User Guide

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NVIDIA Corporation
Drivers for Windows Table of Contents
Switching Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Device Adjustments: Analog Monitor . . . . . . . 85
Screen Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Display Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Device Adjustments: Digital Flat Panel . . . . . . 87
Flat Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Monitor Settings (Refresh Frequency):
Secondary Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
TV Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Accessing the TV Option in Non-TwinView Mode
91
Change Format: Regional Settings. . . . . . . 91
Video Output Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Device Adjustments: TV Output . . . . . . . . 93
8. Video Mirror
Accessing Video Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Overlay Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Video Mirror Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
TwinView Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Windows 9x Extended Desktop Mode . . 100
Video Mirror Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
9. Desktop Manager
Notes Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Features Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Windows 2000/NT 4.0 vs. Windows 9x . . . 106
Enabling Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tips on Using Desktop Manager . . . . . . . 109
Application Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adding an Application to Desktop Manager . 109
Hot Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Task Switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Pop-up Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Zoom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Using Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
10. Additional Features and
Enhancements
Desktop Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Enabling the NVIDIA QuickTweak Icon . . . 126
Color Correction Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Color Correction Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 129
OpenGL Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Description of OpenGL Settings . . . . . . . 132
Performance and Compatibility Options . 132
Custom OpenGL Settings . . . . . . . . . 135
Custom OpenGL Application Settings. . .135
Direct3D Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Description of Direct3D Settings. . . . . . . .135
Description of More Direct3D Settings . . . .137
3D Antialiasing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Description of 3D Antialiasing Settings . . . .139
Additional Quincunx Antialiasing Setting:
GeForce3 only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Overlay Controls Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Description of Overlay Settings . . . . . . . .143
A. NVIDIA Dual-Card Configuration
Setting Up the Dual NVIDIA Cards . . . . . . . .145
Enabling the First Card: GeForce3 . . . . . . . .146
Enabling the Second Card: GeForce2 MX . . . .150
Accessing Dual Cards & Configurations With
QuickTweak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
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