User`s guide

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Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE R ELEASE 343 D RIVER FOR W INDOWS XP
Limitations in This Release
The following are features that are not currently supported or have limited support in
this driver release:
 Support for Notebook PCs
Starting with Release 270 drivers, NVIDIA Verde drivers for notebook PCs will only
be available for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Notebooks running Windows XP are
supported by the latest Release 266 WHQL-certified driver here:
http://
www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-winxp-266.58-whql-driver.html.
 SLI Support
The following SLI features are not support on Windows XP:
• GeForce GTX 680 SLI
• Quad SLI technology using GeForce GTX 590, GeForce 9800 GX2 or GeForce GTX
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• 3-way SLI technology
• Hybrid SLI
• SLI multi-monitor support
 Negative LOD Bias Clamp
Negative LOD bias clamp for DirectX applications is not supported on Fermi-based
GPUs and later.
 Legacy Support for GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs
GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs have moved to legacy support with the
GeForce R304 drivers. These products are no longer supported beginning with the
GeForce R310 drivers.
 Legacy Support for Tesla architecture GPUs
Beginning with Release 343, the NVIDIA graphics drivers no longer support the Tesla
generation of NVIDIA GPUs. These products are identified in the section
Supported
NVIDIA Desktop Products and Supported NVIDIA Notebook Products.
The Release 340 drivers will continue to support these products until April 1, 2016,
and the NVIDIA support team will continue to address driver issues for these
products in driver branches up to and including Release 340. However, future driver
enhancements and optimizations in driver releases after Release 340 will not support
these products.
The following is a summary of legacy products beginning with Release 343 drivers:
• GeForce 8 and 9 Series Desktop Products
• GeForce 100/200/300 Series Desktop Products
• GeForce 7/8/9 Series Notebook Products
• GeForce 100/200/300 Series Notebook Products