NVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start Guide

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Users Guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction.......................................................................... 1 About the NVIDIA Control Panel .................................................. Overview .......................................................................... Feature Differences from the Classic Control Panel ....................... Changes in Release 195 ......................................................... Supported Operating Systems.................................................. Supported NVIDIA Products..................................................... Supported Languages............................................................ Other NVIDIA Software Applications .......................................... Getting Support and Information ................................................ Online Help ....................................................................... Technical Support................................................................ System Information.............................................................. 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5

2 Understanding the NVIDIA Control Panel....................................... 6 Opening and Closing the New NVIDIA Control Panel ........................... 7 About the NVIDIA Control Panel Interface....................................... 8 Using the Main Task Area ....................................................... 9 Using the Select a Task Pane ................................................... 9 Using the Tool Bar .............................................................. 10 Using the Menu Bar ............................................................. 12 3 Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks....................................16 Starting the NVIDIA Control Panel ............................................... 17 Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks ..................................... 18 Guide to Locating Tasks ....................................................... 18 NVIDIA Control Panel Groups.................................................. 20

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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1 NVIDIA Control Panel Home PageWindows XP................................ 8 Figure 2.2 NVIDIA Control Panel Home PageWindows Vista............................. 9 Figure 2.3 NVIDIA Control Panel Select a Task pane ..................................... 10 Figure 2.4 Navigation History Menu ........................................................ 11 Figure 2.5 NVIDIA Control Panel View Settings ........................................... 11

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LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1 File Menu Commands ............................................................. 12 Table 2.2 Edit Menu Commands ............................................................. 13 Table 2.3 View Menu Commands ............................................................ 13 Table 2.4 Help Menu Commands ............................................................ 14 Table 2.5 Profiles Menu Commands......................................................... 14 Table 2.6 Display Menu Commands ......................................................... 15 Table 2.7 3D Settings Menu Commands .................................................... 15 Table 2.8 Workstation Menu Commands ................................................... 15 Table 3.1 Graphics Driver Tasks in the NVIDIA Control Panel ........................... 18

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01 INTRODUCTION

ThisquickstartisaddressedtousersoftheNVIDIAControlPanelsoftware.Thisguide focusesongettingyouupandrunningwithyourNVIDIAsoftware. FortechnicaldetailsonthefeaturesandbenefitsoftheNVIDIAControlPanelsoftware anddetailsaboutsupportedproducts,drivers,andothersoftware,refertotheNVIDIA webpagewww.nvidia.com. Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingmajortopics:

AbouttheNVIDIAControlPanelonpage 2 GettingSupportandInformationonpage 5

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About the NVIDIA Control Panel

WelcometotheNVIDIAControlPanel,designedforMicrosoftWindowsXP, WindowsVista,andWindows7.YoucanuseNVIDIAControlPaneltocontrolyour NVIDIAhardwareandaccessotherNVIDIAsoftwareinstalledonyoursystem.

Overview
Inadditiontosettingupbasicdisplayconfigurationssuchasdisplayresolution,refresh rate,andmultipledisplayuse,youcan:
Tuneyour3Dsettingswithrealtimepreviewtomaximizeperformanceorimage

quality
Customizehow3Dapplicationsworkinyoursystem Adjustyourscreencolorsandcontrast Setcustomtimings Controlvideoimagesettings ChangeyourHDTVformat ControlyournotebooksystempowerusingPowerMizer ControlspecialworkstationfeaturessuchasFrameSynchronization.

Feature Differences from the Classic Control Panel

ThefollowingarefeaturesthatwereavailableintheNVIDIAclassiccontrolpanel,but whicharenotavailableinthenewNVIDIAControlPanel:
Creating/ImportingColorProfiles HighResolutionScalableDesktop VideoZoom Fullscreenvideomirroring EdgeBlending nViewDesktopManager

nViewDesktopManagerisavailablethroughtheWindowscontrolpanelasaseparate applet(WindowsXPonly).
MultiViewDisplayMode(forNVIDIAQuadroNVSgraphicscards)

AsofdriverRelease173,MultiViewisavailablefromtheWindowsDisplay Properties>Settings>AdvancedtabforWindowsXPonly.

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Changes in Release 195

Workstation Pages
ECCState

NewpageforGPUsthatsupportECC(errorcorrectioncode).Thepageletsyou

ChangetheErrorCorrectionCode(ECC)stateforGPUs. ViewtheGPUerrorcount. ViewGPUmemorydetails.

ManageQuadroPlexSettingsnowavailableunderWindowsVistaandWindows

7.

PhysX Indicator
Enabledthroughthe3DSettingsmenubaritem,thePhysXindicatorappearswhen runningapplicationstoletyouverifythetypeofPhysXaccelerationthegameisusing CPUorGPUorwhetherPhysXaccelerationisbeingusedatall.Thisfeaturealso appearsinlaterRelease190drivers.

Supported Operating Systems

NVIDIARelease195GraphicsdriversareavailableforthefollowingMicrosoft Windowsoperatingsystems:

WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005UpdateRollup2 WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005/2004 WindowsXPProfessional WindowsXPHomeEdition WindowsXPProfessionalx64Edition WindowsServer2003x64Edition WindowsVistaHomeBasic WindowsVistaHomePremium WindowsVistaBusiness WindowsVistaEnterpriseEdition WindowsVistaUltimate Windows732bitand64bitEditions

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Supported NVIDIA Products

RefertothereleasenotesandNVIDIAdriverdownloadsiteforthelistofproducts supportedbythedriverversionthatyouhaveinstalledonyourcomputer.

Supported Languages
TheNVIDIAGraphicsDriversupportsthefollowinglanguagesintheNVIDIAControl Panel:
English (USA) English (UK) Arabic Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Czech Danish Dutch Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese (Brazil) Portuguese (Euro/Iberian) Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Spanish (Latin America) Swedish Thai Turkish

Other NVIDIA Software Applications

Ifinstalled,otherNVIDIAsoftwarethatyoucanaccessfromtheNVIDIAControlPanel includes:
NVIDIASystemToolsPerformancegroupandSystemUpdate NVIDIAStereoscopic3D NVIDIAMediaShieldTM NVIDIANetworkAccessManager

Seetherespectiveuserdocumentationforinformationabouttheseapplicationsand instructionsonhowtousethem.

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Getting Support and Information

Online Help
Toopentheonlinehelp,either:

PressF1onyourkeyboard,or SelectHelpfromtheNVIDIAControlPanelmenubarandthenselectNVIDIA
ControlPanelHelp.
HelponvarioustopicscanbeviewedusingtheContents,Index,orSearchtabs.

Also,whenasettingonthecontrolpanelisdisabled(grayedout)andyouplacethe cursoronthesetting,theUserAssistanceareaindicatesthereasonitisdisabled.

Technical Support
ToaccesstheNVIDIATechnicalSupportwebpagegothefollowingwebaddress: http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html

System Information
YoucangetdetailedinformationaboutyoursystemandtheNVIDIAControlPanel configurationaswellasversionandcopyrightinformation.
ToviewcopyrightandversioninformationabouttheNVIDIAControlPanel:

FromtheHelpmenu,selectAboutNVIDIAControlPanel.
Toviewdetailedsysteminformation:

OpentheSystemInformationdialogboxbyeitherselectingSystemInformationfrom theHelpmenu,orbyclickingtheSystemInformationlinkatthelowerleftcorner oftheNVIDIAControlPanel. ClickanyofthetabsintheSystemInformationdialogbox.

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02 UNDERSTANDING THE NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL

ThischapterdescribestheNVIDIAControlPanelinthefollowingsections:
OpeningandClosingtheNewNVIDIAControlPanelonpage 7 AbouttheNVIDIAControlPanelInterfaceonpage 8

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Opening and Closing the New NVIDIA Control Panel

YoucanopentheNVIDIAControlPanelinseveralways:

RightclicktheWindowsdesktop,thenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromthe
contextmenu,or ForWindowsXP

FromtheWindowsStartmenu,selectControlPanel,thenintheControlPanel
window,doubleclickontheNVIDIAControlPanelicon.

ForWindowsVista/Windows7

FromtheClassicViewoftheWindowsControlPanel,clicktheNVIDIAControl
Panelicon,or

FromtheControlPanelHomeviewoftheWindowsControlPanel,clickAdditional
OptionsandthenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromtheAdditionalOptions page.
ToclosetheNVIDIAControlPanel,

FromtheFilemenu,selectExit,or ClicktheCloseboxintheupperrightcorneroftheprogramwindow.

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About the NVIDIA Control Panel Interface

TheNVIDIAControlPanelprovidesaneasytouseinterfaceformanagingyoursystem. Whenyoustarttheprogramforthefirsttime,theNVIDIAControlPanelopenstothe firstpagelistedinthenavigationtree.Onsubsequentvisits,thecontrolpanelreopensto thelastpagevisited.TheNVIDIAControlPaneluserinterfaceconsistsofthesemain areas,asshowninFigure2.1andFigure2.2:
MainTaskArea SelectaTask(Navigationtree) Menubar Toolbar.
Tool Bar Menu Bar

Select a Task Pane

Control Panel Main Task Area

Figure 2.1

NVIDIA Control Panel Home PageWindows XP

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Tool Bar Menu Bar

Select a Task Pane

Control Panel Main Task Area

Figure 2.2

NVIDIA Control Panel Home PageWindows Vista

Using the Main Task Area

Themaintaskarea,intherightpane,displaystheapplicationtaskpages.Thisareaofthe screeniswhereyouwillfocusmostofyourattentionasyouusetheNVIDIAControl Paneltoaccomplishyourgoals.Youcanaccessspecificpagesusingthenavigationtreein theSelectaTaskpane.

Using the Select a Task Pane

ThenavigationtreeintheSelect a Task paneshowsalltheprimaryNVIDIAControlpages thatareinstalledonyoursystem.

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Thepagesaregroupedaccordingtothesamecategoriesthatexistedintheprevious versionoftheNVIDIAControlPanel.

Click to expand or collapse the group list.

Click to open the corresponding page in the main task area.

Figure 2.3

NVIDIA Control Panel Select a Task pane

Using the Tool Bar

TheToolbarprovidesquickbackandforthnavigationbetweenpages,andalsoletsyou chooseaviewsetting.

Using the Navigation Buttons

Thebackandforwardbuttonsletyounavigatesequentiallyamongpagesthatyouhave visited.

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Youcanalsonavigatedirectlytoapreviouslyvisitedpagebyclickingthelistarrownext tothebackbutton.Thedropdownmenulistsallthepreviouslyvisitedpagesinthe queue.Clickthepagethatyouwant.

Figure 2.4

Navigation History Menu

Working with View Settings

Thecurrentlyselectedviewdetermineswhatoptionsoneachpageareavailable..

Figure 2.5

NVIDIA Control Panel View Settings

Therearethreeavailableviews:
Standard Advanced Custom

MostcommandsareavailableforbothStandardandAdvancedviews.However,some optionsareavailableonlyiftheAdvancedviewisselectedbeforeopeningthepage. Also,taskpageoptionsmaydifferentdependingontheselectedview.Ifthecommand yourelookingforisnotdisplayed,selectadifferentview. Tochangetheview:

FromtheViewmenu,selectStandard,Advanced,orCustom.

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FortheCustomcommandtobeavailable,youmustdefineacustomviewasdescribed inthefollowingsection.

Defining Custom Views

YoucancustomizeNVIDIAControlPaneltodisplayonlythetaskpagesyouwanttosee anduse. Tospecifywhichthepagestodisplay:

1 SelectView>DefineCustomView...orforquickeraccess,usethetoolbarifyou
haveitenabled.

2 OntheCreateCustomViewpage,select(check)thecheckboxesforthepagesthat
youwanttoviewandclickOK.

3 ToleavetheCustomViewmode,selecteitherStandardorAdvancedfromtheView
menuorforquickeraccess,usethetoolbarifyouhaveitenabled.

4 Toswitchbacktoyourcustomview,selectCustom.

Using the Menu Bar

TheMenu barcontainsstandardWindowsmenusandmenusspecifictotheNVIDIA ControlPanel,suchastheViewandProfilesmenus. Menusthatareavailableonthemenubarmayvary,dependingontheNVIDIAControl Panelgroup(suchas,Display,Mobile,3DSettings,orothergroup)youareusing.

File Menu
Commandsrelatedtoprinting,applyingchanges,andexitingtheprogramareavailable ontheFilemenu.

Table 2.1
File Menu Command

File Menu Commands

Description Set up the current task page for printing. This control may not be available. Print the current task page. This control may not be available. Preview the page before sending it to the printer. This control may not be available. Close the NVIDIA Control Panel program.

Page Setup ... Print... Print Preview.... Exit

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Edit Menu
Commandsrelatedtocutting,copying,pasting,andselectingitemsareavailableonthe Editmenu.

Table 2.2
Edit Menu Command Cut Copy Paste Select All

Edit Menu Commands

Description Cut the selected text and place in the clipboard. This control may not be available. Copy the selected text and place in the clipboard. This control may not be available. Paste the text currently in the clipboard to the location of the Windows cursor. This control may not be available. Select all items on the current page. This control may not be available.

View Menu
CommandsrelatedtoviewingthevariouspagesintheNVIDIAControlPanel applicationmodulesareavailableontheViewmenu.

Table 2.3
View Menu Command Standard

View Menu Commands

Description Select to view and access the majority of commonly used and simpler tasks in the NVIDIA Control Panel applications. When the Standard command appears with a check mark, this means that the Standard view is currently active on your NVIDIA Control Panel active. Select to view and access certain complex tasks in the NVIDIA Control Panel applications. These tasks often require some advanced experience using graphics hardware and software (drivers). When the Advanced command appears with a check mark, this means that the Advanced view is currently active on your NVIDIA Control Panel. Select to choose a custom view. This command appears on the View menu only if you have used the Define Custom Views command to customize showing/hiding specific screens. To see only those application pages you want to see and use based on the application modules (Display, 3D Settings, etc.) that are installed on your system, select Define Custom Views from the View menu.

Advanced

Custom

Define Custom View

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Table 2.3
View Menu Command Add Desktop Context Menu Show Notification Tray Icon

View Menu Commands

Description This is selected by default, and adds the NVIDIA Control Panel menu item to the desktop context menu. (Windows XP only) Select to show the NVIDIA Control Panel notification tray icon in the Windows taskbar notification area. Clicking the NVIDIA Control Panel notification icon offers a quick way to configure key NVIDIA Control Panel settings.

Help Menu
Commandsrelatedtoaccessinghelp,systeminformation,andcopyrightandversion informationareavailableontheHelpmenu.

Table 2.4

Help Menu Commands

Description Access the NVIDIA Control Panel online help. View detailed information about your system and the NVIDIA Control Panel configuration. View NVIDIA Control Panel version and copyright information.

Help Menu Command NVIDIA Control Panel Help System Information About NVIDIA Control Panel

Group-Specific Menus
Thesemenusappearonlywhenpagesfromaspecificgroupareopen. Profiles Menu Commandsrelatedtosaving,loading,anddeletingprofilesareavailableontheProfiles menu.

Table 2.5
Load...

Profiles Menu Commands

Description Load a profile of display settings you have previously saved. Click to open the Load Desktop Profile dialog box and select a .nvp file. Save the current configuration to a profile file. Click to open the Save Desktop Profile and enter a name and path for the .nvp file. Delete a profile. Click to open the Delete Desktop Profile dialog box and locate a profile to delete.

Profiles Menu Command

Save...

Delete...

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Display Menu ThismenuitemappearsonlywhenaDisplaygrouppageisopen.

Table 2.6

Display Menu Commands

Description Select to identify the displays configured with your system.

Display Menu Command Identify Displays

3D Settings Menu Thismenuitemappearsonlywhena3DSettingsgrouppageisopenonanSLIsystem.

Table 2.7

3D Settings Menu Commands

Description Select to verify that SLI rendering is enabled and working. Select to verify the type of PhysX acceleration the game is using - CPU or GPU - or if PhysX acceleration is being used at all. This is selected by default, and lets the driver periodically download small files to ensure that the latest programs take advantage of your NVIDIA GPU. Your custom settings are not affected by this download. Automatic download requires an internet connection. This menu option appears only with systems using NVIDIA Optimus Hybrid technology.

3D Settings Menu Command Show SLI Visual Indicators Show PhysX Visual Indicator Automatically Download "Preferred Graphics Processor" Updates.

Workstation Menu ThismenuitemappearsonlywhenaWorkstationgrouppageisopen.

Table 2.8

Workstation Menu Commands

Description Select to refresh the graphical representation of the displays and graphics cards installed on your system.

Workstation Menu Command Refresh View

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ThischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtousetheNVIDIAControlPanelto accomplishcommontasks.Itcontainsthefollowingsections:
StartingtheNVIDIAControlPanel AccomplishingNVIDIAControlPanelTasks Note: For Windows Vista/Windows 7 Several features are currently under development and are not yet supported in the NVIDIA Control Panel. Consult the release notes for the latest list of unsupported features.

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Starting the NVIDIA Control Panel

1 LaunchtheNVIDIAControlPanel:
UnderWindowsXP:

RightclicktheWindowsdesktop,thenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromthe
contextmenu,or

FromtheWindowsStartmenu,selectControlPanel,thenin
theControlPanelwindow,doubleclicktheNVIDIAControl Panelicon. UnderWindowsVista/Windows7:

RightclicktheWindowsdesktop,thenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromthe
contextmenu,or a ClicktheStarticon,thenfromtheStartmenuclickControlPanel. b FromtheClassicViewoftheWindowsVistaControlPanel,clicktheNVIDIA ControlPanelicon,or FromtheControlPanelHomeviewoftheWindowsVistaControlPanel,click AdditionalOptionsandthenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromtheAdditional Optionspage.

ThegroupsthatappearintheSelectaTaskpanedependontheNVIDIAhardware softwareisinstalledonyoursystem.Forexample,theMobilegroupisnotavailable ondesktopsystems.

2 FromthenavigationtreeintheSelectaTaskpane,clickoneofthelinkstoopena
specifictaskpage.

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Eachgroupinthenavigationtreelistsdifferenttasksthatyoucanaccomplish,and eachtaskpageprovidesinstructionsonhowtoaccomplishwhatyouwant.Movethe cursoroverlistedoptionstoseeadescriptionandtypicalusagescenarioforthat option. Detailedinstructionsforeachtaskarealsoavailablethroughtheonlinehelp.

Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks

Guide to Locating Tasks
TheNVIDIAControlPanelprovidesanintuitivelayoutforlocatinggraphicsdriver controls,includingmostofthecontrolsthatwereavailablewiththeClassicNVIDIA ControlPanel. Table3.1liststhefeaturesaspresentedintheClassicControlPanelandidentifiesthe pageintheNVIDIAControlPanelwhereyoucanfindthecorrespondingcontrols.

Table 3.1
Feature

Graphics Driver Tasks in the NVIDIA Control Panel

NVIDIA Control Panel Group - Page Display - Change Resolution 3D Settings - Manage 3D Settings 3D Settings - Manage 3D Settings Display - Change Resolution Display - Change Resolution Display - Adjust Desktop Color Settings 3D Settings - Manage 3D Settings Workstation - Adjust Edge Overlap Workstation Synchronize Displays Display - Change Resolution Display - Set Up Multiple Dislays Available only with NVIDIA Quadro FX cards. Available with NVIDIA Quadro GSync cards. Notes

Advanced Timings Antialiasing Application Profiles Color Depth Custom Timings Desktop Color Settings Driver Settings Desktop Overlap Frame Synchronization HDTV Setup Multi-display configuration

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Table 3.1
Feature

Graphics Driver Tasks in the NVIDIA Control Panel

NVIDIA Control Panel Group - Page Display - Set Up Multiple Displays Display - Set Up Multiple Displays Display - Rotate Display 3D Settings - Adjust Image Settings with Preview Mobile - Change PowerMizer Settings Display - Change Resolution Display - Change Resolution Display - Adjust Desktop Size and Position Display - Adjust Desktop Size and Position Workstation - Send Graphics to SDI Output 3D Settings - Set SLI Configuration Performance Display - Change Resolution Video - Adjust Video Color Settings Performance Requires NVIDIA System Tools software Requires NVIDIA System Tools software Available only with NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI cards. Available only with notebook computers. Available only with Windows XP. Available only with Windows XP. Notes

nView Clone Mode nView Span Modes NVRotate Performance and Quality Settings PowerMizer

Refresh Rate Settings Resolution Settings Screen Position on CRT

Screen Position on TV

SDI (Graphics to SDI Output)

SLI Configuration Temperature Settings TV Setup Video Color Settings Overclocking

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NVIDIA Control Panel Groups

ThissectionprovidesanoverviewoftheNVIDIAControlPanelgroups.
UsingtheDisplayPagesonpage 20 UsingtheVideoPagesonpage 21 Usingthe3DSettingsPagesonpage 21 UsingtheStereoscopic3DPagesonpage 21 UsingtheMobilePagesonpage 21 UsingtheWorkstationPagesonpage 22 UsingtheNetworkingPagesonpage 22 UsingtheStoragePagesonpage 22 UsingthePerformancePagesonpage 23 UsingtheSystemUpdatePagesonpage 23 Note: For Windows Versions Support for some features under Windows Vista or Windows 7 is in development and may not be available with your GeForce graphics driver version. Consult the release notes for the latest list of unsupported features.

Using the Display Pages

Theactualtasksavailableonyoursystemdependonyoursystemhardware,suchasthe numberandtypeofdisplaysconnected.UsetheDisplaygrouppagesto:
Runthewizardtooptimizeyourdisplayconfiguration. Changethedisplayresolution. Changethescalingonyourflatpaneldisplay. Adjustdesktopcolorsettings. Rotatethedisplay. Adjustcustomtimings. Configuremultipledisplays,includingSpanningorClonemodes.

SpanningmodesareavailableonlywithWindowsXP.
Adjustyourtelevisionpicturequalityandvideocolorsettingsforthebestpossible

viewinginitsenvironment.
Changethepositionandsizeofthedesktop/videotobestfityourtelevisionorHDTV

(highdefinitiontelevision)screen.
ChangethesignalformattouseforyourstandardtelevisionorHDTVaswellas

changecountryspecificsignalortheHDTVformat.

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VerifytheHDCPcapabilityofyoursystem. Accessdigitalaudiocontrols.

Using the Video Pages

Theactualtasksavailableonyoursystemdependonyoursystemhardware,suchas whetherornotyouhaveaTVconnectedandenabled.UsetheVideopageto:
Adjustvideoandimagecolorsettings.

Using the 3D Settings Pages

Theactualtasksavailableonyoursystemdependonyoursystemhardware,suchas whetherornotyouhaveanSLIreadysystem.Usethe3DSettingspageto:
Changetheimageandrenderingsettingsofyour3Dapplicationsandgamesthat

utilizeDirect3DandOpenGLtechnology.
Assignspecific3Dsettingstoagamesothatthesesettingsautomaticallyloadwhena

gameislaunched(availableunderAdvancedview).
SetupyourSLIormultiGPUconfigurationaswellasPhysXconfiguration.

GPUtemperaturemonitoringandGPUoverclockingfeaturesarenotincludedinthe3D Settingspage.TousethisfunctionalityyoumustinstallNVIDIAnTunesoftware.

Using the Stereoscopic 3D Pages

TheStereoscopic3DpagesarepartoftheNVIDIA3DVisionsoftwareforviewing3D programsandgamesinstereoscopic3D.UsetheStereoscopic3Dpagesto:
Controlstereoscopic3Dsettings.

Enablestereoscopic3D,adjust3Ddepth,selecta3Dlasersight,viewandsetthe keyboardshortcuts,andrunthesetupwizardandvarioustests.
Viewgamecompatibility.

Seeastereoscopic3Dcompatibilityratingforanumberofgames,alongwithpossible issuesandrecommendationsforeachgame.

Using the Mobile Pages

TheMobilegroupisavailableiftheNVIDIAsoftwareisinstalledonanotebook computerunderWindowsXP. UsetheMobilepagetoextendyournotebookcomputersbatterylifeusingNVIDIA PowerMizertechnology

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Using the Workstation Pages

TheWorkstationgroupisavailableifyouhaveanNVIDIAQuadroFXgraphicscard installed. TheactualtasksavailabledependonwhichNVIDIAQuadroFXproductyouhave installed.UsetheWorkstationpageto:
Synchronizeyourdisplaysusingframesyncorgenlocktechnology Viewagraphicalrepresentationofthedisplaysandgraphicscardsinstalledonyour

system.
Manageserialdigitalinterface(SDI)output(requiresNVIDIAQuadroFXSDI

solution.)
Overlaptheedgesofadjacentdisplays.

Displayedgeblendingisnolongeravailable.

Using the Networking Pages

TheNetworkinggrouppagesarepartofthenForcedriversNetworkingsoftwarefor NVIDIAnForcebasedPCs. UsetheNetworkingpagestooptimizeyournetworkperformanceandincreaseyour networkbandwidthwiththefollowingtechnologies:
NVIDIAFirstPacketoffersanewwaytomanagethetrafficonyourpersonal

computer,allowingyoutomoreeffectivelymanageandimprovetheperformanceof networkedgamesandotherapplicationsthataresensitivetonetworkdelay(latency), suchasVoiceoverIP(VoIP).

NVIDIATCP/IPAccelerationtechnologyisanetworkingsolutionthatmovesthe

processingofTCP/IPnetworktrafficfromyourcomputersCPUtoitsnForce hardwareresultingingreatlyimprovedsystemperformance.
NVIDIATeamingtechnologycombinesalltheNVIDIAEthernetinterfacesonyour

systemtoformateam,resultinginincreasedbandwidthandnetworkredundancy.
AlertStandardFormat(ASF)controlsletsyousetupalertsandremotesystem

managementinanOSpresentorOSabsentenvironment.

Using the Storage Pages

TheStoragegrouppagesarepartofthenForcedriversMediaShieldStoragesoftwarefor NVIDIAnForcebasedPCs. UsetheStoragepagesto
CreateandmanageRAID0,RAID1,RAID0+1,RAID5,andspanningarrays. RunSMARTtestsonyourRAIDarraydiskdrives.

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Using the Performance Pages

ThePerformancegrouppagesarepartofthenForcedriversSystemToolssoftwarefor NVIDIAnForcebasedPCs. UsethePerformancepagesto:
ManagesystemtuningandprofilesfornForceMCPclocks,voltages,timings,and

fans.
ManageEnthusiastSystemArchitecture(ESA)components. ViewdetailedsysteminformationforyournForcebasedPC. OverclockyourGeForceGPU.

Using the System Update Pages

TheSystemUpdatepagesarepartofthenForcedriversSystemToolssoftwarefor NVIDIAnForcebasedPCs. Usethesystemupdatepagesto:
AutomaticallycheckfornForceandGeForcedriverupdates. UpdateyoursystemBIOS. UpdatefirmwarefortheEnthusiastSystemArchitecture(ESA)components.

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