Forceware Graphics Driver User's Guide
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nViewGuide_.book Page 1 Monday, November 15, 2004 7:48 PM ForceWare Graphics Driver User’s Guide Driver Version 67.02 for Windows NVIDIA Corporation November 2004 nViewGuide_.book Page 2 Monday, November 15, 2004 7:48 PM NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers User’s Guide Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 Copyright © 2004 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, 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 Consortium. 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 Corporation nViewGuide_.book Page iii Monday, November 15, 2004 7:48 PM NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers User’s Guide Table of Contents 1. Introduction Windows Certified Output Protection Protocol About this Guide . 11 (COPP) Support . 19 Other Related Documentation . 12 NVIDIA Kernel Mode Media Transport . 19 Online Help . 12 nView Desktop Manager . 20 Context Help . 12 Driver Independence . 20 NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Feature Enhancements . 20 Manager . 12 NVManagement Changes . 20 Key Terms and Concepts . 13 NVIDIA Display Control Panel Menu analog display . 13 Improvements . 21 application . 13 Functional Enhancements . 21 Control Panel (Windows). 13 control panel (NVIDIA Display) . 13 2. System Requirements control panel (nView Desktop Manager) . 14 System Requirements and Support. 22 digital display . 14 Operating Systems . 23 desktop. 14 Minimum Hard Disk Space . 23 dialog box . 14 Software — NVIDIA Graphics Driver . 24 dual-card configuration . 14 Hardware — Supported NVIDIA Products . 24 GPU . 14 Supported Languages . 27 modal dialog box . 15 Notes on Feature and Configuration Support . 27 modeless dialog box . 15 Feature Support . 27 multi-graphics card configuration . 15 3. NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics multi-display configuration . 15 single-display configuration . 15 Display Driver — Feature History window . 15 Driver Release History . 29 Release 65 Enhancements . 16 Release 65 Enhancements . 29 New Feature Highlights . 16 Release 60 Enhancements . 29 512 MB Frame Buffer Support. 16 Latest GPU Support. 29 Multi-GPU Support . 16 PCI Express Support . 30 Operating System Support. 16 Enhancements in Driver Performance . 30 Enhancements in Driver Performance . 16 3D Graphics API Enhancements . 30 3D Graphics API Enhancements . 16 Direct3D. 30 HDTV Support Enhancements . 17 OpenGL . 30 Desktop Manager and Control Panel Release 55 Enhancements . 31 Improvements . 17 PCI Express Support . 31 Additional Details by Driver Module for Release PAE Support . 31 65 . 17 nView Desktop Manager Enhancements . 31 Display Driver . 17 User Interface Enhancements . 31 DirectX . 18 Video Support Enhancements . 32 Dynamic Video Memory User Mapping . 18 3D Graphics API Enhancements . 32 Other DirectX Driver Improvements . 18 Direct3D. 32 OpenGL . 18 OpenGL . 32 Video . 19 Release 50 Enhancements . 32 Windows XP Media Center Edition — New Feature Highlights . 32 “Symphony” Support . 19 64-bit Support . 32 Dynamic Memory Mapping . 33 NVIDIA Corporation iii nViewGuide_.book Page iv Monday, November 15, 2004 7:48 PM User’s Guide Table of Contents NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture. 33 Direct3D . 46 Display Driver Changes — New Features . 33 Display Properties – Settings – Advanced Tabs . Video — New Features . 34 46 PowerMizer — New Features. 34 User Interface Changes . 34 4. NVIDIA Driver Installation and nView Desktop Manager. 34 Control Panel Access DirectX Graphics . 35 Before You Begin . 47 OpenGL . 35 About the NVIDIA Graphics Driver Installation . 48 Release 40 Enhancements . 36 File Locations . 48 Enhanced Graphics Driver, DirectX, and Video Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your Capabilities . 36 Software . 48 Windows XP SP1 . 36 About Using Saved Profiles in Another Temperature Settings. 36 Computer . 50 Direct 3D Vertical Sync Settings . 37 Uninstalling the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics NVRotate. 37 Display Driver . 51 DirectX 9 Support . 37 Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages Video Enhancements. 37 51 TV Screen Size Support . 37 Desktop Access . 52 Additional Enhancements . 38 NVIDIA Settings Menu — Windows Taskbar NVIDIA Display Control Panel — New User Access . 53 Interface . 38 Windows Display Properties Setting Access . 54 New NVIDIA Display Control Panel. 38 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu . 54 nView Desktop Manager —— Enhancements Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips and New Features . 38 56 Feature Enhancements . 38 Context Help . 56 New Features . 39 Tool Tips . 57 OpenGL Enhancements . 39 Tool Tips for Disabled Settings . 57 OpenGL 1.4 ICD with NVIDIA Extensions .39 Additional OpenGL Enhancements . 39 5. Using nView Multi-Display Modes Release 35 Enhancements . 40 nView Multi-Display Applications . 59 Release 25 Enhancements . 40 nView Modes . 61 Release 20 Enhancements . 41 Accessing the Display Device Context Menus 62 Release 10 Enhancements . 42 About Display Numbering . 64 Release 6 Enhancements. 42 NVIDIA Multi-Display Device Support . 64 TwinView . 42 Primary and Secondary Displays . 66 Virtual Desktop . 43 nView Display Mode . 66 Video Mirror . 43 Windows Display Properties Settings . 66 Desktop Manager . 43 Using nView Dualview Mode . 66 Digital Vibrance Control . 43 Key Features. 67 OpenGL . 43 Installing nView Dualview Mode for the First Direct3D . 44 Time —Windows 2000 . 69 Cursor Trails Support . 44 Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial Windows Display Properties – Settings – Installation — Windows 2000 . 71 Advanced Tabs . 44 Using nView Span Modes . 71 Release 5 Enhancements. 44 nView Span Modes vs. Dualview Mode Features OpenGL . 44 72 OpenGL 1.2 Core . 44 Using Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes . 73 OpenGL Extensions . 45 Using nView Clone Mode . 75 OpenGL Performance Enhancements . 45 Enabling nView Clone Mode . 76 iv NVIDIA Corporation nViewGuide_.book Page v Monday, November 15, 2004 7:48 PM User’s Guide Table of Contents Enabling Virtual Desktop — Clone Mode . 78 Using HDTV as the Secondary Display in nView Before You Begin . 78 Clone Mode . .101 Procedure . 79 Using HDTV in nView Dualview Mode . .101 Disabling Auto-Panning (Lock Pan Position) Using HDTV Formats with HDTV Component 80 Connection . .102 Switching Between nView Dualview and Span/ Using Overscan Shift . .104 Clone Modes — Windows 2000 . 82 Using Underscan . .106 Enabling nView Multiview Mode — Only for NVIDIA Enabling HDTV-Over-DVI — only for HDTVs with a Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards. 83 DVI Connector . .109 Multi-Display Mode — Arranging Displays on the Adding HDTV Formats . .109 Windows Display Properties Settings Page. 83 Troubleshooting HDTV Configuration. 111 6. Configuring Display Devices 8. Configuring Key ForceWare Adjusting Analog Display Settings . 85 Graphics Driver Features Screen Adjustment . 86 Adjusting Desktop Colors . 114 Display Timing . 86 Accessing the Desktop Colors Page . 114 Adjusting Digital Display Settings . 88 Color Correction Settings. 115 Adjusting Television (TV) Settings . 89 Digital Vibrance . 115 TV Settings . 90 Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma. 115 Signal Format . 90 Apply Color Changes to.... 115 Video Output Format . 90 Color Channels. 116 Device Adjustments — TV Output . 91 Color Curve Graph. 116 Screen Positioning . ..