Forceware Graphics Driver User's Guide
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nViewGuide_.book Page 1 Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:14 PM ForceWare Graphics Driver User’s Guide Driver Release 90 for Windows NVIDIA Corporation September 2006 2nd Edition nViewGuide_.book Page 2 Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:14 PM NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers User’s Guide Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 Notice ALL NVIDIA DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, REFERENCE BOARDS, FILES, DRAWINGS, DIAGNOSTICS, LISTS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS (TOGETHER AND SEPARATELY, “MATERIALS”) ARE BEING PROVIDED “AS IS.” NVIDIA MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE MATERIALS, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Information furnished is believed to be accurate and reliable. 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Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated. Intel, Indeo, and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Direct3D, DirectDraw, and DirectX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics Inc. PCI Express, PCI-SIG, and the PCI-SIG design marks are registered trademarks and/or service marks of PCI-SIG. Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated. Copyright © 2006 by NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA Corporation nViewGuide_.book Page iii Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:14 PM NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers User’s Guide Table of Contents 1. Introduction NVIDIA Settings Menu — Windows Taskbar About this Guide. 11 Access . 31 Other Related Documentation . 12 Windows Display Properties Setting Access . 33 Online Help . 12 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu . 33 Context Help . 12 The NVIDIA GPU Page . 35 NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items . 35 Manager . 13 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips Release 90 Enhancements . 13 37 OpenGL . 13 Context Help . 37 Video . 14 Tool Tips . 38 Video Processing Improvements . 14 Tool Tips for Disabled Settings . 38 New Features—Available Only in the New NVIDIA Control Panel . 14 4. Using nView Multi-Display Control Panel . 14 Settings nView Display Modes. 41 2. System Requirements And Driver nView Multi-Display Applications . 43 Installation Accessing the Display Context Menus . 44 Hardware and Software Support . 15 About Display Numbering . 46 Supported Operating Systems . 15 About Renaming Displays . 46 Supported NVIDIA Products . 16 NVIDIA Multi-Display Support . 48 Supported Languages . 19 Primary and Secondary Displays . 50 NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation .20 nView Display Settings . 50 System Requirements . 20 Windows Display Properties Settings . 50 About the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver Installation Using nView Dualview Mode . 50 21 Key Features. 51 Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your Initial Installation of nView Dualview Mode — Software . 21 Windows 2000 . 53 About Using Saved Profiles in Another Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial Computer . 24 Installation — Windows 2000 . 55 Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver Using nView Span Modes . 55 Software . 24 nView Span Modes vs. Dualview Mode Features Uninstalling the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver 56 Software . 24 Using Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes . 57 Notes on Feature and Configuration Support. 25 Using nView Clone Mode . 60 Feature Support . 25 Enabling nView Clone Mode . 60 Examples in this Guide . 26 Enabling Virtual Desktop — Clone Mode . 62 Before You Begin . 62 3. NVIDIA Driver Control Panel Procedure. 63 Access Disabling Auto-Panning (Lock Pan Position) . 65 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards. 27 Switching Between nView Dualview and Span/ Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages Clone Modes — Windows 2000 . 66 28 Enabling nView Multiview Mode — Only for NVIDIA Desktop Access . 29 Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards . 66 Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display .30 Arranging Displays on the Settings Page . 67 NVIDIA Corporation iii nViewGuide_.book Page iv Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:14 PM User’s Guide Table of Contents 5. Configuring Displays 7. Configuring Key ForceWare Adjusting Analog Display Settings . 69 Graphics Driver Features Screen Adjustment . 70 Adjusting Desktop Colors . 99 Display Timing Settings . 71 Accessing the Desktop Colors Page . 99 Adjusting Digital Display Settings . 72 Color Correction Settings. .100 Digital Display Settings . 72 Digital Vibrance . .100 Adjusting Television Settings . 74 Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma. .100 TV Settings . 75 Apply Color Changes to.... .101 Signal Format . 75 Color Channels. .101 Video Output Format . 76 Color Curve Graph. .102 Device Adjustments — TV Output . 76 Image Sharpening . .103 Screen Positioning . 76 Color Profile . .103 Brightness/Contrast/Saturation . 77 Add (ICC Profile Mode) . .103 Flicker . 78 Other Settings . .103 Overdrive . 78 Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings. .104 Overscan Shift. 78 Changing Global Driver Settings. .105 Video Border — (for HDTV) . 79 Modifying an Existing Application Profile. .106 Supported TV and HDTV Adjustment Features Adding a New Application Profile . 111 Based on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU . 80 Adding Profiles With an SLI Configuration . 113 Deleting Application Profiles . 113 6. Configuring HDTV Driver Settings . 113 Supported Television/HDTV Formats for Analog Antialiasing Settings . 113 and Digital Outputs. 81 Anisotropic Filtering . 115 About D Connector Output Modes . 83 Image Settings . .115 Television and HDTV Formats and Desktop Vertical Sync . 116 Resolutions . 83 Driver Settings — Advanced . 117 Television Formats . 83 View Advanced Settings . 117 HDTV Formats . 83 Antialiasing Settings (SLI-specific). 117 Optimizing HDTV Viewing. 84 Color Profile . 118 Underscan. 85 Force Mipmaps . 119 Overscan Shift . 85 Conformant Texture Clamp . 119 Native . 85 Extension Limit . 119 Notes on Startup Functionality with HDTV Hardware Acceleration . .120 Connected . 86 Trilinear Optimization . .121 nView Single Display Mode . 86 Anisotropic Optimizations . .122 nView Multi-Display Mode . 86 Gamma Correct Antialiasing . .123 Using HDTV in nView Display Modes . 86 Transparency Antialiasing. .123 Using HDTV in nView Single Display Mode .86 SLI Rendering Mode. .124 Using HDTV as the Primary Display in nView Negative LOD bias . .125 Clone Mode . 87 Triple Buffering . .125 Using HDTV as the Secondary Display in nView Using Video Overlay Settings . .126 Clone Mode . 87 Accessing the Video Overlay Settings Page .126 Using HDTV in nView Dualview Mode . 87 Overlay Zoom Controls . .127 Using HDTV Formats . 88 Zoom Control . .127 Using Overscan Shift . 92 Out/In . .127 Using Underscan . 94 Screen Region to Zoom . .127 Troubleshooting HDTV Configuration. 95 Overlay Color Controls . .127 Hue and Saturation . .127 Adjust Colors . .127 iv NVIDIA Corporation nViewGuide_.book Page v Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:14 PM User’s Guide Table of Contents Restore Defaults . 128 Adjusting PowerMizer Settings — Only for Using Full Screen Video Settings . 128 Notebook Computers . .153 About the Full Screen Video Mirror Feature. 129 Accessing the PowerMizer Page . .153 Accessing the Full Screen Video Page . 129 PowerMizer Settings . .153 Full-Screen Video Settings . 129 Current Battery Charge . .153 Full Screen Device . 129 Current Power Source. .153 Track Overlay Rotation . 130 Current Power Level. .154 Adjust Colors . 131 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology. .155 Full Screen Video Zoom Controls . 131 Hardware Requirements . .155 Zoom Control . 131 Motherboard . .155 Out/In. 132 Examples of GeForce-based Graphics Cards Screen Region to Zoom . 132 Supporting SLI . .156 Troubleshooting Full Screen Video Problems132 Power Supply. .157 Using the Tools Page . 133 Installation and Operating Instructions . .157 Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Installing the Hardware . .157 Windows Taskbar . 133 Installing the Display Driver. .158 Display Optimization Wizard . 134 Enabling SLI Mode. .159 Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Viewing Load Balancing. .159 Desktop Menu. 136 Forcing Detection of Connected Television . 136 A. Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Detecting Displays . 136 Graphics Cards (Non-SLI Using NVRotate Settings . 138 Configuration) Accessing the NVRotate Page . 138 Before You Begin . .163 Before You Use NVRotate Settings . ..