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10 Additional Features and Enhancements
• Custom OpenGL Setting These settings are also available through the
NVIDIA OpenGL Settings control panel
• Custom Direct3D Settings These settings are also available through the
NVIDIA Direct3D Settings control panel
• Custom Color Settings These settings are also available through the
NVIDIA Color Correction control panel
• Desktop Manager Settings These settings are also available by click the
title bar of an application that has already been configured with NVIDIA
Desktop Manager.
• Adjust Display Properties These settings are also available by right-
clicking from the Windows desktop, selecting Properties and then the
Settings tab.
Enabling the NVIDIA QuickTweak Icon
Follow these steps to enable the NVIDIA QuickTweak icon:
1 From the Windows desktop, click Properties and the Settings tab to display
the Windows Settings panel.
2 Click the Advanced button.
3 Click the tab with the name of your NVIDIA GPU-based card, such as
GeForce3, GeForce2 MX/MX 400, Quadro2 MXR/EX, etc. In this example,
it is GeForce2 MX/MX 400.
4 Click Additional Properties, then click Desktop Utilities to display the
Desktop Utilities control panel.
5 Check the Display the QuickTweak icon in the taskbar check box as
shown in Figure 10.2.
Notice that the NVIDIA icon is added to your Windows task bar --- usually
positioned at the bottom of your Windows desktop.
6 Optional: If you want to enable the Desktop Manager feature, check the
Enable Desktop Manager check box also, as shown in Figure 10.2.
For details on the Desktop Manager feature, see “Desktop Manager” on
page 105.
7 Right-click the NVIDIA icon on your Windows task bar. A menu of
configuration options appears, as shown in Figure 10.3 (for the GeForce2
MX card) and Figure 10.4 for the GeForce3 GPU-based card.
8 To see the configuration options for your card, point to the options that
appear on the menu level and the next level of options appears, as shown in
Figure 10.3 and Figure 10.3.
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