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NVIDIA Quadro Professional Drivers Workstation User's Guide Driver Version: Release 90 for Windows NVIDIA Corporation July 2006 First Edition
NVIDIA Quadro Professional Drivers Workstation User's Guide Driver Version: Release 90 for Windows NVIDIA Corporation July 2006 First Edition
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... For example, you can place you hover your mouse pointer on any of the long NVIDIA menu names that is partially obscured. NVIDIA Quadro Professional Drivers User's Guide Table of nView Dualview Mode - Windows Taskbar Access 27 Windows Display Properties...Settings 34 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver 35 4. Windows 2000 49 NVIDIA Corporation iii Introduction About this Guide 1 Other Related Documentation 2 Online Help 2 Context Help 2 NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Manager 3 Release 90 Enhancements 3 OpenGL 3 Video 4 Video Processing Improvements 4 ...
... For example, you can place you hover your mouse pointer on any of the long NVIDIA menu names that is partially obscured. NVIDIA Quadro Professional Drivers User's Guide Table of nView Dualview Mode - Windows Taskbar Access 27 Windows Display Properties...Settings 34 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver 35 4. Windows 2000 49 NVIDIA Corporation iii Introduction About this Guide 1 Other Related Documentation 2 Online Help 2 Context Help 2 NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Manager 3 Release 90 Enhancements 3 OpenGL 3 Video 4 Video Processing Improvements 4 ...
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... 83 Native 83 Notes on the Settings Page. . . . . 64 5. Windows 2000 63 Enabling nView Multiview Mode - Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adjusting Desktop Colors 97 Accessing the Desktop Colors Page . . . . . 97 Color Correction Settings 98 Digital Vibrance 98 Brightness, Contrast, and... Output 73 Screen Positioning 73 Brightness/Contrast/Saturation 74 Flicker 75 Overdrive 75 Overscan Shift 75 Video Border - (for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards 63 Arranging Displays on Startup Functionality with HDTV Connected 83 nView Single Display Mode 83 nView ...
... 83 Native 83 Notes on the Settings Page. . . . . 64 5. Windows 2000 63 Enabling nView Multiview Mode - Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adjusting Desktop Colors 97 Accessing the Desktop Colors Page . . . . . 97 Color Correction Settings 98 Digital Vibrance 98 Brightness, Contrast, and... Output 73 Screen Positioning 73 Brightness/Contrast/Saturation 74 Flicker 75 Overdrive 75 Overscan Shift 75 Video Border - (for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards 63 Arranging Displays on Startup Functionality with HDTV Connected 83 nView Single Display Mode 83 nView ...
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...Video Problems129 Using the Tools Page 129 Accessing the Tools Page 129 Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar 130 Display Optimization Wizard 132 Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu 133 Forcing Detection of SLI Technology for NVIDIA Quadro Cards...Activating HiRes Desktop Scaling 154 8. Only for NVIDIA Quadro GPUs . . . . .157 Hardware Requirements 158 Installation and Operating Instructions . . . . . .159 Installing the Hardware 159 Installing the Display Driver 160 Enabling SLI Mode 160 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology 162 SLI Frame Rendering 162 SLI...
...Video Problems129 Using the Tools Page 129 Accessing the Tools Page 129 Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar 130 Display Optimization Wizard 132 Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu 133 Forcing Detection of SLI Technology for NVIDIA Quadro Cards...Activating HiRes Desktop Scaling 154 8. Only for NVIDIA Quadro GPUs . . . . .157 Hardware Requirements 158 Installation and Operating Instructions . . . . . .159 Installing the Hardware 159 Installing the Display Driver 160 Enabling SLI Mode 160 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology 162 SLI Frame Rendering 162 SLI...
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...NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Supported HDTV Connectors 183 Component 183 HDTV over DVI 184 D connector 184 Sample Cables Shipped with HDTV/DVI 193 NVIDA Display Wizard - Custom Setup 189 NVIDIA Display Wizard - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver - NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDIA Display Wizard - User's Guide Table of NVIDIA... Manager Enhancements . . . 211 User Interface Enhancements 211 Video Support Enhancements 212 vi NVIDIA Corporation Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 169 Quadro FX 3000 - Attaching the Secondary Display for GeForce4 MX -...
...NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Supported HDTV Connectors 183 Component 183 HDTV over DVI 184 D connector 184 Sample Cables Shipped with HDTV/DVI 193 NVIDA Display Wizard - Custom Setup 189 NVIDIA Display Wizard - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver - NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages NVIDIA Display Wizard - User's Guide Table of NVIDIA... Manager Enhancements . . . 211 User Interface Enhancements 211 Video Support Enhancements 212 vi NVIDIA Corporation Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 169 Quadro FX 3000 - Attaching the Secondary Display for GeForce4 MX -...
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...Improvement and New Features 206 NVIDIA Corporation viii NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers User's Guide List of Tables Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products 6 Table 2.2 Hard Disk Space Requirements-English 8 Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space Requirements-Non-English Languages 8 Table 2.4 Hard Disk Space Requirements-Full International Package 8 Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products 14 Table 2.2 ... Output Modes 80 Table 6.3 Optimizing HDTV Viewing 82 Table 7.1 Advanced Timing Parameters 145 Table 7.2 Display Timing Standards 147 Table D.1 Release 70 Graphics Driver -
...Improvement and New Features 206 NVIDIA Corporation viii NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers User's Guide List of Tables Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products 6 Table 2.2 Hard Disk Space Requirements-English 8 Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space Requirements-Non-English Languages 8 Table 2.4 Hard Disk Space Requirements-Full International Package 8 Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products 14 Table 2.2 ... Output Modes 80 Table 6.3 Optimizing HDTV Viewing 82 Table 7.1 Advanced Timing Parameters 145 Table 7.2 Display Timing Standards 147 Table D.1 Release 70 Graphics Driver -
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... 93 Figure 7.1 Color Correction Settings 97 NVIDIA Corporation ix NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User's Guide List of an HDTV with DVI and Analog Connectors 79 Figure 6.2 Quick Access...TV + Digital Display 59 Figure 4.16 nView Clone Mode with Four Connected Graphics Cards 28 Figure 3.10 NVIDIA Display - Analog Display 67 Figure 5.2 Display Timing Settings - "Native" Selected...HDTV Overscan Configuration - Save Profile Settings 20 Figure 3.3 NVIDIA Display Options from a Video File Context Menu T 27 Figure 3.4 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in Windows 2000 50 Figure 4.10 ...
... 93 Figure 7.1 Color Correction Settings 97 NVIDIA Corporation ix NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User's Guide List of an HDTV with DVI and Analog Connectors 79 Figure 6.2 Quick Access...TV + Digital Display 59 Figure 4.16 nView Clone Mode with Four Connected Graphics Cards 28 Figure 3.10 NVIDIA Display - Analog Display 67 Figure 5.2 Display Timing Settings - "Native" Selected...HDTV Overscan Configuration - Save Profile Settings 20 Figure 3.3 NVIDIA Display Options from a Video File Context Menu T 27 Figure 3.4 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in Windows 2000 50 Figure 4.10 ...
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... Dialog Box 141 Figure 7.27 Menu Editing Page - Custom Setup Pages (1 189 x NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User's Guide Figure 7.2 Performance and Quality Settings Page 102 Figure 7.4 Changing An Existing Application Profile ...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 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...
... Dialog Box 141 Figure 7.27 Menu Editing Page - Custom Setup Pages (1 189 x NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User's Guide Figure 7.2 Performance and Quality Settings Page 102 Figure 7.4 Changing An Existing Application Profile ...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 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...
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... panel‐based NVIDIA® ForceWare™ graphics display driver. Chapter 1 Introduction CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter discusses the following major topics: • "About this Guide This user's guide is addressed to the NVIDIA Web page - www.nvidia.com. 12 Quadro Workstation User's Guide This guide focuses on NVIDIA workstation products, i.e, graphics cards based on the NVIDIA Quadro™ series...
... panel‐based NVIDIA® ForceWare™ graphics display driver. Chapter 1 Introduction CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter discusses the following major topics: • "About this Guide This user's guide is addressed to the NVIDIA Web page - www.nvidia.com. 12 Quadro Workstation User's Guide This guide focuses on NVIDIA workstation products, i.e, graphics cards based on the NVIDIA Quadro™ series...
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... equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to this document if you are using the NVIDIA desktop consumer products, i.e, graphics cards based on the NVIDIA display control panel pages. Release 90 driver version. Release 90 driver version. Refer to monitor performance improvements and bug fixes in the ForceWare graphics drivers. For complete details on Help and tool tips, see "Using...
... equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to this document if you are using the NVIDIA desktop consumer products, i.e, graphics cards based on the NVIDIA display control panel pages. Release 90 driver version. Release 90 driver version. Refer to monitor performance improvements and bug fixes in the ForceWare graphics drivers. For complete details on Help and tool tips, see "Using...
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...the advanced display properties of the current release of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver. nView Desktop Manager was originally created for multi‐display graphics cards but has grown to the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers: nView Desktop Manager User's Guide. For details on your... 90 provides these new features and improvements: • Establishes the new NVIDIA Control Panel as well. OpenGL The following extensions have been added: • WGL_NV_gpu_affinity 14 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Desktop Manager supports both single‐display and multi‐...
...the advanced display properties of the current release of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver. nView Desktop Manager was originally created for multi‐display graphics cards but has grown to the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers: nView Desktop Manager User's Guide. For details on your... 90 provides these new features and improvements: • Establishes the new NVIDIA Control Panel as well. OpenGL The following extensions have been added: • WGL_NV_gpu_affinity 14 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Desktop Manager supports both single‐display and multi‐...
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...: • "Hardware and Software Support" on page 5 • "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: • Microsoft Windows...174; XP • Windows XP Professional • Windows XP Home Edition • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition • Microsoft Windows 2000 5 Quadro...
...: • "Hardware and Software Support" on page 5 • "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: • Microsoft Windows...174; XP • Windows XP Professional • Windows XP Home Edition • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition • Microsoft Windows 2000 5 Quadro...
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... driver. Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products Product Windows XP 32-bit 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...
... driver. Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products Product Windows XP 32-bit 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...
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...) Product 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 Windows XP 32-bit Windows 2000 X X X X X X X X X X X X X Windows XP Professional x64 X X X X X X X Supported Languages The Release 90 NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver supports the...
...) Product 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 Windows XP 32-bit Windows 2000 X X X X X X X X X X X X X Windows XP Professional x64 X X X X X X X Supported Languages The Release 90 NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver supports the...
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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-... 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. • The installation process copies all necessary files for operation into the appropriate directories. • The nView system files are...
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-... 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. • The installation process copies all necessary files for operation into the appropriate directories. • The nView system files are...
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... settings to a new file, click the New option. Enter a name and description of the NVIDIA driver previously installed, profiles may also be enabled. • Under Windows 2000, the NVIDIA Display Driver is installed in the New Profile dialog box. Under Windows XP/2000 and Windows NT 4.0, you...in "Dualview mode" display. Preserving Settings Before You Upgrade Your Software Before uninstalling or installing software, your nView Desktop Manager and/or NVIDIA Display settings by default, but must have, at least, Power User access privileges in order to create or save your system. ...
... settings to a new file, click the New option. Enter a name and description of the NVIDIA driver previously installed, profiles may also be enabled. • Under Windows 2000, the NVIDIA Display Driver is installed in the New Profile dialog box. Under Windows XP/2000 and Windows NT 4.0, you...in "Dualview mode" display. Preserving Settings Before You Upgrade Your Software Before uninstalling or installing software, your nView Desktop Manager and/or NVIDIA Display settings by default, but must have, at least, Power User access privileges in order to create or save your system. ...
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If you created a new profile, you can easily use it 11 Quadro Workstation User's Guide You'll need to the main Profiles page. About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer You can select or clear any saved ... to copy it in the profiles list. Note: nView Desktop Manager profile (.tvp) files are saved in the list. 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 easily load the saved...
If you created a new profile, you can easily use it 11 Quadro Workstation User's Guide You'll need to the main Profiles page. About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer You can select or clear any saved ... to copy it in the profiles list. Note: nView Desktop Manager profile (.tvp) files are saved in the list. 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 easily load the saved...
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... 2 System Requirements to a new version of the software. Your system now restarts. Then this section to completely uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before updating to the Windows\nView directory of a computer that you follow these steps: 1 From the Windows taskbar, click...Panel to open the Control Panel window. 2 Double‐click the Add/Remove Programs item. 3 Click the NVIDIA Display Driver item from your original computer. Uninstalling the NVIDIA Graphics Driver Note: It is removed, but the profile files are saved in this profile can be deleted. • ...
... 2 System Requirements to a new version of the software. Your system now restarts. Then this section to completely uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before updating to the Windows\nView directory of a computer that you follow these steps: 1 From the Windows taskbar, click...Panel to open the Control Panel window. 2 Double‐click the Add/Remove Programs item. 3 Click the NVIDIA Display Driver item from your original computer. Uninstalling the NVIDIA Graphics Driver Note: It is removed, but the profile files are saved in this profile can be deleted. • ...
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... 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 Professional x64 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X NVIDIA Corporation 14 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...
... 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 Professional x64 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X NVIDIA Corporation 14 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...
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... process copies all necessary NVIDIA Release 80 ForceWare graphics driver files for operation into the appropriate directories. Chapter 2 System Requirements Software - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation Minimum Hard Disk ...Space Windows XP (all editions) Windows 2000 51.16 MB 51.16 MB Driver Installation Instructions Note: If you do not have System Administrator access privileges, ...you are saved in your organization will set up and install the Release 80 NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver software on your Windows\System directory. • nView Desktop Manager Profile files ...
... process copies all necessary NVIDIA Release 80 ForceWare graphics driver files for operation into the appropriate directories. Chapter 2 System Requirements Software - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation Minimum Hard Disk ...Space Windows XP (all editions) Windows 2000 51.16 MB 51.16 MB Driver Installation Instructions Note: If you do not have System Administrator access privileges, ...you are saved in your organization will set up and install the Release 80 NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver software on your Windows\System directory. • nView Desktop Manager Profile files ...