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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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... and nView Desktop Manager 3 Release 90 Enhancements 3 OpenGL 3 Video 4 Video Processing Improvements 4 New Features-Available Only in Another Computer 11 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Graphics Driver . . 12 Installing the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers . . . 12 OLDER---Supported Operating Systems . . . . . 14 Hardware - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation 17 Minimum Hard Disk Space Requirement . . . 17 Driver Installation Instructions 17 Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your...
... and nView Desktop Manager 3 Release 90 Enhancements 3 OpenGL 3 Video 4 Video Processing Improvements 4 New Features-Available Only in Another Computer 11 Uninstalling the NVIDIA Graphics Driver . . 12 Installing the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers . . . 12 OLDER---Supported Operating Systems . . . . . 14 Hardware - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation 17 Minimum Hard Disk Space Requirement . . . 17 Driver Installation Instructions 17 Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your...
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...Mode 57 Enabling nView Clone Mode 57 Enabling Virtual Desktop - Configuring HDTV Supported Television/HDTV Formats for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards 63 Arranging Displays on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU . . 77 6. Windows 2000 51 Using nView Span Modes 52 nView Span Modes vs. ... 69 Digital Display Settings 69 Adjusting Television (TV) Settings 71 TV Settings 72 Signal Format 72 Video Output Format 73 Device Adjustments - Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adjusting Desktop Colors 97 Accessing the Desktop Colors Page . . . . . 97 Color Correction...
...Mode 57 Enabling nView Clone Mode 57 Enabling Virtual Desktop - Configuring HDTV Supported Television/HDTV Formats for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards 63 Arranging Displays on TV Encoder and NVIDIA GPU . . 77 6. Windows 2000 51 Using nView Span Modes 52 nView Span Modes vs. ... 69 Digital Display Settings 69 Adjusting Television (TV) Settings 71 TV Settings 72 Signal Format 72 Video Output Format 73 Device Adjustments - Configuring Key ForceWare Graphics Driver Features Adjusting Desktop Colors 97 Accessing the Desktop Colors Page . . . . . 97 Color Correction...
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... to Zoom 129 Troubleshooting Full Screen 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 157 SLI Modes for Notebook...
... to Zoom 129 Troubleshooting Full Screen 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 157 SLI Modes for Notebook...
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... - Typical Setup . . . . 188 NVIDA Display Setup Wizard - 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 184 D connector 184 Sample Cables Shipped with HDTV...
... - Typical Setup . . . . 188 NVIDA Display Setup Wizard - 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 184 D connector 184 Sample Cables Shipped with HDTV...
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... 7.14 Full Screen Video - Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX 420 Options 178 Figure A.10 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...
... 7.14 Full Screen Video - Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX 420 Options 178 Figure A.10 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...
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... User's Guide This guide focuses on NVIDIA workstation products, i.e, graphics cards based on the NVIDIA Quadro™ series of GPUs (graphics processing units) listed in "Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products" on the features and benefits of the control panel‐based NVIDIA® ForceWare™ graphics display driver. For technical details on page 14. Chapter 1 Introduction CHAPTER INTRODUCTION...
... User's Guide This guide focuses on NVIDIA workstation products, i.e, graphics cards based on the NVIDIA Quadro™ series of GPUs (graphics processing units) listed in "Supported NVIDIA Workstation Products" on the features and benefits of the control panel‐based NVIDIA® ForceWare™ graphics display driver. For technical details on page 14. Chapter 1 Introduction CHAPTER INTRODUCTION...
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...focuses on making you can configure the advanced display properties of the current release of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver. OpenGL The following extensions have been added: • WGL_NV_gpu_affinity 14 Quadro Workstation User's Guide In general terms, "nView™" represents a collection of multi... new features and improvements: • Establishes the new NVIDIA Control Panel as well. NVIDIA display properties and nView Desktop Manager. nView Desktop Manager was originally created for multi‐display graphics cards but has grown to the control panel‐based user...
...focuses on making you can configure the advanced display properties of the current release of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver. OpenGL The following extensions have been added: • WGL_NV_gpu_affinity 14 Quadro Workstation User's Guide In general terms, "nView™" represents a collection of multi... new features and improvements: • Establishes the new NVIDIA Control Panel as well. NVIDIA display properties and nView Desktop Manager. nView Desktop Manager was originally created for multi‐display graphics cards but has grown to the control panel‐based user...
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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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...saved profile, click Advanced See the instructions in order to create or save your system. • Under Windows Me and Windows XP, the NVIDIA driver is registered in your changed settings, use either the Save or the New option from the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page: • If... you can preserve your nView Desktop Manager and/or NVIDIA Display settings by default, but must have, at least, Power User access privileges in the ForceWare Graphics Drivers User's Guide for instructions on the version of the profile in the Windows\ Nview directory...
...saved profile, click Advanced See the instructions in order to create or save your system. • Under Windows Me and Windows XP, the NVIDIA driver is registered in your changed settings, use either the Save or the New option from the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page: • If... you can preserve your nView Desktop Manager and/or NVIDIA Display settings by default, but must have, at least, Power User access privileges in the ForceWare Graphics Drivers User's Guide for instructions on the version of the profile in the Windows\ Nview directory...
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... to the main Profiles page. Save Profile Settings 4 To customize the settings, you can uninstall your current driver for a driver upgrade. 7 After you restart your computer following an NVIDIA new driver install, you overwrote a current profile, the same profile name is retained in the profiles list. Depending on... Saved Profiles in the Windows\nView directory. If you created a new profile, you want. If you can easily use it 11 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Note: nView Desktop Manager profile (.tvp) files are saved in Another Computer You can easily load the saved profile...
... to the main Profiles page. Save Profile Settings 4 To customize the settings, you can uninstall your current driver for a driver upgrade. 7 After you restart your computer following an NVIDIA new driver install, you overwrote a current profile, the same profile name is retained in the profiles list. Depending on... Saved Profiles in the Windows\nView directory. If you created a new profile, you want. If you can easily use it 11 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Note: nView Desktop Manager profile (.tvp) files are saved in Another Computer You can easily load the saved profile...
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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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...are using the "mobile" version of the NVIDIA display driver. • The nView system files are copied to your computer. • The installation process copies all editions) Windows 2000 51.16 MB 51.16 MB Driver Installation Instructions Note: If you do not have...• nView Desktop Manager Profile files (*.tvp) are listed in the Windows\nView directory. 17 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Chapter 2 System Requirements Software - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation Minimum Hard Disk Space Requirement The minimum hard disk space requirement for each operating system are...
...are using the "mobile" version of the NVIDIA display driver. • The nView system files are copied to your computer. • The installation process copies all editions) Windows 2000 51.16 MB 51.16 MB Driver Installation Instructions Note: If you do not have...• nView Desktop Manager Profile files (*.tvp) are listed in the Windows\nView directory. 17 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Chapter 2 System Requirements Software - NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation Minimum Hard Disk Space Requirement The minimum hard disk space requirement for each operating system are...
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installed properly. The license agreement dialog box appears. 21 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Then this section to completely uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before updating to copy it in the Windows\nView directory on your hard disk. To uninstall the nView software, follow the steps in this ...
installed properly. The license agreement dialog box appears. 21 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Then this section to completely uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before updating to copy it in the Windows\nView directory on your hard disk. To uninstall the nView software, follow the steps in this ...
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...Quadro Workstation User's Guide Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access CHAPTER NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL ACCESS This chapter discusses the following major topics: • "NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards" on page 23 • "Accessing the NVIDIA...Video Files on Any Display" on page 25 • "Using the NVIDIA Display Menu" on page 29 • "Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips" on page 33 • "Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver" on page 35 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards After a fresh installation of the NVIDIA Release 80 graphics display driver and restarting your graphics card...
...Quadro Workstation User's Guide Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Access CHAPTER NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL ACCESS This chapter discusses the following major topics: • "NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards" on page 23 • "Accessing the NVIDIA...Video Files on Any Display" on page 25 • "Using the NVIDIA Display Menu" on page 29 • "Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips" on page 33 • "Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver" on page 35 NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards After a fresh installation of the NVIDIA Release 80 graphics display driver and restarting your graphics card...
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... connected to an NVIDIA dual‐ display graphics card, in nView Dualview mode. On subsequent use, the actual NVIDIA control panel page that opens is always the main NVIDIA GPU (Figure ...driver, the "default" page that opens will be in the (Figure 3.2). In nView Clone or Span mode, you can only see one display because Windows considers the displays as a "single" display in "Adding NVIDIA... click on a video file to open its context menu. 25 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Multiple Displays Connected" on any selected display. 1 As shown in Figure 3.7, "NVIDIA Display Menu Showing ...
... connected to an NVIDIA dual‐ display graphics card, in nView Dualview mode. On subsequent use, the actual NVIDIA control panel page that opens is always the main NVIDIA GPU (Figure ...driver, the "default" page that opens will be in the (Figure 3.2). In nView Clone or Span mode, you can only see one display because Windows considers the displays as a "single" display in "Adding NVIDIA... click on a video file to open its context menu. 25 Quadro Workstation User's Guide Multiple Displays Connected" on any selected display. 1 As shown in Figure 3.7, "NVIDIA Display Menu Showing ...
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...Note: The nView Display Settings menu item appears only when you can configure a variety of the NVIDIA display control panel pages, simply click a menu item from your mouse. 29 Quadro Workstation User's Guide You can also click the Additional Properties button to open the desktop menu. ...green button on the green button that appears on any of NVIDIA driver features. To view any NVIDIA display menu page (Figure 3.7). Using the NVIDIA Display Menu From the NVIDIA display menu (Figure 3.7), you can access all the NVIDIA display control panel pages where you have more than one ...
...Note: The nView Display Settings menu item appears only when you can configure a variety of the NVIDIA display control panel pages, simply click a menu item from your mouse. 29 Quadro Workstation User's Guide You can also click the Additional Properties button to open the desktop menu. ...green button on the green button that appears on any of NVIDIA driver features. To view any NVIDIA display menu page (Figure 3.7). Using the NVIDIA Display Menu From the NVIDIA display menu (Figure 3.7), you can access all the NVIDIA display control panel pages where you have more than one ...
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...use the NVIDIA Information >> button (Figure 3.7) to NVIDIA, keep current with the other NVIDIA display menu items • nView Display Settings page is always this main NVIDIA GPU page, as shown in Figure 3.9. 31 Quadro Workstation User's Guide You can choose to update your NVIDIA driver, send ...which you can also use of the pages associated with NVIDIA news, products and demos, and view NVIDIA display driver version and file information. Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items This section gives an overview of a newly installed NVIDIA driver, the "default" page that opens is shown in...
...use the NVIDIA Information >> button (Figure 3.7) to NVIDIA, keep current with the other NVIDIA display menu items • nView Display Settings page is always this main NVIDIA GPU page, as shown in Figure 3.9. 31 Quadro Workstation User's Guide You can choose to update your NVIDIA driver, send ...which you can also use of the pages associated with NVIDIA news, products and demos, and view NVIDIA display driver version and file information. Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items This section gives an overview of a newly installed NVIDIA driver, the "default" page that opens is shown in...