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...Windows Display Properties Setting Access . 33 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu 33 The NVIDIA GPU Page 35 Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items 35 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips 37 Context Help 37 Tool Tips 38 Tool Tips for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards 66 Arranging Displays on the... Settings Page . . . . 67 NVIDIA Corporation iii Windows 2000 55 Using nView Span Modes 55 nView Span Modes vs. Only for Disabled Settings 38 4. ...
...Windows Display Properties Setting Access . 33 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu 33 The NVIDIA GPU Page 35 Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items 35 Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips 37 Context Help 37 Tool Tips 38 Tool Tips for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards 66 Arranging Displays on the... Settings Page . . . . 67 NVIDIA Corporation iii Windows 2000 55 Using nView Span Modes 55 nView Span Modes vs. Only for Disabled Settings 38 4. ...
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... if you are primarily using the nView™ Desktop Manager application component of the settings on the NVIDIA Quadro® series of GPUs. • NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers nView Desktop Manager User's Guide - Release 90 driver version. Online Help Context Help...performance improvements and software fixes in the driver. • Application Note - Chapter 1 Introduction Other Related Documentation • NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver: Quadro Workstation User's Guide - Release notes also enable add-in-card (AIC) producers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to ...
... if you are primarily using the nView™ Desktop Manager application component of the settings on the NVIDIA Quadro® series of GPUs. • NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Drivers nView Desktop Manager User's Guide - Release 90 driver version. Online Help Context Help...performance improvements and software fixes in the driver. • Application Note - Chapter 1 Introduction Other Related Documentation • NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver: Quadro Workstation User's Guide - Release notes also enable add-in-card (AIC) producers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to ...
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... NVIDIA Workstation Products Product NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 NVIDIA Quadro FX 330 NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL NVIDIA...
... NVIDIA Workstation Products Product NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 NVIDIA Quadro FX 330 NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL NVIDIA...
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... Mode" on page 66 • "Enabling nView Multiview Mode - Windows 2000" on page 60 • "Switching Between nView Dualview and Span/Clone Modes - Only for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards" on page 66 • "Arranging Displays on the Settings Page" on page 46 • "nView Display Settings - Chapter 4 Using nView Multi...
... Mode" on page 66 • "Enabling nView Multiview Mode - Windows 2000" on page 60 • "Switching Between nView Dualview and Span/Clone Modes - Only for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards" on page 66 • "Arranging Displays on the Settings Page" on page 46 • "nView Display Settings - Chapter 4 Using nView Multi...
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...Figure 4.11 Multiple Displays in such a configuration may have two sets of your NVIDIA multi-display graphics card. For example, if you are using a Quadro NVS-based graphics card to the document titled "NVIDIA ForceWare Driver for multiple categories of displays, although display limitations may override the ... Span Mode Display 1 Display 2 Taskbar is spread across displays. • Under Windows XP/2000, you can run nView Span modes with NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards" Using Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes Note: Span modes do not work if you can be set much higher. If...
...Figure 4.11 Multiple Displays in such a configuration may have two sets of your NVIDIA multi-display graphics card. For example, if you are using a Quadro NVS-based graphics card to the document titled "NVIDIA ForceWare Driver for multiple categories of displays, although display limitations may override the ... Span Mode Display 1 Display 2 Taskbar is spread across displays. • Under Windows XP/2000, you can run nView Span modes with NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards" Using Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes Note: Span modes do not work if you can be set much higher. If...
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... in the financial and non-linear editing (NLE) markets. The NVIDIA Quadro NVS is a series of graphics cards. For further details on using the NVIDIA Quadro NVS GPU-based series of multi-display graphics cards for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards Note: nView Multiview mode is a custom ...mode that is only available when using this mode, see the NVIDIA Application Note titled "Using nView MultiView Modes with NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards" 66 User's Guide Enabling nView Multiview Mode - Note: To switch back to Dualview...
... in the financial and non-linear editing (NLE) markets. The NVIDIA Quadro NVS is a series of graphics cards. For further details on using the NVIDIA Quadro NVS GPU-based series of multi-display graphics cards for NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards Note: nView Multiview mode is a custom ...mode that is only available when using this mode, see the NVIDIA Application Note titled "Using nView MultiView Modes with NVIDIA Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards" 66 User's Guide Enabling nView Multiview Mode - Note: To switch back to Dualview...
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... • ARB_pixel_buffer_object • GL_NV_timer_query Performance Improvements • Improved performance under Dualview • Improved memory management for multiple open applications on Quadro workstation cards • Improved performance with multiple overlapping windows • Improved SLI performance • Support for dual core CPUs • ...on GeForce 6600 and later series of GPUs • PureVideo support for the next generation of GPUs NVIDIA Control Panel Enhancements to the "Classic" NVIDIA Control Panel • HDTV Overscan compensation support - Appendix...
... • ARB_pixel_buffer_object • GL_NV_timer_query Performance Improvements • Improved performance under Dualview • Improved memory management for multiple open applications on Quadro workstation cards • Improved performance with multiple overlapping windows • Improved SLI performance • Support for dual core CPUs • ...on GeForce 6600 and later series of GPUs • PureVideo support for the next generation of GPUs NVIDIA Control Panel Enhancements to the "Classic" NVIDIA Control Panel • HDTV Overscan compensation support - Appendix...
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...: See the Release 80 nView Desktop Manager User's Guide for details. For information on workstation application support, see the NVIDIA Quadro Workstation User's Guide. • Improved SLI performance for OpenGL workstation applications with Quadro-based PCIExpress graphics cards. High-definition mode setup includes a preview mode and full-screen underscan adjustment. • nView Desktop...
...: See the Release 80 nView Desktop Manager User's Guide for details. For information on workstation application support, see the NVIDIA Quadro Workstation User's Guide. • Improved SLI performance for OpenGL workstation applications with Quadro-based PCIExpress graphics cards. High-definition mode setup includes a preview mode and full-screen underscan adjustment. • nView Desktop...
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... in your current driver, you will not lose any settings when you to select which profiles to keep and which profiles to the NVIDIA Quadro Workstation User's Guide. 186 User's Guide Display Driver • Improved support for custom timings, including non-divisible by 8 resolutions on... Improved control of off-screen resources with each new software update. The driver can also present underscan modes on page 104. see "NVIDIA Display Control Panel" on page 187 and "Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings" on demand, and supports variable underscan ratios. • Off...
... in your current driver, you will not lose any settings when you to select which profiles to keep and which profiles to the NVIDIA Quadro Workstation User's Guide. 186 User's Guide Display Driver • Improved support for custom timings, including non-divisible by 8 resolutions on... Improved control of off-screen resources with each new software update. The driver can also present underscan modes on page 104. see "NVIDIA Display Control Panel" on page 187 and "Adjusting Performance and Quality Settings" on demand, and supports variable underscan ratios. • Off...
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... For additional information, refer to the NVIDIA Quadro Workstation User's Guide. • Added a triple-buffering option for improved frame rates • Added a transparency antialiasing option, which applies to help reduce jaggies ...video mirror outputs. Feature History DirectX Improved driver stability and performance, including the following areas: • UMA support • 2D operations • SLI NVIDIA Display Control Panel Release 75 includes enhancement to graphics cards based on one page • All application profiles, including workstation applications, are combined into the...
... For additional information, refer to the NVIDIA Quadro Workstation User's Guide. • Added a triple-buffering option for improved frame rates • Added a transparency antialiasing option, which applies to help reduce jaggies ...video mirror outputs. Feature History DirectX Improved driver stability and performance, including the following areas: • UMA support • 2D operations • SLI NVIDIA Display Control Panel Release 75 includes enhancement to graphics cards based on one page • All application profiles, including workstation applications, are combined into the...
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...; Improved stability and robustness • Improved NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU functionality • Support for Windows 98/Me. Support of the unified memory architecture of the latest Quadro and GeForce series of GPUs. Appendix C NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver - Anisotropic filtering Support... of the unified memory architecture of the latest Quadro and GeForce series of GPUs. 188 User's Guide ...
...; Improved stability and robustness • Improved NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU functionality • Support for Windows 98/Me. Support of the unified memory architecture of the latest Quadro and GeForce series of GPUs. Appendix C NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver - Anisotropic filtering Support... of the unified memory architecture of the latest Quadro and GeForce series of GPUs. 188 User's Guide ...
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...following combinations of PCI Express graphics cards and chipsets are supported in this release of the driver: Chipset Intel® E7525 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 + NVIDIA nForce Professional 2050 PCI-Express Graphics Cards GeForce 6800 Ultra + GeForce 6800 Ultra GeForce 6800 GT + GeForce 6800 GT ...for improved performance using dual high-end graphics cards1 that support SLI technology. Cards must be installed over any nView version can be of NVIDIA graphics cards, such as the GeForce 6800 or Quadro FX 4000 and later. 1.
...following combinations of PCI Express graphics cards and chipsets are supported in this release of the driver: Chipset Intel® E7525 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 + NVIDIA nForce Professional 2050 PCI-Express Graphics Cards GeForce 6800 Ultra + GeForce 6800 Ultra GeForce 6800 GT + GeForce 6800 GT ...for improved performance using dual high-end graphics cards1 that support SLI technology. Cards must be installed over any nView version can be of NVIDIA graphics cards, such as the GeForce 6800 or Quadro FX 4000 and later. 1.
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... as the PCI Express based GeForce 6800 Ultra, GeForce 6800 GT, or NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 GPU-based graphics cards. Operating System Support Release 65 supports Windows XP SP2 and will support the next version of NVIDIA GPUs for Microsoft's Certified Output Protection Protocol (COPP) • Improved media...fps of film-sourced video for improved performance using dual high-end graphics cards1. To enable this feature, you must download the NVIDIA DVD Decoder for use with Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center Edition. • Optimized motion compensation and video processing to take...
... as the PCI Express based GeForce 6800 Ultra, GeForce 6800 GT, or NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 GPU-based graphics cards. Operating System Support Release 65 supports Windows XP SP2 and will support the next version of NVIDIA GPUs for Microsoft's Certified Output Protection Protocol (COPP) • Improved media...fps of film-sourced video for improved performance using dual high-end graphics cards1. To enable this feature, you must download the NVIDIA DVD Decoder for use with Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center Edition. • Optimized motion compensation and video processing to take...
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... vary, it makes sense that can 't cover all the nuances of overlapped displays on projection systems (Quadro FX 3000 only) Video - As a result with the GeForce FX architecture, NVIDIA has implemented a GPU-specific compiler that one common assembly language can be used to construct new modes ...via the NVIDIA control panel. • Dynamic EDIDs - Updates the master mode list with the ability to optimize ...
... vary, it makes sense that can 't cover all the nuances of overlapped displays on projection systems (Quadro FX 3000 only) Video - As a result with the GeForce FX architecture, NVIDIA has implemented a GPU-specific compiler that one common assembly language can be used to construct new modes ...via the NVIDIA control panel. • Dynamic EDIDs - Updates the master mode list with the ability to optimize ...
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Appendix C NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver - Feature History OpenGL Performance Enhancements A number of features are significantly improved in Release 5. • For RIVA TNT and TNT2, polygon offset is faster. • For GeForce 256 and Quadro, a number of improvements have been made: ...+Vertex3f • vertex array range extension is fully functional • Control Panel enables accelerated full-scene anti-aliasing (GeForce, Quadro, GeForce2) • multi-monitor hardware is accelerated on Windows 2000 • GL_WGL_swap_interval extension can change V-sync behavior •...
Appendix C NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver - Feature History OpenGL Performance Enhancements A number of features are significantly improved in Release 5. • For RIVA TNT and TNT2, polygon offset is faster. • For GeForce 256 and Quadro, a number of improvements have been made: ...+Vertex3f • vertex array range extension is fully functional • Control Panel enables accelerated full-scene anti-aliasing (GeForce, Quadro, GeForce2) • multi-monitor hardware is accelerated on Windows 2000 • GL_WGL_swap_interval extension can change V-sync behavior •...