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... 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 180 Figure B.1 Sample Component Cables 183 Figure B.2 Sample DVI Cable 184 Figure B.3 Sample Video Cables 185 Figure B.4 Sample NVIDIA Personal Cinema™ A/V Cables 186 Figure C.1 NVIDIA Display Wizard - Custom Setup Pages (1 189 x NVIDIA Corporation Windows XP...
... 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 180 Figure B.1 Sample Component Cables 183 Figure B.2 Sample DVI Cable 184 Figure B.3 Sample Video Cables 185 Figure B.4 Sample NVIDIA Personal Cinema™ A/V Cables 186 Figure C.1 NVIDIA Display Wizard - Custom Setup Pages (1 189 x NVIDIA Corporation Windows XP...
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... Windows 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI X NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 X NVIDIA...
... Windows 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI X NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 X NVIDIA...
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... • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition • Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition • Microsoft Windows 2000 Hardware - Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products Product Windows XP 32-bit Windows 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 X Windows XP...
... • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition • Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition • Microsoft Windows 2000 Hardware - Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products Product Windows XP 32-bit Windows 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 X Windows XP...
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...) Product NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 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...
...) Product NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 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...
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... as vegetation, chain‐link fences, and similar objects. Transparency Antialiasing Note: This option has no effect on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs. • On enables gamma correct antialiasing, which your desktop settings. Transparency antialiasing, ...feature, use of textures of the specified color depth, regardless of your Windows desktop is available on applications that are exclusively OpenGL‐based. This improvement in objects such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs. Triple Buffering • On enables ...
... as vegetation, chain‐link fences, and similar objects. Transparency Antialiasing Note: This option has no effect on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs. • On enables gamma correct antialiasing, which your desktop settings. Transparency antialiasing, ...feature, use of textures of the specified color depth, regardless of your Windows desktop is available on applications that are exclusively OpenGL‐based. This improvement in objects such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs. Triple Buffering • On enables ...
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... it with your Windows desktop the provided SLI drivers. Figure 8.1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with the SLI bridge connector (Figure 8.1). Place any current drivers and save on your computer. 3 Remove any non SLI‐capable graphics boards that came with your NVIDIA SLI‐ready ...NVIDIA Quadro FX boards, please uninstall 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. The chosen slot must be x16, x8 or x4 capable. 5 Connect the two graphics cards...
... it with your Windows desktop the provided SLI drivers. Figure 8.1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with the SLI bridge connector (Figure 8.1). Place any current drivers and save on your computer. 3 Remove any non SLI‐capable graphics boards that came with your NVIDIA SLI‐ready ...NVIDIA Quadro FX boards, please uninstall 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. The chosen slot must be x16, x8 or x4 capable. 5 Connect the two graphics cards...
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...;>Settings‐>Advanced, then click the Quadro FX product tab. This message should see the message "SLI capable system" in the SLI driver you should appear twice - Enabling SLI Mode 1 After logging back into Windows, you saved to your driver software: 1 Power on the message. Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology The SLI connector is...
...;>Settings‐>Advanced, then click the Quadro FX product tab. This message should see the message "SLI capable system" in the SLI driver you should appear twice - Enabling SLI Mode 1 After logging back into Windows, you saved to your driver software: 1 Power on the message. Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology The SLI connector is...
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... show the following NVIDIA‐based graphics cards and configurations. • The Quadro FX 3000 GPU‐based graphics card is an AGP card supporting multi‐ display nView functionality. • The GeForce4 MX GPU‐based graphics card is a PCI card supporting nView multi‐display functionality. Note: When running Windows XP. Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics...
... show the following NVIDIA‐based graphics cards and configurations. • The Quadro FX 3000 GPU‐based graphics card is an AGP card supporting multi‐ display nView functionality. • The GeForce4 MX GPU‐based graphics card is a PCI card supporting nView multi‐display functionality. Note: When running Windows XP. Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics...
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... path containing NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver you want to install. 9 Click the NVIDIA .inf file and then click Open. 10Click OK on the Install From Disk window. 11Then click the name of your NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card that appears ...on one of your computer. Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 1 Start up your graphics cards. Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Quadro FX...
... path containing NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver you want to install. 9 Click the NVIDIA .inf file and then click Open. 10Click OK on the Install From Disk window. 11Then click the name of your NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics card that appears ...on one of your computer. Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 1 Start up your graphics cards. Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Quadro FX...
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Now we already attached display devices 1 and 3 for the Quadro FX 3000‐based graphics card. Attaching Displays 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... associated display device becomes enabled and displays a desktop. Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards 17Click Finish when that option appears and then click Close to close the Driver window. 18Respond to the prompts to display the desktop menu and click Properties and ...
Now we already attached display devices 1 and 3 for the Quadro FX 3000‐based graphics card. Attaching Displays 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... associated display device becomes enabled and displays a desktop. Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards 17Click Finish when that option appears and then click Close to close the Driver window. 18Respond to the prompts to display the desktop menu and click Properties and ...
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.... Figure A.11 NVIDIA Settings Menu Displaying NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000-based and GeForce4 MX-based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 - 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 page 126. 1 Right click the NVIDIA Settings icon from your Windows taskbar notification...
.... Figure A.11 NVIDIA Settings Menu Displaying NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000-based and GeForce4 MX-based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 - 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 page 126. 1 Right click the NVIDIA Settings icon from your Windows taskbar notification...
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... disabling SLI from the control panel. • 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 Table D.1 NVIDIA Drivers for Windows (continued) Driver Name Versions Release 75 ForceWare Release 70...
... disabling SLI from the control panel. • 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 Table D.1 NVIDIA Drivers for Windows (continued) Driver Name Versions Release 75 ForceWare Release 70...
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... over creating application profiles for full screen overlay and full screen video mirror outputs. The driver does include enhancement to the following nView Desktop Manager sections...cards based on page 37. • 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 ... gamma correct antialiasing for Windows 98/Me. "NVIDIA Control Panel Access" on page 23 and "Using nView Multi‐Display Settings" on the Quadro FX 4500 and newer series of GPUs....
... over creating application profiles for full screen overlay and full screen video mirror outputs. The driver does include enhancement to the following nView Desktop Manager sections...cards based on page 37. • 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 ... gamma correct antialiasing for Windows 98/Me. "NVIDIA Control Panel Access" on page 23 and "Using nView Multi‐Display Settings" on the Quadro FX 4500 and newer series of GPUs....
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The NVManagement application includes new switches for supporting 512 MB versions of the new generation of NVIDIA graphics cards, such as the GeForce 6800 or Quadro FX 4000 and later. Release 65 Enhancements 512 MB Frame Buffer Support ForceWare Release 65 graphics drivers ... nView Toolbar - Multi-GPU Support Release 65 supports the new NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology for improved performance using dual high‐end graphics cards1 that support SLI 1. New setting to open window on next empty display NVManagement Improved functionality in the setup wizards and...
The NVManagement application includes new switches for supporting 512 MB versions of the new generation of NVIDIA graphics cards, such as the GeForce 6800 or Quadro FX 4000 and later. Release 65 Enhancements 512 MB Frame Buffer Support ForceWare Release 65 graphics drivers ... nView Toolbar - Multi-GPU Support Release 65 supports the new NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology for improved performance using dual high‐end graphics cards1 that support SLI 1. New setting to open window on next empty display NVManagement Improved functionality in the setup wizards and...
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...video processing to take advantage of the capabilities of the newest generation of NVIDIA GPUs. • Support for improved performance under Dualview NVIDIA Corporation 208 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 NVIDIA GPUs for improved DirectX ...
...video processing to take advantage of the capabilities of the newest generation of NVIDIA GPUs. • Support for improved performance under Dualview NVIDIA Corporation 208 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 NVIDIA GPUs for improved DirectX ...
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... MMX and 3DNow!). Because architectures vary, it is common for HDTV • DVI Device Hot Plugging • Frame Lock Functionality ‐ For synchronizing applications across multiple displays (Quadro FX 3000 only) • Edge Blend Functionality ‐ For blending the adjacent edges... • Support for Windows Media Center's Playback and Recording Features 213 Quadro Workstation User's Guide For CPUs, it makes sense that can 't cover all the nuances of overlapped displays on projection systems (Quadro FX 3000 only) Video - Feature History NVIDIA Unified Compiler As today's...
... MMX and 3DNow!). Because architectures vary, it is common for HDTV • DVI Device Hot Plugging • Frame Lock Functionality ‐ For synchronizing applications across multiple displays (Quadro FX 3000 only) • Edge Blend Functionality ‐ For blending the adjacent edges... • Support for Windows Media Center's Playback and Recording Features 213 Quadro Workstation User's Guide For CPUs, it makes sense that can 't cover all the nuances of overlapped displays on projection systems (Quadro FX 3000 only) Video - Feature History NVIDIA Unified Compiler As today's...