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Cinematic Computing for Every User GeForce FX 5200/5500/5600/5700/5900 Series NVIDIA User's Manual GeForceFX Contents Getting Ready Hardware Installation Driver Installation Display Modes Appendies
Cinematic Computing for Every User GeForce FX 5200/5500/5600/5700/5900 Series NVIDIA User's Manual GeForceFX Contents Getting Ready Hardware Installation Driver Installation Display Modes Appendies
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Windows XP/2000/ME/98 8 Manual Driver Installation - Windows XP/2000 9 Manual Driver Installation - Windows ME/98 10 Manual Driver Installation - Windows NT 4.0 11 Software Settings 11 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 - Screen Settings 14 Display Properties - Overview 13 Display Properties - 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 ME/98 10 Manual Driver Installation - Windows NT 4.0 11 Software Settings 11 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 - Screen Settings 14 Display Properties - Overview 13 Display Properties - 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
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... Contents NVIDIA GeForce FX AV cable (Optional for TV output) GeForce FX 5200 / 5600 / 5700 / 5900 board S-video cable (Optional for the video to VGA adapter (Optional) Do not have the VIVO cable connected with the AV cable and S-video cable simultaneously. Connect only the cable for currently desired input source for TV output) Software CD Video In Component Out Video Out...
... Contents NVIDIA GeForce FX AV cable (Optional for TV output) GeForce FX 5200 / 5600 / 5700 / 5900 board S-video cable (Optional for the video to VGA adapter (Optional) Do not have the VIVO cable connected with the AV cable and S-video cable simultaneously. Connect only the cable for currently desired input source for TV output) Software CD Video In Component Out Video Out...
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...DVI Connector (Optional) VIVO or TV Out Connector (Optional) VGA Connector Bus Connector NVIDIA GeForce FX Note: The actual board appearance may differ from the diagrams. Features Powered by the NVIDIA GeForce FX GPU Graphics Beyond Imagination CineFX 2.0 Engine for GeForce FX 5700 and GeForce FX 5900/ CineFX Engine for GeForce FX... user with maximum flexibility in display options and control AGP 8X Utilizes the latest system interface technology with up to 2.1GB/sec bandwidth Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL 1.4 Optimizations and Support Video-in/Video-out function support (optional) 2 1
...DVI Connector (Optional) VIVO or TV Out Connector (Optional) VGA Connector Bus Connector NVIDIA GeForce FX Note: The actual board appearance may differ from the diagrams. Features Powered by the NVIDIA GeForce FX GPU Graphics Beyond Imagination CineFX 2.0 Engine for GeForce FX 5700 and GeForce FX 5900/ CineFX Engine for GeForce FX... user with maximum flexibility in display options and control AGP 8X Utilizes the latest system interface technology with up to 2.1GB/sec bandwidth Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL 1.4 Optimizations and Support Video-in/Video-out function support (optional) 2 1
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Settings Panel Advanced Settings Panel Geforce FX 5700 VE is used as shown in the figure below. 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. Advanced Settings, accessed by clicking the Advanced button as the example throughout the manual. 12
Settings Panel Advanced Settings Panel Geforce FX 5700 VE is used as shown in the figure below. 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. Advanced Settings, accessed by clicking the Advanced button as the example throughout the manual. 12
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Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE) nView Display Mode Performance and Quality Settings Overlay Controls Desktop Utilities NVRotate 2 6 4 1 3 5 1 nView Display Mode p. 16 p. 21 2 Performance and Quality Settings Includes Direct3D and OpenGL settings. 21 English 15
Software Settings Display Properties- Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE) nView Display Mode Performance and Quality Settings Overlay Controls Desktop Utilities NVRotate 2 6 4 1 3 5 1 nView Display Mode p. 16 p. 21 2 Performance and Quality Settings Includes Direct3D and OpenGL settings. 21 English 15
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... for details. 17 You can also disable auto-panning on your system (see the figure below). Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE) nView Display Mode nView Modes Display Detect Displays Device Settings 3 1 Display 1 The drop-down list and then check Make this button to have the...
... for details. 17 You can also disable auto-panning on your system (see the figure below). Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE) nView Display Mode nView Modes Display Detect Displays Device Settings 3 1 Display 1 The drop-down list and then check Make this button to have the...
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Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE) nView Display Mode Device Settings (Standard Mode) 1 Select Output Device Click this option to select a device from its submenu. 2 Color Correction This dialogue box allows you to adjust color using slider controls. 19 Software Settings Display Properties-
Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5700 VE) nView Display Mode Device Settings (Standard Mode) 1 Select Output Device Click this option to select a device from its submenu. 2 Color Correction This dialogue box allows you to adjust color using slider controls. 19 Software Settings Display Properties-
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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). 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 Software Settings Display Properties-
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). 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 Software Settings Display Properties-
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...may greatly improve the performance of the applications. You can choose from five preset bias values. Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600) Performance and Quality Settings Direct3D Settings Direct3D Settings Allows you have found the optimal settings for a particular Direct3D before starting the program and eliminates... the available system memory as a custom "tweak". Saved settings will be added to adjust the performance and compatibility options and mipmapping for systems using a AGP bus. 22 34 Once you to the adjacent list.
...may greatly improve the performance of the applications. You can choose from five preset bias values. Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600) Performance and Quality Settings Direct3D Settings Direct3D Settings Allows you have found the optimal settings for a particular Direct3D before starting the program and eliminates... the available system memory as a custom "tweak". Saved settings will be added to adjust the performance and compatibility options and mipmapping for systems using a AGP bus. 22 34 Once you to the adjacent list.
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... back buffer to the front buffer. 23 Buffer flipping mode Turns on page flipping for textures. Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600) Performance and Quality Settings OpenGL settings OpenGL Settings Allows you have saved. To apply the setting, please choose the "OK" or "Apply" button. Note...
... back buffer to the front buffer. 23 Buffer flipping mode Turns on page flipping for textures. Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600) Performance and Quality Settings OpenGL settings OpenGL Settings Allows you have saved. To apply the setting, please choose the "OK" or "Apply" button. Note...
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Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600) NVRotate NVRotate Controls the display view to suit different viewing directions of the display devices. Portrait (90 degree rotation) . Software Settings Display Properties- Inverted Landscape (180 degree rotation) . 24 34 Inverted Portrait (270 degree rotation) . Landscape (0 degree rotation) .
Advanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600) NVRotate NVRotate Controls the display view to suit different viewing directions of the display devices. Portrait (90 degree rotation) . Software Settings Display Properties- Inverted Landscape (180 degree rotation) . 24 34 Inverted Portrait (270 degree rotation) . Landscape (0 degree rotation) .