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GeForce Drivers

Control Panel Quick StartGuide

Driver Release 177 for WindowsNVIDIA CorporationJune 2008


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N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n iii

N V I D I A R e l e a s e 1 7 4 / 1 7 5 G r a p h i c s D r i v e r U s e r s G u i d e

1. IntroductionAbout the NVIDIA Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Getting Support and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2. Understanding the NVIDIA Control PanelOpening and Closing the New NVIDIA Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

About the NVIDIA Control Panel Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel TasksStarting the NVIDIA Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Table of Contents


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N V I D I A R e l e a s e 1 7 4 / 1 7 5 G r a p h i c s D r i v e r Q u i c k S t a r t G u i d e

Figure 2.1 NVIDIA Control Panel Home PageWindows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Figure 2.2 NVIDIA Control Panel Home PageWindows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 2.3 NVIDIA Control Panel Select a Taskpane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Figure 2.4 Navigation History Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Figure 2.5 NVIDIA Control Panel View Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

List of Tables


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N V I D I A R e l e a s e 1 7 4 / 1 7 5 G r a p h i c s D r i v e r Q u i c k S t a r t G u i d e

Table 2.1 File Menu Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Table 2.2 Edit Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Table 2.3 View Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Table 2.4 Help Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Table 2.5 Profiles Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Table 2.6 Display Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Table 2.7 3D Settings Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Table 2.8 Workstation Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Table 3.1 Graphics Driver Tasks in the NVIDIA Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

List of Tables


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U s e r s G u i d e T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s


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NVIDIA Corporation 1

C H A P T E R

INTRODUCTION

ThisquickstartisaddressedtousersoftheNVIDIAControlPanelsoftware.ThisguidefocusesongettingyouupandrunningwithyourNVIDIAsoftware.

FortechnicaldetailsonthefeaturesandbenefitsoftheNVIDIAControlPanelsoftwareanddetailsaboutsupportedproducts,drivers,andothersoftware,refertotheNVIDIAwebpagewww.nvidia.com.

Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingmajortopics:

AbouttheNVIDIAControlPanelonpage 2

GettingSupportandInformationonpage 5
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2 NVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start Guide

Chapter 1 NVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start GuideIntroduction

About the NVIDIA Control Panel

Welcome

to

the

NVIDIA

Control

Panel,

designed

for

Microsoft

Windows

XP

and

WindowsVista.YoucanuseNVIDIAControlPaneltocontrolyourNVIDIAhardwareandaccessotherNVIDIAsoftwareinstalledonyoursystem.

NVIDIA Driver Controls

Overview

Inadditiontosettingupbasicdisplayconfigurationssuchasdisplayresolution,refreshrate,andmultipledisplayuse,youcan:

Tuneyour3Dsettingswithrealtimepreviewtomaximizeperformanceorimagequality

Customizehow3Dapplicationsworkinyoursystem

Adjustyourscreencolorsandcontrast

Setcustomtimings

Controlvideoimagesettings

ChangeyourHDTVformat

Controlyour

notebook

system

power

using

PowerMizer

ControlspecialworkstationfeaturessuchasFrameSynchronization.


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NVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start Guide Chapter 1Introduction

Feature Differences from the Classic Control Panel

ThefollowingarefeaturesthatwereavailableintheNVIDIAclassiccontrolpanel,butwhicharenotavailableinthenewNVIDIAControlPanel:

Creating/ImportingColorProfiles

HighResolutionScalableDesktop

MultiViewDisplayMode(forNVIDIAQuadroNVSgraphicscards)

VideoZoom

EdgeBlending

nViewDesktopManager

nViewDesktopManagerisavailableasaseparateappletforWindowsXPonly.

Supported Operating Systems

NVIDIARelease177GraphicsdriversareavailableforthefollowingMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems:

WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005UpdateRollup2

WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005

WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2004

Windows

XP

Professional WindowsXPHomeEdition

WindowsXPProfessionalx64Edition

WindowsServer2003x64Edition

WindowsVistaHomeBasic

WindowsVistaHomePremium

WindowsVistaBusiness

WindowsVistaEnterpriseEdition

WindowsVistaUltimate


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Supported NVIDIA Products

RefertothereleasenotesandNVIDIAdriverdownloadsiteforthelistofproductssupportedbythedriverversionthatyouhaveinstalledonyourcomputer.

Supported Languages

TheNVIDIARelease177GraphicsDriversupportsthefollowinglanguagesintheNVIDIAControlPanel:

Other NVIDIA Software Applications

Ifinstalled,

other

NVIDIA

software

that

you

can

access

from

the

NVIDIA

Control

Panelincludes:

NVIDIASystemToolsPerformancegroupandSystemUpdate

NVIDIAMediaShieldTM

NVIDIANetworkAccessManager

Seetherespectiveuserdocumentationforinformationabouttheseapplicationsandinstructionsonhowtousethem.

English(USA) German Portuguese(Euro/Iberian)

English(UK) Greek Russian

Arabic Hebrew Slovak

Chinese

(Simplified) Hungarian SlovenianChinese(Traditional) Italian Spanish

Czech Japanese Spanish(LatinAmerica)

Danish Korean Swedish

Dutch Norwegian Thai

Finnish Polish Turkish

French Portuguese(Brazil)


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NVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start Guide Chapter 1Introduction

Getting Support and Information

Online Help

Toopentheonlinehelp,either:

PressF1onyourkeyboard,or SelectHelpfromtheNVIDIAControlPanelmenubarandthenselectNVIDIAControlPanelHelp.

HelponvarioustopicscanbeviewedusingtheContents,Index,orSearchtabs.

Also,whenasettingonthecontrolpanelisdisabled(grayedout)andyouplacethe

cursoron

the

setting,

the

User

Assistance

area

indicates

the

reason

it

is

disabled.

Technical Support

ToaccesstheNVIDIATechnicalSupportwebpagegothefollowingwebaddress:

http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html

System Information

YoucangetdetailedinformationaboutyoursystemandtheNVIDIAControlPanelconfigurationaswellasversionandcopyrightinformation.

ToviewcopyrightandversioninformationabouttheNVIDIAControlPanel:

FromtheHelpmenu,selectAboutNVIDIAControlPanel. Toviewdetailedsysteminformation:

OpentheSystemInformationdialogboxbyeitherselectingSystemInformationfromtheHelpmenu,orbyclickingtheSystemInformationlinkatthelowerleftcorneroftheNVIDIAControlPanel.

ClickanyofthetabsintheSystemInformationdialogbox.
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C H A P T E R

UNDERSTANDINGTHE NVIDIA CONTROL

PANEL

ThischapterdescribestheNVIDIAControlPanelinthefollowingsections:

OpeningandClosingtheNewNVIDIAControlPanelonpage 2

AbouttheNVIDIAControlPanelInterfaceonpage 3


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Chapter 2 NVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start GuideUnderstanding the NVIDIA Control Panel

Opening and Closing the New NVIDIA Control Panel

You

can

open

the

NVIDIA

Control

Panel

in

several

ways: RightclicktheWindowsXPorWindowsVistadesktop,thenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromthecontext menu,or

ForWindowsXP FromtheWindowsStartmenu,selectControlPanel,thenintheControlPanel

window,doubleclickontheNVIDIAControlPanelicon.

ForWindowsVista FromtheClassicViewoftheWindowsVistaControlPanel,clicktheNVIDIA

ControlPanelicon,or

FromtheControlPanelHomeviewoftheWindowsVistaControlPanel,clickAdditionalOptionsandthenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromtheAdditionalOptionspage.

ToclosetheNVIDIAControlPanel,

FromtheFilemenu,selectExit,or

ClicktheCloseboxintheupperrightcorneroftheprogramwindow.


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NVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start Guide Chapter 2Understanding the NVIDIA Control Panel

About the NVIDIA Control Panel Interface

The

NVIDIA

Control

Panel

provides

an

easy

to

use

interface

for

managing

your

system.

Whenyoustarttheprogramforthefirsttime,theNVIDIAControlPanelopenstothefirstpagelistedinthenavigationtree. Onsubsequentvisits,thecontrolpanelreopenstothelastpagevisited. TheNVIDIAControlPaneluserinterfaceconsistsofthesemainareas,asshowninFigure2.1andFigure2.2:

MainTaskArea

SelectaTask(Navigationtree)

Menubar

Toolbar

.

Figure 2.1 NVIDIA Control Panel Home PageWindows XP

Menu BarTool Bar

Select a Task Pane

Control Panel Main Task Area


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.

Figure 2.2 NVIDIA Control Panel Home PageWindows Vista

Using the Main Task Area

Themaintaskarea,intherightpane,displaystheapplicationtaskpages.ThisareaofthescreeniswhereyouwillfocusmostofyourattentionasyouusetheNVIDIAControlPaneltoaccomplishyourgoals.Youcanaccessspecificpagesusingthe

navigationtree

in

the

SelectaTaskpane.

Menu BarTool Bar

Select a Task Pane Control Panel Main Task Area


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Using the Select a TaskPane

ThenavigationtreeintheSelect a Task paneshowsalltheprimaryNVIDIAControlpagesthatareinstalledonyoursystem.

ThepagesaregroupedaccordingtothesamecategoriesthatexistedinthepreviousversionoftheNVIDIAControlPanel.

Figure 2.3 NVIDIA Control Panel Select a Taskpane

Click to expandClick to open thecorresponding pagein the main task area.

or collapse thegroup list.


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Using the Tool Bar

TheToolbarprovidesquickbackandforthnavigationbetweenpages,andalsoletsyouchooseaviewsetting.

Using the Navigation Buttons

Thebackandforwardbuttonsletyounavigatesequentiallyamongpagesthatyouhavevisited.

Youcanalsonavigatedirectlytoapreviouslyvisitedpagebyclickingthelistarrownexttothebackbutton. Thedropdownmenulistsallthepreviouslyvisitedpagesinthequeue.Clickthepagethatyouwant.

Figure 2.4 Navigation History Menu

Working with View Settings

Thecurrentlyselectedviewdetermineswhatoptionsoneachpageareavailable..

Figure 2.5 NVIDIA Control Panel View Settings


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Therearethreeavailableviews:

Standard

Advanced

Custom

MostcommandsareavailableforbothStandardandAdvancedviews.However,someoptionsareavailableonlyiftheAdvancedviewisselectedbeforeopeningthepage.Also,taskpageoptionsmaydifferentdependingontheselectedview.Ifthecommandyourelookingforisnotdisplayed,selectadifferentview.

Tochangetheview:

FromtheViewmenu,selectStandard,Advanced,orCustom.

Note:FortheCustomcommandtobeavailable,youmustdefineacustomviewasdescribedinthefollowingsection.

Defining Custom Views

YoucancustomizeNVIDIAControlPaneltodisplayonlythetaskpagesyouwanttoseeanduse.

Tospecifywhichthepagestodisplay:

1 SelectView>DefineCustomView...orforquickeraccess,usethetoolbarifyouhaveitenabled.

2 Onthe

CreateCustomViewpage,select(check)thecheckboxesforthepagesthat

youwanttoviewandclickOK.

3 ToleavetheCustomViewmode,selecteitherStandardorAdvancedfromtheViewmenuorforquickeraccess,usethetoolbarifyouhaveitenabled.

4 Toswitchbacktoyourcustomview,selectCustom.


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Using the Menu Bar

TheMenu barcontainsstandardWindowsmenusandmenusspecifictotheNVIDIAControlPanel,suchastheViewandProfilesmenus.

Menusthatareavailableonthemenubarmayvary,dependingontheNVIDIAControlPanelgroup(suchas,Display,Mobile,3DSettings,orothergroup)youareusing.

File Menu

Commandsrelatedtoprinting,applyingchanges,andexitingtheprogramareavailableontheFilemenu.

Edit Menu

Commandsrelatedtocutting,copying,pasting,andselectingitemsareavailableontheEditmenu.

Table 2.1 File Menu CommandsFile MenuCommand Description

Page Setup ... Set up the current task page for printing. This control may not be available.

Print... Print the current task page. This control may not be available.

Print Preview.... Preview the page before sending it to the printer. This control may not beavailable.

Exit Close the NVIDIA Control Panel program.

Table 2.2 Edit Menu Commands

Edit MenuCommand Description

Cut Cut the selected text and place in the clipboard. This control may not beavailable.

Copy Copy the selected text and place in the clipboard. This control may not beavailable.

Paste Paste the text currently in the clipboard to the location of the Windows cursor.This control may not be available.

Select All Select all items on the current page. This control may not be available.


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View Menu

CommandsrelatedtoviewingthevariouspagesintheNVIDIAControlPanelapplicationmodulesareavailableontheViewmenu.

Help Menu

Commandsrelatedtoaccessinghelp,systeminformation,andcopyrightandversioninformationareavailableontheHelpmenu.

Table 2.3 View Menu Commands

View MenuCommand Description

Standard Select to view and access the majority of commonly used and simpler tasks inthe NVIDIA Control Panel applications. When the Standard command appearswith a check mark, this means that the Standard view is currently active on yourNVIDIA Control Panel active.

Advanced Select to view and access certain complex tasks in the NVIDIA Control Panelapplications. These tasks often require some advanced experience usinggraphics hardware and software (drivers). When theAdvanced commandappears with a check mark, this means that the Advanced view is currentlyactive on your NVIDIA Control Panel.

Custom Select to choose a custom view. This command appears on theView menu onlyif you have used the Define Custom Views command to customize showing/hiding specific screens.

Define Custom View To see only those application pages you want to see and use based on theapplication modules (Display, 3D Settings, etc.) that are installed on yoursystem, select Define Custom Views from the View menu.

Add Desktop ContextMenu

This is selected by default, and adds the NVIDIA Control Panel menu item to thedesktop context menu.

Show NotificationTray Icon

(Windows XP only) Select to show the NVIDIA Control Panel notification trayicon in the Windows taskbar notification area.

Clicking the NVIDIA Control Panel notification icon offers a quick way toconfigure key NVIDIA Control Panel settings.

Table 2.4 Help Menu Commands

Help Menu Command Description

NVIDIA Control Panel Help Access the NVIDIA Control Panel online help.

System Information View detailed information about your system and the NVIDIA Control

Panel configuration.About NVIDIA Control Panel View NVIDIA Control Panel version and copyright information.


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Group-Specific Menus

Thesmenusappearonlywhenpagesfromaspecificgroupareopen.

Profiles Menu

Commandsrelatedtosaving,loading,anddeletingprofilesareavailableontheProfilesmenu.

Display MenuThismenuitemappearsonlywhenaDisplaygrouppageisopen.

3D Settings MenuThismenuitemappearsonlywhena3DSettingsgrouppageisopenonanSLIsystem.

Workstation MenuThismenuitemappearsonlywhenaWorkstationgrouppageisopen.

Table 2.5 Profiles Menu Commands

Profiles Menu Command Description

Load... Load a profile of display settings you have previously saved. Click toopen the Load Desktop Profile dialog box and select a .nvp file.

Save... Save the current configuration to a profile file. Click to open the SaveDesktop Profile and enter a name and path for the .nvp file.

Delete... Delete a profile. Click to open the Delete Desktop Profile dialog boxand locate a profile to delete.

Table 2.6 Display Menu Commands

Display Menu Command Description

Identify Displays Select to identify the displays configured with your system.

Table 2.7 3D Settings Menu Commands


Show SLI Visual Indicators Select to verify that SLI rendering is enabled and working.

Table 2.8 Workstation Menu Commands


Refresh View Select to refresh the graphical representation of the displays andgraphics cards installed on your system.


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C H A P T E R

ACCOMPLISHING NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL

TASKS

ThischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtousetheNVIDIAControlPaneltoaccomplishcommontasks.Itcontainsthefollowingsections:

StartingtheNVIDIAControlPanel

AccomplishingNVIDIA

Control

Panel

Tasks

Note:ForWindowsVistaSeveralfeaturesarecurrentlyunderdevelopmentforWindowsVistaandarenotyetsupportedintheNVIDIAControlPanel.Consultthereleasenotesforthelatestlistofunsupportedfeatures.


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Chapter 3 NVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start GuideAccompli shing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks

Starting the NVIDIA Control Panel

1 Launch

the

NVIDIA

Control

Panel:

UnderWindowsXP: RightclicktheWindowsdesktop,thenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromthe

context menu,or

FromtheWindowsStartmenu,selectControlPanel,thenintheControlPanelwindow,doubleclicktheNVIDIAControlPanelicon.

UnderWindowsVista: RightclicktheWindowsdesktop,thenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromthe

context

menu,or

a ClicktheStarticon,thenfromtheStartmenuclickControlPanel.b FromtheClassicViewoftheWindowsVistaControlPanel,clicktheNVIDIA

ControlPanelicon,or

FromtheControlPanelHomeviewoftheWindowsVistaControlPanel,clickAdditionalOptionsandthenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromtheAdditionalOptionspage.


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NVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start Guide Chapter 3Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks

.

ThegroupsthatappearintheSelectaTaskpanedependontheNVIDIAhardware

software

is

installed

on

your

system.

For

example,

the

Mobile

group

is

notavailableondesktopsystems.

2 FromthenavigationtreeintheSelectaTaskpane,clickoneofthelinkstoopenaspecifictaskpage.

Eachgroupinthenavigationtreelistsdifferenttasksthatyoucanaccomplish,andeachtaskpageprovidesinstructionsonhowtoaccomplishwhatyouwant. Movethecursoroverlistedoptionstoseeadescriptionandtypicalusagescenarioforthatoption.

Detailedinstructionsforeachtaskarealsoavailablethroughtheonlinehelp.


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Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks

Guide to Locating TasksTheNVIDIAControlPanelprovidesanintuitivelayoutforlocatinggraphicsdrivercontrols,includingmostofthecontrolsthatwereavailablewiththeClassicNVIDIAControlPanel.

Table3.1liststhefeaturesaspresentedintheClassicControlPanelandidentifiesthepageintheNVIDIAControlPanelwhereyoucanfindthecorrespondingcontrols.

Table 3.1 Graphics Driver Tasks in the NVIDIA Control Panel

FeatureNVIDIA Control PanelGroup - Page Notes

Advanced Timings Display - Manage CustomResolutions

Antialiasing 3D Settings - Manage 3DSettings

Application Profiles 3D Settings - Manage 3DSettings

Color Depth Display - Change Resolution

Custom Timings Display - Manage CustomResolutions

Desktop Color Settings Display - Adjust Desktop

Color SettingsDriver Settings 3D Settings - Manage 3D

Settings

Desktop Overlap Workstation - Adjust EdgeOverlap

Available only with NVIDIAQuadro FX cards under WindowsXP.

Not available with Windows Vista.

Frame Synchronization Workstation - SynchronizeDisplays

Available only with NVIDIAQuadro G-Sync cards underWindows XP.


Full-screen video mirror Video & Television - ModifyFull-Screen Video Options


Not available with GeForce 8

Series GPUs or later.HDTV Setup Video & Television - Change

the Signal or HD Format

Multi-display configuration Display - Set Up MultipleDislays

nView Clone Mode Display - Set Up MultipleDisplays


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nView Span Modes Display - Set Up Multiple

Displays

Not available with Windows Vista

NVRotate Display - Rotate Display

Performance and Quality Settings 3D Settings - Adjust ImageSettings with Preview

PowerMizer Mobile - Change PowerMizerSettings

Available only with notebookcomputers.


Refresh Rate Settings Display - Change Resolution

Resolution Settings Display - Change Resolution

Screen Position on CRT Display - Move CRT ScreenPosition

Screen Position on TV Video & Television - Adjust

Screen Size and PositionSDI (Graphics to SDI Output) Workstation - Send Graphics

to SDI OutputAvailable only with NVIDIAQuadro FX SDI cards underWindows XP.

Not available with Windows Vista

SLI Configuration 3D Settings - Set SLIConfiguration

Temperature Settings Performance Requires NVIDIA System Toolssoftware

TV Setup Video & Television - Changethe Signal or HD Format

Video Color Settings Video & Television - AdjustVideo Color Settings

Overclocking Performance Requires NVIDIA System Toolssoftware

Table 3.1 Graphics Driver Tasks in the NVIDIA Control Panel

FeatureNVIDIA Control PanelGroup - Page Notes


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NVIDIA Control Panel Groups

ThissectionprovidesanoverviewoftheNVIDIAControlPanelgroups.

Usingthe

Display

Pages

on

page 6

UsingtheVideo&TelevisionPagesonpage 7

Usingthe3DSettingsPagesonpage 7

UsingtheMobilePagesonpage 8

UsingtheWorkstationPagesonpage 8

UsingtheNetworkingPagesonpage 9

UsingtheStoragePagesonpage 9

UsingthePerformancePagesonpage 10

UsingtheSystemUpdatePagesonpage 10

Using the Display Pages

Note:ForWindowsVistaSupportforsomefeaturesunderWindowsVistaisindevelopmentandmaynotbeavailablewithyourGeForcegraphicsdriverversion.Consultthereleasenotesforthelatestlistofunsupportedfeatures.

Theactualtasksavailableonyoursystemdependonyoursystemhardware,suchasthenumberandtypeofdisplaysconnected.UsetheDisplaygrouppagesto:

Runthewizardtooptimizeyourdisplayconfiguration.

Changethedisplayresolution.

Changethescalingonyourflatpaneldisplay.

Adjustcolorsettings.

Rotatethedisplay.

Adjustcustomtimings(availableunderAdvancedView.)

Configuremultipledisplays,includingSpanningorClonemodes.

Note:SpanningmodeswillnotbeavailableunderWindowsVista.


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Using the Video & Television Pages

Note:ForWindowsVistaSupportforsomefeaturesunderWindowsVistaisindevelopmentandmaynotbeavailablewithyourGeForcegraphicsdriver

version.Consult

the

release

notes

for

the

latest

list

of

unsupported

features.

Theactualtasksavailableonyoursystemdependonyoursystemhardware,suchaswhetherornotyouhaveaTVconnectedandenabled.UsetheVideo&Televisionpageto:

Adjustvideoandimagecolorsettings.

Adjustyourtelevisionpicturequalityandvideocolorsettingsforthebestpossibleviewinginitsenvironment.

Enablefullscreenvideomirroringsothatyoucanviewfullscreenvideocontentononedisplaywhiletheotherdisplayhasthesmallervideowindowwithvisiblecontrols.

Changethepositionandsizeofthedesktop/videotobestfityourtelevisionorHDTV(highdefinitiontelevision)screen.

ChangethesignalformattouseforyourstandardtelevisionorHDTVaswellaschangecountryspecificsignalortheHDTVformat.

Using the 3D Settings Pages

Note:ForWindowsVistaSupportforsomefeaturesunderWindowsVistaisindevelopment

and

may

not

be

available

with

your

GeForce

graphics

driver

version.Consultthereleasenotesforthelatestlistofunsupportedfeatures.

Theactualtasksavailableonyoursystemdependonyoursystemhardware,suchaswhetherornotyouhaveanSLIreadysystem.Usethe3DSettingspageto:

Changetheimageandrenderingsettingsofyour3DapplicationsandgamesthatutilizeDirect3DandOpenGLtechnology.

Assignspecific3Dsettingstoagamesothatthesesettingsautomaticallyloadwhenagameislaunched(availableunderAdvancedview).

Set

up

your

SLI

or

multi

GPU

configuration.Note:GPUtemperaturemonitoringandGPUoverclockingfeaturesarenot

includedinthe3DSettingspage.TousethisfunctionalityyoumustinstallNVIDIAnTunesoftware.


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Using the Mobile Pages

TheMobilegroupisavailableiftheNVIDIAsoftwareisinstalledonanotebookcomputer.

Note:TheMobilepageisnotavailableunderWindowsVista.Theactualtasksavailabledependonwhichfeaturesareincludedwithyournotebooksystem. UsetheMobilepagetoextendyournotebookcomputersbatterylifeusing:

NVIDIAPowerMizertechnology

NVIDIASmartDimmertechnology

Using the Workstation Pages

TheWorkstation

group

is

available

if

you

have

an

NVIDIA

Quadro

FX

graphics

card

installed.

Note:ForWindowsVistaWorkstationfeaturesunderWindowsVistaareindevelopmentandmaynotbeavailablewithyourForceWaregraphicsdriverversion.Consultthereleasenotesforthelatestlistofunsupportedfeatures.

TheactualtasksavailabledependonwhichNVIDIAQuadroFXproductyouhaveinstalled.UsetheWorkstationpageto:

Synchronizeyourdisplaysusingframesyncorgenlocktechnology

Viewagraphicalrepresentationofthedisplaysandgraphicscardsinstalledonyoursystem.

Manageserialdigitalinterface(SDI)output(requiresNVIDIAQuadroFXSDIsolution.)

Overlaptheedgesofadjacentdisplays.

Note:Displayedgeblendingisnolongeravailable.


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Using the Networking Pages

TheNetworkinggrouppagesarepartofthenForcedriversNetworkingsoftwareforNVIDIAnForcebasedPCs.

UsetheNetworkingpagestooptimizeyournetworkperformanceandincreaseyournetworkbandwidthwiththefollowingtechnologies:

NVIDIAFirstPacketoffersanewwaytomanagethetrafficonyourpersonalcomputer,allowingyoutomoreeffectivelymanageandimprovetheperformanceofnetworkedgamesandotherapplicationsthataresensitivetonetworkdelay(latency),suchasVoiceoverIP(VoIP).

NVIDIATCP/IPAccelerationtechnologyisanetworkingsolutionthatmovestheprocessingofTCP/IPnetworktrafficfromyourcomputersCPUtoitsnForcehardwareresultingingreatlyimprovedsystemperformance.

NVIDIATeamingtechnologycombinesalltheNVIDIAEthernetinterfacesonyoursystemtoformateam,resultinginincreasedbandwidthandnetworkredundancy.

AlertStandardFormat(ASF)controlsletsyousetupalertsandremotesystemmanagementinanOSpresentorOSabsentenvironment.

Using the Storage Pages

TheStoragegrouppagesarepartofthenForcedriversMediaShieldStoragesoftwarefor

NVIDIA

nForce

based

PCs.

UsetheStoragepagesto

CreateandmanageRAID0,RAID1,RAID0+1,RAID5,andspanningarrays.

RunSMARTtestsonyourRAIDarraydiskdrives.


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Using the Performance Pages

ThePerformancegrouppagesarepartofthenForcedriversSystemToolssoftwareforNVIDIAnForcebasedPCs.

UsethePerformancepagesto:

ManagesystemtuningandprofilesfornForceMCPclocks,voltages,timings,andfans.

ManageEnthusiastSystemArchitecture(ESA)components.

ViewdetailedsysteminformationforyournForcebasedPC.

OverclockyourGeForceGPU.

Using the System Update PagesTheSystemUpdatepagesarepartofthenForcedriversSystemToolssoftwareforNVIDIAnForcebasedPCs.

Usethesystemupdatepagesto:

AutomaticallycheckfornForceandGeForcedriverupdates.

UpdateyoursystemBIOS.

UpdatefirmwarefortheEnthusiastSystemArchitecture(ESA)components.

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