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Windows XP/2000 9 Manual Driver Installation - Windows NT 4.0 11 Software Settings 11 Display Properties - Overview 13 Display Properties - Windows ME/98 10 Manual Driver Installation - Screen Settings 14 Display Properties - Contents 1 Getting Ready 1 Package Contents 2 Board Layout 2 Features 3 Hardware Installation 6 Before Driver Installation 7 Quick Driver Installation - Advanced Settings 17 nView Display Mode 22 Direct3D Settings 23 OpenGL Settings GeForce FX Series User's Manual Version A May 2004 P/N: W0500895 Windows XP/2000/ME/98 8 Manual Driver Installation -
Windows XP/2000 9 Manual Driver Installation - Windows NT 4.0 11 Software Settings 11 Display Properties - Overview 13 Display Properties - Windows ME/98 10 Manual Driver Installation - Screen Settings 14 Display Properties - Contents 1 Getting Ready 1 Package Contents 2 Board Layout 2 Features 3 Hardware Installation 6 Before Driver Installation 7 Quick Driver Installation - Advanced Settings 17 nView Display Mode 22 Direct3D Settings 23 OpenGL Settings GeForce FX Series User's Manual Version A May 2004 P/N: W0500895 Windows XP/2000/ME/98 8 Manual Driver Installation -
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Before Driver Installation Note: It is highly recommended that you follow these steps: 1 Step From the Windows taskbar, click Start > Settings > Control Panel to open the Control Panel windows. 2 Step Double click the Add/Remove Programs item. 3 Step Click the NVIDIA Windows Display Drivers item from the list. 4 Step Click Change/Remove. 5 Step Click Yes to completely uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before installing a new version of the software. To uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software, follow the steps in this section to continue. 6 Step Restart your system. 6
Before Driver Installation Note: It is highly recommended that you follow these steps: 1 Step From the Windows taskbar, click Start > Settings > Control Panel to open the Control Panel windows. 2 Step Double click the Add/Remove Programs item. 3 Step Click the NVIDIA Windows Display Drivers item from the list. 4 Step Click Change/Remove. 5 Step Click Yes to completely uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before installing a new version of the software. To uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software, follow the steps in this section to continue. 6 Step Restart your system. 6
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... installing the driver. Select Driver Install by clicking on the screen. Quick Driver Installation Windows XP/2000/ ME/98 WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND WINDOWS XP/2000/ME/98 USERS TO USE QUICK DRIVER INSTALLATION. WINDOWS NT 4.0 USERS PLEASE INSTALL THE DRIVER MANUALLY. 1 Step Insert the software pack CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2 Step...
... installing the driver. Select Driver Install by clicking on the screen. Quick Driver Installation Windows XP/2000/ ME/98 WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND WINDOWS XP/2000/ME/98 USERS TO USE QUICK DRIVER INSTALLATION. WINDOWS NT 4.0 USERS PLEASE INSTALL THE DRIVER MANUALLY. 1 Step Insert the software pack CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2 Step...
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... found. And type in X:\Drivers\WinXP_2K (assuming X: is completed, a dialog box appears to locate certain files for it. Manual Driver Installation Windows XP/2000 1 Step As you logon to Windows, the system tells you about the compatibility appears, click Continue Anyway. 7 Step If the system fails to tell you the progress. 9 Step...
... found. And type in X:\Drivers\WinXP_2K (assuming X: is completed, a dialog box appears to locate certain files for it. Manual Driver Installation Windows XP/2000 1 Step As you logon to Windows, the system tells you about the compatibility appears, click Continue Anyway. 7 Step If the system fails to tell you the progress. 9 Step...
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... drive. 2 Step The Display Properties dialog box appears. Click Finish. 7 Step The Install From Disk dialog box appears. 1 Step 4 Windows will ask you if you Windows is installed successfully. Then click on Properties. 8 Step Place the Software Pack CD in X:\Drivers\WinME_98 or browse for a directory specified by... you. 1 Step 3 A dialog box appears after the driver is ready to restart your purchase. Manual Driver Installation Windows ME/98 1 Step Right click on the desktop and a pop-up the Adapter dialog box. Click on Settings. Click Yes. 9
... drive. 2 Step The Display Properties dialog box appears. Click Finish. 7 Step The Install From Disk dialog box appears. 1 Step 4 Windows will ask you if you Windows is installed successfully. Then click on Properties. 8 Step Place the Software Pack CD in X:\Drivers\WinME_98 or browse for a directory specified by... you. 1 Step 3 A dialog box appears after the driver is ready to restart your purchase. Manual Driver Installation Windows ME/98 1 Step Right click on the desktop and a pop-up the Adapter dialog box. Click on Settings. Click Yes. 9
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...your screen. And then click the Display Type button. 4 Step The Display Type dialog box appears. Click Yes. After logging on Windows NT, the "Invalid Display Setting" applet will appear on Have Disk to install the selected driver. Click the Settings tab. Click on...models. Click on the screen. Manual Driver Installation Windows NT4.0 BEFORE INSTALLING THE DISPLAY DRIVER UNDER WINDOWS NT4.0, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE INSTALLED THE WINDOWS NT 4.0 SERVICE PACK 6 OR LATER VERSION. 1 Step Reboot the system and select "Windows NT 4.0 (VGA)" from a specified disk. 6 Step The Install...
...your screen. And then click the Display Type button. 4 Step The Display Type dialog box appears. Click Yes. After logging on Windows NT, the "Invalid Display Setting" applet will appear on Have Disk to install the selected driver. Click the Settings tab. Click on...models. Click on the screen. Manual Driver Installation Windows NT4.0 BEFORE INSTALLING THE DISPLAY DRIVER UNDER WINDOWS NT4.0, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE INSTALLED THE WINDOWS NT 4.0 SERVICE PACK 6 OR LATER VERSION. 1 Step Reboot the system and select "Windows NT 4.0 (VGA)" from a specified disk. 6 Step The Install...
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Settings Panel Advanced Settings Panel Geforce FX 5700 VE is used as shown in the figure below. Advanced Settings, accessed by clicking the Advanced button as the example throughout the manual. 12 What Settings Panel Does The Settings panel contains two major parts of settings: 1 Screen Settings, including resolution and color depth settings, with a preview window. 2.
Settings Panel Advanced Settings Panel Geforce FX 5700 VE is used as shown in the figure below. Advanced Settings, accessed by clicking the Advanced button as the example throughout the manual. 12 What Settings Panel Does The Settings panel contains two major parts of settings: 1 Screen Settings, including resolution and color depth settings, with a preview window. 2.
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..., and the extended, 1b, as in any fashion (see Page 11). To extend the desktop Call up the Settings panel as described in the preview window and drag the resolution sliding knob to display on the bottom of the screens in Page 11, the preview... window shows you have two display devices connected to the second device and set on the bottom (Step 2). Software Settings Display Properties- To extend your desktop ...
..., and the extended, 1b, as in any fashion (see Page 11). To extend the desktop Call up the Settings panel as described in the preview window and drag the resolution sliding knob to display on the bottom of the screens in Page 11, the preview... window shows you have two display devices connected to the second device and set on the bottom (Step 2). Software Settings Display Properties- To extend your desktop ...
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Advanced Settings 3 nView Modes The option checked here determines how the video is built into the latest GeForce series video cards. Clone Check to have the Windows desktop span horizontally across on two screens. nView supports a wide variety of multidisplay modes, offering users maximum ...models with dual video output ports. 18 Standard (DualView) Allows only one screen to have the Windows desktop span vertically across on the two screens. Vertical Span Check to display the output video. nView is nView? nView is a multi-display technology developed by NVIDIA, which is ...
Advanced Settings 3 nView Modes The option checked here determines how the video is built into the latest GeForce series video cards. Clone Check to have the Windows desktop span horizontally across on two screens. nView supports a wide variety of multidisplay modes, offering users maximum ...models with dual video output ports. 18 Standard (DualView) Allows only one screen to have the Windows desktop span vertically across on the two screens. Vertical Span Check to display the output video. nView is nView? nView is a multi-display technology developed by NVIDIA, which is ...
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Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE) nView Display Mode Device Settings (Multi-Display Modes) Select Output Device Under multi-display modes, click this option (unavailable in the preview window) as the primary display device. 21 Primary Display Under multi-display modes, you can click this option to set the selected device (highlighted in Standard mode) to open the Device Selection (see the last page).
Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE) nView Display Mode Device Settings (Multi-Display Modes) Select Output Device Under multi-display modes, click this option (unavailable in the preview window) as the primary display device. 21 Primary Display Under multi-display modes, you can click this option to set the selected device (highlighted in Standard mode) to open the Device Selection (see the last page).
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...the current settings as reported by Windows. Custom Direct3D settings Allows you have found the optimal settings for a particular Direct3D before starting the program and eliminates the need to adjust the performance and compatibility options and mipmapping for systems using a AGP bus. 22 34 Saved settings will...- The PCI Texture Memory Size is unavailable for your Direct3D games. Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600) Performance and Quality Settings Direct3D Settings Direct3D Settings Allows you to the adjacent list.
...the current settings as reported by Windows. Custom Direct3D settings Allows you have found the optimal settings for a particular Direct3D before starting the program and eliminates the need to adjust the performance and compatibility options and mipmapping for systems using a AGP bus. 22 34 Saved settings will...- The PCI Texture Memory Size is unavailable for your Direct3D games. Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600) Performance and Quality Settings Direct3D Settings Direct3D Settings Allows you to the adjacent list.
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.... Software Settings Display Properties- Multi-Display Hardware Acceleration This option determines advanced rendering options when using nView Multiview mode in Windows NT 4.0. Default color depth for textures This setting item allows you to adjust the performance and compatibility options of your...screen OpenGL applications which may improve their performance. Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600) Performance and Quality Settings OpenGL settings OpenGL Settings Allows you have saved. If this is disabled, OpenGL will activate ...
.... Software Settings Display Properties- Multi-Display Hardware Acceleration This option determines advanced rendering options when using nView Multiview mode in Windows NT 4.0. Default color depth for textures This setting item allows you to adjust the performance and compatibility options of your...screen OpenGL applications which may improve their performance. Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600) Performance and Quality Settings OpenGL settings OpenGL Settings Allows you have saved. If this is disabled, OpenGL will activate ...