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NVIDIA Quadro Professional Drivers Workstation User's Guide Driver Version: Release 90 for Windows NVIDIA Corporation July 2006 First Edition
NVIDIA Quadro Professional Drivers Workstation User's Guide Driver Version: Release 90 for Windows NVIDIA Corporation July 2006 First Edition
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... 3 Video 4 Video Processing Improvements 4 New Features-Available Only in its entirety 34 Tool Tips for Disabled Settings 34 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver 35 4. NVIDIA Control Panel Access NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards 23 Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages 24 Desktop Access 25 Shortcut to view the name in the New NVIDIA Control Panel 4 Control Panel 4 2. NVIDIA Quadro Professional Drivers...
... 3 Video 4 Video Processing Improvements 4 New Features-Available Only in its entirety 34 Tool Tips for Disabled Settings 34 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver 35 4. NVIDIA Control Panel Access NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards 23 Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages 24 Desktop Access 25 Shortcut to view the name in the New NVIDIA Control Panel 4 Control Panel 4 2. NVIDIA Quadro Professional Drivers...
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...Television (TV) Settings 71 TV Settings 72 Signal Format 72 Video Output Format 73 Device Adjustments - Configuring HDTV Supported Television/HDTV Formats for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards 63 Arranging Displays on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU . . 77 6. User's Guide Table of Contents ... 101 Color Profile 101 Add (ICC Profile Mode 101 Other Settings 101 Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings. . .102 Changing Global Driver Settings 103 Modifying an Existing Application Profile. . .105 Adding a New Application Profile 108 Adding Profiles With an SLI Configuration ....
...Television (TV) Settings 71 TV Settings 72 Signal Format 72 Video Output Format 73 Device Adjustments - Configuring HDTV Supported Television/HDTV Formats for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards 63 Arranging Displays on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU . . 77 6. User's Guide Table of Contents ... 101 Color Profile 101 Add (ICC Profile Mode 101 Other Settings 101 Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings. . .102 Changing Global Driver Settings 103 Modifying an Existing Application Profile. . .105 Adding a New Application Profile 108 Adding Profiles With an SLI Configuration ....
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...Video Problems129 Using the Tools Page 129 Accessing the Tools Page 129 Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar 130 Display Optimization Wizard 132 Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu 133 Forcing Detection of SLI Technology for NVIDIA Quadro Cards... HiRes Desktop Scaling 154 8. Only for NVIDIA Quadro GPUs . . . . .157 Hardware Requirements 158 Installation and Operating Instructions . . . . . .159 Installing the Hardware 159 Installing the Display Driver 160 Enabling SLI Mode 160 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology 162 SLI Frame Rendering 162 SLI...
...Video Problems129 Using the Tools Page 129 Accessing the Tools Page 129 Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the Windows Taskbar 130 Display Optimization Wizard 132 Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows Desktop Menu 133 Forcing Detection of SLI Technology for NVIDIA Quadro Cards... HiRes Desktop Scaling 154 8. Only for NVIDIA Quadro GPUs . . . . .157 Hardware Requirements 158 Installation and Operating Instructions . . . . . .159 Installing the Hardware 159 Installing the Display Driver 160 Enabling SLI Mode 160 Using NVIDIA SLI Technology 162 SLI Frame Rendering 162 SLI...
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... 207 512 MB Frame Buffer Support 207 Multi-GPU Support 207 Operating System Support 208 Enhancements in Driver Performance . . . .208 Improved Robustness 208 Video Enhancements 208 3D Graphics API Enhancements. . . . . .208 HDTV Support Enhancements 209 Desktop ...NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver - Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Before You Begin 168 Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 168 Examples and Setup 168 Quadro FX 3000 - Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Supported HDTV Connectors 183 Component 183 HDTV over DVI...
... 207 512 MB Frame Buffer Support 207 Multi-GPU Support 207 Operating System Support 208 Enhancements in Driver Performance . . . .208 Improved Robustness 208 Video Enhancements 208 3D Graphics API Enhancements. . . . . .208 HDTV Support Enhancements 209 Desktop ...NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver - Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Before You Begin 168 Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver 168 Examples and Setup 168 Quadro FX 3000 - Using HDTV with NVIDIA GPU-Based Graphics Cards Supported HDTV Connectors 183 Component 183 HDTV over DVI...
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...Improvement and New Features 206 NVIDIA Corporation viii NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers User's Guide List of Tables Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products 6 Table 2.2 Hard Disk Space Requirements-English 8 Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space Requirements-Non-English Languages 8 Table 2.4 Hard Disk Space Requirements-Full International Package 8 Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products 14 Table 2.2 ... Output Modes 80 Table 6.3 Optimizing HDTV Viewing 82 Table 7.1 Advanced Timing Parameters 145 Table 7.2 Display Timing Standards 147 Table D.1 Release 70 Graphics Driver -
...Improvement and New Features 206 NVIDIA Corporation viii NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers User's Guide List of Tables Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products 6 Table 2.2 Hard Disk Space Requirements-English 8 Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space Requirements-Non-English Languages 8 Table 2.4 Hard Disk Space Requirements-Full International Package 8 Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products 14 Table 2.2 ... Output Modes 80 Table 6.3 Optimizing HDTV Viewing 82 Table 7.1 Advanced Timing Parameters 145 Table 7.2 Display Timing Standards 147 Table D.1 Release 70 Graphics Driver -
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NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User's Guide List of an HDTV with DVI and Analog Connectors 79 Figure 6.2 Quick Access to HDTV Formats - Installing Dualview in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area 28 Figure 3.5 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menu 28 Figure 3.6 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Virtual Desktop Enabled - Video...Figure 2.1 nView Desktop Manager - TV + Digital Display 59 Figure 4.16 nView Clone Mode with Four Connected Graphics Cards 28 Figure 3.10 NVIDIA Display - HDTV Component Connection 87 Figure 6.4 TV Settings - Dualview Mode (Windows 2000 51 Figure 4.12 nView ...
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User's Guide List of an HDTV with DVI and Analog Connectors 79 Figure 6.2 Quick Access to HDTV Formats - Installing Dualview in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area 28 Figure 3.5 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menu 28 Figure 3.6 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menus with Virtual Desktop Enabled - Video...Figure 2.1 nView Desktop Manager - TV + Digital Display 59 Figure 4.16 nView Clone Mode with Four Connected Graphics Cards 28 Figure 3.10 NVIDIA Display - HDTV Component Connection 87 Figure 6.4 TV Settings - Dualview Mode (Windows 2000 51 Figure 4.12 nView ...
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...Settings Page 155 Figure 8.1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with 2 Attached 177 Figure A.8 Two Display Devices With Identifying Numbers 177 Figure A.9 NVIDIA Display Menu - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User's Guide Figure 7.2 Performance and Quality ...NVIDIA Display Menu Showing Both Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX Graphics Cards . 179 Figure A.11 NVIDIA Settings Menu Displaying NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000-based and GeForce4 MX-based Graphics Cards 180 Figure B.1 Sample Component Cables 183 Figure B.2 Sample DVI Cable 184 Figure B.3 Sample Video Cables 185 Figure B.4 Sample NVIDIA...
...Settings Page 155 Figure 8.1 Connecting Two Graphics Cards with 2 Attached 177 Figure A.8 Two Display Devices With Identifying Numbers 177 Figure A.9 NVIDIA Display Menu - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver User's Guide Figure 7.2 Performance and Quality ...NVIDIA Display Menu Showing Both Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX Graphics Cards . 179 Figure A.11 NVIDIA Settings Menu Displaying NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000-based and GeForce4 MX-based Graphics Cards 180 Figure B.1 Sample Component Cables 183 Figure B.2 Sample DVI Cable 184 Figure B.3 Sample Video Cables 185 Figure B.4 Sample NVIDIA...
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This guide focuses on NVIDIA workstation products, i.e, graphics cards based on the NVIDIA Quadro™ series of the control panel‐based NVIDIA® ForceWare™ graphics display driver. www.nvidia.com. 12 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Chapter 1 Introduction CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter discusses the following major topics: • "About this Guide This user's guide is addressed to the...
This guide focuses on NVIDIA workstation products, i.e, graphics cards based on the NVIDIA Quadro™ series of the control panel‐based NVIDIA® ForceWare™ graphics display driver. www.nvidia.com. 12 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Chapter 1 Introduction CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter discusses the following major topics: • "About this Guide This user's guide is addressed to the...
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.... Release notes also enable add‐in‐card (AIC) producers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to monitor performance improvements and bug fixes in the ForceWare graphics drivers. NVIDIA Corporation 13 Release 90 driver version. Online Help Context Help You can obtain context Help for any of the settings on the setting provides "too...
.... Release notes also enable add‐in‐card (AIC) producers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to monitor performance improvements and bug fixes in the ForceWare graphics drivers. NVIDIA Corporation 13 Release 90 driver version. Online Help Context Help You can obtain context Help for any of the settings on the setting provides "too...
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... making you can configure the advanced display properties of the current release of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver. nView Desktop Manager was originally created for multi‐display graphics cards but has grown to enhance single‐display user desktops as the recommended user ... been added: • WGL_NV_gpu_affinity 14 Quadro Workstation User's Guide For details on using nView Desktop Manager features, refer to the control panel‐based user interface from which you more productive when working on NVIDIA GPUs. NVIDIA display properties and nView Desktop Manager. In...
... making you can configure the advanced display properties of the current release of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver. nView Desktop Manager was originally created for multi‐display graphics cards but has grown to enhance single‐display user desktops as the recommended user ... been added: • WGL_NV_gpu_affinity 14 Quadro Workstation User's Guide For details on using nView Desktop Manager features, refer to the control panel‐based user interface from which you more productive when working on NVIDIA GPUs. NVIDIA display properties and nView Desktop Manager. In...
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...: • "Hardware and Software Support" on page 5 • "Driver Installation" on page 8 Hardware and Software Support Supported Operating Systems This Release 90 driver includes drivers designed for the following Microsoft® operating systems: • Microsoft Windows...174; XP • Windows XP Professional • Windows XP Home Edition • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition • Microsoft Windows 2000 5 Quadro...
...: • "Hardware and Software Support" on page 5 • "Driver Installation" on page 8 Hardware and Software Support Supported Operating Systems This Release 90 driver includes drivers designed for the following Microsoft® operating systems: • Microsoft Windows...174; XP • Windows XP Professional • Windows XP Home Edition • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition • Microsoft Windows 2000 5 Quadro...
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... X NVIDIA Quadro FX 330 X NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 780 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL X Windows XP Professional x64 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X NVIDIA Corporation 6 Chapter 2 System Requirements Supported NVIDIA Products Table 2.1 lists the NVIDIA products supported by version 91.36 of the Release 90 NVDIA graphics driver.
... X NVIDIA Quadro FX 330 X NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 780 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL X NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL X Windows XP Professional x64 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X NVIDIA Corporation 6 Chapter 2 System Requirements Supported NVIDIA Products Table 2.1 lists the NVIDIA products supported by version 91.36 of the Release 90 NVDIA graphics driver.
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...) Product NVIDIA Quadro4 400 NVS NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 200 NVS NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 400 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 PCI-E NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 200 NVIDIA Quadro NVS with AGP8X NVIDIA Quadro NVS NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR NVIDIA Quadro DCC Windows XP 32-bit Windows 2000 X X X X X X X X X X X X X Windows XP Professional x64 X X X X X X X Supported Languages The Release 90 NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver supports the...
...) Product NVIDIA Quadro4 400 NVS NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 200 NVS NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 400 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 PCI-E NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 200 NVIDIA Quadro NVS with AGP8X NVIDIA Quadro NVS NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR NVIDIA Quadro DCC Windows XP 32-bit Windows 2000 X X X X X X X X X X X X X Windows XP Professional x64 X X X X X X X Supported Languages The Release 90 NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver supports the...
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Chapter 2 System Requirements Driver Installation System Requirements The minimum hard disk space requirement for each operating system are listed in Table 2.2, Table 2.3, and Table 2.4: Table 2.2 Hard Disk Space Requirements-... have System Administrator access privileges, it is assumed that the appropriate person with System Administrator access in your organization will set up and install the NVIDIA graphics driver software on your computer. • The installation process copies all necessary files for operation into the appropriate directories. • The nView system files are...
Chapter 2 System Requirements Driver Installation System Requirements The minimum hard disk space requirement for each operating system are listed in Table 2.2, Table 2.3, and Table 2.4: Table 2.2 Hard Disk Space Requirements-... have System Administrator access privileges, it is assumed that the appropriate person with System Administrator access in your organization will set up and install the NVIDIA graphics driver software on your computer. • The installation process copies all necessary files for operation into the appropriate directories. • The nView system files are...
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... Follow the steps below and/or refer to the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User's Guide for instructions on the version of the NVIDIA driver previously installed, profiles may also be enabled. • Under Windows 2000, the NVIDIA Display Driver is installed in order to create or save your changed...located in the Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ nView_Profiles directory. • As part of the profile in the ForceWare Graphics Drivers User's Guide for details. However, note that you are about to overwrite the currently loaded profile with your system. • Under...
... Follow the steps below and/or refer to the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User's Guide for instructions on the version of the NVIDIA driver previously installed, profiles may also be enabled. • Under Windows 2000, the NVIDIA Display Driver is installed in order to create or save your changed...located in the Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ nView_Profiles directory. • As part of the profile in the ForceWare Graphics Drivers User's Guide for details. However, note that you are about to overwrite the currently loaded profile with your system. • Under...
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...Desktop Manager - If you created a new profile, you will see the name of nView Desktop Manager. Depending on the version of the NVIDIA driver previously installed, profiles may also be saved in the profiles list. Note: nView Desktop Manager profile (.tvp) files are saved in the... nView_Profiles directory. 6 Now you can uninstall your current driver for a driver upgrade. 7 After you restart your computer following an NVIDIA new driver install, you want. About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer You can easily use it 11 Quadro Workstation User's Guide You'll need to the main ...
...Desktop Manager - If you created a new profile, you will see the name of nView Desktop Manager. Depending on the version of the NVIDIA driver previously installed, profiles may also be saved in the profiles list. Note: nView Desktop Manager profile (.tvp) files are saved in the... nView_Profiles directory. 6 Now you can uninstall your current driver for a driver upgrade. 7 After you restart your computer following an NVIDIA new driver install, you want. About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer You can easily use it 11 Quadro Workstation User's Guide You'll need to the main ...
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... before updating to a new version of the software. Your system now restarts. installed properly. NVIDIA Corporation 12 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Graphics Driver Note: It is removed, but the profile files are saved in this profile can from the list. 4 Click ...8208;click the Add/Remove Programs item. 3 Click the NVIDIA Display Driver item from your original computer. Installing the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 1 Follow the instructions on the www.NVIDIA.com Web site driver download page to locate the appropriate driver to the Windows\nView directory of your saved profiles will be...
... before updating to a new version of the software. Your system now restarts. installed properly. NVIDIA Corporation 12 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Graphics Driver Note: It is removed, but the profile files are saved in this profile can from the list. 4 Click ...8208;click the Add/Remove Programs item. 3 Click the NVIDIA Display Driver item from your original computer. Installing the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 1 Follow the instructions on the www.NVIDIA.com Web site driver download page to locate the appropriate driver to the Windows\nView directory of your saved profiles will be...
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... displays per graphics card. Supported NVIDIA Products Table 2.1 lists the NVIDIA products supported by the Release 90 driver. Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products Product Windows XP 32-bit Windows 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 X Windows XP...
... displays per graphics card. Supported NVIDIA Products Table 2.1 lists the NVIDIA products supported by the Release 90 driver. Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products Product Windows XP 32-bit Windows 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI X NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 X NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 X Windows XP...
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...is assumed that the appropriate person with System Administrator access in your organization will set up and install the Release 80 NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver software on your Windows\System directory. • nView Desktop Manager Profile files (*.tvp) are saved in Table 2.2, Table...Minimum Hard Disk Space Windows XP (all necessary NVIDIA Release 80 ForceWare graphics driver files for each operating system are listed in the Windows\nView directory. 17 Quadro Workstation User's Guide NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation Minimum Hard Disk Space Requirement The minimum...
...is assumed that the appropriate person with System Administrator access in your organization will set up and install the Release 80 NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver software on your Windows\System directory. • nView Desktop Manager Profile files (*.tvp) are saved in Table 2.2, Table...Minimum Hard Disk Space Windows XP (all necessary NVIDIA Release 80 ForceWare graphics driver files for each operating system are listed in the Windows\nView directory. 17 Quadro Workstation User's Guide NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation Minimum Hard Disk Space Requirement The minimum...