in the graph in real time For additional information on the graph of the color correction curve see Color Curve Graph below 99 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Color Curve Graph The graph below the color channels list represents the color correction curve Input values are represented along the x axis and shown numerically in the In put edit box The adjusted output values are represented along the y axis and the adjusted output values are shown numerically in the Out put edit box If the Color profile option is set to Standard Mode this curve changes dynamically as you adjust the Contrast Brightness or
111. dro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV 2 Click the Settings tab 3 Click the Advanced button 4 Click the Adapter tab 5 Click List All Modes and locate the resolution Problem For 720p 1080i we cannot find the resolution 1280x720 720p and 1920x1080 1080i Answer You are probably using nView Clone or an nView Span display mode where HDTV is the secondary display Note When using nView Clone or an nView Span mode the secondary display should not be set to a higher resolution than the primary If however that is your current setting you can solve the problem in one of three ways Make the HDTV be the primary display Assign a different display that can handle higher resolutions as the primary Do not use the nView Clone or Span modes Problem 1 Screen is shrunk The screen shrink should only be horizontal Answer This is because 720p is 1280 pixels wide but your desktop is only 1024 wide Problem 2 The horizontal edges of the screen are cut For example we only see half of the Windows taskbar Answer This means that your HDTV has more than 18 overscan therefore some of the 768 lines are not visible The solution is to use the Overscan shift slider on your HDTV display s NVIDIA Device Adjustment page See relevant sections under Optimizing HDTV Viewing on page 81 for a description of this feature See Using Overscan Shift on page 90 for details on using this optio
112. e 35 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access 5 Click Yes to continue A prompt appears asking whether you want to delete all of the saved nView profiles If you click Yes all of the nView software and all of your saved profiles will be deleted If you click No the nView software is removed but the profile file are saved in the Windows nView directory on your hard disk Your system now restarts NVIDIA Corporation 36 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings USING NVIEW MULTI DISPLAY SETTINGS This chapter discusses the following major topics nView Multi Display Applications on page 39 nView Display Modes on page 37 About Display Numbering on page 42 nView Display Settings Renaming a Display on page 43 Using nView Dualview Mode on page 47 Using nView Span Modes on page 52 Using nView Clone Mode on page 57 Switching Between nView Dualview and Span Clone Modes Windows 2000 on page 63 Enabling nView Multiview Mode Only for NVIDIA Quadro NVS based Graphics Cards on page 63 Arranging Displays on the Settings Page on page 64 nView Display Modes The nView Display Settings page provides several display modes for your multi display configuration 37 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings When using NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards that support mul
113. e is the default setting when your nView display mode is set to nView Clone mode or one of the nView Span modes If multiple NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards in your system are in use with active displays this setting is replaced by one of the multi display modes described below Multi display compatibility mode is available if you have two or more active displays when running in nView Dualview display mode or if you are using different classes of NVIDIA GPU based cards Note When this mode is in effect OpenGL renders in compatibility mode for all displays In this mode when different classes of GPUs are in use the lowest common feature set of all active GPUs is se eae to OpenGL applications The OpenGL rendering performance is slightly slower than in Single Display mode Note Multi display performance mode is available if you have two or more active displays when running in nView Dualview mode or if you are using different classes of NVIDIA GPU based cards When this mode is in effect OpenGL renders in performance mode for all displays As in compatibility mode when different classes of GPUs are in use the lowest common feature set of all active GPUs is exposed to OpenGL applications However the rendering performance is faster than in compatibility mode although switching or spanning displays may result in minor transient rendering artifacts Disable Enhanced CPU Instruction Set On Disables drive
114. e projectors to the multi display graphics card and enabled nView Clone mode from the nView tab One head will show the left eye of the image and the second head will show the right eye NVIDIA Corporation 120 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Use onboard DIN connector If your graphics card has a built in 3 pin DIN connector select this option to enable the feature In this case you do not need extra adapters such as those shipped with the ELSA 3D Revelator or StereoGraphics glasses You can connect any stereo hardware using the 3 pin DIN connector directly to the graphics card Use blue line code for StereoGraphics products Select this option if you use an adapter shipped with StereoGraphics StereoEyes or compatible products These adapters translate the monitor signal to the standardized 3 pin DIN connector used by most of available stereo hardware You don t need to use the adapter if your graphics card has a built in 3 pin DIN connector Swap eyes L becomes R R becomes L Applies to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs such as the Quadro FX series Tip If the stereo or overlay features do not work properly you may want to try setting different screen resolutions and refresh rates until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for better results In case you cannot view a stereo effect select this option to exchange the left and right images In general you may need to en
115. e the primary display by placing your mouse pointer on a display icon where the tool tip text indicates Primary NVIDIA Corporation 46 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Using nView Dualview Mode Note You must have at least two displays connected to your computer to be able to view the nView Span mode settings nView Dualview mode treats every display as a separate device Dualview mode is sometimes called native mode because it is the native mode supported by Windows multi display configurations i e it is the multi display mode defined by Microsoft and supported by Microsoft Windows operating systems Dualview mode is equivalent to selecting the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor setting on the Windows Display Settings page which gives you an extended workspace When you start Windows 9x or Windows XP using multiple displays Windows is pre configured for Dualview mode This is not the case for Windows 2000 To enable Dualview in Windows 2000 you need to install Dualview from the nView Display Settings page as explained in later sections Sample nView Display Settings pages in Dualview mode are shown Figure 4 2 Figure 4 3 and Figure 4 4 Key Features 47 Dualview support and functionality include the following e Support for advanced NVIDIA features such as Full Screen Video Mirroring and Overlay See Using Full Screen Video Settings on page 120 and Using Video Overlay
116. e200 79 Figure 6 2 Quick Access to HDTV Formats HDTV Component Connection 87 Figure 6 4 TV Settings HDTV Component Connection 2 0 e eee ee eee ene 89 Figure 6 5 TV Settings HDTV over DVI Connection 2 2 ee ee ee ee ee te ee ne 89 Figure 6 6 HDTV Overscan Configuration Native Selected 02 ee ee eee 90 Figure 6 7 HDTV Overscan Configuration Overscan shift Selected 2 91 Figure6 8 Confirm Display Settings Prompts see eea sesi eee a ds ee Gwe SR eS HS 91 Figure 6 9 HDTV Overscan Configuration Underscan Selected 2 520200 92 Figure 6 10 Underscan Screen Resolution Adjustment Sliders 2 eee eee eee 93 Fig re 7 1 Color Correction Settings sasis Ke od sto eyewear de a Ok Se ee Sarat 97 NVIDIA Corporation ix NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User s Guide Figure 7 2 Performance and Quality Settings Page 2 ee ee te ee ee ee ee ne 102 Figure 7 4 Changing An Existing Application Profile ee eee ee ee ee ee ee 105 Figure 7 10 Hardware Acceleration Driver Setting 1 2 eee ee ee ee ee ee ee es 115 Figure 7 11 Video Overlay Settings Windows XP 2000 2 eee eee neces 123 Figure 7 12 Full Screen Video Settings Disabled 2 2 eee ee ee ee ee ee ee ne 125 Figure 7 14 Full Screen Video Zoom Control Video Mirror Settings 0200 128 Figure 7 16 NVIDIA Settings Menu
117. e4 MX Click Have Disk 10Click Browse and locate the path containing NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver you want to install 11 Click the NVIDIA inf file and then click Open 12Click OK on the Install from Disk window 13 Click the name of your NVIDIA GPU based graphics card in this example GeForce4 MX 14Click Next 15 Click all prompts to continue the process 16 Copying files will take a couple of minutes while you wait 173 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards 17 Click Finish when that option appears and then click Close to close the Driver window 18 Respond to the prompts to restart your computer Attaching Displays for GeForce4 MX nView Dualview Mode 1 When you have returned to your desktop right click on the desktop to display the desktop menu and click Properties and the Settings tab Notice that all four of the connected display devices are now represented by numbered display images as shown in Figure A 5 Remember that we already attached display devices 1 and 3 for the Quadro FX 3000 based graphics card Now we will enable display devices 2 and 4 for the GeForce4 MX based graphics card 2 Right click display image 2 click Attached and click Apply The associated display device becomes enabled and displays a desktop 3 Right click on display image 4 click Attached and click Apply The associated display device becomes enab
118. ee H PAL Display icon 2 Sample context menu PAL only Display icon 1 Sample context menu representing TV for a TV display a representing digital for the digital display display Combination s display TV formats Aianei 41 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Available settings include Color Correction See Adjusting Desktop Colors on page 92 Device Adjustments See Configuring Displays on page 66 Select TV format See Adjusting Television TV Settings on page 71 NVRotate See Using NVRotate Settings on page 131 Change Resolution See Enabling Virtual Desktop Clone Mode on page 59 and Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates on page 136 Note You can access these same menu options by clicking the Device Settings gt gt option at the bottom of the nView Display Settings page About Display Numbering When you are running in nView Single display Clone or Dualview mode the numeric part of the display image identifier such as 1 or 2 1 and 2 1a and 1b or 2a and 2b reflect the Windows display number as viewable from the Windows Display Properties page Note The Windows operating system only assigns numbers to displays running in native Windows multi display mode i e Dualview which is common to both Windows and NVIDIA but not Clone mode which is an NVIDIA nView specific display mode nView Dualview mode The displ
119. endering SLI frame rendering accelerates OpenGL operation in two different ways Split frame rendering In split frame rendering SFR the display is split into distinct sections and each section is sent to a different GPU The resulting rendering is recomposed and displayed as a single contiguous frame The position of the split is adjusted dynamically as the workload moves between the GPUs SFR typically benefits pixel shader or texture intensive operations Alternate frame rendering In alternate frame rendering AFR each GPU renders alternate frames of data from the application AFR typically benefits geometry intensive operations To use SLI frame rendering perform the following steps 1 2 Open the Performance amp Quality Settings page From the Active profile list select Global driver settings From the Global driver settings View list select Advanced settings From the Global driver settings list box select SLI rendering Click the When SLI is enabled use list arrow click one of the following SLI rendering modes then click Apply Split frame rendering Alternate frame rendering Alternate frame rendering 2 Alternate frame rendering 2 is an alternate version of AFR that may provide better performance than AFR 1 on some applications NVIDIA Corporation 162 Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology 163 SLI Antialiasing Mode You can use SLI technology to provide higher quality antialiasing beyond 16xFSAA In th
120. eo Degrees 135 Troubleshooling NVRotate GPU coce temperalwe 56C Temperature Sellings Refresh Aste Oveindes Screen Resolutions amp Aelresh Astes amp Desktop Management Menu Edling Arbent lenpereture 42C C Notiy when GPU cote temperature exceeds threshold NVIDIA Corporation 138 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Temperature Settings Temperature Level GPU Core Temperature Displays the current temperature of the selected NVIDIA GPU in your system Core Slowdown Threshold Enter the value at which you want the NVIDIA GPU to slow itself down to prevent overheating When this value matches the GPU core temperature value a dialog box automatically appears warning of the condition and the actions that have been taken to prevent possible overheating and damage to any particular GPU s in your system Note The recommended value for this setting is the default that is preset Any changes to this value should be made with extreme caution Ambient Temperature Ambient temperature is the current temperature of the area surrounding the selected NVIDIA GPU in your system This temperature varies greatly depending on other heat sources located near the GPU Enable Heat Indicator Warning When Threshold Exceeded When the value of the NVIDIA GPU core temperature matches the Core slowdown threshold value the Heat Indicator dialog box automatically appears describing the sit
121. etup Wizard appears run through the Wizard See the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User s Guide for details 6 From your desktop right click to view the Window desktop menu then click Properties and the Settings tab You ll notice that at least two display images appear on the Windows Display Properties Settings page as shown in Figure 4 10 indicating Dualview mode NVIDIA Corporation 50 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Figure 4 10 Display Properties Settings Dualview Mode Windows 2000 Background Screen Saver Appearance Web Effects Settings Drag the monitor icons to match the physical anangamenit of your moritors ENEJ a Multiple Mom ors on NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra z ee TER BAS 16 bil less _ More 800 by 600 pixels bens device as the piety monitor F Eseri my Windows deskt op onto Pis marito Iderity Troubleshoot Advanced 7 Click Advanced the NVIDIA GPU tab and the nView Display Settings menu option 8 From the nView Modes list select Dualview 9 Follow the prompts to restart your computer again 10 When you have returned to your desktop open the nView Display Settings page and select Dualview from the nView Modes list Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial Installation Windows 2000 Switching back and forth between Dualview and Span Clones mode under Windows 2000 is much faster after the initial Dualview installat
122. g Multiple Card Configurations Using the NVIDIA Settings Menu 180 B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Supported HDTV Connectors 183 COMPOMG NE aerate re 5i a6 ae se ee doe ee ae 183 BDTV over Dl sed hae ioiei Beha eats 184 DiGOMMG GOR acta se ey recs ea ais aS arg 184 Sample Cables Shipped with NVIDIA HDTV Encoded Graphics Cards 185 C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDIA Display Wizard Typical Setup 188 NVIDA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup 189 NVIDIA Display Wizard HDTV Component CONNECCION aa ees sk asia a aed See ee 191 NVIDA Display Wizard Analog Display with ADT VID 1s 2 sere gt ak Sats aS ae aes 193 NVIDA Display Wizard Digital Display and TIO VISIONN a eaea cs Sas sd gn sd cdr var ish vd ard ins Be wt 195 D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Driver Release History 198 Release 90 Enhancements 6 199 Release 80 Enhancements 6 199 vi Table of Contents NVIDIA SLITM Enhancements 199 NVIDIA PureVideoTM Enhancements 200 Support for the Next Generation of NVIDIA GPUS S sic Say ard oe BA Bee 200 Additional Details by Driver Module 200 Dir ciX aay ek ee arip He ee ee ee 200 OpeniGle wine oe owe wee oe a 200 VIGGO see en gS Sle ie eee ee Bs 201 Classic NVIDIA Control Panel 201 Release 75 Enhancements 201 OpenGL Enhancements
123. g or digital display television or HDTV The wizards help set up the most commonly used nView display modes including screen resolution and output Note On subsequent session using the NVIDIA display driver you can manually start any one of these wizards by clicking either the Display Wizard or the TV Wizard button from the Desktop Management page Figure 3 1 To see sample Wizard pages see Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages on page 187 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Quadio FX 3000 Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Figure 3 1 Manually Starting the NVIDIA Display Wizards hew Display Settings Perloemence amp Quality Sellings Colce Connection Video Overlay Settings Ful Scteen Video NVRetete Temperature Setlings Screen Resolutions amp Refresh Retes Desktop Dveilep and Edge Blending amp Desktop Management Menu Edling NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 _RVIDIA Shortcut tools Enabling these options wil give you quick access to NVIDIA features Enable taskbar icon Enable desktop context menu A og optimization Run the Display Dplimization wizard to adjust your FE for optimal viewing and representation of colors X Display Canin Wizard Display properties s Pi To setup or moa TV Cia settings cick TY Weardce Display Wieard rA Cancel Apo 1 Click Change Remove 2 Click Yes to continue Click TV Wizard for help in setting up your te
124. ge Notes on Startup Functionality with HDTV Connected nView Single Display Mode When you first start your computer the HDTV display may have color distortion and may not fill the entire screen display This is because when you first start your computer with a newly installed driver the TV signal format defaults to NTSC nView Multi Display Mode 83 When two displays are connected to your computer you will notice both displays are mirrored or cloned this is nView Clone mode Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV As with first time startup on a single display setup in a multi display setup you will also notice that the HDTV screen will have color distortion and may not fill the entire screen display area Again as in a single display setup this is because when you first start your computer with a newly installed driver the TV signal format defaults to NTSC Using HDTV in nView Display Modes Note HDTV use is not supported in nView Span mode Using HDTV in nView Single Display Mode Based on the connector Supported Television HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs on page 79 in use all the associated HDTV formats Supported Television HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs on page 79 will be available in the nView Display Settings context menu available from the TV display icons as well as from the TV Settings screen Screen resolutions and HDTV formats Te
125. ge Figure 5 3 See the next section Digital Display Settings for configuration details If you have more than one display connected follow these steps Click nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA display menu Select the display image that represents your chee display and then right click and select Device Adjustments to open digital flat panel settings page Figure 5 3 See the next section Digital Display Settings for configuration details Digital Display Settings The digital display options are shown in Figure 5 3 and explained below e Display Adapter Scaling Select this setting if you want lower resolution images scaled to fit the flat panel For example if your flat panel has a maximum resolution of 1400x1050 an image with a resolution of 1024x768 will be scaled to appear on the screen at a 1400x1050 resolution e Centered Output Select this setting if you want to display lower resolution images as is in the center of the flat panel For example if your flat panel has a 69 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 5 Configuring Displays maximum resolution of 1400x1050 an image with a resolution of 1024x768 will be displayed in the center of the screen at a 1024x768 resolution with black borders Figure 5 3 Digital Display Settings n VIDIA d These cplione alow pou lo delermine how lower iesollions are deplayed cer your flat panel Display adopter scatng O Certered culput Moniker scaling Ex
126. geElements retains the performance of glDrawElements NVIDIA Corporation 222 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History OpenGL Extensions The OpenGL extensions in the table below were added or changed in Release 5 OpenGL Extensions Modified in Release 5 Extension Status Comment ARB_texture_cube_map New Same as EXT_texture_cube_map ARB_texture_env_add New Same as EXT_texture_env_add ARB_transpose_matrix New GL_ARB_texture_compression New 5 16 To replace S3_s3tc NV_blend_square New S3_s3tc New Deprecated EXT_clip_volume_hint Removed EXT_cull_vertex Removed GL_NV_light_max_exponent Renamed Was GL_EXT_light_max_exponent OpenGL Performance Enhancements A number of features are significantly improved in Release 5 e For RIVA TNT and TNT2 polygon offset is faster e For GeForce 256 and Quadro a number of improvements have been made glDrawPixels and glReadPixels have been made faster display lists use AGP memory for better performance large texture sets are handled more efficiently by the texture manager vertex arrays with two sided lighting are faster compiled vertex arrays are faster for primitives that use multitextured TexCoord2f Color4ub Vertex3f vertex array range extension is fully functional e Control Panel enables accelerated full scene anti aliasing GeForce Quadro GeForce2 e multi monitor hardware is accelerated on Windows 2000 GL_WGL_swap_inter
127. gical display connected to your computer the real physical displays are combined together to give you this logical display Figure 4 11 shows an example of running Span modes under Windows XP with both of the two displays set to 1280x1024 resolution In this configuration Windows recognizes only a single display running at 2x1280x1024 or 2560x1024 Figure 4 11 Multiple Displays in nView Horizontal Span Mode Display 1 Display 2 a e ris Taskbar is stretched i Background is stretched across displays across displays e The key point to remember when running nView Span modes is that Windows does not detect that you have two displays connected as far as it is concerned you have an oversized display This is the reason that you cannot use different bit depths or resolutions per display 53 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Note This also results in nView Span modes being slightly faster than Dualview mode because Windows only has to manage one display instead of two e Under nView Span modes Windows stretches the background wallpaper out to cover your large logical display and it stretches the taskbar out to fill your large logical display as shown in Figure 4 11 If you maximize an application the application will be maximized to fill the large logical display screen i e both displays e Under Windows XP 2000
128. gs Width l pisk Height Color qually B bit Screen refresh rate 60 Heitz Cancel 2 Enter the pixel settings for the resolution you want to add in the Width and Height fields 3 Click Add 4 When the confirmation message appears click OK 5 Click OK to return to the Screen Resolution amp Refresh Rates page 141 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features 6 To enable these custom resolutions see the next section Enabling Custom Screen Resolutions on page 142 Enabling Custom Screen Resolutions After you have added one or more custom screen resolutions follow these steps to enable these resolutions 1 Select the Only show custom modes check box to access those screen resolutions amp refresh rates that you have added using the Add button Note Custom resolutions that you can select are limited to resolutions divisible by the number 8 2 Click Apply 3 Move the Screen resolution slider to a custom resolution you added 4 Click Apply The screen may go blank for a few seconds for the new setting to take effect Removing Custom Screen Resolutions amp Refresh Rates 1 Once you have added one or more custom screen resolutions and refresh rates follow the remaining steps to delete any of them 2 From the Screen Resolution amp Refresh Rates page make sure the Only show custom modes check box is selected 3 Move the Screen resolution
129. h pour new nulti display settings wil be applied ViewSoric VPD150 Resobsiore 1024 x 763 piels Color qually Highest 32 ba Tv Connector lype Audo select Signy type M NTSC Multidisplay mode Core To clove this vazad click Frish 197 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History NVIDIA FORCEWARE GRAPHICS DISPLAY DRIVER FEATURE HISTORY This appendix provides information on the previous releases of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver and summarizes the features and enhancements that have been introduced in each release Driver Release History Release 90 is the latest NVIDIA driver available Table D 1 contains a summary of some previous driver releases and the versions associated with them Some versions listed may not have been released outside of NVIDIA Table D 1 NVIDIA Drivers for Windows Driver Name Versions Comments Release 90 ForceWare 91 28 91 31 91 33 91 36 91 37 Release 80 ForceWare 81 67 84 26 81 82 81 84 81 85 81 87 81 94 81 95 81 98 82 12 82 14 83 40 84 12 84 20 84 21 84 25 84 43 NVIDIA Corporation 198 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Table D 1 NVIDIA Drivers for Windows continued Driver Name Versions Comments Release 75 ForceWare 77 37 77 56 77 72 77 76 77 77 78 01 78 05 Release 70 ForceWare 71 84 71 89 Release 65 ForceW
130. he NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard The weard wil help you enable and customize your Nedli display sallings To corns chek Newt NVIDIA Television Setup Wizard Connector Type The wizard needs to know how pour television is connected to your computer Select the type of cormectot you are using to cormect your TY to your computer OSVideo oe ne NVIDIA Television Setup Wizard Definition Type Select the definition type for pour HDTY Which definition type would you like to use for your HDTV 480i Standard 4080p Enhanced 576i Standard O 576p Enhanced O 720p High 1080 High Click Preview 191 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages Figure C 5 NVIDIA TV Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection Page 2 Preview 480i 1 of 6 e Does this defintion type work with yout HDTV You can x adust the edges when this preview ends needed ONe NVIDIA Television Setup Wizard NVIDIA nVicw Display Mode Select the display mode you wish to use Your displays ae curtenily set up using Duahview mode Typically Dualview is recommended for your setup Native multidisplay mode Each display has R om E resolution color depth and refresh rate TETE Both displays show the same information NVIDIA Television Setup Wizard Preview Preview pour display settings Click the Preview but
131. he NVIDIA display menu 2 On the nView Display Settings page set nView mode to a multi display mode such as Clone or Dualview 3 Open the DVD or video application and click Full Screen Video from the NVIDIA display menu If you need help in accessing the NVIDIA display menu see Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages on page 24 Figure 7 12 and Figure 7 13 show Full Screen Video settings pages Full Screen Video Settings Full Screen Device Select the display on which you want video to be played back in full screen mode Note After selecting any of these Full Screen Device settings you may need to exit and restart your video application for the settings to take effect e Disable Figure 7 12 disables Video Mirror including the Full screen video zoom controls e Primary display Secondary display settings Figure 7 13 are only available under nView Clone modes To enable Full Screen Device functionality in nView Clone mode click either Primary display or Secondary display as the full screen device e Auto select Figure 7 14 is only available under nView Dualview and Span modes Auto select enables full screen device functionality which creates the full screen mirror on the display on which there is no overlay This implies that if the video being played is dragged to the other display the full screen mirror image will automatically switch displays NVIDIA Corporation 126 Chapter 7 Configuring Key F
132. he financial and non linear editing NLE markets 63 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings For further details on using this mode see the NVIDIA Application Note titled Using nView MultiView Modes with NVIDIA Quadro NVS based Graphics Cards Arranging Displays on the Settings Page In nView Dualview mode you can arranging displays on the Windows Properties Settings page to match the actual setup of your physical displays The examples shown in Figure 4 19 and Figure 4 20 are Windows XP but the procedure explained below applies to all Windows operating systems Figure 4 19 Display Settings Horizontal and Vertical Display Properties 2 X Display Properties Themes Desktop Screen Saver Appearance Settings Themes Desktop Screen Saver Appemance Sellngs Drag the meritor icons to match the physical erangemert of yout monkors Drag the monitor icone lo match the physical arrangement of pout monkars Displays Display 1 Plug and Play Montor on NVIDIA Quads Pt 3000 1 Plug and Play Monko on NVIDIA Quadro F gt 3000 Screen resoltion Color quality Screen resolion Color quality Less J Moe Highest 32 ba j Less J Moe Highest 32 ba 1280 by S80 pixels ET ET EE 1280 by 768 pivels Use this device a the pamary morito Use this device a the pamary morito Extend rp Windows desktop onto thi rvdoves d E monka Cis Cea Extend my Y ktoo o
133. hics cards The Found New Hardware Wizard appears Click the last option labeled Install from a list or specific location Advanced to select it Click Next Click the last option labeled Don t search I will choose to enable it and click Next From the Common hardware types list double click the Display adapters choice On the next window that appears make sure that none of the choices is highlighted If one is click it to remove the highlight Click Have Disk Click Browse and locate the path containing NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver you want to install Click the NVIDIA inf file and then click Open 10Click OK on the Install From Disk window 11 Then click the name of your NVIDIA GPU based graphics card that appears on the Model list and click Next 12 Copying files will take a couple of minutes while you wait 13 Click all prompts to continue the process 14 Click Finish when that option appears 15If there is a prompt to restart your computer click to do so 16 Respond to the prompts to restart your computer Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 Attaching the Secondary Display for nView Dualview Mode 1 From your desktop open the Display Properties Settings page Three display screen images appear one of which is active attached while the other two are not active meaning connected but not attached In this
134. hoose a setting that applies to your region 71 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 5 Configuring Displays For additional settings click Advanced to display the TV Settings page Figure 5 4 See TV Settings in the next section for detailed information Click Device Adjustments to open the TV Output page where you can configure TV display settings For details see Device Adjustments TV Output on page 73 TV Settings Figure 5 4 show a sample NVIDIA TV Settings page Figure 5 4 TV Settings TY Settings TV Sethngs VIDIA Signal loemet nr Select a signal foemat supported by pour TY ees Video output format A Select the lype of connector you are using lo alae TY s Signal Format Click to display a list of regional signal formats and select a format Click to display a list of connectors and select the select the type you are using using to connect your TV Click the Signal format list to access a regional signal format that is suitable for your locale The list that appears allows you to select the format used in the country where you live Note If your country is not in the list select the country closest to your location NVIDIA Corporation 72 Chapter 5 Configuring Displays Video Output Format Click the Video output format connection list to specify the type of video connector based on the output signal format supported by your regular television or HDT
135. iew support nViewCmd NVManagement Faster desktop switching Integrated control panels New Setup Wizard Driver independence DirectX Graphics OpenGL 215 Floating point render targets Multi element textures Improved antialiasing compatibility Improved shader handling and stability Improved render to texture performance Windows 9x Rotation Support New Extensions Supported GL_ARB_occlusion_query Faster Vertex Processing Pipeline Improved geometry processing and display list support Faster vertex and fragment program compilers Improved support for ARB_vertex_buffer_object extension vbo Improved stability during mode switches antialiasing and UBB Faster texture downloads Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Release 40 Enhancements The Release 40 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Driver for Windows Enhanced Display Driver DirectX and Video Capabilities e Windows XP SP1 Release 40 una Windows XP SP1 including support for Windows XP Tablet PC and eHome technology Release 40 EA support for bugcheck EA callbacks enabling OCA EA failures to be resolved more quickly while assisting to identify failure causes such as due to chip instability or overclocking Rotation Support Release 40 supports desktop rotation which allows the user to rotate the desktop by 90 180 or 270
136. ing settings H Application controled E Available ah NVIDIA Corporation 108 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features 6 Click OK to return to the previous page The Application profiles list displays the new profile name as shown in the image on the right in Figure 7 7 7 For each driver setting you want to change for this new profile follow these steps a Select the check box of the driver setting you want to change and save as part of the new profile b Click Apply c If needed clear the Application controlled check box and click Apply d Use the slider to set the value you want and click Apply For additional information on specific driver settings see Basic Driver Settings on page 110 or Advanced Driver Settings on page 113 e Click Apply Adding Profiles With an SLI Configuration If you are an advanced user running an SLI multi GPU configuration and want to create profiles that utilize SLI rendering technology see e SLI Rendering Mode on page 119 and About Using Other SLI based Advanced Settings on page 119 e Using NVIDIA SLI Technology on page 156 Deleting Application Profiles You can remove the following types of profiles i e the Remove button is available for use when e From the Active profile list you have selected a profile you have added e From the Active profile list you have selected an existing pre defined profile that y
137. io gt piViewe Display Sellings Peifamance amp Qualty Settings Cokr Comection Video Ovelay Sellings Full Screen Video Taols NVRalale i Tempeialue Settings Sereen Resolulions amp Relresh Rales Desklop Overlap and Edge Blending s 3 Deskin Managemert Menu Edling nView Display Mode Primay display Secondaiy deply G VisrSoric GSS B VierServe VFD1S0 Imary Displ C Make Ihis the piimary display 2 testa a C Disobic auto panning on secondary device viewpat Lock Pan Position Color Correction C Doegtonnae Davi Device Adjustments a 1 Select Rename from the display s context menu to open the Rename Display dialog box 7 2 Then enter a new name and click OK to show the new name on the nView Display Settings page Fig 5 5 Rename Display Rename Display 2 DFP ViewSornc VPD 150 43 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings 3 Enter a name in the Rename edit box and click OK to return to the nView Setting page Notice that the new name now appears on the display image and the Primary Display Secondary display box as shown in Figure 4 4 Figure 4 5 nView Display Settings Renamed Display G Quado FX 3000 riVieve Display Sellings Peifamance amp Quality Settings Colt Corection Video Ovellay Sellings Ful Screen Video Taols i NVRalale i
138. ion session described in the previous section On subsequent Dualview enabling sessions you can use fewer steps as follows 51 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings 1 From your Windows 2000 desktop right click to view the Windows desktop menu then click Properties gt Settings gt Advanced and then the NVIDIA GPU tab 2 Click nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA menu and select Dualview from the nView modes list 3 Follow the prompts to restart your computer 4 When you have returned to your desktop go to the nView Display Settings page and select Dualview from the nView modes list Note To switch back to Clone Horizontal Span Vertical Span or under certain configurations Single Display mode you will need to restart your computer as prompted Using nView Span Modes Note nView Span modes do not apply under Windows 9x operating systems Note You must have at least two displays connected to your computer to view the Span mode settings nView horizontal and vertical Span modes treat multiple displays as a single large desktop In this mode the desktop area is spread across both displays however the operating system treats both displays as one large display For this reason the refresh rate color depth and resolution on both displays will be identical and cannot be changed independently The desktop may be stretched horizontally or stacked vertically depe
139. is mode neither AFR nor SFR are available To use SLI antialiasing perform the following steps 1 Enable SLI antialiasing a Open the Performance amp Quality Settings page From the Active profile list select Global driver settings From the Global driver settings View list select Advanced settings Click the When SLI is enabled use list arrow and then click SLI antialiasing b c d From the Global driver settings list box select SLI rendering e f Click Apply Select an SLI antialiasing setting a From the Global driver settings list box select Antialiasing settings b Adjust the SLI antialiasing settings slider to the desired antialiasing level then click Apply SLI Single GPU Mode SLI single GPU mode provides improved performance at a level that assures compatibility with most applications This is not the same as completely disabling SLI If you are trying to solve a compatibility issue you may want to completely disable SLI by clearing the Enable SLI multi GPU check box on the SLI page To use single GPU mode perform the following steps 1 2 Open the Performance amp Quality Settings page From the Active profile list select Global driver settings From the Global driver settings View list select Advanced settings From the Global driver settings list box select SLI rendering Click the When SLI is enabled use list arrow and then click SLI single GPU Click Apply Quadro Workstation User
140. isplay as a primary display and a TV as a secondary display NVIDIA Corporation 58 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Figure 4 15 nView Clone Mode TV Digital Display TV and digital display NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 selected G Quado Fx 3000 i gt niewe Display Sellings Paifaimance amp Qualty Settings Cobi Comection Video Oveilay Sellings Full Screen Video Taols NVRolale i Temparalwe Settings Sereen Resolulions amp Relresh Rales Desktop Overlap and Edge Blending G Deki Managemert Menu dling F Make this the primary display fe aJio panning econda ence a Enabling Virtual Desktop Clone Mode Before You Begin If the maximum resolution of the secondary display is by default set to less than the current resolution of the primary display once you enable Clone mode from the nView Display Settings page Virtual Desktop will already be enabled Note You can test if Virtual Desktop is enabled by moving your mouse vertically and horizontally across your secondary display s desktop If the desktop scrolls as you move your cursor to the far edges of the display then Virtual Desktop is already enabled However you still may want to adjust the resolutions of the primary and or secondary device using the steps below if you want to further adjust the screen resolutions of either display You can use the NVIDIA Screen Resolution amp Refresh Rates
141. it Support Driver Release 50 offers AMD64 and IA64 operating system support Dynamic Memory Mapping Dynamic memory mapping adds support for 256 MB graphics cards for video display and OpenGL drivers NVIDIA Corporation 212 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History NVIDIA Unified Compiler As today s GPUs become more and more programmable they are entering a similar era to that of the CPU For CPUs it is common for developers to implement code paths specifically optimized for AMD or Intel e g MMX and 3DNow Programmable GPUs are no different Because architectures vary it makes sense that one common assembly language can t cover all the nuances of specific GPU micro architectures In fact different code paths make different GPUs go faster As a result with the GeForce FX architecture NVIDIA has implemented a GPU specific compiler that can be used to optimize application performance Display Driver Changes New Features e Rotation Support for Windows Me 9x e Custom Resolutions Provides the user with the ability to construct new modes via the NVIDIA control panel e Dynamic EDIDs Updates the master mode list with new modes contained in the connected device s EDID Support for Special Panels and Devices Large Panels Wide Panels Seamless To Modes Included in the mode list to support T221 style large panels Interlaced Modes for HDTV DVI Device Hot Plugging e Frame Loc
142. ith 2 Attached 172 Figure A 4 Two Display Devices With Identifying Numbers 1 2 2 2 eee eee ee eee 172 Figure A 5 Display Properties Settings 4 Attached Display Devices 26 175 Figure A 6 Four Display Devices With Identifying Numbers 2 2 eee eee eee ee eee 175 Figure A 7 Display Properties Settings 4 Display Devices with 2 Attached 177 Figure A 8 Two Display Devices With Identifying Numbers 1 2 2 2 ee eee ee eee ee 177 Figure A 9 NVIDIA Display Menu Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX 420 Options 178 Figure A 10 NVIDIA Display Menu Showing Both Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX Graphics Cards 179 Figure A 11 NVIDIA Settings Menu Displaying NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 based and GeForce4 MX based Graphics Cards susi sa Sc adh ia a aes ges see ih adh ese het Ge Spal as Saas tke Bh Gi SD RE a B a A A 180 Figure B 1 Sample Component Cables se secs seme aae a eraan a orok ge Rube Re ea eve ee 183 Fig reB 2 Sample DVi Cable 224 eaaa ga es aaa dade fade oh oe Ss eed 184 Figure B 3 Sample Video Cables ic coe e425 ooo we ee ee Se ee NE EE RY 185 Figure B 4 Sample NVIDIA Personal Cinema A V Cables 2 eee eee ee ee ee ee 186 Figure C 1 NVIDIA Display Wizard Typical Setup 1 ee ee ee ee ee ee 188 Figure C 2 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup Pages 1 2252 e2e0 189 NVIDIA Corporation User s Guide List of Figures Figure C 3 N
143. ive graphical user interfaces which can be left fully enabled and visible on one display while the second display remains unobstructed for viewing the actual work Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Training and Presentation nView Clone mode see Enabling nView Clone Mode on page 57 where two displays show identical images is useful for presentations A presenter may use the smaller display on the podium while a projector display reflects the presentation to the audience In training applications the instructor can see what the student is doing under nView Clone mode The ability to see the presentation while it s being projected can be especially useful when using mobile computers Virtual Desktop see Enabling Virtual Desktop Clone Mode on page 59 a sub feature of nView Clone Mode is useful for flat panels and ana log displays with limited resolution and is used to set a larger than viewable area on the second display which supports full pan and scan of the entire desktop area Digital content creation DCC applications can use one display for toolbars and palettes and the other for rendered output Additionally many real time or game development environments allow the authoring tools or game engine code to be visible on one display while showing the art or game engine in a full screen game play like mode on the second display Graphics Artists can have common
144. k Functionality For synchronizing applications across multiple displays Quadro FX 3000 only e Edge Blend Functionality For blending the adjacent edges of overlapped displays on projection systems Quadro FX 3000 only Video New Features e VMR support for Full screen Video e Support for Windows Media Center s Playback and Recording Features 213 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History PowerMizer New Features e Dynamic Peak Power Control e Thermal Protection v2 0 User Interface Changes e Dual View Support e Change Resolution Panel e Edge Blending and Desktop Overlap Panel e Frame Lock Panel e HDTV Support e New Color Panel with Enhanced Gamma e Overclocking Panel e AGP Settings Panel e Video BIOS Flash Utilities e ATL Client Panel e Menus for NVIDIA user components e Device Selection drop down in the slider tray e Panel access for non administrator users e Tool tips for the slider tray e Performance and Quality Settings e TV Out Settings e Device Selection e Overlay Settings e Full screen Video controls nView e Action Toolbar e Kinematic mouse actions e Resolution per desktop support NVIDIA Corporation 214 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Application monitor exclusions and inclusions Internet Explorer pop up prevention Monitor grids Keystone luma compensation Multiv
145. k box can be useful in situations where the particular television model that is connected to your graphics card does not properly load the signals that allow the graphics card to detect its presence As a result you are not able to see the television as a display on the nView Display Settings page 1 Select the Force TV detection check box and click Apply 2 Restart your computer when prompted Once you log back in you can view your connected television as a display on the nView Display Settings page access the various TV formats and configure the TV adjustment options For details see Adjusting Television TV Settings on page 71 Detecting Displays Click Detect Displays to detect all displays connected to your graphics card Use this feature if you have plugged in any displays after opening the NVIDIA display control panel 133 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Figure 7 19 Tools Settings E NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 KS _ AVIDIA _ Shortcut tools Enabling these options will give pou quick access to NVIDIA features Enable taskbar icon Enable desktop context menu Display optimzehon 1 Run the Display Oplimi optimal viewing and repr Display Optimization Wizard Troubleshooting If pou have a TY connected and is not being detected select amp the check box below C Force TV detection in Wizaed to adjust pour display s for entation of colors Restore Defaut Selecting the
146. k overly rotation check box to link the degree of rotation you specified on the NVRotate page for the video overlay on the primary display to the secondary display Full Screen Video Zoom Controls Zoom Control Zoom Control lets you zoom into the rendered video Click the list to select the display type to zoom and use the quadrant selection to select the screen region to Zoom e Video Mirror Figure 7 14 sets the zoom selection to the secondary display on which the video mirror is rendered e Both applies the zoom selection to the both the primary and the secondary display on which the video is rendered See Using Video Overlay Settings on page 122 Note Video players that cannot detect the presence of Video Mirror may not update the zoom factor immediately while displaying a still frame NVIDIA Corporation 128 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Out In The Out In slider lets you zoom in on or out of the selected portion of the video playback screen Screen Region to Zoom Select the area of the video screen on which you would like to zoom by clicking the area You can then zoom to that portion of the screen by moving the Out In slider control below e QOut In slider lets you zoom in on or out of the selected portion of the video playback screen e Restore Defaults restores all color values to the hardware factory settings Troubleshooting Full Screen Video Problems e Ifany
147. later series of NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards with your HDTV for helpful hardware information see Appendix B Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards on page 182 NVIDIA Corporation 78 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Supported Television HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs The ForceWare Release 80 graphics driver supports output to SDTV EDTV and HDTV formats over both analog and digital outputs e Analog Component output Y Pr Pb on HDTV capable GPUs with a compatible connector e Digital output DVI on HDTV capable GPUs with a compatible connector p on NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards with Conexant 875 or Philips 7108 TV encoders and compatible connectors or on the NVIDIA GPU internal HDTV encoder for the newer GPUs Figure 6 1 Back View of an HDTV with DVI and Analog Connectors Component analog connection DVI digital connection NVIDIA graphics cards support the following television and HDTV formats depending on the GPU or graphics card encoder and EDID of the TV HDTV display e NTSC US and Japanese e PAL including all variations e SDTV 480i 525i 576i 625i EDTV 480p 525p 576p 625p e HDTV 1080i 720p and 1080p 79 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Table 6 1 Supported TV HDTV Formats Supported TV HDTV Format NTSC PAL SDTV EDTV HDTV US and Japanese all variations 480i 5
148. lay Setup Wizard Custom Setup Pages 2 NVIDIA Multi Display Setup Wizard X NVIDIA nView Display Mode Select the display made you wish lo use The waerd has determined that you have Ouolview mode selected It is recommended that you use Duelview made woeccccccor a 2 eee NVIDIA Multi Display Setup Wizard Display Appearance Adjust your displays to look how pou wart them to Use the controls below to adust the appearance of your computer displays Viewsonic GSB15 Screen resolution Color quality 11280 x 1024 preis v 32 bit vi Display 2 DFP Screen resolution Color qually j 32 bit vi Preview Preview pour display settings Click the Prewiew button to get a 15 34 If changas ave neadad click Back If you ace happy wath the preview clic Completing the nView Multi Display Setup Wizard when pou chek Finish yout new enukidisplay sellings wil be applied ViewSonic GS815 Resoluion 12380x 1024 pixels e Calor guely Highest 32 bi Display 2 DFP Resolution 1024 x 768 pivets e Color qualty Highest 32 bi Mukidisplay mode Dudview To close ths wizard click Finish NVIDIA Corporation 190 Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDIA Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection Figure C 4 NVIDIA TV Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection Page 1 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard x Welcome to t
149. le auto panning on the secondary device viewport lock check box Switching Between nView Dualview and Span Clone Modes Windows 2000 Note Under Windows 2000 switching between nView Span Clone and Dualview modes requires restarting your computer Under certain configurations switching between Single Display mode and Dualview Span Clone may also require restarting your computer 1 From your Windows 2000 desktop right click to view the Windows desktop menu then click Properties gt Settings gt Advanced and then the NVIDIA GPU tab 2 Click nView Display Settings from the NVIDIA menu 3 From the nView Modes list select Clone Horizontal Span or Vertical Span mode Note If you just switched to Clone Horizontal Span Vertical Span or under certain circumstances Single Display mode from Dualview you ll need to follow the prompts to restart your computer 4 When you have returned to your desktop go to the nView Display Settings page and select Clone Horizontal Span or Vertical Span mode from the nView Modes list Note To switch back to Dualview mode you will need to restart your computer as prompted Enabling nView Multiview Mode On y for NVIDIA Quadro NVS based Graphics Cards Note nView Multiview mode is a custom mode that is only available when using the NVIDIA Quadro NVS GPU based series of graphics cards The NVIDIA Quadro NVS is a series of multi display graphics cards for professionals in t
150. le to your PC and open it later 5 Opening the EXE file launches the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard 6 Follow the instructions in the NVIDIA InstallShield Wizard to complete the installation 13 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 2 System Requirements OLDER Supported Operating Systems This Release 90 driver includes drivers designed for the following Microsoft operating systems e Microsoft Windows XP Windows XP Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition e Microsoft Windows 2000 Hardware Supported NVIDIA Products Table 2 1 lists the NVIDIA products supported by the Release 90 driver Note All GPU products listed below support multiple displays usually two displays on a single graphics card with the exception of the Quadro NVS 400 GPU which supports up to four displays per graphics card Table 2 1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products Windows XP 32 bit Windows XP Product Windows 2000 Professional x64 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 X X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 X X NVIDIA Corpor
151. led and displays a desktop Figure A 5 and Figure A 6 show the associated Display Properties Settings page and the resulting desktops on the numbered display devices NVIDIA Corporation 174 Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Figure A 5 Display Properties Settings 4 Attached Display Devices Display Properties Thames Desktop ScreenSaver Appearance Selings Diag the mortor icons to match the physical erangement of your moritors 4 Default Moritee on NVIDIA GeFarce 4 MX 420 __ Screen resolution Colo quality Less More 1350 by 768 pixels C Use this device as the primary montor F Extend my Windows desktop onto this montor Apply Figure A 6 Four eat ie Devices With Identifying Numbers Note Attaching all the displays implies that nView Dualview mode is enabled If you check the nView Display Settin ngs page for either of the NVIDIA based graphics cards that are installed you will see that nView Dualview mode is enabled 1 From the Windows Display Properties Settings page right click any of the four display images 2 Click Properties and then click the NVIDIA GPU ab to open the associated page 175 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards 3 Click the nView Display Settings menu option Notice that the nView modes list is set to Dualview Enabling nView Span and Clone Modes Detaching the Secondary Display Device
152. levision or HDTV display Click Display Wizard for help in setting up your analog or digital displays Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages Once your NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver is installed you can easily access the driver features from a convenient menu You can quickly access the NVIDIA display menu that gives you direct access to the NVIDIA display control panel pages For quick access you can use either the Desktop Access on page 25 or the NVIDIA Settings Menu Windows Taskbar Access on page 27 method explained in the sections that follow NVIDIA Corporation 24 Chapter 3 p NVIDIA Control Panel Access Note When needed you can still access the NVIDIA display control panel pages through the Microsoft Display Properties Settings gt Advanced option as explained in Figure 3 7 NVIDIA Display Menu Showing the GPU Page Multiple Displays Connected on page 30 Desktop Access 1 Right click on your Windows desktop to open the desktop menu 2 If you do not see the menu item NVIDIA Display follow the procedure in Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu on page 129 and then continue to the next step 3 Click NVIDIA Display to see one or more of the descriptive EDID display names as shown in the Figure 3 2 The display names that appear are based on the Figure 3 2 NVIDIA Display Options on the Windows Desktop Menu number and type of di
153. levision and HDTV Formats and Desktop Resolutions on page 80 can be independently selected and set Using HDTV as the Primary Display in nView Clone Mode Based on the connector in use all the associated HDTV formats Supported Television HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs on page 79 will be available in the nView Display Settings context menu available from the TV display icons as well as from the TV Settings screen The secondary display an analog or digital display will start panning if the selected primary HDTV resolution is greater than the maximum EDID mode of the secondary or if the selected physical secondary resolution is less than primary HDTV resolution If the selected primary HDTV screen resolution is lower than that of the secondary display the resolution will be scaled up if the secondary display is an analog display or if it is a digital display the desktop can have a black border If you use plasma displays with burn in display issues you can use the Video border option on the TV Output page to display grey instead of black for the borders NVIDIA Corporation 84 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV when the selected resolution is smaller than the selected native HDTV format See Device Adjustments TV Output on page 73 Using HDTV as the Secondary Display in nView Clone Mode If HDTV is secondary all of the formats that the TV natively supports or in single display are available If the prima
154. lications and playing games on HDTV sets These resolutions are e 720p 1088 x 612 85 of the full 1280x720 e 1080i 1600 x 900 1632 x 918 is 85 of the full 1920x1080 but that is so close to 1600x900 that 1600 x 900 is used instead Using Underscan on page 92 explains how to use the Underscan setting NVIDIA Corporation 82 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Overscan Shift Native The Overscan shift setting enables you to pan the desktop when needed to access any display elements that appear off screen The Overscan shift feature works by tracking the position of the mouse cursor and slightly shifting the display when the cursor starts to become close to an edge of the desktop This mode looks just like native HDTV formats 720p 1080i because it runs at the full HDTV resolution which causes certain elements of the desktop such as the Start button and the clock on the Windows taskbar to not be visible at all times But as the mouse cursor gets close to these desktop elements the NVIDIA driver intelligently shifts the desktop a little in order to move those elements into view Using Overscan Shift on page 90 explains how to use the Overscan shift setting In the third technique native mode no overscan compensation is done in order to give the user a true cinematic experience This is useful when you do not want any pixel compression squishing and do not want to use the mouse to shift the desktop ima
155. log and Digital Outputs 79 About D Connector Output Modes 80 Television and HDTV Formats and Desktop FRESOMUBIONS saara ee 4S eee BS ee a 80 Television Formats 80 HDTV FOmMAS aa e255 ote bia os se sw 81 Optimizing HDTV Viewing 81 Undersea oss te ee oe ad SS ee Wh Ss eye wb eH 82 iv Table of Contents Ov rscan Shifts e sess wee Bice oe ee BeBe 83 IN IV aa 5 sn 1S eh ea avo Be ee Ga ae we 8 83 Notes on Startup Functionality with HDTV ICONMECIEG s sss Sv sie Oe Bon wut eet erode 83 nView Single Display Mode 83 nView Multi Display Mode 83 Using HDTV in nView Display Modes 84 Using HDTV in nView Single Display Mode 84 Using HDTV as the Primary Display in nView Clone Mode rsrsrsr ee ee xx RRS 84 Using HDTV as the Secondary Display in nView Clone Mode ss e sis s a eee a ere ard OE Sis 85 Using HDTV in nView Dualview Mode 85 Using HDTV Formats a sa 2 naamaa 85 Using Overscan Shift 4 4 44 0 0 24 aie 90 Using WmdersGan os see ses esse le dere eS sie 92 Troubleshooting HDTV Configuration 93 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adjusting Desktop Colors 97 Accessing the Desktop Colors Page 97 Color Correction Settings 98 Digital VIDANTE wi sacs Se dee eee ws 98 Brightness Contrast and Gamma 98 Apply Color Changes to 99 Color Channels a
156. love this vazad chek Finish NVIDIA Corporation 194 Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDA Display Wizard Digital Display and Television Figure C 8 NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display with TV Pages 1 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard x Welcome to the NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Display Selection Select two displays for use and whch one wil be pour primary display Although you can have multiple displays connected to a angle graphics adapter only 2 can be active at ary time Ea Connector Type The wizaid needs to know how your television is connected to your computer Select the type of commector pou are using to connect pour TY to your computer NVIDIA nView Display Mode Select the display mode you wish to use The ETE ee that you have Clone mode selected It is recommended that you e Native muli displap moda Each desplay has ts own fesclution colot depth and refresh rate Displays are combined to create one vitual deplay Your desktop spars both displays Both displays show the same information 195 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages Figure C 9 NVIDIA Display Wizard Various Types of TV Connectors NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Connector Type The vazard needs to know how your television is connected to your computer Select the type of commector pou are using to connect pour TY to your computer NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard
157. lower pixel clock rate and higher frame rates EDID timing is the preferred timing standard defined by the display s EDID value EDID is a standard data structure that defines the display s model number timing and other settings Note Manufacturer defined EDI Ds are available only on Plug and Play PnP compatible displays Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu Use the Menu Editing page to remove infrequently used NVIDIA menu items which you can restore later Accessing the Menu Editing Page To access the Menu Editing page click Menu Editing from the NVIDIA display menu Figure 7 27 If you need help in accessing the NVIDIA display menu see Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages on page 24 Figure 7 27 Menu Editing Page Default Settings NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 iY p WK g a s S Quado FX 3000 reer Unpeny Jig RVIDIA Peifoimarice amp Qually Settings To begin meru editing select the check box below and click Apply Color Comection Video Overlay Settings Toremove infrequenily used menu hems drag cach tem from the NVIDIA Full Serocn Vidoo display menu to the let below To restore menu tems individually drag them take back to the NVIDIA menu or chick Restore Defaults my NYRolate Tosetum to nomal navigation mode clear the check box and click Apply Temperature Settings Screen Resolutio
158. lse triggers horizontal re scanning Front porch Click the up or down arrow to specify the horizontal blanking period that occurs between the end of the active period and the beginning of the synchronization pulse Back porch Click the up or down arrow to specify the blanking period that occurs between the end of the synchronization pulse and the next active period Horizontal sync polarity Click the up or down arrow to specify the direction of rapid transient change in the amplitude of a signal from the baseline during the horizontal synchronization pulse If the horizontal synchronization polarity is positive the value of the horizontal synchronization pulse is higher than the baseline value If the horizontal synchronization polarity is negative the value of the horizontal synchronization pulse is lower than the baseline value Note You can select the horizontal synchronization polarity independently of the vertical synchronization polarity Scan rate Scan rate indicates the measure of how many scan lines a monitor can display in one second expressed in kHz generally somewhere between 20 and 180 kHz Note In the case of an analog display CRT it is limited by the speed at which the display can move the electron beam horizontally across the screen and then return it to the beginning of the next line Note This value should not exceed the display s maximum horizontal scan frequency Active pixel
159. m color matching based on information in the ICC profile NVIDIA Corporation 100 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Image Sharpening Note This option is only available on GeForce FX and later NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards Use the Image Sharpening slider to adjust the sharpness of the image quality by amplifying high frequency content Color Profile The Color Profile option displays a list of available color correction profiles e Specify Standard Mode if you want to adjust color correction settings using the Contrast Brightness and Gammas sliders e Use Advanced Mode if you want to adjust color correction settings by manually inserting dragging and removing control points along the curve shown in the graph See Color Curve Graph on page 100 Note When this option is enabled the Contrast Brightness or Gamma slider settings are not available e Custom settings you may have saved are also shown in this list To activate a custom profile select it from the list and click Apply Add ICC Profile Mode 1 Click Add to display a dialog box from which you can load an ICC profile that contains color correction curves 2 Enter the file name of the ICC profile and click OK to load the file The ICC profile just added now appears in the Color profile list Note Once you load this ICC profile the Brightness Gamma and Contrast sliders are disabled Other Settings e Save as lets you
160. multi display mode you can easily switch between the displays by following these steps 1 Open the nView Display Settings page 2 Click the Display pairs list and click the paired display combination you want For example if you have an analog display a digital display and a TV connected to your computer your choices are as listed below and shown in Figure 4 6 Analog display digital display Digital display analog display TV digital display Digital display TV Analog display TV TV Analog display 45 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Figure 4 6 nView Display Pair Options NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 G Quado Fx 3000 rivieve Display Sellings Peifamance amp Qualty Settings Cobi Correction Video Oveilay Sellings Fill Sereen Video Taols NVRalale Tempeialwe Settings Sereen Resobulions amp Relresh Rales Desklop Overlap and Edge Blending s 3 Deskop Hanagemert Menu Edling niew Display Mode Piima display Secondary display nView display pair options Primary and Secondary Displays nView Display Mode On the NVIDIA nView Display Settings page the primary display is designated by the display icon on the left and the secondary display is designated by the display icon on the right Windows Display Properties Settings On the Windows Display Properties Settings page your can determin
161. n NVIDIA Corporation 94 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV 95 Problem 1 The TV is set to full screen display The Windows desktop display is panning Answer You are not exactly seeing the panning feature but rather the Overscan shift feature See relevant sections under Optimizing HDTV Viewing on page 81 for a description of this feature Problem 2 The top and bottom edges of the desktop are cut For example we only see half of the Windows taskbar Answer You need to increase the amount of overscan shift by using the Overscan shift slider from the HDTV display s NVIDIA Device Adjustment page The amount required will vary based on the type of HDTV you are using and is not detectable See relevant sections under Optimizing HDTV Viewing on page 81 fora description of this feature See Using Overscan Shift on page 90 for details on using this option Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features CONFIGURING KEY FORCEWARE GRAPHICS DRIVER FEATURES This chapter explains how to configure key ForceWare graphics driver features Adjusting Desktop Colors on page 97 Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings on page 102 Using Video Overlay Settings on page 122 Using Full Screen Video Settings on page 124 Using the Tools Page on page 129 Using NVRotate Settings on page 135 Adjusting Temperature Settings
162. n now rename your displays from the nView Display Settings page e Play On My Display Right click on the pop up menu item to play video files on any connected display See Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display on page 25 e Tools page provides options for shortcuts display optimizations and troubleshooting For details see Using the Tools Page on page 125 Note The Tools page replaces the Release 65 Troubleshooting page e Improved Driver Information and Change Resolutions pages e Application profiles can include color settings You can now associate application specific color settings Digital Vibrance Brightness Contrast Gamma etc with video games Improved HDTV over DVI user interface and support for arbitrary overscan underscan for HDTV over DVI e Variable Underscan and Overscan Shift The HDTV Overscan Configuration page now lets you adjust the HDTV underscan and overscan shift Show HDTV display formats option on the Change Resolutions page lets you add and remove standard EIA 861b HD modes and enables HD over DVI e The Advanced Timings page now lets you modify the X and Y resolution to create a custom mode Custom modes creation and advanced timings adjustments are combined on one page e Improved SLI multi GPU mode pages available with NVIDIA SLI graphics cards intended for use by advanced users For details see the document Application Note Usi
163. n this profile can be loaded from another computer from the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page just as it can from your original computer Uninstalling the NVIDIA Graphics Driver Note It is highly recommended that you follow the steps in this section to completel uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before updating to a new version of the software To uninstall the nView software follow these steps 1 From the Windows taskbar click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel to open the Control Panel window 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs item 3 Click the NVIDIA Display Driver item from the list 4 Click Change Remove 5 Click Yes to continue A prompt appears asking whether you want to delete all of the saved nView profiles If you click Yes all of the nView software and all of your saved profiles will be deleted If you click No the nView software is removed but the profile files are saved in the Windows nView directory on your hard disk Your system now restarts Installing the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 1 Follow the instructions on the www NVIDIA com Web site driver download page to locate the appropriate driver to download based on your hardware and operating system 2 Click the driver download link 3 The license agreement dialog box appears NVIDIA Corporation 12 Chapter 2 System Requirements 4 Click Accept if you accept the terms of the agreement then either open the file or save the fi
164. nView Clone Mode with Virtual Desktop Enabled Disabling Panning amp NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 G Quado Fx 3000 nieve Display Sellings Paifaimance amp Quality Settings Coker Comection Video Ovellay Sellings Full Screen Video Taols NVRalale i Tempeialwe Settings Sereen Resolulians amp Relresh Rales riview allows you to connect TOS displays to a snge gaphics cad E niView Display Mode Clore v Primary display B Eizo L685 Secondary display B VierGorie GSES i Desklop Overlap and Edge Blending s 3 Deskin Managemertt Menu Edling Primary Display A i Lock Pan Position pnm es re ind Color Correction IMEEM Cevice Adasimerts Click Change Resolution from the context menu of your secondary display Detect Displays ee NVIDIA Corporation 60 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Figure 4 17 Configuring Screen Resolution for Virtual Desktop From nView Display Settings Page TT EN RVIDIA Coke quality r Physical resoluion Less More Highest 32 bit v 1280 by 1024 pirels E a Manto setings Screen refresh rale x C Show only physical penning resolutions Last attempted mode 128041 024 32 bit 60 Hertz Seren Resoktons Relresh Rates UEZ SY RVIDIA Physical resolution Coke qually b533 More Highest 32 bat v J LF Sm 1280 by 1024
165. nd scan feature virtual desktop results in locking the current pan position on the secondary clone display letting you effectively freeze the virtual desktop at a certain position which is useful for presentations or fine detail work in applications If you want to disable the auto panning on your secondary display you do one of the following e Select the check box labeled Disable auto panning on secondary device viewport lock or simply e Select the Lock Pan Position check box on the popup menu on your secondary display i e display 1b The example in Figure 4 18 shows that the Lock Pan Position check box is selected Figure 4 18 nView Clone Mode with Virtual Desktop Enabled Disabling Panning NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 G Quado Fx 3000 rivieve Display Sellings Paiformance amp Qualty Settings Cobi Comection Video Oveilay Sellings Full Screen Video Tals NvRalale Hl Tempeialue Settings Screen Resolulions amp Refresh Rates Desklop Overlap and Edge Blending s 3 Deskop Management Menu Edling riview Display Mode Piimary display Secondary display E ViewSonic GSB15 3 E Eiz L685 Color Correction Device Adjustments Change Resolution Rename panning of the secondary display Lock Pan Position NVIDIA Corporation 62 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings which also enables the equivalent Disab
166. nding on your needs as explained in Using Horizontal amp Vertical Span Modes on page 54 e nView Horizontal Span mode allows you to extend the Windows desktop across two displays horizontally In this mode the two displays combine to form a wide spanned display surface which is useful when viewing items that are wider then a single display e nView Vertical Span mode allows you to extend the Windows desktop across two displays vertically In this mode the two displays combine to form a tall spanned display surface which is useful when viewing items that are taller then a single display nView Span modes supports the video mirror feature where you may want to dedicate an application to one of the two displays or run the application across both displays Examples include entertainment applications digital video editing and DVD playback For details see Using Full Screen Video Settings on page 120 NVIDIA Corporation 52 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Note Windows NT 4 0 Multiview mode does not support the Video Mirroring feature nView Span Modes vs Dualview Mode Features nView Horizontal and Vertical Span mode support and functionality include the following e DirectX or OpenGL applications in Span modes are fully accelerated e InnView Span mode your Windows desktop is stretched or spans all of your displays In Span mode Windows treats the multiple displays as a single lo
167. next chapter Using nView Multi Display Settings on page 37 Performance and Quality Settings see Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings on page 97 Video Overlay Settings see Using Video Overlay Settings on page 118 Full Screen Video see Using Full Screen Video Settings on page 120 NVIDIA Corporation 32 Chapter 3 p NVIDIA Control Panel Access Note This menu item only appears if you have more than one display connected and the nView Display Mode list is not set to Single display Tools see Using the Tools Page on page 125 NVRotate see Using NVRotate Settings on page 131 Temperature Settings menu option is available on newer GPUs such as GeForce FX and on certain older GPUs Adjusting Temperature Settings on page 134 Screen Resolutions amp Refresh Rates Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates on page 136 Desktop Manager see the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers nView Desktop Manager User s Guide Release 80 driver version Menu Editing see Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu on page 144 PowerMizer for mobile computers only see Adjusting PowerMizer Settings Only for Notebook Computers on page 146 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips Context Help 33 You can obtain context Help Figure 3 10 for any of the settings and options on the NVIDIA display control panel page by using any
168. ng NVIDIA SLI Graphics Cards Version 2 0 or later nView Desktop Manager Video e New video processing features include Windows Media Video 9 WMV39 video acceleration support for hardware accelerating decoding WMV9 video files on GeForce 6 series GPUs To enable this feature a software update from Microsoft is required e Video processing improvements include Video scaling implementations to support the newest GeForce 6 series GPUs Motion adaptive de interlacing Color management improvements include 205 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Color space conversion and processing amplifiers Extended color range Color temperature correction Display Driver DirectX and OpenGL Table D 1 Release 70 Graphics Driver Performance Improvement and New Features Display Driver DirectX OpenGL Performance Improved stability and robustness e Improved robustness Improved workstation Improvements Improved NVIDIA SLI multi GPU func Multi GPU refinements BP ereL soci ations tionality Improvements in e Support for 512 MB graphics cards Texture management e HDTV over DVI functionality SRGB handling Anisotropic filtering New Features Support of the unified memory Support of the unified Support of the unified architecture of the latest Quadro and memory architecture of memory architecture of GeForce series of GPUs the latest Quadro and
169. ngs If changes ae needed click Back unti you get to the setting pou wart to change If you ace happy wath the preview click Next Cet ie NVIDIA Multi Display Setup Wizard x Completing the nView Multi Display Setup Wizard when pou chek Finish your new enukidisplay callings wil be applied ViewSonic GS815 Resolution 1230 x 1024 pixels Color quahty Highest 32 bt Display 2 DFP Resolution 1280 x 1024 pixels Color qualhy Highest 32 bi NVIDIA Corporation 188 Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup Figure C 2 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup Pages 1 NVIDIA Multi Display Setup Wizard Setup Type Choose the selup type thal best suks pour needs NVIDIA Multi Display Setup Wizard Primary Display Select pour primary display Choose whether to use bypical of custom sellings Iypical setup recommended Contigures your mukiple display enwironmert quickly using the gzeecececccecccece paak a Gives you more conlrol in customizing your multiple display ervi Select the displap where the Windows logon screen system messages som Spplications 2nd in mosl cases where the Windows Start bulton wil be view Primaty display Display 2 DFP mace ViewSonic VPD150 Delay TER 189 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages Figure C 3 NVIDIA Disp
170. not supposed to be seen directly by the user as it can be very distracting Underscan or overscan shift would cause this information to now become visible e Browse the Web Overscan shift Browsing the web requires that the end user see all information in the games Underscan browser window Either of these modes will allow the users accomplish a lons this and provide the best web viewing experience Play full screen Underscan If the application correctly queries the graphics driver and requests the modes it supports you will be able to play the game in the corrected underscan mode and see all of the information on your display However some games do not query the graphics driver Instead these games hard code the resolutions supported in the game directly into their code Therefore you can use an alternative way to correct the resolution such as checking the display for correction options Underscan The Underscan setting Figure 6 7 works by centering a lower resolution on the HDTV screen the dimensions of which you can further adjust with sliders in the current release of the driver as shown in Figure 6 10 Underscan Screen Resolution Adjustment Sliders on page 93 For component out NVIDIA determined through market research that 15 overscan is common with many TVs both SDTV and HDTV NVIDIA used this information to create two custom resolutions that are optimal for Web browsing running app
171. ns amp Refresh Rates Desktop Management C Enable menu edling Using Menu Editing 1 Select the Enable menu editing check box Figure 7 28 NVIDIA Corporation 148 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Figure 7 28 Menu Editing Enabled Removing Menu Items NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 5 Quado FX 3000 riview Display Setlings __RYIDIA Perfomance amp Qualty Settings To begin menu edling select the check box below and cick Apply Color Corection Video Overlay Setlings To remove ritequanlly weed menu ilems diag each kem from the NVIDIA l Full Scteen Video display mee lo the fet below To restore manu items individually drag then Ly odi back lo the NVIDIA mera of click Restora Detavks NVRotale To retuinte nemal nevigelion mode clear the check box and chick Apply Screen Resoldiors amp Reliesh Rales amp Desktop Manegemert EZ Estie meru eating Rehesh Rele Oven Temperature Setings These menu items have been temporarily removed from the NVIDIA display menu NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 S VIDIA To bagn menu edling select the check box below and click Apply To remove irtiequerty used menu items deg each ilem from the NVIDIA display menu to the list below To restore merw items individually diag them back to the NVIDIA menu ce click Restore Defaults To 1eluen to nomal navigalion mode clear the check bo
172. nto this monto When using multiple displays the desktop can be extended horizontally and vertically as well as at other angles by page You can drag the images to the positions that represent how you want to move items between your displays e For example if you re using two displays and you want to move items from one display to the other by dragging left and right position the images side by side Figure 4 19 NVIDIA Corporation 64 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings e To move items between displays by dragging up and down position the images one above the other Figure 4 19 e To move items between displays by dragging at an angle position the images diagonally Figure 4 20 The positions of the images don t have to correspond to the physical positions of your displays That is you can position the images one above the other even though your displays are side by side Figure 4 20 Display Settings Diagonal Display Properties Themes Desktop Screen Saver Appearance Selling Drag the meritor icons lo malch the physica errangemert of yout monkors Display 1 Plug and Play Montor on NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Scteen resoltion Colo quality Less lt I Move Highest 32 b 1280 by 763 pixels Lia 2 2m Use this device a the pamaiy morito Extend my Windows desktop onho 65 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 5 Configuring Displays CONFIGURING DISPLA
173. nts About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer You can easily use any saved profile tvp file in the Windows nView directory from one computer and use it in another computer if you want You ll need to copy it to the Windows nView directory of a computer that has the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver etc installed properly Then this profile can be loaded from another computer from the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page just as it can from your original computer Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver Software Note It is highly recommended that you follow the steps in this section to completely uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before updating to a new version of the software To uninstall the nView software follow these steps 1 From the Windows taskbar click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel to open the Control Panel window Double click the Add Remove Programs item Click the NVIDIA Display Driver item from the list Click Change Remove a W N Click Yes to continue A prompt appears asking whether you want to delete all of the saved nView profiles If you click Yes all of the nView software and all of your saved profiles will be deleted If you click No the nView software is removed but the profile files are saved in the Windows nView directory on your hard disk Your system now restarts Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers 1 Follow the instructions on the N
174. o Timing Reduced Blanking CVT RB Custom vahies Vertical ines Discrete Monitor Timing OMT General Timing Formula GTF Front porch 4 S sywwidh 10 Back porch 30 Refresh rake 30 02 Hz Sync polarky 4 v Active pixels 2160 Interlaced mode Pixel dock 74 25 MHz x _ Display Mode amp Timing Parameters Click the Mode amp timing list if you want to select a custom timing value or an EJA 861B timing These settings are explained below Note If you rather use standard timings such as DMT GTF CVT and EDID see Display Timing Standards on page 147 in the next section e Custom values If you are an advanced user and would prefer to enter custom timing values in the fields provided on the Advanced Timing page follow these steps Select Custom values from the Mode amp timing list and click Apply Enter the values you want in the various fields as described in Table 7 1 When the confirmation prompt appears click Yes Your custom settings are now in effect NVIDIA Corporation 144 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features To remove the custom settings you selected click Remove Table 7 1 Advanced Timing Parameter Advanced Timing Parameters Description The Horizontal pixel group box contains horizontal advanced timing settings Sync width Click the list to specify the width of the horizontal blanking period during which the synchronization pu
175. od aspect ratio scaling Preview Your flal panel display has a masdmum resolution al 1024 x 768 e Monitor Scaling is only available for digital flat panels that support multiple native resolutions e Fixed Aspect Ratio Scaling Note The availability of this setting depends on your display configuration Select this setting if you want lower resolution images scaled to fit the flat panel but preserve the aspect ratio of the image For example if your flat panel has a maximum resolution of 1680 x 1050 an image with a resolution of 1024 x 768 will be scaled to appear on the screen at a 1400 x 1050 resolution with black borders NVIDIA Corporation 70 Chapter 5 Configuring Displays Adjusting Television TV Settings If you have a television connected to your computer follow the steps in this section to access page where you can choose the correct regional format for TV reception choose the correct TV connection mode and configure several TV display settings If your television is the only display connected to your computer and you do not the see the nView Display Settings option on the NVIDIA display menu you will see the following options on the menu TV Settings and Screen Adjustment Note If you do not see the TV Settings or the Screen Adjustment pages go to the information in the next bullet Click TV Settings to display the TV Settings page Figure 5 4 For details see TV Settings the next section
176. one of these methods e Select or move your mouse pointer to the option for which you want help and then press F1 or e Click the icon located on the top right corner of the NVIDIA display control panel page you have open move the icon over the option for which you want help then click your mouse again to display the help Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Figure 3 10 NVIDIA Display Sample Context Help amp NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 RBVIDIA _ niew allows you to connect separate displays toa singe graphics card __ Sample context Help for an option on an NVIDIA control panel page C Make this the primary display E Disable suto panning on secondary device viewport lock Tool Tips Windows style tool tip pop up Help appears when you hover your mouse pointer on an item that is partially obscured For example you can place you mouse on any of the long NVIDIA menu names that may be partially obscured such as Performance and Quality Settings and be able to view the name in its entirety Tool Tips for Disabled Settings When an option or setting is disabled grayed on any NVIDIA display control panel page you can place the mouse pointer on the disabled option for a couple of seconds to see tool tip help describing the reason it is disabled An example of this kind of tool tip Help is shown in Figure 3 11 NVIDIA Corporation 34 Chapte
177. ools festos NYRotale M Temperature Settings Global diver ge Screen Resolutions amp Refresh Rates Views Batic setlings vij Desktop Overlap and Edge Blendrg Settings Vaksa A H Desktop Managemerk Arbalesing sellings Applcebor ceniioled Menu Editing Anisotropic Mteting Applicatiorcontioled Vertical sync Apphceborrcontroled Unified back depth bulfer On Artialasing settings o F E Application controled When the View list is set to Basic settings a standard short list of driver settings appear in the Global driver settings window NVIDIA Corporation 102 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Note You can use the Application profiles and Global driver settings modules independently For example you can use the Global driver settings to modify your active desktop application without having to use any of the Application profiles features or settings e Application profiles refer to pre defined saved files containing NVIDIA OpenGL and Direct3D driver settings for workstation applications Note When you fist open the Performance amp Quality page the lists in the Application profile section is set to the default global driver settings state as shown in the screen image above You can click these lists to select workstation applications profiles for which you want to modify the driver settings that appear in the global driver settings list e Global Drive
178. or enhanced image quality and performance AMD Athlon Processor and Intel Pentium 4 Processor optimizations Improved TwinView interface Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Release 6 Enhancements TwinView TwinView is a Release 6 feature that supports connecting dual displays using a single graphics board such as the GeForce2 MX or Quadro2 MXR based on the NV11 chipset TwinView includes major features such as the Virtual Desktop Video Mirror and Desktop Manager features TwinView supports a variety of display options such as digital flat panels red green blue RGB monitors TVs and analog flat panels TwinView features the following display modes Standard Extended Desktop Span and Clone Virtual Desktop Virtual Desktop is a TwinView feature that is useful for panels and monitors with limited resolution Virtual Desktop is used to set a larger than viewable area on the second display which supports full pan and scan of the entire desktop area Currently Virtual Desktop functionality is available under e Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 2000 in TwinView Standard or Clone mode e Windows 9x in TwinView Clone mode Video Mirror Video Mirror is a TwinView feature that allows a video or DVD application to mirror its playback in full screen mode on any one of the connected display devices In other words Video Mirror allows video data that s dis
179. orceWare Graphics Driver Features Figure 7 13 Full Screen Video Settings for nView Dualview Span and Clone Modes NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Ae avVIDIA Ful screen video zoom controls Select screen region to zoom Ful scteen video zoom cortrels Select screen region to zoom Ful screen video cortices Ful screen device Disable zi Ful screen video cortiols Full screen device Disable Disable Auto select option is available in Primary display and Secondary display nView Dualview and Span modes options are available in nView Clone mode Track Overlay Rotation Select the Track overlay rotation check box Figure 7 14 to link the degree of rotation you specify on the NVRotate page see Using NVRotate Settings on page 135 for a video overlay between the primary and secondary displays Adjust Colors See Adjusting Desktop Colors on page 97 127 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Figure 7 14 Full Screen Video Zoom Control Video Mirror Settings NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 Ful screen video zoom controls Select screen region to zoom Zoom conlrol Video Mirror v Vadeo Martor J Ful screen video controls Ful screen device Autoselect y Track overlay rotation Cx Cee _ Zoom controls apply to the display being used for the video mirror feature Select the Trac
180. ou can rotate your desktop by 90 180 or 270 degrees Note NVRotate is supported on GeForce2 MX and later series of NVIDIA GPUs Note If you are using the Video Mirror feature you can also use the NVRotate feature to rotate the overlay video If you want to apply the specified rotation to both the ae and secondary displays use the Track overlay rotate setting on the Full Screen Video page For details see Using Full Screen Video Settings on page 124 Accessing the NVRotate Page To access the NVRotate page click NVRotate from the NVIDIA display menu Figure 7 20 through Figure 7 22 show the NVRotate settings Figure 7 20 NVRotate Settings Landscape Mode NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 S Quado FX 3000 Aisa Display Settings Perloemance amp Quality Setlings Colee Correction Video Overlay Settings Ful Scieen Video Troubleshooling Temperature Sellings Refresh Rate Ovemdes Screen Resolutions amp Refresh Rates E Desktop Management Menu Editing Landscape 0 degree rotation Portrait 90 degies rotation O Inwerted landscape 180 degres rotation Irwerted portrait 270 degiee rotation 135 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Before You Use NVRotate Settings Rotation requires an additional video buffer equal to the settings for the rotated device For systems with limited video memory this can restrict the modes for which rotation can be su
181. ou have modified and then renamed Note Remember that when you delete a profile that is associated with a single application or multiple applications all NVIDIA settings for that one or multiple applications as you ve set in that profile are remove d If you have created another profile that contains any of these same applications you may want to use that profile 109 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Basic Driver Settings Antialiasing Settings Antialiasing is a technique used to minimize the stairstep effect sometimes seen along the edges of 3D objects Your selection can range from turning antialiasing completely off to selecting the maximum amount possible for a particular application Use this slider to set the degree of antialiasing to be used in Direct3D and OpenGL applications Tips on setting antialiasing modes Some antialiasing settings require a large amount of video memory If the mode you requested requires more video memory than available and you see unexpected results try selecting the next lower mode and so on until you achieve the desired result You may also want to experiment with different screen resolutions refresh rates and or color depths until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for antialiasing to work Figure 7 8 NVIDIA Driver Settings Standard NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 72 X Z NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 PK _A
182. p by 90 180 and 270 degrees e Improved and expanded NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager application nView Desktop Manager has now been redesigned with a convenient user interface and many new features and utilities Jes ened to solve specific problems for users Utilities such as anti keystoning support and flat panel monitor calibration screens and utilities have been designed to improve windows multi display usability 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 Note For further details on aS and many new nView Desktop Manager features see the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User s Guide Release 25 Enhancements The Release 25 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Driver for Windows e nView The latest multi monitor technology encompassing driver support multi monitor GPU architecture and desktop management support nView consists of two main modules nView Display Manager New support for multi monitor functionality including Clone modes and Horizontal and Vertical spanning modes nView Desktop Manager A control panel and desktop management engine for application window management and extension of functions and support for multiple desktops e Dualview support for Windows 2000 Improved DirectX Video Acceleration DXVA Spe
183. phics performance of your NVIDIA GPU by selecting Maximum Performance Choose a compromise between the two settings by using Balanced Using the HiRes Desktop Scaling Feature High resolution HiRes desktops are used with many workstation applications which often results in desktops that are difficult to navigate For example Figure 7 30 illustrates the effect of high resolution on icon size Figure 7 30 3840 x 2400 versus 1920 x 1200 NVIDIA Corporation 152 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features HiRes desktop scaling allows you to comfortably view desktops set to 3840x2400 by scaling it down to 1920 x 1200 without affecting the OpenGL window resolution Figure 7 31 illustrates the difference in OpenGL applications when viewed ona desktop set to 1920 x 1200 versus a desktop set to 3480 x 2400 with hires scaling enabled OpenGL wireframe with desktop hires scaled to 1920 x 1200 from 3840 x 2400 153 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Activating HiRes Desktop Scaling To enable HiRes desktop scaling on flat panel displays capable of 3840 x 2400 follow these steps 1 Right click from your Windows desktop to display the desktop menu 2 Click Properties gt Settings to display the Windows Display Properties Settings page Figure 7 32 3 If Dualview is enabled click the display icon corresponding to your high resolution display
184. piels Monto setings Screen refresh rale 60 Hertz 7 Show only physical parring resolutions Last attempted mode 1280x1024 32 bit 60 Hertz 4 Use the Screen resolution slider to set the resolution so that the primary display s resolution is greater than the secondary display s resolution Note If you set the same screen resolution value for both primary and secondary displays you cannot pan scan the desktop area on the secondary display both displays will remain static 5 Use the Screen resolution slider to set the resolution so that the primary display s resolution is greater than the secondary display s resolution Note If you set the same screen resolution value for both primary and secondary displays you cannot pan scan the desktop area on the secondary display both displays will remain static 6 Optional If you want you can select a refresh rate from the list box 7 Click Apply and OK close the Screen Resolution amp Refresh Rates page and return to the nView Display Settings page Note Now that you have adjusted the screen resolutions notice that you can move your mouse horizontally and or vertically all the way across the 61 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings desktop on your secondary display i e display 1b to pan and scan the desktop thus enabling the Virtual Desktop fe k ature Disabling Auto Panning Lock Pan Position Disabling the pan a
185. played on a hardware overlay to be displayed at full screen on a secondary display Currently Video Mirror functionality is available under e Windows 2000 in TwinView Clone mode e Windows 9x in TwinView Clone or Span mode e Windows 95 in TwinView Clone mode NVIDIA Corporation 220 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Desktop Manager Desktop Manager allows the user to run an application on one or both monitors This configuration may be useful for entertainment applications such as DVD playback and digital video editing Desktop Manager functions under the TwinView Extended Desktop Span mode and in addition to being supported by the NV11 chipset i e the GeForce2 MX or the Quadro2 MXR graphics board is also supported by any two NVIDIA graphics boards running in multi monitor mode Digital Vibrance Control Digital Vibrance Control DVC a mechanism for controlling color separation and intensity boosts the color saturation of an image DVC is supported by the NV11 chipset i e the GeForce2 MX or Quadro2 MXR graphics board OpenGL The NVIDIA OpenGL Settings control panel contains the following changes e Improved full scene anti aliasing methods e Additional options for Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 Force 16 bit Depth Buffer Enable Advanced Multiple Monitors Direct3D The NVIDIA Direct3D Settings control panel contains the following changes e Improved full scene anti alia
186. ple a mobile laptop or notebook computer s LVDS internal display panel desktop Desktop is your Windows on screen work area on which windows icons menus and dialog boxes appear Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D Glossary dialog box Dialog boxes are user input windows that contain command button and various options through which you can carry out a particular command or task For example in a Windows application Save As dialog box you must indicate the folder to contain the document to be saved and the name of that document when saving it dual card configuration A setup where two or more displays such as an analog display a digital display or a TV are connected to two NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards installed in the computer GPU NVIDIA graphics processor chip products are called graphics processing units GPU Supported NVIDIA GPUs are listed in Chapter 2 The graphics card you are using is based on an NVIDIA GPU HDTV high definition television A system for transmitting a TV signal with far greater resolution than the standard National Television Committee NTSC standards An HDTV set requires at least two million pixels versus a common television set of 360 000 multi graphics card configuration A setup where two or more displays such as an analog display a digital display or a TV are connected to two or more NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards installed in the computer
187. pplication profiles on one page All application profiles including workstation applications are combined into the same application profiles page Added a triple buffering option for improved frame rates Does not apply to applications that are fully OpenGL based Added a transparency antialiasing option which applies to graphics cards based on the Quadro FX 4500 and newer series of GPUs This option enables transparent pixels such as between fence links or leaves on trees within textures to be used in edge blending operations to clean up jaggies in images Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Added a gamma correct antialiasing option which applies to graphics cards based on the Quadro FX 4500 and newer series of GPUs This option enables gamma correct antialiasing for a better color calculation to help reduce jaggies and maintain the highest level of color reproduction of 3D images Improved the SLI rendering mode options by allowing complete end user control of SLI for any application This provides maximum flexibility over creating application profiles for any for current and new applications e Underscan support has been added for full screen overlay and full screen video mirror outputs nView Desktop Manager Note Release 75 no longer supports the nView Display Wizard for Windows NT 4 0 and NVKeystone for Windows 98 Me The driver does include enhancement to
188. pported In nView Clone mode both displays are rotated In Dualview mode either of the displays can be rotated provided there is enough memory to perform the rotation operation Only applications that include support for rotation will work in rotated modes Because rotated modes consume additional system and graphics resources you might experience slower video performance and poorer graphics quality under the following conditions You are using slower GPUs such as those in the NVIDIA GeForce2 or older series Other demands are placed on the NVIDIA graphics driver such as moving the application window across the desktop Enabling NVRotate Settings The following desktop rotations options are available Landscape is the default mode Figure 7 20 Inverted Landscape results in a 270 degree rotation Figure 7 21 Portrait results in a 90 degree rotation Figure 7 22 Inverted Portrait results in a 180 degree rotation Figure 7 22 Restore Default results in the default Landscape mode Figure 7 20 As shown in Figure 7 21 to perform the desktop rotation you can click one of the three arrow buttons on the NVRotate page or you can click the semi circular arrow on the top right of the screen image and drag it in the direction of the rotation Click OK after selecting an option for the rotation change to take effect NVIDIA Corporation 136 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Figu
189. primary display is BrE by a and 55 the secondary display is designated by b Both display are identified with the same number 1 in this case can also be another Windows display number depending on your configration because in nView Span mode Windows doesn t treat the primary and secondary displays as two separate displays For details on this concept see the section nView Span Modes vs Dualview Mode Features on page 53 From the Windows Display Properties Settings tab if you click Identify when you are in nView Span mode you will see the Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings same number displayed on each of your active displays Figure 4 13 nView Vertical Span Mode Windows XP G 3 Guedo Fx 3000 riViev Display Sellings Peifaimance amp Quality Settings Cokr Comection Video Ovelay Sellings Full Screen Video Taals NvRalale Tempeialwe Settings Screen Resolulions amp Relresh Rales Desklop Overlap and Edge Blending s h Deskicp Management NVIDIA Corporation i Menu Edling NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 riview Display Moda Primary display E Eiz LESS Secondary display B ViewSonic GS815 EZ Make this the primary desplay Disable auto parring on secondary device viewport lock 56 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Using nView Clone Mode Note You must have at least two displays connecte
190. r 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Figure 3 11 NVIDIA Display Menu Sample Tool Tip for Disabled Settings NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 B Quado FX 3000 e niew Display Settings RVIDIA d Appicaion peolies Color Comection Application Active profile Video Overlay Sellings listen TE i j Ful Scieen Video Using g iver gi Tools Lb Antialiasing settings N Rotate i Temperalise Sallinge This control is disabled because the Refresh Rate Ovenides corresponding Applicatior contolled setting Screen Resokbons amp Refresh Rates ts checked W Desktop Manegenent Menu Editing To manually specify these settings uncheck the associated Application controlled check A box 2a Sample tool tip Application cortoted disabled settings Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver Note It is strongly recommended that you follow the steps in this section to completely uninstall the existing NVIDIA driver installed on your computer before you install a new version of the driver To uninstall the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver follow these steps 1 From the Windows taskbar click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel to open the Control Panel window 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs item 3 Click the NVIDIA Display Driver item from the list A prompt appears asking whether you want to delete all of the saved nView profiles 4 Click Change Remov
191. r HDTV screen so that part of your Windows taskbar such as the Start button or the clock are not visible Overscan shift will enable you to pan your desktop by moving your mouse over the edges of your desktop so that the hidden areas become visible 1 From the HDTV Overscan Configuration page select the Overscan shift option Figure 6 7 and click Apply 2 Use the slider to indicate to what degree you want to pan the edges of the desktop for the hidden parts to be visible If you move the slider all the way to the left that indicates zero panning The further right you move the slider the more you have to pan 3 Click OK or Apply when done NVIDIA Corporation 90 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV As you are applying the adjustments you will be prompted to confirm proper settings by the messages in Figure 6 8 Figure 6 7 HDTV Overscan Configuration Overscan shift Selected HDTV Overscan Compensation Ti Some definition types may cause the Windows taskbar to reside off screen Je rN a method that provides the desired appearence of the Windows O Native Display the Windows desktop using the native resolution of your display without any adjustments Display the Windows desktop using the native resolution but allow the desktop to pan when moving the cursor near the edges of the screen Set the pan starting point by adjusting the sh t threshold y O Underscan F the entire desktop to my scteen Reduce the
192. r Settings The list that appears in the Global driver settings section contain OpenGL and Direct3D based settings which you can modify When Basic settings is selected in the View window Figure 7 2 a standard shorter list of settings appear in the Global driver settings list For details about these basic driver settings see Basic Driver Settings on page 110 When you select Advanced settings from the View window additional advanced settings intended for advanced users appear in the Global driver settings list For details about these advanced driver settings see Advanced Driver Settings on page 113 You can change driver settings for any applications that you are currently running See Changing Global Driver Settings on page 103 You can also change driver settings for existing workstation application profiles and new application profiles you are adding and then save these settings See Modifying an Existing Application Profile on page 105 Changing Global Driver Settings To change driver settings globally for any OpenGL based or Direct3D based application you are running follow these steps 1 Make sure the Active profile list is set to Global driver settings 2 Click Apply 3 From the Global driver settings list click a setting that you want to change 103 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features 4 Notice that the setting is highlighted
193. r support for enhanced instructions used by certain central processing units CPUs Some CPUs support additional 3D instructions that NVIDIA Corporation 116 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features 117 complement your NVIDIA GPU and improve performance in 3D applications Enabling this setting lets you disable support for these additional 3D instructions in the drivers which can be useful when comparing performance or when troubleshooting Off Support for enhanced instructions used by certain CPUs is not disabled Maximize texture memory Enabling this option sets aside as much memory as possible for use by texture maps This can increase performance for highly texture intensive applications but at the expense of a minor amount of performance for non textured applications Buffer Flipping Mode Click the list to display the buffer flipping modes for full screen OpenGL applications You can select one of the following methods e Use Block Transfer is the block transfer method e Auto select allows the driver to determine the best method based on your hardware configuration Antialiasing Line Gamma Note This setting is available on newer NVIDIA GPUs such as the Quadro FX series Enabling this option allows gamma corrected antialiased lines to consider variances in the color display capabilities of your displays when rendering smooth lines Antialiasing Full Screen Gamma Note This setting is av
194. r to the NVIDIA Web page www nvidia com 12 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Other Related Documentation e NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User s Guide Release 90 driver version Refer to this document if you are primarily using the NVIDIA desktop consumer products i e graphics cards based on the NVIDIA GeForce series of GPUs e NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers nView Desktop Manager User s Guide Release 90 driver version Refer to this document if you are using the nView Desktop Manager application component of the ForceWare graphics driver e NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Release Notes Release 90 driver version These Release Note documents describe performance improvements and software fixes in the ForceWare graphics drivers Release notes also enable add in card AIC producers and original equipment manufacturers OEMs to monitor performance improvements and bug fixes in the driver Online Help Context Help You can obtain context Help for any of the settings on the NVIDIA display control panel pages Also when a setting is disabled grayed out placing the cursor on the setting provides too tip help indicating the reason it is disabled For complete details on Help and tool tips see Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips on page 33 NVIDIA Corporation 13 Chapter 1 Introduction NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Manager
195. rds in one computer running Windows XP Note When running Windows with multiple graphics cards i e two or more NVIDIA GPU based graphics card are installed in your computer the same NVIDIA driver version must be installed for each graphics card Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 1 Make sure you have an AGP slot and a PCI slot on your computer 2 Install the appropriate NVIDIA GPU based PCI and AGP cards 3 Make sure the graphics cards are securely seated in their slots 4 Connect the appropriate display devices to each card making sure that the cable connectors are securely attached to the graphics cards 5 Turn on your display devices Examples and Setup The examples in this appendix show the following NVIDIA based graphics cards and configurations e The Quadro FX 3000 GPU based graphics card is an AGP card supporting multi display nView functionality e The GeForce4 MX GPU based graphics card is a PCI card supporting nView multi display functionality Note Depending on the number of PCI slots in your computer you can install more than one PCI graphics cards These examples use only one PCI graphics card NVIDIA Corporation 168 Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 169 9 Start up your computer Your desktop will appear on one of the display devices attached to one of your grap
196. re 7 21 NVRotate Settings Inverted Landscape Mode NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 To rotate your desktop click one of these arrow buttons or Select one of these options Landscape 0 degies rotation ee Portrait 90 degree rotation A Inveited poitrak 270 dages rotation Figure 7 22 NVRotate Settings Portrait amp Inverted Portrait Mode NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 S AVIDIA x O Lendscape 0 degies rotation Landscape 0 degies rotation Portrait 90 degree rotation O Inverted landscape 190 degree rotation O Inverted landscape 190 degree rotation Inverted portrak 270 dages rotation 137 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adjusting Temperature Settings Note The Temperature Settings page is available with GeForce FX and newer NVIDIA GPUs and on certain older NVIDIA GPUs only if the option has been enabled on your computer Temperature settings let you adjust the temperature of the selected NVIDIA GPU on your computer Accessing the Temperature Settings Page To access the Temperature Settings page click Temperature Settings from the NVIDIA display menu Figure 7 23 Temperature Settings NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 dled B Quado F lt 3000 nview Display Settings Perlormance amp Quality Setlings Colo Conection Core slowdown threshold Temperature level Video Overlay Settings P Ful Screen Vid
197. rectX and 2D graphics Video Enhancements Video enhancements in Release 65 include e Optimized motion compensation and video processing to take advantage of the capabilities of the newest generation of NVIDIA GPUs e Support for Microsoft s Certified Output Protection Protocol COPP e Improved media capture interface 3D Graphics API Enhancements e DirectX Enhancements DirectX 9 0c Compatibility Supports the capabilities of the newest generation of NVIDIA GPUs for improved DirectX shader handling and reduced CPU overhead e OpenGL Enhancements Improved and more efficient vertex_buffer_object VBO handling More efficient memory management for improved performance under Dualview NVIDIA Corporation 208 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History HDTV Support Enhancements Release 65 offers improved HDTV over DVI underscan support exposed through the NVIDIA control panel Desktop Manager and Control Panel Improvements Release 65 includes the following improvements in the Desktop Manager and NVIDIA display control panel e High Resolution Scalable Desktop Performance e Desktop Manager Wizards e Desktop Manager Hot Keys Toolbars and Gridlines e Application Profiles e Control Panel User Interface Release 60 Enhancements Latest GPU Support The ForceWare Release 60 graphics drivers support the newest generation of NVIDIA GPUs including e Improved vertex and pixel compile
198. resolulion by adjusting the underscan percentage C Remember my preference for the selected foemat Figure 6 8 Confirm Display Settings Prompts Display Settings i Windows wil now apply your new display settings This wil take afew seconds during which time your screen may flicker If your new settings are not applied correctly your original display settings vll be automatically restored in 15 seconds Confirm Display Settings ep Your desktop hes been reconfigured Do you want to keep these settings Reverting in 12 seconds 91 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Using Underscan As explained in Underscan on page 82 use this option to reduce your desktop resolution so that the entire desktop is visible on your TV screen without having to pan 1 From the HDTV Overscan Configuration page select the Underscan option Figure 6 9 and click Apply Figure 6 9 HDTV Overscan Configuration Underscan Selected HDTV Overscan Compensation Some definition types may cause the Windows taskbar to reside off screen w fed a method that provides the desired appearence of the Windows O Native Display the Windows desktop using the native resolution of your display without any adjustments Overscan shift Display the Windows desktop using the native resolution but allow the desktop to pan when moving Ihe cursor near the edges of the screen Set the pan starting point by adjusting
199. rkstation User s Guide Chapter 2 System Requirements Figure 2 2 nView Desktop Manager Save Profile Settings Save Profile You ara about to overvite the profile do you si want to save the Curent sailings to the peolla Profile name dec Desciiptior NVIDIA display dine options CI Save desktop colours C Save petlormance and quality settings C Save ovellap and edge blending setting C Save overlay and full screen settings Desktop managemert options C Save open application state Save desktop management settings CI Save display mode jilormation 4 To customize the settings you can select or clear any of the settings check boxes 5 Click Save to return to the main Profiles page If you created a new profile you will see the name of the newly created profile in the profiles list If you overwrote a current profile the same profile name is retained in the list Note nView Desktop Manager profile tvp files are saved in the Windows nView directory Depending on the version of the NVIDIA driver previously installed profiles may also be saved in the Documents and Settings All Users Application Data nView_Profiles directory 6 Now you can uninstall your current driver for a driver upgrade 7 After you restart your computer following an NVIDIA new driver install you can easily load the saved profile from the Profiles page of nView Desktop Manager NVIDIA Corporation 20 Chapter 2 System Requireme
200. roperties Setting Access 29 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu 29 The NVIDIA GPU Page 31 Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items 31 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips 33 Context Helps a cee a eee eee ee eo eee 33 Tool TIPS sy ac e438 eee wee Sw EES 34 Windows style tool tip pop up Help appears when you hover your mouse pointer on an item that is partially obscured For example you can place you mouse on any of the long NVIDIA menu names that may be partially obscured such as Performance and Quality Settings and be able to view the name in its EMUS ai vaca a ek se sas tes hee ne eer ee eR Re 34 Tool Tips for Disabled Settings 34 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver 35 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings nView Display Modes 2 002 37 nView Multi Display Applications 39 Accessing the Display Context Menus 41 About Display Numbering 42 About Renaming Displays 42 NVIDIA Multi Display Support 44 Primary and Secondary Displays 46 nView Display Mode 46 Windows Display Properties Settings 46 Using nView Dualview Mode 47 Key Features ss sie a das 28 a ae 47 Initial Installation of nView Dualview Mode Windows 2000 ssa ice a ae a ot ere 49 User s Guide Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial Installation Windows 2000 51 Using nView Span Modes 52
201. rs e Video shaders PCI Express Support ForceWare Release 60 offers 2D and 3D graphics driver support for the PCI Express I O including e DirectX support e Enhanced OpenGL support Improved texture memory management and bandwidth utilization 209 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Enhancements in Driver Performance e Enhanced Robustness The ForceWare Release 60 graphics driver offers more robust stability and compatibility in DirectX support antialiasing and desktop rotation e Reduction of OCA issues e Dynamic video memory streamlines operating system resources for large frame buffer configurations 3D Graphics API Enhancements Direct3D DirectX 9 0c Support OpenGL e New drivers for the OpenGL ARB shading language GLSL e Enhanced support for Windows XP 64 Bit Edition and IA32 E e New extensions GL_NV_fragment_program2 GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate NV_vertex_program3 ATI_draw_buffers ATI_texture_float ATI_texture_mirror_once GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_NVX_centroid_sample GL_NVX_conditional_render NVIDIA Corporation 210 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Release 55 Enhancements The Release 55 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Driver for Windows The following highlights the new features in Release 55 PCI Express Suppor
202. rtium Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel DirectX Microsoft Microsoft Internet Explorer logo Outlook PowerPoint Windows Windows logo Windows NT and or other Microsoft products referenced in this guide are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U S and or other countries OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics Inc Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated NVIDIA NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara CA 95050 www nvidia com NVIDIA Quadro Professional Drivers User s Guide Table of Contents 1 Introduction Abo tthis Guide ss sses rerewe dw og aes 1 Other Related Documentation 2 Online Helps s sa ie ele We or eee ewe Gm 2 Context Help e g cig eid ee gd Sha ew 2 NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop MANAG CM oa 22 1a tds ale are ae org Wales sah a 3 Release 90 Enhancements 3 QpenGl sss eid od eed aig eed E ete ww 3 Mdd semenada i am cae he Sw Le 4 Video Processing Improvements 4 New Features Available Only in the New NVIDIA Control Panel 4 Control Panel x amp isa eg daces Se endana 4 2 System Requirements Hardware and Software Support 5 Supported Operating Systems 5 Supported NVIDIA Products 6 Supported Languages 7 Diverlpstala
203. ry resolution is smaller than the HDTV then the HDTV needs to upscale it to fit the current format or black borders will appear around the desktop To reduce the brightness of the border you can use the Video border option on the TV Output page see Device Adjustments TV Output on page 73 If the primary resolution is greater than the HDTV format then HDTV will pan on the secondary display Any format change on the secondary HDTV display causes the physical mode to change based on the associated resolution for the selected format See Television and HDTV Formats and Desktop Resolutions on page 80 Using HDTV in nView Dualview Mode As with nView Single Display mode based on the connector Supported Television HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs on page 79 in use all the associated HDTV formats Supported Television HDTV Formats for Analog and Digital Outputs on page 79 will be available in the nView Display Settings context menu available from the TV display icons as well as from the TV Settings screen Using HDTV Formats Note The following procedure can be used for nView Single display Clone or Dualview mode 1 After installing the NVIDIA Release 80 graphics driver right click on your Windows desktop 2 Ifyou have an HDTV connected in nView single display mode then select the TV option If you have dual displays connected then select the NVIDIA Display option and then select the TV displ
204. s Indicates the number of all visible pixels in one horizontal line The Vertical lines group box contains vertical advanced timing settings Sync width Click the up or down arrow to specify the blanking period during which the synchronization pulse is active Front porch Click the up or down arrow to specify the vertical blanking period that occurs between the end of the active period and the beginning of the synchronization pulse Back porch Click the up or down arrow to specify the blanking period that occurs between the end of the synchronization pulse and the next active period Vertical sync polarity Click the up or down arrow to specify the direction of rapid transient change in the amplitude of a signal from a baseline during the vertical synchronization pulse If the vertical synchronization polarity value is positive the value of the vertical synchronization pulse is higher than the baseline value If the vertical synchronization polarity value is negative the value of the vertical synchronization pulse is lower than the baseline value Note You can select the vertical synchronization polarity independently of the horizontal synchronization polarity Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Table 7 1 Advanced Timing Parameters continued Advanced Timing Parameter Description Refresh rate Refresh rate indicate
205. s NVR alale Temperature Sevings Sereen Recoluliane amp Re legs Rales i gt Desklop Overlap and Edge Blending e p Deskin Management KenuEciling Select Treat Digital Display as HDTV and click Apply to enable the HDTV formats NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 a maani 3000 rV iewe Display Sellings Pelfanmarce amp Qualty Sevtings Cobr Comection Wideo Oveily Sellinge Full Screen Vide o Tage NvRatale Temperaluwe Sevings Screen Resobulians amp Retire she A ales Desktop Overlap and Edge Blending B Deskloa Manageme ri Menu Edling NVIDIA Corporation riview Display Moda Primary display Seconday display m i AVIDA riview allowsy Sp pper raean e to a snige graphics ond rView Display Mode hs Primary daplay i anioe Seconday deplay B Sory VPA Display xQ f sen vy WPL 500 Denia Riera w Treat Digtal DEplgy s HDTV 400p EDT Select TY format F HDTV Orversican Corfiguratieg w 725p HDTV TY Weard amp 1050 HOTY E Make this the primary display Primary Diala Mda isable auto parinang or redai de Color Correction Adwanced 88 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Figure 6 4 TV Settings HDTV Component Connection TY Settings ades TY Settings i OBNIDIA j 4 dd Signal foemet Select a signal foemat supported by pour TY Click this list to select an HDTV EDTV SD
206. s contrast and saturation of the TV image NVIDIA Corporation 74 Chapter 5 Configuring Displays Flicker Use the Flicker slider to adjust the amount of flicker filter you want applied to the TV signal Note It is recommended that you turn off the Flicker filter completely move slider all the way to the left for DVD movie playback from a hardware decoder Overdrive To use the Overdrive slider select the check box and click Apply The overdrive range is between 0 and 100 When you set the slider to adjust overdrive you are simultaneously adjusting the Brightness and Contrast slider to remove or reduce edge breaks i e the balloon effect of the visible edges based on content As you increase the overdrive value the Brightness is increased and the Contrast is decreased by a similar amount Overscan Shift Note This feature is available on the following TV encoders Conexant 871 872 873 874 875 and integrated encoders Depending on the TV encoder on the NVIDIA GPU or NVIDIA GPU based graphics card for some HDTV output modes there is no available downscaler to implement overscan compensation The Overscan shift slider option is available for this condition Using the Overscan shift slider you can shift the desktop by 0 to 20 based on the position of this slider in response to the movement of your mouse For example if you start moving the mouse cursor near the Windows taskbar Start button the de
207. s 2 6 05 sad Gs a Ss Se eee ee ne ee ee ee 80 D Connector Output MOd S sssaaa aaa a era Gare eee a ae a 80 Optimizing HDTV Viewing e soss 6 6 6 4 nua Seay andes da de ales we ee eee 82 Advanced Timing Parameters ss 664 664d ew dw ew Se Ow Se a ear we we we we 145 Display Timing Standards s s 3404 6 d94 ed a 404 SORE ewe we Swe eae oe 147 Release 70 Graphics Driver Performance Improvement and New Features 206 NVIDIA Corporation viii NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User s Guide O List of Figures Figure 2 1 nView Desktop Manager Sample Profiles Page 2 eee eevee Figure 2 2 nView Desktop Manager Save Profile Settings 02 2 eee eee 11 Figure 2 1 nView Desktop Manager Sample Profiles Page ee eee eee eee 19 Figure 2 2 nView Desktop Manager Save Profile Settings 0 e eee eee eee 20 Figure 3 3 NVIDIA Display Options from a Video File Context Menu T 52 e200 27 Figure 3 4 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area 28 Figure 3 5 NVIDIA Settings Sample Men s sss seasan ede wei Soe Re Rw a 28 Figure 3 6 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Four Connected Graphics Cards 28 Figure 3 10 NVIDIA Display Sample Context Help 1 2 eee ee ee ee ee ee ee 34 Figure 3 11 NVIDIA Display Menu Sample Tool Tip for Disabled Settings 35 Figure 4 1 nView Single Display Mode Windows XP
208. s how many times per second the electron beam in the picture tube is moved from top to bottom in the case of a CRT analog display or more generally the frequency at which the entire screen is refreshed Specify the frequency at which your entire screen is refreshed or retraced to prevent the image from flickering Note This frequency is limited by the display s maximum horizontal scan rate and the current resolution as higher resolution implies more scan lines Note The value should not exceed the display s maximum vertical scanning frequency Active pixels Indicates the number of all visible pixels in one vertical line Interlaced mode Interlaced mode refers to interlaced scanning which is a method of sending the image to your display where even scan lines are drawn during the first field in a frame and odd scan lines are drawn during the second field in the frame Note Also see the explanation for I interlaced scanning on page 146 Unlike the progressive scanning method where all the scan lines are updated in each frame interlaced scanning results in a higher frame rate but usually causes image flicker Unlike the progressive scanning method where all the scan lines are updated in each frame interlaced scanning results in a higher frame rate but usually causes image flicker Pixel clock Pixel clock indicates how many millions of pixels are output per second In other words this is the frequency at
209. s on monitors that support it Release 75 Enhancements OpenGL Enhancements e Support for OpenGL 2 0 Specification e New extensions 201 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History ARB_draw_buffers ARB_color_buffer_float ARB_half_float_pixel ARB_texture_float SLI Support Improvements e SLI support for OpenGL workstation applications with Quadro based PCI Express graphics cards e Additional SLI support Release 75 adds support for the following combinations of PCI Express graphics cards and NVIDIA products as listed below NVIDIA Product PCI Express Graphics Cards NVIDIA nForce4 SLI NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 GeForce 7800 GTX GeForce 7800 GTX NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 NVIDIA nForce Professional 2050 All NVIDIA GPUs GeForce 6600 GeForce 6600 e Improved SLI performance for DirectX and OpenGL applications e Improved end user control of SLI profiles and rendering modes see descriptions of SLI based options in Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings on page 97 Display Driver e Improved support for custom timings including non divisible by 8 resolutions on TMDS LVDS panels control of back end and front end timings and variable overscan shift values The driver can also present underscan modes on demand and supports variable underscan ratios e Off screen 2D memory management optimiz
210. s ss see a a a eee he 99 Color Curve Graph 100 Image Sharpening 101 Color Prolil sasssa te oe ae et ta as 101 Add ICC Profile Mode 101 Other SeuingS ic keke ee RE ER 101 Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings 102 Changing Global Driver Settings 103 Modifying an Existing Application Profile 105 Adding a New Application Profile 108 Adding Profiles With an SLI Configuration 109 Deleting Application Profiles 109 Basic Driver Settings 110 Antialiasing Settings 110 Anisotropic Filtering 111 Vertical SYM s ow awe ea We ee ew ee ee 112 Unified back depth buffer 112 Early Z 6Stiaxedoe ose ee ee we ws 112 Advanced Driver Settings 113 Color Prole ee maaa aie dow ary eases 113 Conformant Texture Clamp 114 Extension LMM ser ee ae ee ee 114 Hardware Acceleration 114 NVIDIA Corporation User s Guide Disable Enhanced CPU Instruction Set 116 Maximize texture memory 117 Buffer Flipping Mode 117 Antialiasing Line Gamma 117 Antialiasing Full Screen Gamma 117 Texture Color Depth 118 Triple B ftering ss ee aos oe ee oe 4 es 118 Gamma Correct Antialiasing 118 Transparency Antialiasing 118 SLI Rendering Mode 119 About Using Other SLI based Advanced SOMHINGS s ccsa aea a ite a eee we 119 Enable
211. save the current color settings as a custom setting Saved settings will then be added to the Color Profile list as a custom setting e Delete lets you delete the custom color setting currently selected in the list e Restore Defaults restores all color values to the hardware factory settings 101 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings The following topics are discussed in this section Changing Global Driver Settings on page 103 Modifying an Existing Application Profile on page 105 Adding a New Application Profile on page 108 Deleting Application Profiles on page 109 Basic Driver Settings on page 110 Advanced Driver Settings on page 113 To access the Performance and Quality Settings page from the NVIDIA display menu click the Performance and Quality Settings option Figure 7 2 Figure 7 2 Performance and Quality Settings Page Plug and Play Monitor and NVIDIA Quadro FX 300 BAE Gener Adapter Monitor Troubleshoot Color Management EJ Quadro Fx 3000 gt D B Quado Fx 3000 riView Display Settings _ ANIDIA Peifomance amp Quality Settings Application profiles Cobi Correction Applcatiore Aciive profile Video Oveilay Settings Using global diver setling Global dives settings Full Screen Video T
212. sing methods not previously available e Removed certain obsolete options Cursor Trails Support Release 6 for Windows provides support for cursor trails in Windows 9x 221 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Control Panels TwinView Digital Vibrance Control OpenGL and Direct3D features have associated NVIDIA specific windows control panels from which these features can be configured These control panels are normally accessed by following one of these procedures from the Windows active desktop e Click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Display gt Settings gt Advanced or e Click the right mouse button and select Properties gt Settings gt Advanced Release 5 Enhancements The Release 5 driver adds capabilities in the following areas OpenGL Changes have been made to the core extensions performance and available features of OpenGL OpenGL 1 2 Core Release 5 adds all the features that constitute the OpenGL 1 2 core capabilities e BGRA pixel formats e packed pixel formats plus R5_G6_B5 formats and reversed formats e rescaling vertex normals e specular highlights after texturing e level of detail control for mipmapped textures supported in software on TNT2 e texture coordinate edge clamping e 3 D textures performed in software on all platforms e vertex array subranges for optimizing vertex array processing glDrawRan
213. sing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages on page 24 Figure 7 11 Video Overlay Settings Windows XP 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 S Quado FX 3000 nview Display Settings Peilormance amp Qualily Setlings Overlay zoom contsols Coke Conection Video Overlay Settings Full Screan Video Tools NVRotate 4 Tenpeiahre Settings Retesh Rate Ovenides Scieen Resolutions amp Refresh Rates Desktop Menagement WK RVIDIA Select scteer region lo 200m Zoom contiel Video Overlay v Meru Edling Overlay color controls Hue 0 Saturation 114 ae ie Overlay Zoom Controls Zoom Control Zoom control lets you zoom into the rendered video Use the drop down menu to select the display type to zoom and use the quadrant selection to select the screen region to zoom e Video Overlay sets the zoom selection to the display on which the overlay video is rendered 123 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Both applies the zoom selection to both the device on which the overlay video is rendered and the full screen display you selected for the video mirror feature see Using Full Screen Video Settings on page 124 Note Video players that cannot detect the presence of Video Mirror may not update the zoom factor immediately while displaying a still frame Out In The Out In slider lets you zoom in on or out of the selected portion of the video playba
214. sktop will shift up and right so that the Start button becomes visible Also if you see a black border on your TV screen you can use the slider to enlarge the TV screen to remove the border 75 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 5 Configuring Displays Video Border for HDTV If you are using an HDTV most HDTV displays such as plasmas suffer from burn in related artifacts which can be distracting Selecting the Video border check box Figure 5 6 applies grey borders to the unused portion of your display to reduce this effect Figure 5 6 HDTV Output Setting Video Border Device Adjustments TY Output RVIDIA Screen positioning i Screen Aqustment Brightness Contrast Overdiive Video boede Select the eee Video border Restore Defaults check box if you see dark or black borders Presets on any unused portion ss of your display NVIDIA Corporation 76 Chapter 5 Configuring Displays Supported TV and HDTV Adjustment Features Based on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU Table 5 1 lists TV encoders and the TV adjustment features they support Table 5 1 TV Encoders and Supported TV Adjustment Features Supported TV Adjustment Features Brightness 3 Contrast 7 Screen Screen TV Encoders Saturation Overdrive Flicker Positioning Size Integrated 1 vA vA Y vA Chrontel 1 Y va v v Philips 24 v Conexant 4 s Y s y Conexant vA s v va 1
215. slider to a custom resolution that you want to delete 4 Click the Remove button to delete that resolution 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 for additional resolutions you want to remove NVIDIA Corporation 142 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Advanced Timing The Advanced Timing page enables you to adjust timings for your NVIDIA GPU based graphics card in order to support a variety of different display timings for ultim Note Note ate flexibility for analog CRT and DVI connections The Advanced Timing button is not available for certain NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards with a DVI connector in use DVI timing adjustment is sed pda for NV3x based Mie cards only if they have an external TMDS such as the SiliconImage 164 If the graphics card uses the internal TMDS then the Advanced Timing button is not available However graphics cards that use the internal TMDS can support refresh rates below 60 Hz using the current NVIDIA Release 60 driver To use the Advanced Timing page you must be an advanced user and familiar with the concepts of display timing standards and parameters If you are not familiar it is recommended that you do not use the Advanced Timing page For additional details refer to the following documents that explain display timing standards gt gt VESA and Industry Standards and Guidelines for Computer Display Monitor Timing DMT published by the Video Electronics Standards Association
216. splay s that are connected to your computer and whether you are innView Dualview mode These display names are also viewable from the nView Settings page Figure 3 9 Note For example if you have multiple displays connected to an NVIDIA dual display oe card in order to see both of your displays you must be in nView Dualview mode In nView Clone or Span mode you can only see one display because Windows considers the displays as a single display in these modes For details see About Display Numbering on page 42 and About Renaming Displays on page 42 4 Select the display for which you want to view the NVIDIA display control panel During first use of the driver the default page that opens is always the main NVIDIA GPU Figure 3 7 On subsequent use the actual NVIDIA control panel page that opens will be the page that was open when you last closed the NVIDIA control panel Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display 25 You can now use the NVIDIA display selection shortcut feature to play video files on any selected display 1 As shown in Figure 3 3 right click on a video file to open its context menu Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Arrange cons By Refresh Paste Paste Shortout o displays connected both displays appear and gt desktop menu only if nView Dualview mode r primary display appears if any other nView
217. t 2D and 3D graphics drivers support the PCI Express I O PAE Support 2D and 3D graphics driver support systems that utilize physical address extensions PAE nView Desktop Manager Enhancements e Seamless nView support between 32 bit and 64 bit processes on Windows 64 bit Edition e Dual NVKeystone support for independent keystone trapezoids under nView Span modes e Per display Desktop Management User Interface Enhancements e New application profiles capability lets you associate a collection of driver settings such as antialiasing and display quality settings with an application e Easy access standalone panel independent of the Microsoft Display Properties window e Improved multi adapter support e Improved television and HDTV controls 2 PAE is an extension that enables Intel compatible computers to address more than 4 GB of physical memory 211 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Video Support Enhancements e Advanced de interlacing and inverse 3 2 pull down capability e Enhanced HDTV and Media Center support 3D Graphics API Enhancements Direct3D e Improved antialiasing performance e Improved shaders OpenGL New extension GL_NV_pixel_buffer_object Release 50 Enhancements The Release 50 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Driver for Windows New Feature Highlights 64 b
218. t will be similar to what is shown in Figure A 7 and Figure A 8 in that the secondary displays become detached because nView Span and Clone modes do not detect the secondary display device as a separate display device 177 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Viewing Multiple NVI DIA GPU based Graphics Cards from the NVIDIA Display Menu You can view multiple NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards from the NVIDIA display menu and easily access the corresponding NVIDIA Display control panel pages to configure advanced display settings for each graphics card See Chapter 8 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features on page 91 Figure A 9 NVIDIA Display Menu Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX 420 Options Quadro FX 3000 menu General Adapter Monitor Troubleshoot Color Management Quadro FX 3000 Quadro FX 3000 amp GeForces MX 420 amp Desktop Mensgement Screen Menus MVIDIA _ Information about your N IDLA based giaphics card and the system itis running on System ir ormation _ Processor AMD Athion tn xP 2500 Operating system Windows XP Service Pack 2 DirectX versione Direc 9 0 or better Graphics cad information Processor Quadro FX 3000 Video BIOS versior 4 352023 07 IRQ 19 Bus AGP amp Memory 256 MB Force are version Adapter Color Management
219. ternet Explorer Popup Preventer Sensitivity Adjustment e Window Management New setting to open window on next empty display NVManagement Improved functionality in response to customer feedback The NVManagement application includes new switches for scripting driver settings Driver Independence For ForceWare graphics drivers Release 50 and later any nView version can be installed over any driver version Release 65 Enhancements 512 MB Frame Buffer Support ForceWare Release 65 graphics drivers provide memory management techniques for supporting 512 MB versions of the new generation of NVIDIA graphics cards such as the GeForce 6800 or Quadro FX 4000 and later Multi GPU Support Release 65 supports the new NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface SLI technology for improved performance using dual high end graphics cards that support SLI 1 Cards must be of the same vendor and model number 207 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History technology such as the PCI Express based GeForce 6800 Ultra GeForce 6800 GT or NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 GPU based graphics cards Operating System Support Release 65 supports Windows XP SP2 and will support the next version of Windows XP Media Center Edition Symphony Enhancements in Driver Performance Improved Robustness The ForceWare Release 65 graphics driver offers improved stability and robustness in Di
220. the latest Quadro and Support of the latest Quadro and GeForce series of GPUs GeForce series of GPUs GeForce series of GPUs Support of the TurboCache memory management architecture of the latest GeForce 6200 series GPUs TurboCache dynamically allocates system memory to augment the frame buffer resulting in increased memory bandwidth nView Desktop Manager New Features e Toggle Stereo 3D Display hot key e Transparent Desktop Lock hot key e Improved compatibility with Windows Remote Desktop Windows XP SP2 Windows XP 64 bit Editions and Windows Media Center Edition e New Display Optimization Wizard Display Calibration Gamma Feature Enhancements e nView Desktop Manager Wizard Improved layout and usability of the wizards NVIDIA Corporation 206 Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History Improved television and HDTV support in the setup wizards and TV Wizard New Display Optimization Wizard Display Calibration Gamma e Profiles tvp file association manage load profiles from Windows Explorer Hot Keys enhancements include Consolidation of some actions providing fewer hot keys and increased functionality New hot keys Activate Last Active Desktop and Show Last Blocked Popup e nView Toolbar Added drag n drop window management to the display toolbars e Gridlines New gridline creation tools to insert preset rows and columns e In
221. the shit threshold Fit the entire desktop to my screen Reduce the resolution by adusting the underscan percentage Overscan Compensation C Remember my preference for the selected foemat 2 Click the Overscan Compensation button to display a screen resolution adjustment control panel Figure 6 10 NVIDIA Corporation 92 Chapter 6 Configuring HDTV Figure 6 10 Underscan Screen Resolution Adjustment Sliders 3 Use the horizontal and vertical sliders to adjust your HDTV desktop size to properly fit your screen For example if your desktop appears smaller than your screen causing a black border around the desktop use the sliders to enlarge the desktop to fit the screen If the desktop is larger than the screen and you want to avoid panning then use the sliders accordingly to adjust the desktop size so that it is fully visible without panning 4 Click OK when done Troubleshooting HDTV Configuration 93 Problem For 480i p 640x480 is the native solution Can NVIDIA support this resolution Answer Actually the native resolution for 480i and 480p is 720x480 NVIDIA does fully support 640x480 also However Windows XP hides that mode from the user Note that this is a Windows XP feature and therefore cannot be changed by NVIDIA To access this resolution follow these steps 1 Right click on your Window desktop and select Properties from the desktop menu The Windows Display Properties window appears Qua
222. the two displays Note The desktop can be extended either horizontally Figure 4 12 or vertically Figure 4 13 5 If two graphics cards are installed the Windows 2000 operating system does detect two devices NVIDIA Corporation 54 Chapter 4 Using nView Multi Display Settings Figure 4 12 nView Horizontal Span Mode Windows XP G Quado FX 3000 ie NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 riViewe Display Sellings Peformance amp Qualty Settings Cok Comection Video Oveilay Sellings Full Screen Video rMiew Display Mode Taols Primary dsplay T Eco L635 NvRalale Secondary display E ViewSoric 65915 Tempstalue Settings Sereen Resobulians amp Relresh Rales Desklop Overlap and Edge Blending ce h Deehop Managemert i Menu Edling F Make this the primary display je a o panta a e a To access the nView Span modes follow these steps 1 Click the Horizontal or Vertical Span setting on the nView Display Settings page and click Apply Click OK and Yes when the messages appear If you just switched from Standard Dualview to one of the Span modes your secondary display will be activated If needed click Detect Displays to enable the displays Depending on whether you have Horizontal or Vertical Span mode enabled you can drag your active windows images or icons horizontally or vertically to move them to the secondary display Note Figure 4 12 and Figure 4 13 show the
223. this setting generally hurts application performance for wireframe rendering NVIDIA Corporation 112 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Advanced Driver Settings When you select Advanced Settings from the View list additional advanced settings appear in the Global driver settings list These settings intended for advanced users are shown in Figure 7 9 through Figure 7 9 and explained in this section Note Availability of the advanced settings described below may depend on the type of NVIDIA GPU that your graphics card is using and or the type of graphics card you are using Figure 7 9 NVIDIA Driver Settings Advanced NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 MPK NVIDIA Quadro Fx 3000 RVIDIA Application profiles Application profiles Faplication Active profile Aoplication sha Active profile ai Using goba driver setings v Global diver settings v V Global Driver Settings x Global driver settings Global Driver Settings Fl Settings F Fa Value Anisotropic fitesng i Nome mage settings iy ni i On of kramar j Show advanced settings Custom MyDesktopCole NVIDIA Advanced Driver Settings Color Profile Use the Color profile setting to associate a color profile with the selected application profile 1 Make sure you have created and saved at least one custom color profile from the Color Correction page For details see Color Profile on page 10
224. tiple displays there are three ways to run multi display configurations under most operating systems Dualview Span or Clone mode These nView display modes are available from the nView Display Settings page as shown in Figure 4 1 and Figure 4 2 Figure 4 1 nView Single Display Mode Windows XP 2000 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra X amp GeForce 800 Ulua riview Display Settings Performance amp Quality Settings Color Comection Video Overlay Settings Troubleshooting NVRetste Temperature Setings H Refresh Rate Ovenides Screen Resolutions amp Reliesh Rates E Desktop Managemert Profiles Windows Applications Desktops User Intetface v re nView display modes current setting is Single display e Single display mode indicates that only one of your connected displays is used Note If you have only one display that is connected you will not see the nView Display Settings option on the menu e Clone mode indicates that both displays in the display pair show images of the same desktop e Horizontal Span mode indicates that both displays in the display pair function as one wide virtual desktop The width of each display is half the width of the total virtual desktop width e Vertical Span mode indicates that both displays in the display pair function as one tall virtual desktop The height of each display is half the height of the total virtual desktop height NVIDIA Corporation 38 Chapter 4 Using nVie
225. ton s sa cai te od iai iaaa 8 System Requirements 8 Installation Instructions 8 Before You Begin s s sss Gee ee es 8 Preserving Settings Before You Upgrade YOUN SOWIE se e che sd we 6 ees eG Oe 9 About Using Saved Profiles in Another GOMPUEh s ss casa geod a ada ea a we wr 11 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Graphics Driver 12 Installing the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 12 OLDER Supported Operating Systems 14 Hardware Supported NVIDIA Products 14 Supported Languages 6 15 Software NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installations e e ee a ec cages race sg ee tte eae ea 17 Minimum Hard Disk Space Requirement 17 Driver Installation Instructions 17 Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your AST LA 2 a a a a a 18 About Using Saved Profiles in Another Compute s sacs s aaa eae aa ee wwe 21 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver SOUWANG a sim diss sdeie a i ed ee eas 21 Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics DIVES s as setae aadddad Roaae 21 NVIDIA Corporation Notes on Feature and Configuration Support Feature SUpport lt s a acaaiw a ace wate a 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards 23 Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages 24 Desktop ACC SS sss x 342 x slew ee es 25 Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display 25 NVIDIA Settings Menu Windows Taskbar ACCESS cakana oe Ga a a a ei 27 Windows Display P
226. ton lo get a 15 second preview ol the selected settings Preview If changes are needed cick Back until pou get to the setting you wart to change If you are happy wath the previews click Next NVIDIA Television Setup Wizard Completing the NVIDIA Television Setup Wizard When you click Firish pour naw television seltings wil be applied HOTY Connector type Componert Delirition 1080 HDT To close the wizard click Finish NVIDIA Corporation 192 Appendix C NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDA Display Wizard Analog Display with HDTV DVI Figure C 6 NVIDIA Display Wizard Analog Display with HDTV DVI Pages 1 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard x Welcome to the NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard High definition Television HDTV i The weard wil help you enable a edli display callings To coritirus chek Next Does your display support high delirtion HDTY conterk Does the display connected to the DVI output support high defintion television HDTY cortent Oei NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Terms amp Conditions of Use Review the terms and conditions To continues vith high definition configuration pou must accept these tems of use TERMS AND CONDITIONS Definition Format Select the definition format for pour television No do net accept these terms Which definition type would you fke to use for your television
227. tures d gosn Video Enable taskbar icon o9 4 NVRotete Enable desktop context menu Tempereture Sellings Display oplimzehon Refresh Aste Overdes 1 Run the Display Optimization Wizard to adjust your dsplay s for Screen Plesoluions amp Aelresh Astes E gt optimal viewsing ard representation of colors amp Desktop Management Menu Editing Display Optimization Wizard Troubleshooting If you have a TY connected and is not being detected select the check bow below C Force TV detection Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar The Enable taskbar icon check box is selected by default on the Tools page Figure 7 15 When this option is selected the NVIDIA Settings menu icon is added to the Windows taskbar notification areas as shown in Figure 7 16 Figure 7 16 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon Displayed in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area pi NVIDIA Settings menu icon Windows taskbar notification area You can click this icon to display and use the NVIDIA Settings menu to apply any of the NVIDIA graphics driver settings which are normally configurable from the NVIDIA display menu on the fly This menu also contains options for restoring default settings and accessing the Windows Display Properties page NVIDIA Corporation 130 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features You can access the following settings using the NVIDIA Settings menu icon Screen Resolution Screen Refresh R
228. ty Vedlical syne Appication Control C Show advanced settings Setting value Application Controted i uf 4 4y Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU Based Graphics Cards Viewing Multiple Card Configurations Using the NVIDIA Settings Menu You can view the multi GPU configurations through the NVIDIA Settings icon on the Windows taskbar If you don t have the NVIDIA Settings icon enabled see Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar on page 126 1 Right click the NVIDIA Settings icon from your Windows taskbar notification area A menu of configuration options appears as shown in Figure A 11 Notice that both Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX 420 GPU based graphics cards are shown in the menu Figure A 11 NVIDIA Settings Menu Displaying NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 based and GeForce4 MX based Graphics Cards E Screen Resolution d E Screen Refresh Rate Color Quality gt 1 nvView Display Mode 4 I Performance amp Quality Settings A nView Desktop Manager Quadro FX 3000 Custom Colour Settings display 1 Rotation Settings GeForce4 MX 420 _ Displa Desktop Colour Options gt EATR EE TV Output amp NvDisplay r About NVIDIA Settings Exit E nview Desktop Manager El Screen Resolution Cl GeForead M400 Dienlay gt GeForce4 MX 420 display 2 E Screen Refresh Rate E Color Quality I Perform
229. uation and the actions that have been taken to prevent possible damage to any particular GPU s in your system 139 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates The Screen Resolution amp Refresh Rates page Figure 7 24 lets you configure screen resolution color quality and screen refresh rates for each of your connected displays To access the Screen Resolutions amp Refresh Rates page click Screen Resolutions amp Refresh Rates from the NVIDIA display menu If you need help in accessing the NVIDIA display menu see Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages on page 24 Figure 7 24 Screen Resolution amp Refresh Rates Page NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 B Quado Fx 3000 A niew Display Seltings BVIDIA Performance amp Qualty Settings Screen tesohtion Color quality Color Correction Less Move Video Dveloy Settings Highest 32 bit wi Ful Screen Video v Tool E E aom NVRotate Temperature Settings Montor setlings 3 Relresh Aate Ovemdes Scteenrelreshrate 60Hertz Sd Screen Resolulions amp RAelresh Fates Desktop Management POET x Piotdes Hide modes that this monito cannot suppait Windows Applications Custom resolutions and refresh rates are x oo a a f a bs Orly show custom bce ike Last atlempted mode 1280x1024 32 bi 60 Heitz Screen Resolution and Color Quality e Screen Resol
230. udes several PureVideo improvements e Increased stability and performance OpenGL The following extensions have been added WGL_NV_gpu_affinity 14 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Video Release 90 includes the following new PureVideo features and improvements Video Processing Improvements Release 90 includes several PureVideo technology improvements e Added noise reduction post processing e Added image sharpening post processing e Improved inverse telecine algorithm e Improved de interlacing algorithm e Improved compatibility with third party MPEG 2 decoders New Features Available Only in the New NVIDIA Control Panel e Color Temperature Correction Allows users to compensate for monitor gamut differences Enhances color correctness of video e Video Gamma Enhancement to include RGB gamma adjustment RGB Gamma for VMR9 Allows users to tweak gamma in channels separately For both Overlay and VMR9 Control Panel Release 90 introduces the new NVIDIA Control Panel as the recommended interface The new interface provides intuitive navigation of NVIDIA display property controls and will be the interface for other NVIDIA software While the Classic Control panel is still available no changes or new features will appear in that interface 1 Video processing improvements are seen in higher HQV benchmark scores NVIDIA Corporation 15 Chapter 2 System Requirements SYSTEM REQU
231. ue set by the PRERENDERLIMIT Registry key which is 3 by default Default is DISABLED Control Panel NVIDIA now provides Control Panel tabs for Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 2000 NVIDIA Corporation 224 Appendix D Glossary 225 GLOSSARY analog display Analog display refers to your CRT display in general The terms CRT and analog display may be used interchangeably in this guide Control Panel Microsoft Windows You can access the Windows Control Panel window by clicking Start gt Settings gt Control Panel from the Windows desktop taskbar control panel NVIDIA display The NVIDIA display properties control panel shown in Chapter 3 and throughout this guide refers to the entire NVIDIA based window with the fly out NVIDIA display menu containing menu options each of which opens to a separate configuration page control panel nView Desktop Manager The nView Desktop Manager control panel refers to the entire nView Desktop Manager control panel window tabbed style or NVIDIA menu style from which you can configure nView Desktop Manager settings For details refer to the nView Desktop Manager User s Guide Release 80 Driver Version nView Desktop Manager is also a clickable icon in the Windows Control Panel group of icons When you click this icon the nView Desktop Manager control panel appears digital display A digital display can be a digital flat panel DFP or for exam
232. ution lets you display available screen resolution settings for the display Move the slider to select a different screen resolution e Color quality lets you displays available color settings for the currently selected screen resolution of the display Use the slider to select a different color setting NVIDIA Corporation 140 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Monitor Settings e Screen refresh rate displays available refresh rates for the currently selected screen resolution of the display Click the list to select a different refresh rate e Show only physical panning resolutions Check this box to allow modes smaller than traditional Windows desktop modes to be set on the selected display This can cause the visible area of the display to possibly appear zoomed or to pan around the desktop depending on the capabilities of the display e Hide modes that this monitor cannot support specifies whether to include modes that are not supported by your display CAUTION Choosing a mode that is inappropriate for your display may cause severe display problems and could damage your hardware Adding Custom Screen Resolutions amp Refresh Rates 1 Click Add to display the dialog box shown in Figure 7 25 Figure 7 25 Add Custom Resolution Dialog Box Custom Resolutions led Enter custom resolution values here To enter a refresh rate that does not appear in the bst pou may lype it in Custom resolution settin
233. val extension can change V sync behavior e V sync is on by default default behavior is selectable with the Control Panel e default anisotropic filtering can be triggered by checking the anisotropic filtering box on the Control Panel 223 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver Feature History e enabling GL_POLYGON_sMOOTH no longer forces software rendering resulting in much better performance at some cost in visual quality Direct3D Release 5 contains the following Direct3D changes e accelerated full scene anti aliasing is enabled GeForce Quadro GeForce2 e limited three stage setup is now possible D3DVTXPCAPS_MATERIALSOURCE7 capability bit is now disabled leaving the driver with DirectX 6 material source capabilities The following Registry keys are useful for applications that do not blit correctly FLUSHAFTERBLITENABLE is a new Registry key that controls the wait after blit condition when the DDBLT_walIT flag is set Default is DISABLED do not wait Note This Registry key was formerly named WAITAFTERBLITENABLE FORCEBLITWAITFLAGENABLE is a new Registry key that forces the DDBLT_WAIT flag to be set for all blits which prevents applications that do not check the return value from unexpectedly losing blits Default is DISABLED LIMITMAXQUEUEDFBBLITSENABLE is a new Registry key that limits the maximum number of queued blits to the front buffer to a val
234. w Multi Display Settings Figure 4 2 nView Multi Display Mode Windows XP 2000 E NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 G Quado FX 3000 riviave Display Sellings Peifamance amp Quality Settings Cobr Correction Video Ovelay Sellings Full Sereen Video Tools NVRolate i Temperalure Settings Screen Resolulions amp Relresh Rales Decklop Overlap and Edge Blending e 3 Deskin Management Menu Edling i riview Display Mede f Duslviove Primary display F Hake this the pimay display re nView display modes current setting is Dualview e Dualview mode Figure 4 2 Figure 4 3 and Figure 4 4 indicates that both displays in the display pair function as one virtual desktop Unlike Horizontal Span or Vertical Span mode Dualview treats each display as a separate device This means that the Windows taskbar will not be stretched across displays and 3D applications are not accelerated as efficiently as when the application spans displays nView Multi Display Applications 39 For extensive information on nView applications click the Products tab from the NVIDIA Web site www nvidia com Engineering or mechanical CAD applications can use multiple displays for different directional views of an object or a building such as a front or side view or even a wireframe model on one screen and a textured version of the same model on another Many professional applications offer extens
235. w mode it is accelerated as long as the window does not span more than one display If the window spans two displays drawing is not accelerated in the window Note In Span modes drawing is always accelerated Dualview mode is supported on various combinations dual displays as explained earlier in nView Display Settings Renaming a Display on page 43 For example you can have a system with the primary display as an analog display that supports up to 1600 x 1200 at 100 Hz refresh rate while the secondary display is connected to an NTSC TV that is limited to 800 x 600 at 60 Hz refresh rate The TV has lower resolution and refresh rate than the analog display because the TV encoder on the GPU has fewer capabilities than the analog display Initial Installation of nView Dualview Mode Windows 2000 Note When you start Windows 2000 with an NVIDIA GPU based multi display graphics card or multiple NVIDIA GPU based graphics cards you are not yet in Dualview mode You can confirm this when you view the Windows Display Properties Settings page and see only one display image in the display Follow these steps to enable Dualview 1 49 Make sure your multi display NVIDIA GPU based graphics card is properly installed in your computer and securely connected to your displays Make sure your displays are turned on and the NVIDIA display driver has been properly installed on your computer After Windows starts up right click on
236. which the display receives pixels from the graphics card The value typically lies within a range 10 to 360 MHz or the DAC maximum value e EIA 861B timing parameters such as 861B 1920 x 1080 59 94 I and 861B 1920 x 1080 59 94 P Note EIA Electronic Industries Alliance 861B timings refers to a CEA EIA standard that consists of display timing and formats that allow the graphics card to connect to Consumer Digital Televisions over a DVI connection and configure itself for the optimum settings of that display 861B refers to an EIA CEA standard and would apply to certain 861 High Definition television HDTV displays P means progressive scanning which is a method of sending an image to your display where all the scan lines are updated in each frame in other words all of the scan lines are displayed sequentially This method used in modern computer displays generally reduces flicker in the displayed image and results in smoother motion for videos I means interlaced scanning which is another method of sending the image to your display where even scan lines are drawn during the first field in a frame and odd scan lines are drawn during the second field in the frame Another way to explain this method is that two passes are used to paint an image on the NVIDIA Corporation 146 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features screen On the first pass every other line is painted and on
237. x end click Apply Clear the Enable menu editing check box after removing menu in order to navigate normally within the NVIDIA display menu 149 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features 2 Remove infrequently used screens by dragging them from the NVIDIA display menu to the list box shown below the check box Figure 7 28 shows the Refresh Rate Overrides and Temperature Settings pages temporarily removed from the NVIDIA display menu 3 To return to normal NVIDIA menu navigation clear the Enable menu editing check box Figure 7 28 4 To restore the menu options back to the NVIDIA display menu you can simply click Restore Defaults or if you want to remove each item manually follow these steps a Select the Enable menu editing check box to insert the check mark b Drag the menu items that you want to restore back to the menu Adjusting PowerMizer Settings On y for Notebook Computers When using a mobile notebook or laptop computer the NVIDIA PowerMizer page lets you regulate the power consumption of your NVIDIA GPU Accessing the PowerMizer Page To access the PowerMizer page click PowerMizer from the NVIDIA display menu If you need help accessing the NVIDIA display menu see Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages on page 24 Figure 7 29 shows the PowerMizer page PowerMizer Settings Current Battery Charge This is the current batter
238. y charge being used by your mobile computer NVIDIA Corporation 150 Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Current Power Source Current power source can be either AC Outlet or Battery In this example Figure 7 29 it is AC Outlet Figure 7 29 PowerMizer Settings Applies on y to Notebook Computers Current power source Multiple Monitors and NVIDIA Qua EA battery Quadro4 700 GoGL S SAKA UME CE is e nView Display Settings oi Perfomance 4 Quality Setlings Color Comection Use these siders to adjust your PowerMizer settings Video Overlay Settings i Current battery charge Ful Screen Video ee Troubleshooting NVRotete Refresh Rete Overrides Screen Reselutions amp Refresh Retes E Desktop Management Menu Editing z Current power level Current Power Level The current power level can apply to either AC outlet or Battery power source depending on the power source being used by your computer e AC Outlet Adjust the power consumption from the AC power source relative to performance by setting one of the following Maximum power savings Maximum performance Balanced e Battery You can choose any one of the following options Conserve battery life by setting Maximum Power Savings but at some decrease in performance 151 Quadro Workstation User s Guide Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Use the full gra

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