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1 Introduction.......................................................................... 1 About the NVIDIA Control Panel .................................................. Overview .......................................................................... Feature Differences from the Classic Control Panel ....................... Changes in Release 295 ......................................................... 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 3 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 .................................................. 10 Using the Tool Bar .............................................................. 11 Using the Menu Bar ............................................................. 11 3 Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks....................................15 Starting the NVIDIA Control Panel ............................................... 16 Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks ..................................... 17 NVIDIA Control Panel Feature List ........................................... 17 NVIDIA Control Panel Groups.................................................. 23
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1 NVIDIA Control Panel (Windows XP Example) ................................. 8 Figure 2.2 NVIDIA Control Panel (Windows Vista Example) .............................. 9 Figure 2.3 NVIDIA Control Panel Select a Task pane ..................................... 10 Figure 2.4 Navigation History Menu ........................................................ 11
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.5 File Menu Commands ............................................................. 11 Table 2.6 Edit Menu Commands ............................................................. 12 Table 2.7 Desktop Menu Commands ........................................................ 12 Table 2.8 Help Menu Commands ............................................................ 13 Table 2.9 Display Menu Commands ......................................................... 14 Table 2.10 3D Settings Menu Commands................................................... 14 Table 2.11 Workstation Menu Commands.................................................. 14 Table 3.1 NVIDIA Control Panel Features .................................................. 17
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01 INTRODUCTION
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Chapter 01 : Introduction
Overview
Inadditiontosettingupbasicdisplayconfigurationssuchasdisplayresolution,refresh rate,andmultipledisplayuse,youcan:
Tuneyour3Dsettingswithrealtimepreviewtomaximizeperformanceorimage
quality
Customizehow3Dapplicationsworkinyoursystem Adjustyourscreencolorsandcontrast Setcustomtimings Controlvideoimagesettings ChangeyourHDTVformat ControlyournotebooksystempowerusingPowerMizer ControlspecialworkstationfeaturessuchasFrameSynchronization.
nViewDesktopManagerisavailablethroughtheWindowscontrolpanelasaseparate applet(WindowsXPonly).
MultiViewDisplayMode(forNVIDIAQuadroNVSgraphicscards)
AsofdriverRelease173,MultiViewisavailablefromtheWindowsDisplay Properties>Settings>AdvancedtabforWindowsXPonly.
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Chapter 01 : Introduction
WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005UpdateRollup2 WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005/2004 WindowsXPProfessional WindowsXPHomeEdition WindowsXPProfessionalx64Edition WindowsServer2003x64Edition WindowsVistaHomeBasic WindowsVistaHomePremium WindowsVistaBusiness WindowsVistaEnterpriseEdition WindowsVistaUltimate Windows732bitand64bitEditions
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Chapter 01 : Introduction
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
Seetherespectiveuserdocumentationforinformationabouttheseapplicationsand instructionsonhowtousethem.
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Chapter 01 : Introduction
Online Help
Toopentheonlinehelp,either:
Technical Support
ToaccesstheNVIDIATechnicalSupportwebpagegothefollowingwebaddress: http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html
System Information
YoucangetdetailedinformationaboutyoursystemandtheNVIDIAControlPanel configurationaswellasversionandcopyrightinformation.
ToviewcopyrightandversioninformationabouttheNVIDIAControlPanel:
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ThischapterdescribestheNVIDIAControlPanelinthefollowingsections:
OpeningandClosingtheNewNVIDIAControlPanelonpage 7 AbouttheNVIDIAControlPanelInterfaceonpage 8
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FromtheClassicViewoftheWindowsControlPanel,clicktheNVIDIAControl
Panelicon,or
FromtheControlPanelHomeviewoftheWindowsControlPanel,clickAdditional
Options andthenclickNVIDIA Control Panel fromtheAdditionalOptions page.
ToclosetheNVIDIAControlPanel,
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Figure 2.1
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.
Tool Bar Menu Bar
Figure 2.2
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Figure 2.3
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Figure 2.4
File Menu
Commandsrelatedtoprinting,applyingchanges,andexitingtheprogramareavailable ontheFilemenu.
Table 2.5
File Menu Command
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Table 2.5
File Menu Command Print Preview.... Exit
Edit Menu
Commandsrelatedtocutting,copying,pasting,andselectingitemsareavailableonthe Editmenu.
Table 2.6
Edit Menu Command Cut Copy Paste Select All
Desktop Menu
CommandsrelatedtoviewingthevariouspagesintheNVIDIAControlPanel applicationmodulesareavailableontheDesktopmenu.
Table 2.7
View Menu Command Add Desktop Context Menu Enable Video Editing Mode
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Table 2.7
View Menu Command Add "Run with graphics processor" Option
Select this option so that the GPU Activity icon appears in the Windows notification area of the taskbar. You can then click the icon to see which programs and displays are using the NVIDIA GPU. NOTE : This menu option appears only with systems using NVIDIA Optimus technology.
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 2.8
Help Menu Command NVIDIA Control Panel Help System Information About NVIDIA Control Panel
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Group-Specific Menus
Thesemenusappearonlywhenpagesfromaspecificgroupareopen. Display Menu ThismenuitemappearsonlywhenaDisplaygrouppageisopen.
Table 2.9
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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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2 FromthenavigationtreeintheSelectaTaskpane,clickoneofthelinkstoopena
specifictaskpage. Eachgroupinthenavigationtreelistsdifferenttasksthatyoucanaccomplish,and eachtaskpageprovidesinstructionsonhowtoaccomplishwhatyouwant.Movethe cursoroverlistedoptionstoseeadescriptionandtypicalusagescenarioforthat option. Detailedinstructionsforeachtaskarealsoavailablethroughtheonlinehelp.
theNVIDIAControlPanel.
NVIDIAControlPanelGroupsonpage 23providesanoverviewoftheNVIDIA
ControlPanelpagesbygroup.
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Table 3.1
Feature
Connector Selection
Color Control Brightness Contrast Gamma Digital Vibrance Image sharpening 0 - 100%, (50%) 0 - 100%, (50%) 0.50 - 1.50, (1.00) 0 - 100%, (0%) 0 - 100%, (0%) Not available with GeForce 8 series and later GPUs. For GeForce 8 series and later GPUs For analog TVs For analog TVs; presents unused black TV borders as gray For HDMI and DisplayPort connections Window Vista and later; Some HDMI displays only - available values dependent on display support
Digital color format selection Content type (ITC) reported to the display
RGB, YCbCr Auto select , Desktop programs, Full-screen videos, Photos, Movie, Games 0, 90, 180, 270 degrees
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Table 3.1
Feature
For analog TVs For HD display modes (over DVI/HDMI/ DisplayPort/Component connections) that support underscan or desktop resizing. For HD display modes (over DVI/HDMI/ DisplayPort/Component connections) that support underscan or desktop resizing. For VGA displays Aspect ratio Full-screen No scaling TV, VGA (with EDID), Digital displays, LVDS
Desktop Size and Position - Windows Vista and later Move CRT screen position Scaling mode
Scaling performed on
Application Scaling override Resize Position Multi-display Options Single-display mode Dualview (extended mode) nView Clone Mode nView Spanning Mode Video Controls
Windows XP only Use video player settings is the default. If Use NVIDIA settings is selected, the following values apply. 0 - 100%, (50%)
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Table 3.1
Feature Contrast Hue Saturation
Gamma (including separate RGB) Advanced Color Settings Dynamic Range Dynamic Contrast Enhancement Color Enhancement Image Settings Edge Enhancement Noise Reduction Inverse Telecine option Internet Video Enhancement option Digital Audio Portal to the Windows Sound Settings panel
0 - 100%, (0%) 0 - 100%, (0%) Disabled Disabled Select GeForce 8 series and later GPUs For GPUs that support digital audio when an HDMI or DisplayPort connection is made. For GPUs that support HDCP. Off, Performance, Quality Windows Vista and later; GeForce 8 series and later GPUs
Application-controlled, Off, card-specific settings Application-controlled, Off, Enhance the application setting, Override any application setting Application-controlled, card-specific settings Off, On
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Table 3.1
Feature
Antialiasing - gamma correction Antialiasing - transparency Buffer-flipping mode CUDA - GPUs Deep color for 3D applications Enable Overlay Exported pixel types Maximum pre-rendered frames Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration Multi-GPU performance mode
Stereo - Display mode Stereo - Enable Stereo - Force shuttering Stereo - Swap eyes Texture filtering - anisotropic mip filter optimization
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Table 3.1
Feature
Texture filtering - anisotropic sample filter optimization Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias Texture filtering - Quality
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization Threaded optimization Triple buffering Unified back/depth buffer
Vertical sync
Use the 3D application setting, Force off, Force on For systems with SLI ready GPUs. For systems with PhysXcapable GPUs, a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory, and a minimum of 32 processor cores For systems with SLI or multi-GPU ready GPUs.
a. Defaults for the 3D application controls are for the Global Settings tab. Under the Program Settings tab, Use global setting is typically the default setting.
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SpanningmodesareavailableonlywithWindowsXP.
Adjustyourtelevisionpicturequalityandvideocolorsettingsforthebestpossible
viewinginitsenvironment.
Changethepositionandsizeofthedesktop/videotobestfityourtelevisionorHDTV
(highdefinitiontelevision)screen.
ChangethesignalformattouseforyourstandardtelevisionorHDTVaswellas
changecountryspecificsignalortheHDTVformat.
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VerifytheHDCPcapabilityofyoursystem. Accessdigitalaudiocontrols.
utilizeDirect3DandOpenGLtechnology.
Assignspecific3Dsettingstoagamesothatthesesettingsautomaticallyloadwhena
gameislaunched(availableunderAdvancedview).
SetupyourSLIormultiGPUconfigurationaswellasPhysXconfiguration.
GPUtemperaturemonitoringandGPUoverclockingfeaturesarenotincludedinthe3D Settingspage.TousethisfunctionalityyoumustinstallNVIDIAnTunesoftware.
Enablestereoscopic3D,adjust3Ddepth,selecta3Dlasersight,viewandsetthe keyboardshortcuts,andrunthesetupwizardandvarioustests.
Viewgamecompatibility.
Seeastereoscopic3Dcompatibilityratingforanumberofgames,alongwithpossible issuesandrecommendationsforeachgame.
Control3DVisionProsettings.
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system.
Manageserialdigitalinterface(SDI)output(requiresNVIDIAQuadroFXSDI
solution.)
ConfigureSLIMosaicmode(requiresQuadroPlexunit)tocombinemultipledisplays
intoalargervirtualcanvass.
Overlaptheedgesofadjacentdisplays.
Displayedgeblendingisnolongeravailable.
processingofTCP/IPnetworktrafficfromyourcomputersCPUtoitsnForce hardwareresultingingreatlyimprovedsystemperformance.
NVIDIA Teaming technologycombinesalltheNVIDIAEthernetinterfacesonyour
systemtoformateam,resultinginincreasedbandwidthandnetworkredundancy.
Alert Standard Format (ASF) controlsletsyousetupalertsandremotesystem
managementinanOSpresentorOSabsentenvironment.
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fans.
ManageEnthusiastSystemArchitecture(ESA)components. ViewdetailedsysteminformationforyournForcebasedPC. OverclockyourGeForceGPU.
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