Specifications

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Chapter 2: Release 191 Driver Issues Version 191.07 Highlights
runinlowerpowermodesifthegamedoesnotrequirefull3Dperformance.
NVIDIArecommendsthissettingforbestoverallbalanceofpowerand
performance.
PreferMaximumPerformance:Thissettingletsyoumaintainthecardatits
maximumperformancelevelwhen3Dapplicationsare runningregardlessofGPU
usage.This
optioncanbesetGlobally(forall3Dapplications),oranapplication
profilecanbecreatedunderProgramSettingstosetthepreferenceforaparticular
3Dapplication.
ThisfeatureissupportedonlyonselectGeForce9SeriesandlaterGPUsandapp lies 
onlytoDirectXandOpenGL‐basedapplications.
Display Driver Updates
• AddedsupportforhardwareoverlaysonbothClonemodedisplays.
Previously,thedriversupportedonlyonehardwareoverlay,soonlyoneClone
modedisplaycouldpresentthevideooverlay.
•EDIDOverride(formonitormanufacturers)
ThegraphicsdrivernowcanuseExtendedDisplayIdentificationData(EDID)
overridesprovidedbythemonitormanufacturers.Theseoverridesareupdated
EDIDscontainedwithinthemonitorINF.
RefertotheMicrosoftwhitepaperhttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/
display/edid_over.mspx.
CUDA Updates
•CUDA2.3
• Addedsupportfor64‐bitvideoencoding.
• AddedsupporttomakeallGPUswithinanSLIgroupavailableforCUDA
applicationstouse.
OpenGL Updates
• AddedsupportforOpenGL3.1