User`s guide

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User’s Guide Table of Contents
Transparency Antialiasing . . . . . . . . . 116
SLI Rendering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
About Using Other SLI-based Advanced
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Enable Stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Stereo Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Swap eyes (L becomes R, R becomes L) 119
Enable Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Exported Pixel Types . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Using Video Overlay Settings. . . . . . . . . . . 120
Accessing the Video Overlay Settings Page 121
Overlay Zoom Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Zoom Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Out/In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Screen Region to Zoom . . . . . . . . . . 122
Overlay Color Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Hue and Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Adjust Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Restore Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Using Full Screen Video Settings . . . . . . . . 122
About the Full Screen Video Mirror Feature . 123
Accessing the Full Screen Video Page . . . 124
Full-Screen Video Settings . . . . . . . . . . 124
Full Screen Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Track Overlay Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Adjust Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Full Screen Video Zoom Controls . . . . . . 126
Zoom Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Out/In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Screen Region to Zoom . . . . . . . . . . 127
Troubleshooting Full Screen Video Problems127
Using the Tools Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Accessing the Tools Page . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Adding the NVIDIA Settings Menu to the
Windows Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Display Optimization Wizard . . . . . . . . . 130
Adding NVIDIA Menu Options to the Windows
Desktop Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Forcing Detection of Connected Television . 131
Detecting Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Using NVRotate Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Accessing the NVRotate Page . . . . . . . . 133
Before You Use NVRotate Settings . . . . . 134
Enabling NVRotate Settings . . . . . . . . . 134
Adjusting Temperature Settings . . . . . . . . . 136
Accessing the Temperature Settings Page . 136
Temperature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Temperature Level (GPU Core Temperature)
137
Core Slowdown Threshold . . . . . . . . .137
Ambient Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Enable Heat Indicator Warning When
Threshold Exceeded. . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates .
138
Screen Resolution and Color Quality . . . . .138
Monitor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Adding Custom Screen Resolutions & Refresh
Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Enabling Custom Screen Resolutions . . . .140
Removing Custom Screen Resolutions &
Refresh Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Advanced Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Display Mode & Timing Parameters . . . .142
Display Timing Standards . . . . . . . . . .145
Editing the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . . . . .146
Accessing the Menu Editing Page. . . . . . .146
Using Menu Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Adjusting PowerMizer Settings — Only for
Notebook Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Accessing the PowerMizer Page . . . . . . .148
PowerMizer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Current Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . .148
Current Power Source. . . . . . . . . . . .149
Current Power Level. . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Using the HiRes Desktop Scaling Feature . . . .150
Activating HiRes Desktop Scaling . . . . . . .152
8. Using NVIDIA Direct Access
About NVIDIA Direct Access. . . . . . . . . . . .155
Direct Access Compatible Monitors . . . . . .156
Using the Direct Access Main Page. . . . . .157
Configuring Display Settings. . . . . . . . . . . .158
Locking Display Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Changing Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Adjusting Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Adjusting Display Size and Position . . . . . . .162
9. Using NVIDIA Scalable Link
Interface (SLI)
Overview of SLI for NVIDIA Quadro Cards . . .166
SLI Modes for NVIDIA Quadro GPUs . . . . .166
Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . .167
Installation and Operating Instructions . . . . . .168
Installing the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Installing the Display Driver . . . . . . . . . .169
Enabling SLI Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Using NVIDIA SLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
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