User`s guide

Release 260 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 260.89 RN-W26089-02v01

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.

Windows XP/2000 Issue with Settings Tab Monitor

Positioning

 Problem

IntheWindowsDisplayProperties>Settingstab,thesecondarymonitorscannotbe

positioneddirectlyabovemonitor#1withoutsnappinghorizontallytoaposition

diagonaltomonitor#1.

 WhentheProblemOccurs

Theproblemoccurswhenfourmonitorsareconnectedtothegraphicsadaptercard,

butonlytwoofthemareenabled.

 CauseandWorkaround

ThisisaMicrosoft—notanNVIDIA—bug,andthereisnoworkaroundtocorrectthe

positioningofthemonitoricons.However,theactualpositioningofthedisplayson

thedesktopcanbecorrectedusingthenViewDesktopManagerwindowasfollows:

a UndertheToolstabintheDesktopManager

windows,makesureAutomatically

AlignDisplaysischecked.

b IntheSettingstab,positiontheappropriatemonitoriconabovemonitor#1,then

clickApply.

Themousecursormovementbetweenmonitordesktopswillcorrespondtoa

verticalorientationofthemonitors,eventhoughthemonitoriconsintheSettings

tabarediagonal

toeachother.

Antialiasing Problems With Certain Applications

AntialiasingintheNVIDIADirect3Ddriverrequireseachnewframetoberendered

fromscratch.Thisrequirementadverselyaffectsapplicationsthatrenderonlythat

portionofthecontentthathaschangedsincethelastframe.Acommonsymptomofthis

Note: This will be the case even if the monitor icons are deliberately

positioned diagonal to each other.