NVDisplayPropertiesGuide_3082.pdf

Drivers for Windows

NVIDIA Display Properties

UserÓs Guide

Driver Version 30.82

NVIDIA Corporation

August 7, 2002

NVIDIA Display Properties

UserÓsGuide

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NVIDIA Display Properties

UserÓs Guide

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

nView and NVIDIA Display Properties . . . . . . . 2

nView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 2

NVIDIA Display Properties . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System Requirements and Support . . . . . . . . 2

Disk Space and Operating Systems . . . . . . 3

NVIDIA Detonator XP Driver Software . . . . . 3

Supported NVIDIA Products . . . . . . . . . . 3

Supported Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Notes on Feature and Configuration Support . . . 5

Feature Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Multi-Display Setup: Tips and Requirements . 5

About the NVIDIA Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . 6

Examples in This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Accessing the NVIDIA Control Panel . . . . . 6

Key Terms and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

analog monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

digital flat panel (DFP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

dual-card configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

multi-card configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 8

multi-display configuration . . . . . . . . . . 8

page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

single-display configuration . . . . . . . . . 8

window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Release 5 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

OpenGL 1.2 Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

OpenGL Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

OpenGL Performance Enhancements . . 15

Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3. nView Applications

nView Multi-Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using Display Setup Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

nView Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

4. Installation And Uninstallation

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

.About the NVIDIA Display Driver Installation . . 23

File Locations and Registry Keys . . . . . . . 23

Preserving Desktop Manager Settings Before

Upgrading Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Driver Software 24

5. Using Multi-Display Modes:

Windows Dualview And nView

Span/Clone

nView Driver Support: Dualview vs. Span/Clone

Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Windows Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Benefits of Using Dualview Mode . . . . . . . 27

Enabling Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Windows XP and Windows 9x . . . . . . . 30

Display Properties Settings For Dualview Mode.

nView Span Modes: Windows 2000/XP . . . . . 32

About nView Span Modes . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Disabling Dualview Mode For nView Span/Clone

Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Accessing nView Span/Clone Modes . . . . . 36

2. NVIDIA Driver Feature History

Driver Release History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Release 25 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Release 20 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Release 10 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Release 6 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

TwinView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Virtual Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Video Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Digital Vibrance Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Cursor Trails Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

6. nView Basics

Notes Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Accessing the nView Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Standard Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Accessing the Configuration Options . . . . . . . 41

Options Available for nView Clone and Span

Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Change Resolution: Clone Mode (Virtual

Desktop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes . . . . . . . . . 50

Extended Desktop: Windows 98/Me . . . . . . . . 55

Configuring Extended Desktop . . . . . . . . . 58

Other Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Enabling Dualview Mode for Windows 2000 . 95

Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Description of Color Correction Settings . . . 97

Digital Vibrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Active Color Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma Controls .

Diagonal Line/Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Custom Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

OpenGL Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Description of OpenGL Settings . . . . . . . . 99

Performance and Compatibility Options . . 99

Quadro GPU-based Options . . . . . . . .100

Default Color Depth for Textures . . . . . .103

Buffer Flipping Mode . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Vertical Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Anisotropic Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

PCI Texture Memory Size . . . . . . . . . .104

Custom OpenGL Application Settings .105

Custom OpenGL Settings . . . . . . . . . .105

Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Direct3D Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Description of Direct3D Settings . . . . . . . .106

Mipmap Detail Level . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

PCI Texture Memory Size . . . . . . . . . .107

Custom Direct3D Settings . . . . . . . . .107

Other Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Description of More Direct3D Settings . . . .108

3D Antialiasing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Description of 3D Antialiasing Settings . . . .109

Allowing Applications to Control the

Antialiasing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Manually Selecting the Antialiasing Mode 110

Tips on Settings Antialiasing Modes . . . . 111

Overlay Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Description of Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . 112

PowerMizer Settings (Laptops only) . . . . . . . 114

7. Device Selection And

Configuration

Switching Displays From the nView Page . . . . . 61

Switching Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Switching Secondary to Primary Display: nView

Clone or Span Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Switching Displays With nView Disabled . . . . . 67

Switching Displays: An Example . . . . . . . . 71

Device Adjustments: Analog Monitor . . . . . . . 72

Screen Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Display Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Device Adjustments: Digital Flat Panel . . . . . . 74

Flat Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Monitor Settings (Refresh Frequency):

Secondary Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

TV Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Accessing the TV Option in Non-nView Mode 77

Change Format: Regional Settings . . . . . . . 78

Video Output Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Device Adjustments: TV Output . . . . . . . . 79

8. Video Mirror

Accessing Video Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Overlay Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Video Mirror Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

nView Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Windows 9x Extended Desktop Mode . . . 86

Video Mirror Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

A. NVIDIA Dual-Card Configuration

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Setting Up the Dual NVIDIA Cards . . . . . . . . 116

Enabling the First Card: GeForce3 . . . . . . . . 117

Enabling the Second Card: GeForce2 MX . . . .120

Accessing Dual Cards & Configurations With

QuickTweak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

9. Additional Features and

Enhancements

Desktop Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Enabling Desktop Manager from the Desktop

Utilities Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Enabling the QuickTweak Icon from the Desktop

Utilities Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Using the QuickTweak Icon . . . . . . . . . 94

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NVIDIA Display Properties

UserÓs Guide

List of Tables

Table 1.1 Operating System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Table 1.2 Supported NVIDIA Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Table 8.1 Video Mirror Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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