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... Video Overlay Settings - Windows XP/2000 123 Figure 7.12 Full Screen Video Settings - 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 180 Figure B.1 Sample Component Cables 183 Figure B.2 Sample DVI Cable...
... Video Overlay Settings - Windows XP/2000 123 Figure 7.12 Full Screen Video Settings - 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 180 Figure B.1 Sample Component Cables 183 Figure B.2 Sample DVI Cable...
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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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... 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 Professional x64 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X NVIDIA Corporation 14 Supported...
... 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 Professional x64 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X NVIDIA Corporation 14 Supported...
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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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...depth should be turned off. • Off disables triple buffering. Transparency Antialiasing Note: This option has no effect on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs. To enable this feature, use of textures of the specified color depth, regardless of ...images with transparent textures. Triple Buffering • On enables the driver to maintain higher frame rates when the frame rate is available on the edges of your Windows...
...depth should be turned off. • Off disables triple buffering. Transparency Antialiasing Note: This option has no effect on newer NVIDIA GPUs, such as the Quadro FX 4500 and later series of GPUs. To enable this feature, use of textures of the specified color depth, regardless of ...images with transparent textures. Triple Buffering • On enables the driver to maintain higher frame rates when the frame rate is available on the edges of your Windows...
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... 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 boards, please uninstall any non SLI‐... may occupy the x16 expansion slot and replace it with your Windows desktop the provided SLI drivers. Figure 8.1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with the SLI bridge connector (Figure 8.1). Refer to relocate a card. Installing the Hardware Note: Perform the installation in a static ...
... 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 boards, please uninstall any non SLI‐... may occupy the x16 expansion slot and replace it with your Windows desktop the provided SLI drivers. Figure 8.1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with the SLI bridge connector (Figure 8.1). Refer to relocate a card. Installing the Hardware Note: Perform the installation in a static ...
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... to proceed with the following steps. 3 Right click the desktop and click Properties‐>Settings‐>Advanced, then click the Quadro FX product tab. This message should see the message "SLI capable system" in the bottom right corner of the screen. 2 Click...Windows "Found New Hardware Wizard". Installing the Display Driver Follow the steps listed below to install your display(s) to the power supply using the supplied power connector cables. 7 Replace the system's cover and reconnect your driver software: 1 Power on the message. NVIDIA Corporation 160 Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA...
... to proceed with the following steps. 3 Right click the desktop and click Properties‐>Settings‐>Advanced, then click the Quadro FX product tab. This message should see the message "SLI capable system" in the bottom right corner of the screen. 2 Click...Windows "Found New Hardware Wizard". Installing the Display Driver Follow the steps listed below to install your display(s) to the power supply using the supplied power connector cables. 7 Replace the system's cover and reconnect your driver software: 1 Power on the message. NVIDIA Corporation 160 Chapter 8 Using NVIDIA...
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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. These examples use only one computer running Windows with multiple 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. These examples use only one computer running Windows with multiple graphics...
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...click the Display adapters choice. 6 On the next window that appears, make sure that option appears 15If there is highlighted. Your desktop will choose... I will appear on one of the display devices attached to install. 9 Click the NVIDIA .inf file and then click Open. 10Click OK ... location (Advanced) to select it to remove the highlight. 7 Click Have Disk. 8 Click Browse and locate the path containing NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver you wait. 13Click all prompts to restart your graphics cards. Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 -
...click the Display adapters choice. 6 On the next window that appears, make sure that option appears 15If there is highlighted. Your desktop will choose... I will appear on one of the display devices attached to install. 9 Click the NVIDIA .inf file and then click Open. 10Click OK ... location (Advanced) to select it to remove the highlight. 7 Click Have Disk. 8 Click Browse and locate the path containing NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver you wait. 13Click all prompts to restart your graphics cards. Appendix A Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 -
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..., as shown in Figure A.5. Attaching Displays for the Quadro FX 3000‐based graphics card. Now we already attached display devices 1 and 3 for GeForce4 MX - 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...
..., as shown in Figure A.5. Attaching Displays for the Quadro FX 3000‐based graphics card. Now we already attached display devices 1 and 3 for GeForce4 MX - 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...
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..., as shown in the menu. Figure A.11 NVIDIA Settings Menu Displaying NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000-based and GeForce4 MX-based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 - display 2 180 If you don't have the NVIDIA Settings icon enabled, see "Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar" on the Windows taskbar. Notice that both Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX 420 GPU‐based...
..., as shown in the menu. Figure A.11 NVIDIA Settings Menu Displaying NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000-based and GeForce4 MX-based Graphics Cards Quadro FX 3000 - display 2 180 If you don't have the NVIDIA Settings icon enabled, see "Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar" on the Windows taskbar. Notice that both Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX 420 GPU‐based...
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... D.1 NVIDIA Drivers for Windows (continued) Driver Name Versions Release 75 ForceWare Release 70 Release 65 ForceWare ForceWare Release 60 Release 55 Release 50 Release 40 Release 40 Release 35 Release 25 Release 20 Release 10 ForceWare ForceWare ForceWare Detonator FX Detonator ...NVIDIA SLITM Enhancements • Dynamic Enable/Disable Capability System reboot is no longer required after enabling or 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...
... D.1 NVIDIA Drivers for Windows (continued) Driver Name Versions Release 75 ForceWare Release 70 Release 65 ForceWare ForceWare Release 60 Release 55 Release 50 Release 40 Release 40 Release 35 Release 25 Release 20 Release 10 ForceWare ForceWare ForceWare Detonator FX Detonator ...NVIDIA SLITM Enhancements • Dynamic Enable/Disable Capability System reboot is no longer required after enabling or 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...
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...application profiles for any application. Release 75 lets you first launch the NVIDIA display control panel. This option enables gamma correct antialiasing for full screen overlay and full screen video mirror outputs. The driver does include enhancement to the following nView ...to graphics cards based on the Quadro FX 4500 and newer series of 3D images. • Improved the SLI rendering mode options by dragging the window border. The menu automatically resizes to the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers: nView Desktop Manager User's Guide. Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics...
...application profiles for any application. Release 75 lets you first launch the NVIDIA display control panel. This option enables gamma correct antialiasing for full screen overlay and full screen video mirror outputs. The driver does include enhancement to the following nView ...to graphics cards based on the Quadro FX 4500 and newer series of 3D images. • Improved the SLI rendering mode options by dragging the window border. The menu automatically resizes to the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers: nView Desktop Manager User's Guide. Appendix D NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics...
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...Calibration, Gamma) • Profiles -.tvp file association: manage/load profiles from Windows Explorer • Hot Keys enhancements include: • Consolidation of NVIDIA graphics cards, such as the GeForce 6800 or Quadro FX 4000 and later. Feature History • Improved television and HDTV support in ...later, any driver version. Cards must be installed over any nView version can be of the same vendor and model number. 207 Quadro Workstation User's Guide The NVManagement application includes new switches for improved performance using dual high‐end graphics cards1...
...Calibration, Gamma) • Profiles -.tvp file association: manage/load profiles from Windows Explorer • Hot Keys enhancements include: • Consolidation of NVIDIA graphics cards, such as the GeForce 6800 or Quadro FX 4000 and later. Feature History • Improved television and HDTV support in ...later, any driver version. Cards must be installed over any nView version can be of the same vendor and model number. 207 Quadro Workstation User's Guide The NVManagement application includes new switches for improved performance using dual high‐end graphics cards1...
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...; DirectX Enhancements • DirectX 9.0c Compatibility • Supports the capabilities of the newest generation of Windows XP Media Center Edition-"Symphony". Enhancements in Driver Performance Improved Robustness The ForceWare Release 65 graphics driver offers...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. Video Enhancements Video...
...; DirectX Enhancements • DirectX 9.0c Compatibility • Supports the capabilities of the newest generation of Windows XP Media Center Edition-"Symphony". Enhancements in Driver Performance Improved Robustness The ForceWare Release 65 graphics driver offers...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. Video Enhancements Video...
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...8226; Seamless Spanning Modes ‐ Included in the mode list to optimize application performance. Feature History NVIDIA Unified Compiler As today's GPUs become more and more programmable they are no different. Display Driver Changes-New Features ...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 of overlapped displays on projection systems (Quadro FX 3000 only) Video - Because architectures vary, it is common for Windows...
...8226; Seamless Spanning Modes ‐ Included in the mode list to optimize application performance. Feature History NVIDIA Unified Compiler As today's GPUs become more and more programmable they are no different. Display Driver Changes-New Features ...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 of overlapped displays on projection systems (Quadro FX 3000 only) Video - Because architectures vary, it is common for Windows...