nViewGuide_.book Page 1 Tuesday, March 1, 2005 1:00 PM ForceWare Graphics Driver User’s Guide Driver Version: 71.84 for Windows NVIDIA Corporation March 2005 nViewGuide_.book Page 2 Tuesday, March 1, 2005 1:00 PM NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers User’s Guide Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 Copyright © 2005 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. 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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 Tuesday, March 1, 2005 1:00 PM NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers User’s Guide Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3D Graphics API Enhancements. 29 About this Guide . 11 HDTV Support Enhancements . 29 Other Related Documentation . 12 Desktop Manager and Control Panel Online Help . 12 Improvements . 30 Context Help . 12 Release 60 Enhancements . 30 NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Latest GPU Support. 30 Manager . 13 PCI Express Support . 30 Release 70 Enhancements . 13 Enhancements in Driver Performance . 30 Support for Newest GeForce 6 Series GPUs .13 3D Graphics API Enhancements . 31 Improved Video Functionality . 14 Direct3D. 31 New Setup Wizards . 14 OpenGL . 31 Desktop Manager Wizard Improvements . 14 Release 55 Enhancements . 31 Control Panel Interface Improvements. 14 PCI Express Support . 32 New Feature and Enhancement Details by PAE Support . 32 Driver Module . 14 nView Desktop Manager Enhancements . 32 Display Driver, DirectX, and OpenGL . 15 User Interface Enhancements . 32 Video. 15 Video Support Enhancements . 32 NVIDIA Display — Enhancements and New 3D Graphics API Enhancements . 33 Features . 16 Direct3D. 33 nView Desktop Manager — New & Enhanced OpenGL . 33 Features . 17 Release 50 Enhancements . 33 New Feature Highlights . 33 3. System Requirements 64-bit Support . 33 Supported Operating Systems . 19 Dynamic Memory Mapping . 33 Minimum Hard Disk Space . 20 NVIDIA Unified Compiler . 33 Additional Operating System Requirements .21 Display Driver Changes—New Features . 34 Software — NVIDIA Graphics Driver . 21 Video — New Features . 34 Hardware — Supported NVIDIA Products . 21 PowerMizer — New Features . 34 Supported Languages . 24 User Interface Changes . 34 Notes on Feature and Configuration Support. 24 nView . 35 Feature Support . 24 DirectX Graphics . 36 Examples in this Guide . 25 OpenGL. 36 Release 40 Enhancements . 36 3. NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Enhanced Display Driver, DirectX, and Video Display Driver — Feature History Capabilities . 37 Driver Release History . 26 New Graphical User Interface . 37 Release 70 Enhancements . 27 Enhanced nView Desktop Manager Features 37 Release 65 Enhancements . 27 OpenGL Enhancements . 38 SLI Support . 27 Release 35 Enhancements . 38 512 MB Frame Buffer Support . 28 Release 25 Enhancements . 39 Multi-GPU Support . 28 Release 20 Enhancements . 40 Operating System Support . 28 Release 10 Enhancements . 40 Enhancements in Driver Performance . 29 Release 6 Enhancements . 41 Improved Robustness . 29 TwinView . 41 Video Enhancements. 29 Virtual Desktop . 41 NVIDIA Corporation iii nViewGuide_.book Page iv Tuesday, March 1, 2005 1:00 PM User’s Guide Table of Contents Video Mirror . 41 nView Display Modes. 63 Desktop Manager . 42 nView Multi-Display Applications . 65 Digital Vibrance Control . 42 Accessing the Display Context Menus . 67 OpenGL . 42 About Display Numbering . 68 Direct3D . 42 About Renaming Displays . 69 Cursor Trails Support . 42 NVIDIA Multi-Display Support . 71 Control Panels . 43 Primary and Secondary Displays . 73 Release 5 Enhancements. 43 nView Display Settings . 73 OpenGL . 43 Windows Display Properties Settings . 73 OpenGL 1.2 Core . 43 Using nView Dualview Mode . 73 OpenGL Extensions . 44 Key Features. 74 OpenGL Performance Enhancements . 44 Initial Installation of nView Dualview Mode — Direct3D . 45 Windows 2000 . 75 Control Panel . 45 Enabling nView Dualview Mode After Initial Installation — Windows 2000 . 78 4. NVIDIA Driver Installation and Using nView Span Modes . 78 Control Panel Access nView Span Modes vs. Dualview Mode Features Before You Begin . 46 79 About the NVIDIA Graphics Driver Installation . 47 Using Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes . 80 Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Using nView Clone Mode . 83 Drivers . 47 Enabling nView Clone Mode . 83 Follow the instructions in the NVIDIA Enabling Virtual Desktop — Clone Mode . 85 InstallShield Wizard to complete the Before You Begin . 85 installation.. 47 Procedure. 86 File Locations . 47 Disabling Auto-Panning (Lock Pan Position) . Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your 88 Software . 48 Switching Between nView Dualview and Span/ About Using Saved Profiles in Another Clone Modes — Windows 2000 . 89 Computer . 50 Enabling nView Multiview Mode — Only for NVIDIA NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards. 50 Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards . 89 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver . 51 Arranging Displays on the Settings Page . 90 Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages 52 6. Configuring Displays Desktop Access . 52 Adjusting Analog Display Settings . 92 Shortcut to Playing Video Files on Any Display .54 Screen Adjustment . 93 NVIDIA Settings Menu — Windows Taskbar Display Timing Settings . 94 Access . 55 Adjusting Digital Display Settings . 95 Windows Display Properties Setting Access .56 Digital Display Settings . 95 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu . 56 Adjusting Television (TV) Settings . 97 The NVIDIA GPU Page . 58 TV Settings . 98 Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items . 59 Signal Format . 98 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips Video Output Format . 99 60 Device Adjustments — TV Output. 99 Context Help . 60 Screen Positioning. 99 Tool Tips . 61 Brightness/Contrast/Saturation. .100 Tool Tips for Disabled Settings . 61 Flicker . .101 Overdrive . .101 5. Using nView Multi-Display Overscan Shift . .101 Settings Video Border — (for HDTV) . .102 iv NVIDIA Corporation nViewGuide_.book Page v Tuesday, March 1, 2005 1:00 PM User’s Guide Table of Contents Supported TV and HDTV Adjustment Features Color Curve Graph. .133 Based on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU . 103 Image Sharpening . .134 Color Profile . .134 7. Configuring HDTV Add (ICC Profile Mode) . .134 HDTV Supported Outputs. 105 Other Settings . .134 Optimizing HDTV Viewing. 105 Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings. .135 Underscan. 106 Changing Global Driver Settings. .136 Shift Threshold . 107 Modifying an Existing Application Profile. .137 Native . 107 Adding a New Application Profile . .142 Supported TV/HDTV Formats . 107 Deleting Application Profiles . .144 About D Connector Output Modes . 108 Driver Settings . .144 TV/HDTV Formats and Desktop Resolutions108 Antialiasing Settings . .144 Notes on Startup Functionality with HDTV Anisotropic Filtering . .146 Connected . 109 Image Settings . .146 nView Single Display Mode . 109 Vertical Sync . .147 nView Multi-Display Mode . 109 Driver Settings — Advanced . .147 Using HDTV in nView Display Modes . 109 View Advanced Settings . .147 Using HDTV in nView Single Display Mode . 110 Color Profile . .148 Using HDTV as the Primary Display in nView Force Mipmaps . .149 Clone Mode . 110 Conformant Texture Clamp . .149 Using HDTV as the Secondary Display in nView Extension Limit . .149 Clone Mode . 111 Hardware Acceleration . .149.