User`s guide

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User’s Guide Table of Contents
SLI Mode Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
SLI Frame Rendering. . . . . . . . . . . . 172
SLI Antialiasing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Viewing Load Balancing . . . . . . . . . . 174
A. Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based
Graphics Cards
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare
Graphics Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Examples and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Quadro FX 3000 — Installing the NVIDIA
ForceWare Graphics Display Driver . . . . . . 179
Quadro FX 3000 — Attaching the Secondary
Display for nView Dualview Mode . . . . . . . 180
GeForce4 MX — Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare
Graphics Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Attaching Displays for GeForce4 MX — nView
Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Enabling nView Span and Clone Modes —
Detaching the Secondary Display Device . . . 186
Viewing Multiple NVIDIA GPU-based Graphics
Cards from the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . 188
Viewing Multiple Card Configurations Using the
NVIDIA Settings Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
B. Using HDTV with NVIDIA
GPU-Based Graphics Cards
Supported HDTV Connectors . . . . . . . . . . 194
Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
HDTV over DVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
D connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Sample Cables Shipped with NVIDIA HDTV-
Encoded Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
C. NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages
NVIDIA Display Wizard — Typical Setup . . . . 200
NVIDA Display Setup Wizard — Custom Setup 201
NVIDIA Display Wizard — HDTV Component
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
NVIDA Display Wizard — Analog Display with
HDTV/DVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
NVIDA Display Wizard — Digital Display and
Tel ev i si on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
D. NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics
Display Driver — Feature History
Driver Release History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Release 80 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Release 75 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .212
OpenGL Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .212
SLI Support Improvements . . . . . . . . . . .212
Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
DirectX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
NVIDIA Display Control Panel . . . . . . . . .214
nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Release 70 New Features and Enhancements .215
NVIDIA Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Display Driver, DirectX, and OpenGL . . . . .217
nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . .217
New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Feature Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . .217
NVManagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Driver Independence . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Release 65 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .218
512 MB Frame Buffer Support . . . . . . . . .218
Multi-GPU Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Operating System Support . . . . . . . . . . .219
Enhancements in Driver Performance . . . .219
Improved Robustness . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Video Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .219
3D Graphics API Enhancements. . . . . .219
HDTV Support Enhancements . . . . . . .219
Desktop Manager and Control Panel
Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Release 60 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Latest GPU Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
PCI Express Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Enhancements in Driver Performance . . . . . .220
3D Graphics API Enhancements . . . . . . .221
Direct3D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Release 55 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .221
PCI Express Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
PAE Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
nView Desktop Manager Enhancements . . .222
User Interface Enhancements . . . . . . . . .222
Video Support Enhancements . . . . . . . . .222
3D Graphics API Enhancements . . . . . . .223
Direct3D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Release 50 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .223
New Feature Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
64-bit Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Dynamic Memory Mapping . . . . . . . . .223
NVIDIA Unified Compiler . . . . . . . . . .223
Display Driver Changes—New Features . . .224
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