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... - Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 169 Quadro FX 3000 - Detaching the Secondary Display Device . . . 176 Viewing Multiple NVIDIA GPU-based Graphics Cards from the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . 178 Viewing Multiple Card Configurations Using the NVIDIA Settings Menu 180 B. User's Guide Table of NVIDIA GPUs 200 Additional Details by Driver Module . . . . . .200 DirectX 200 OpenGL 200 Video 201 Classic NVIDIA Control Panel...
... - Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 169 Quadro FX 3000 - Detaching the Secondary Display Device . . . 176 Viewing Multiple NVIDIA GPU-based Graphics Cards from the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . 178 Viewing Multiple Card Configurations Using the NVIDIA Settings Menu 180 B. User's Guide Table of NVIDIA GPUs 200 Additional Details by Driver Module . . . . . .200 DirectX 200 OpenGL 200 Video 201 Classic NVIDIA Control Panel...
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...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...8.1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with 2 Attached 177 Figure A.8 Two Display Devices With Identifying Numbers 177 Figure A.9 NVIDIA Display Menu - Typical Setup 188 Figure C.2 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User's Guide Figure ...
...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...8.1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with 2 Attached 177 Figure A.8 Two Display Devices With Identifying Numbers 177 Figure A.9 NVIDIA Display Menu - Typical Setup 188 Figure C.2 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User's Guide Figure ...
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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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... products supported by the Release 90 driver. 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 Professional x64 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X NVIDIA Corporation 14 Note: All GPU...
... products supported by the Release 90 driver. 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 Professional x64 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X NVIDIA Corporation 14 Note: All GPU...
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... Click the "?" see "Adjusting PowerMizer Settings - for which you want help . 33 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Only for any one display connected and the nView Display Mode list is available... on newer GPUs, such as GeForce FX, and on page 146. icon over the option for which you want help, ... page 144. • PowerMizer™ - see the "NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers nView Desktop Manager User's Guide" Release 80 driver version. • Menu Editing - Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Note: This menu item only appears if...
... Click the "?" see "Adjusting PowerMizer Settings - for which you want help . 33 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Only for any one display connected and the nView Display Mode list is available... on newer GPUs, such as GeForce FX, and on page 146. icon over the option for which you want help, ... page 144. • PowerMizer™ - see the "NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers nView Desktop Manager User's Guide" Release 80 driver version. • Menu Editing - Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access Note: This menu item only appears if...
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... , at minimum, by a GeForce MX or newer Quadro FX-based NVIDIA GPU family. 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 older than those listed in the previous footnote... 1. 3. Conexant 875 and Philips 7108 TV encoders support HDTV. 77 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Table...
... , at minimum, by a GeForce MX or newer Quadro FX-based NVIDIA GPU family. 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 older than those listed in the previous footnote... 1. 3. Conexant 875 and Philips 7108 TV encoders support HDTV. 77 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Table...
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...you want to adjust the sharpness of the ICC profile and click OK to the hardware factory settings. 101 Quadro Workstation User's Guide To activate a custom profile, select it from which you can load an ICC profile that...settings will then be added to the Color Profile list as a custom setting. Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Image Sharpening Note: This option is enabled, the Contrast, Brightness, or Gamma slider settings are not available... high frequency content. See "Color Curve Graph" on GeForce FX and later NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards.
...you want to adjust the sharpness of the ICC profile and click OK to the hardware factory settings. 101 Quadro Workstation User's Guide To activate a custom profile, select it from which you can load an ICC profile that...settings will then be added to the Color Profile list as a custom setting. Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Image Sharpening Note: This option is enabled, the Contrast, Brightness, or Gamma slider settings are not available... high frequency content. See "Color Curve Graph" on GeForce FX and later NVIDIA GPU‐based graphics cards.
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Antialiasing Line Gamma Note: This setting is the block transfer method. • Auto‐select allows the driver to determine the best method based on your displays when rendering smooth edges. Gamma‐ corrected antialiasing consider variances in the ... applications but at the expense of a minor amount of your NVIDIA GPU and improve performance in the color‐display capabilities of performance for full screen antialiasing. Enabling this option sets aside as much memory as the Quadro FX series. Antialiasing Full Screen Gamma Note: This setting is not ...
Antialiasing Line Gamma Note: This setting is the block transfer method. • Auto‐select allows the driver to determine the best method based on your displays when rendering smooth edges. Gamma‐ corrected antialiasing consider variances in the ... applications but at the expense of a minor amount of your NVIDIA GPU and improve performance in the color‐display capabilities of performance for full screen antialiasing. Enabling this option sets aside as much memory as the Quadro FX series. Antialiasing Full Screen Gamma Note: This setting is not ...
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... of color reproduction of GPUs. Triple Buffering • On enables the driver to maintain higher frame rates when the frame rate is available on applications that are exclusively OpenGL‐based. NVIDIA Corporation 118 To enable this feature, use of textures of the specified ...better color calculation to work, the Unified back/depth buffer setting must be used to minimize the visible aliasing on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs. • On enables gamma correct antialiasing, which your desktop settings. Gamma Correct Antialiasing ...
... of color reproduction of GPUs. Triple Buffering • On enables the driver to maintain higher frame rates when the frame rate is available on applications that are exclusively OpenGL‐based. NVIDIA Corporation 118 To enable this feature, use of textures of the specified ...better color calculation to work, the Unified back/depth buffer setting must be used to minimize the visible aliasing on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs. • On enables gamma correct antialiasing, which your desktop settings. Gamma Correct Antialiasing ...
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...To run stereo applications with shutter glasses or other hardware, the NVIDIA driver exports OpenGL stereo pixel formats and organizes 119 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Note: This is not the same as the Quadro FX series. The NVIDIA driver selects the GPU to use multi‐GPU rendering for application profiles...Using Other SLI-based Advanced Settings For additional information on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as completely disabling SLI. Tip: If the stereo or overlay features do not work properly, you may want to graphics cards based on SLI and configuring advanced SLI settings, go to...
...To run stereo applications with shutter glasses or other hardware, the NVIDIA driver exports OpenGL stereo pixel formats and organizes 119 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Note: This is not the same as the Quadro FX series. The NVIDIA driver selects the GPU to use multi‐GPU rendering for application profiles...Using Other SLI-based Advanced Settings For additional information on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as completely disabling SLI. Tip: If the stereo or overlay features do not work properly, you may want to graphics cards based on SLI and configuring advanced SLI settings, go to...
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...Quadro FX series. NVIDIA Corporation 120 You may want to the standardized 3‐pin‐DIN used simultaneously. Tip: If the stereo or overlay features do not work on a flat panel set to your graphics card. These adapters will show the right eye. Tips: If you have connected the projectors to graphics cards based on NVIDIA... choose a stereo format while other than the default, select a display mode from the nView tab. Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features memory to allow stereoscopic and monoscopic applications to use the adapter if your graphics...
...Quadro FX series. NVIDIA Corporation 120 You may want to the standardized 3‐pin‐DIN used simultaneously. Tip: If the stereo or overlay features do not work on a flat panel set to your graphics card. These adapters will show the right eye. Tips: If you have connected the projectors to graphics cards based on NVIDIA... choose a stereo format while other than the default, select a display mode from the nView tab. Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features memory to allow stereoscopic and monoscopic applications to use the adapter if your graphics...
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...L) Applies to export overlay pixel formats so that are used by most of available stereo hardware. On enables the NVIDIA driver to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as a paletted surface in passive mode. Overlays are especially useful for overlapping drawing areas that OpenGL applications...Quadro Workstation User's Guide If your graphics card has a built-in 3‐pin DIN connector, select this case, you use an adapter shipped with the ELSA 3D Revelator or StereoGraphics glasses. You don't need to the standardized 3‐pin DIN connector used as the Quadro FX...
...L) Applies to export overlay pixel formats so that are used by most of available stereo hardware. On enables the NVIDIA driver to graphics cards based on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as a paletted surface in passive mode. Overlays are especially useful for overlapping drawing areas that OpenGL applications...Quadro Workstation User's Guide If your graphics card has a built-in 3‐pin DIN connector, select this case, you use an adapter shipped with the ELSA 3D Revelator or StereoGraphics glasses. You don't need to the standardized 3‐pin DIN connector used as the Quadro FX...
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... the video overlay and then re‐open it. Option available only on the video overlay after you have no effect on videos created using the hardware overlay, but have problems accessing overlay functionality. Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Overlays are created using software overlays, or a "blit" process such as the Quadro FX series...
... the video overlay and then re‐open it. Option available only on the video overlay after you have no effect on videos created using the hardware overlay, but have problems accessing overlay functionality. Chapter 7 Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Overlays are created using software overlays, or a "blit" process such as the Quadro FX series...
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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. Figure 7.23 Temperature Settings NVIDIA Corporation 138 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.
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. Figure 7.23 Temperature Settings NVIDIA Corporation 138 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.
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Place any current drivers and save on your NVIDIA SLI‐ready graphics board. 4 Install the second SLI‐capable graphics board in the adjacent slot. Figure 8.1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with the SLI bridge connector (Figure 8.1). You may also need to owners ...drivers. The chosen slot must be x16, x8 or x4 capable. 5 Connect the two graphics cards with the SLI Bridge Connector 159 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology Installation and Operating Instructions Before removing current graphics boards and installing two NVIDIA Quadro FX ...
Place any current drivers and save on your NVIDIA SLI‐ready graphics board. 4 Install the second SLI‐capable graphics board in the adjacent slot. Figure 8.1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with the SLI bridge connector (Figure 8.1). You may also need to owners ...drivers. The chosen slot must be x16, x8 or x4 capable. 5 Connect the two graphics cards with the SLI Bridge Connector 159 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology Installation and Operating Instructions Before removing current graphics boards and installing two NVIDIA Quadro FX ...
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.... Installing the Display Driver Follow the steps listed below to reboot the system. Enabling SLI Mode 1 After logging back into Windows, you saved to your display(s) to proceed with the following steps. 3 Right click the desktop and click Properties‐>Settings‐>Advanced, then click the Quadro FX product tab. NVIDIA Corporation 160 This...
.... Installing the Display Driver Follow the steps listed below to reboot the system. Enabling SLI Mode 1 After logging back into Windows, you saved to your display(s) to proceed with the following steps. 3 Right click the desktop and click Properties‐>Settings‐>Advanced, then click the Quadro FX product tab. NVIDIA Corporation 160 This...
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... - nView Dualview Mode" on page 169 • "Quadro FX 3000 - Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards APPENDIX USING TWO NVIDIA GPU-BASED GRAPHICS CARDS This appendix contains the following major topics: • "Before You Begin" on page 180 167 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver" on page 173 • "Attaching Displays for...
... - nView Dualview Mode" on page 169 • "Quadro FX 3000 - Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards APPENDIX USING TWO NVIDIA GPU-BASED GRAPHICS CARDS This appendix contains the following major topics: • "Before You Begin" on page 180 167 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver" on page 173 • "Attaching Displays for...
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... cable connectors are installed in your computer), the same NVIDIA driver (version) must be installed for each graphics card. Examples and Setup The examples in this appendix 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...
... cable connectors are installed in your computer), the same NVIDIA driver (version) must be installed for each graphics card. Examples and Setup The examples in this appendix 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...
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... 15If there is highlighted. to enable it . 3 Click Next. 4 Click the last option labeled Don't search. Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 1 Start up your graphics cards. Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 - Your desktop will appear on one of the display devices attached to one is, click it to remove...
... 15If there is highlighted. to enable it . 3 Click Next. 4 Click the last option labeled Don't search. Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 1 Start up your graphics cards. Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 - Your desktop will appear on one of the display devices attached to one is, click it to remove...
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... the resulting desktops on display image 4, click Attached and click Apply. NVIDIA Corporation 174 nView Dualview Mode 1 When you have returned to display the desktop menu and click Properties and the Settings tab. Now we already attached display devices 1 and 3 for GeForce4 MX - Attaching Displays for the Quadro FX 3000‐based graphics card.
... the resulting desktops on display image 4, click Attached and click Apply. NVIDIA Corporation 174 nView Dualview Mode 1 When you have returned to display the desktop menu and click Properties and the Settings tab. Now we already attached display devices 1 and 3 for GeForce4 MX - Attaching Displays for the Quadro FX 3000‐based graphics card.