Release 260 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 260.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction to Release Notes.................................................... 1 Structure of the Document ........................................................ 1 Changes in this Edition ............................................................. 1 2 Changes in the Release 260 Driver for Windows XP ......................... 2 Version 260.89 Highlights .......................................................... 3 What’s New in Release 260 ...........................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS Image Sharpening Control not Available with GeForce 8 Series and Later GPUs .............................................................................. 24 Display Output Selection not Available on “Bridgeless” SLI.............. 24 More Monitors are Listed in the Windows Device Manager than are Actually Connected .......................................................................
Chapter : Modes Supported by TV Encoders................................................ 56 Graphics Driver Release 260 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 260.
01 INTRODUCTION TO RELEASE NOTES This edition of Release Notes describes the Release 260 family of graphics drivers for Microsoft® Windows® XP. NVIDIA provides these notes to describe performance improvements and bug fixes in each documented version of the driver. Structure of the Document This document is organized in the following sections: “Changes in the Release 260 Driver for Windows XP” on page 2 gives a summary of changes, and fixed and open issues in this version.
02 CHANGES IN THE RELEASE 260 DRIVER FOR WINDOWS XP This chapter describes open issues for version 260.89, and resolved issues and driver enhancements for versions of the Release 260 driver up to version 260.89. The chapter contains these sections: “Version 260.89 Highlights” on page 3 “Changes in Version 260.89” on page 6 “Changes in Version 260.69” on page 7 “Changes in Version 260.63” on page 8 “Open Windows XP Issues in Version 260.
Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE RELEASE 260 DRIVER FOR W INDOWS XP Version 260.89 Highlights This section provides highlights of version 260.89 of the NVIDIA Release 260 Driver. What’s New in Release 260 What’s New in Version 260.
Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE RELEASE 260 DRIVER FOR W INDOWS XP What’s New in Version 260.89 Added support for the GeForce GTS 450 and GT 430 GPUs. This driver package installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v9.10.0514. NVIDIA PhysX acceleration is available on all GeForce 8‐series, 9‐series, 100‐series, 200‐series, and 400‐series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory and a minimum of 32 processor cores. This driver package installs the HD audio driver, version 1.1.9.0.
Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE RELEASE 260 DRIVER FOR W INDOWS XP Remember to select this resolution in your game or other application in order to take advantage of it. Note: tion. Some games or applications may not support the new resolu- Release 260 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 260.
Changes in Version 260.89 Changes in Version 260.89 The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since the Release 260 driver 260.69. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference. Fixed Issues–Windows XP 32-bit Single-GPU Resolved Issues and Changes Dead Rising 2–improved SLI scaling for the game. [740504] Release 260 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 260.
Changes in Version 260.69 Changes in Version 260.69 The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since the Release 260 driver 260.63. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference. Fixed Issues–Windows XP 3264-bit Single-GPU Resolved Issues and Changes HQV DVD shows corruption when played using Windows Media Player.
Changes in Version 260.63 Changes in Version 260.63 The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since the Release 256 driver 258.96. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference. Fixed Issues–Windows XP 64-bit Single-GPU Resolved Issues and Changes GeForce GTX 480: Microsoft Flight Simulator–blue‐screen crash occurs when running the application.
Open Windows XP Issues in Version 260.89 Open Windows XP Issues in Version 260.89 As with every released driver, version 260.89 has open issues and enhancement requests associated with it. This section includes lists of issues that are either not fixed or not implemented in this version. Some problems listed may not have been thoroughly investigated and, in fact, may not be NVIDIA issues. Others may have workaround solutions.
Open Windows XP Issues in Version 260.89 GeForce 9 Series GeForce 9800 GT: Lineage 2–the game world is extremely dark. [531486] GeForce 9800 GTX: Changes made on the “Adjust Screen Size and Position” page are not saved after changing the HD formats. [524751] GeForce 9600 GT: The HDMI TV momentarily goes blank when playing an audio clip (using HD audio) and then switching to full‐screen mode.
Open Windows XP Issues in Version 260.89 GeForce 9 Series GPUs [SLI], GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 8500/8400/8300: Changes made from the Resize HDTV Settings page are note saved after enabling SLI mode. [529759] GeForce 8 Series GPUs [SLI], GeForce 8600 GT: Battlefield 2–there is texture corruption on the wall in ʺGulf Of Omanʺ map.
Not NVIDIA Issues Not NVIDIA Issues This section lists issues that are not due to the NVIDIA driver. “Application Issues” on page 12 Application Issues All GPUs Dark Void–if you experience issues playing Dark Void, NVIDIA recommends the following steps: a Install all game patches. Retail box owners can get the patch here: http://download.nvidia.com/downloads/ nZone/patches/DarkVoid_PhysX_Update_Patch.exe b From the Windows Control Panel‐>Add/Remove programs, uninstall NVIDIA Game System Software 2.8.
Not NVIDIA Issues Warhammer 40k Dawn of War (all versions) does not run with Release 100 drivers.[273154] This occurs because of an incorrect driver version check in the application. NVIDIA has worked around this issue in the operating system by changing the way the driver version is reported to this application. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Not NVIDIA Issues This appears to be an application issue that affects testing on Quake4 with dual‐core optimizations turned on. Turning off the SMP value in Quake4 eliminates this problem. During DVD and HD DVD/Blu‐ray playback, a white screen may appear over video when toggling from windowed to full‐screen mode.[263449] This issue was reported in driver v96.94 as an NVIDIA driver issue, but now appears to be an application issue with PowerDVD.
Not NVIDIA Issues GeForce 8800 GTX: Star Wars: Battlefront 2–there is corruption during the training mission when played at high resolutions. [310721] This is not an NVIDIA bug, but rather an issue with the application. GeForce 7 Series GPUs GeForce 7950 GT, GeForce 7900 GT/GS, GeForce 7600 GT: Dragging the Cyberlink application between the primary and secondary Dualview displays results in Cyberlink error message.
Not NVIDIA Issues This is an application issue with Media Center and does not occur if you run Media Center in full‐screen mode. GeForce 7800 GTX/GT: Transparency antialiasing does not work with Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. 188619 The driver does not apply Transparency antialiasing to triangles that are alpha‐blended. Applications with alpha blending do not benefit from Transparency antialiasing. GeForce 7800 GT/GTX: Graphics are corrupted at the title screen in Age of Empires 3.
Not NVIDIA Issues This is an application issue that results in an out‐of‐memory condition. GeForce 6 Series GPUs GeForce 6600 128MB, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005:The MCE screen does not appear when switched to full‐screen mode.197718 This is an issue with the application. GeForce 7 Series, GeForce 6 Series GPUs: Textures are not rendered in Age of Empires 3 at 1600x1200 and higher resolutions.196786 This is an issue with the application.
Not NVIDIA Issues This is an issue with the application and is documented as such in the demo’s release notes.Disabling antialiasing fixes the soft shadow corruption. GeForce 7800 GTX, GeForce 6800/6800 Ultra, GeForce 6600 GT: Explosion effects in the game Pariah result in full‐screen corruption.166775 This is an issue with the application. To work around the issue, set the variable HasNvidiaTexM32Tex in the file pariah.ini to (1). ((0) is the default.
Not NVIDIA Issues GeForce 6200 256 MB: Windows Media Player 10 hangs when the desktop is rotated.200610 This is an application issue and not an NVIDIA bug. GeForce 6200 (16MB/32MB): Game‐loading errors occur with Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness.147806 This is an issue with the application. You can work around this issue by switching off the video using the command line switch “-no_fmv”.
Not NVIDIA Issues This issue occurs because City of Heroes and City of Villains share the same executable name. You can work around this issue by either • modifying the City of Heroes application profile (this will create a second City of Heroes profile) to enable SLI AFR mode, or • set AFR as the rendering mode in Global Profile. For more information on customizing SLI profiles, visit www.slizone.com and navigate to Learn More‐>How‐to Guides.
Known Product Limitations Known Product Limitations This section describes problems that will not be fixed. Usually, the source of the problem is beyond the control of NVIDIA.
Known Product Limitations Using HDMI/DisplayPort Audio with Displays that have a High Native Resolution To use HDMI/DisplayPort audio with some displays that have a native resolution higher than 1920x1080, you must set the display to a lower HD resolution. Some HDMI TVʹs have a native resolution that exceeds the maximum supported HD mode. For example, TVs with a native resolution of 1920x1200 exceed the maximum supported HD mode of 1920x1080.
Known Product Limitations Video but no audio Check the connector list on the NVIDIA Control Panel‐>Change Resolution page. If HDMI‐HDTV (Audio Disabled) is selected and you want to test whether your HDMI audio does, in fact, work, then select HDMI‐HDTV (Audio Enabled) and the driver will prompt you with instructions for testing HDMI audio with the display. If HDMI‐HDTV (Audio Enabled) is selected, then the driver has not successfully detected that an incompatible display is connected.
Known Product Limitations 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz not Available on BenQ FP241W Monitors Even though the monitor EDID lists 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz, the screen turns blank when using an HDMI connection. This is an issue with the monitor and not the NVIDIA driver. Because of this issue with the monitor, the NVIDIA driver blocks the problem mode (1280x1024 @ 60 Hz) and makes it unavailable.
Known Product Limitations More Monitors are Listed in the Windows Device Manager than are Actually Connected Problem Many monitors are listed in the Windows Device Manager hardware tree even when only a few are actually connected or enabled. Explanation NVIDIA chooses to expose all potential monitors even though they are not yet connected.
Known Product Limitations • Under nView Clone mode, when full‐screen video mirror is not used. • Under nView Span mode, when full‐screen video mirror is not used and the video is positioned to span across both monitors. Explanation With applications that render using the hardware overlay—such as DirectX applications—the default driver behavior is to enable the hardware overlay when nView Clone or Span mode is enabled.
Known Product Limitations Medal of Honor Under Windows XP / Windows 2000 Problem The Electronic Arts game Medal of Honor uses a hard coded buffer to parse the OpenGL extension string. This can cause a system crash under Windows XP and Windows 2000. Workaround NVIDIA has implemented Medal of Honor application detection to work around this extension string crash.
Known Product Limitations problem is geometric structures that incorrectly disappear and re‐appear as the scene shifts. Poor Quality S-Video Output on Some TVs NVIDIA drivers differentiate an S‐video TV from a composite TV by searching for 75‐ Ohm loads on the chrominance and luminance lines. If the driver detects only one such load, it assumes that it has a composite TV and drives both chroma and luma onto that line. This approach allows both types of TV to display in color.
Known Product Limitations The issue is resolved by applying an operating system registry key as described in the referenced article that instructs the Microsoft operating system to not use the 4M pages, thus avoiding the conflict. The registry key is automatically applied by installation of the latest NVIDIA nForce platform driver package (including 4.57 SMBUS or later).
03 THE RELEASE 260 DRIVER FOR WINDOWS XP This chapter covers the following main topics: “About the Release 260 Driver” on page 30 “Hardware and Software Support” on page 31 “Driver Installation” on page 38 About the Release 260 Driver This driver release is from the Release 260 family of drivers. This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, and 400‐series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Hardware and Software Support Supported Operating Systems This Release 260 driver includes drivers designed for the following Microsoft® operating systems: Microsoft Windows® XP • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup2 • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 • Windows XP Professional • Windows XP Home Edition • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Supported NVIDIA Desktop Products Table 3.
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Table 3.
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Table 3.
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Table 3.
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Table 3.1 Supported NVIDIA Consumer Products (continued) Product Windows XP 32-bit Windows XP Professional x64 GeForce 6100 X X Supported NVIDIA Notebook Products The following tables list the NVIDIA notebook products supported by the Release 260 driver, version 260.89: Note: Hybrid Power technology with Intel chipsets is not supported by this release.
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Table 3.
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Table 3.2 Supported NVIDIA Notebook GPUs Consumer Products GeForce 8600M GS GeForce 8400M GT GeForce 8400M GS GeForce 8400M G GeForce 8200M G Table 3.3 Supported NVIDIA Quadro NVS M GPUs Consumer Products Quadro NVS 3100M Quadro NVS 5100M Quadro NVS 320M Quadro NVS 160M Quadro NVS 150M Quadro NVS 140M Quadro NVS 135M Quadro NVS 130M Table 3.
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Supported Languages The Release 260 Graphics Drivers supports the following languages in the main driver Control Panel: English (USA) German Portuguese (Euro/ Iberian) English (UK) Greek Russian Arabic Hebrew Slovak Chinese (Simplified) Hungarian Slovenian Chinese (Traditional) Italian Spanish Czech Japanese Spanish (Latin America) Danish Korean Swedish Dutch Norwegian Thai Finnish Polish Turkish French Portuguese (Brazil) Dr
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP nTune If NVIDIA nTune is already installed If you have previously installed NVIDIA nTune, NVIDIA recommends that you uninstall nTune before installing this driver. After the driver install is complete, you can reinstall nTune. Copied Files and Registration The installation process copies all necessary files for operation into the appropriate directories. The nView system files are copied to your Windows\System directory.
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP 5 Click Save to return to the main Profiles page. If you created a new profile, you will see the name of the newly created profile in the profiles list. If you overwrote a current profile, the same profile name is retained in the list. Note: nView Desktop Manager profile (.tvp) files are saved in the Windows\nView directory.
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Installing the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 1 Follow the instructions on the NVIDIA .com Web site driver download page to locate the appropriate driver to download, based on your hardware and operating system. 2 Click the driver download link. The license agreement dialog box appears. 3 Click Accept if you accept the terms of the agreement, then either open the file or save the file to your PC and open it later. 4 Open the NVIDIA driver installation .
Chapter 03 : T HE RELEASE 260 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Release 260 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 260.
APPENDIX A MODE SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS This chapter details the Windows modes supported by the Release 260 driver for NVIDIA products. It contains these sections: “General Mode Support Information” on page 44 “Default Modes Supported by GPU for Windows XP” on page 45 “Modes Supported by TV Encoders” on page 56 Release 260 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 260.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS General Mode Support Information The NVIDIA graphics driver includes a standard list of display modes that are supported by default. These modes are listed in the section “Default Modes Supported by GPU for Windows XP” on page 45. The actual modes available depend on the capabilities of the display.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS Default Modes Supported by GPU for Windows XP This section lists the modes that are included by default in the driver INF for the following product families: “GeForce 400, 300, 200, 100, 9 Series, 8 Series, 7 Series, 6 Series, and nForce 7xx/6xx GPUs” on page 46 Understanding the Mode Format Figure A.1 gives an example of how to read the mode information presented in this section.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS GeForce 400, 300, 200, 100, 9 Series, 8 Series, 7 Series, 6 Series, and nForce 7xx/6xx GPUs This sections lists the supported display resolutions, color depths, and refresh rates for the products listed in “Supported NVIDIA Desktop Products” on page 31.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 1920 x 1080 16 60 1920 x 1200 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 1920 x 1440 16 60 70 72 75 85 2048 x 1536 16 60 -----------------------------------------------------------------640 x 480 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 720 x 480 32 60 720 x 576 32 50 60 800 x 600 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 1024 x 768 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 1152 x 864 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 4096 x 1536 8 60 -----------------------------------------------------------------1280 x 480 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 1600 x 600 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 2048 x 768 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 2304 x 864 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 2560 x 720 16 60 2560 x 768 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 2560 x 800 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 1
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 1152 x 1728 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 1280 x 1440 8 60 1280 x 1536 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1280 x 1600 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1280 x 1920 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1280 x 2048 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1360 x 1536 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1600 x 1800 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 1600 x 2048 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 1600 x 2400 8 60 7
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 1600 x 2048 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 1600 x 2400 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 1680 x 2100 32 60 1920 x 2160 32 60 1920 x 2400 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 1920 x 2880 32 60 70 72 75 85 2048 x 3072 32 60 - Release 260 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 260.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS GeForce 9M, 8M, 100M, 200M, 300M, and 400M Series, and Quadro NVS and Quadro FX Notebook GPUs This sections lists the supported display resolutions, color depths, and refresh rates for the products listed in “Supported NVIDIA Notebook Products” on page 35.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 1920 x 1080 16 60 1920 x 1200 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 1920 x 1440 16 60 70 72 75 85 2048 x 1536 16 60 -----------------------------------------------------------------640 x 480 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 720 x 480 32 60 720 x 576 32 50 60 800 x 600 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 1024 x 768 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 1152 x 864 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 4096 x 1536 8 60 -----------------------------------------------------------------1280 x 480 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 1600 x 600 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 2048 x 768 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 2304 x 864 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 2560 x 720 16 60 2560 x 768 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 2560 x 800 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 1
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 1152 x 1728 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 1280 x 1440 8 60 1280 x 1536 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1280 x 1600 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1280 x 1920 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1280 x 2048 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1360 x 1536 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1600 x 1800 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 1600 x 2048 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 1600 x 2400 8 60 7
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 1600 x 2048 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 1600 x 2400 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 1680 x 2100 32 60 1920 x 2160 32 60 1920 x 2400 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 1920 x 2880 32 60 70 72 75 85 2048 x 3072 32 60 Release 260 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 260.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS Modes Supported by TV Encoders Table A.3 and Table A.4 list the NTSC, PAL, and HDTV TV‐Out modes supported by the NVIDIA driver. Table A.
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