Quadro Professional Drivers

Release 190 Notes

Version 191.56 for NVIDIA Quadro
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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Quadro Professional Drivers Release 190 Notes
1. Release 190 Notes Introduction
Structure of the Document . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Changes in this Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Release 190 Driver Changes
Release 190 Highlights. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Whats New in Release 190 . . . . . . . . . . 2
Limitations in This Release. . . . . . . . . . . 5
Resolved Issues in Version 191.56 . . . . . . . 7
Resolved IssuesWindows 7 32-bit . . . . . . 7
Resolved IssuesWindows 7 64-bit . . . . . . 7
Resolved IssuesWindows Vista 32-bit . . . . 7
Resolved IssuesWindows Vista 64-bit . . . . 7
Resolved IssuesWindows XP 32-bit . . . . . 8
Resolved IssuesWindows XP 64-bit (None) . 8
Open Issues in Version 191.56 . . . . . . . . . 9
Open IssuesWindows Vista 64-bit . . . . . . 9
Open IssuesWindows XP 32-bit . . . . . . . 9
Not NVIDIA Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Unsupported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Feature Difference Between Windows 7 and
Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
OpenGL Application Issues . . . . . . . . . 13
Known Product Limitations. . . . . . . . . . .14
Switching to Clone Mode Disables Display #4
14
Quadro FX 3700: WinDVD Does Not Display on
the Second Display in Dualview . . . . . . 14
Quadro NVS 440 and Quadro NVS 290
Combination Does Not Support Accelerated
OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cannot Import ICC Profiles Through the NVIDIA
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Aero Must be Enabled for Windowed SLI AFR
Mode Under Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SLI Connector Requirement on NVIDIA Quadro
SLI Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Applying Workstation Application Profiles . . 15
Monitor Ordering in the Windows Settings Page
16
3. The Release 190 Driver
Hardware and Software Support . . . . . . . .17
NVIDIA Workstation Products Supported . . 17
Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . 18
Supported Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Minimum Hard Disk Space . . . . . . . . . 20
Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Opening the NVIDIA Control Panel . . . . . 20
A. Mode Support for Windows
General Mode Support Information. . . . . . . 21
Default Display Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Additional Display Modes . . . . . . . . . . 22
TV-Out Modes Supported by TV Encoders . . . 23
Table of Contents
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Quadro Professional Drivers Version 191.56
C H A P T E R
Release 190 Notes
Introduction
ThiseditionofRelease190NotesdescribestheRelease190NVIDIAQuadroand
providesinformationapplicabletoallNVIDIAdrivers.NVIDIAprovidesthese
notestoenableaddincard(AIC)producersandoriginalequipment
manufacturers(OEMS)tomonitorperformanceimprovementsandbugfixesin
eachdocumentedversionofthedriver.
Structure of the Document
Thisdocumentisorganizedinthefollowingsections:
Release190DriverChangesonpage 2givesasummaryofchanges,and
fixedandopenissuesinthisversion.
TheRelease190Driveronpage 17describestheNVIDIAproductsand
languagessupportedbythisdriver,thesystemrequirements,andhowto
installthedriver.
ModeSupportforWindowsonpage 21liststhedefaultresolutions
supportedbythedriver.
Changes in this Edition
ThiseditionoftheRelease190NotesforWindowsincludesinformationabout
NVIDIAgraphicsdriverversion191.56.
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NVI DI A Quadro, Release 190 Version 191.56
C H A P T E R
Release 190 Driver Changes
Thischapterdescribesopenissuesinversion191.56,andresolvedissuesand
driverenhancementsforversionsoftheNVIDIARelease190driverupto
version191.56.Thechaptercontainsthesesections:
Release190Highlightsonpage 2
ResolvedIssuesinVersion191.56onpage 7
OpenIssuesinVersion191.56onpage 9
NotNVIDIAIssuesonpage 10
KnownProductLimitationsonpage 14
Release 190 Highlights
ThissectionprovideshighlightsoftheRelease190driver.Itincludesthe
followingsections:
WhatsNewinRelease190onpage 2
LimitationsinThisReleaseonpage 5
Whats New in Release 190
ThesectionsummarizesthefollowingdriverchangesinRelease190:
NVIDIAControlPanelUpdates
DisplayDriverUpdates
CUDAUpdates
OpenGLUpdates
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NVIDIA Control Panel Updates
DisplaySettingsPagesOrganizationalChanges
ThefollowingpageshavebeenrevisedtoincludeTVsettingscontrols:
AdjustDesktopColorSettings
NowincludescontrolstoadjustTVcolorsettings.
ChangeResolution
NowincludescontrolstoadjustTVandHDTVsignalformatsand
resolution.
AdjustDesktopSizeandPosition
NowincludescontrolstoadjusttheTVscreensizeandposition,andto
resizetheHDTVdesktop.
ThefollowingpagesandlinksnowappearintheDisplaycategory:
HDCPStatuspage
DigitalAudiopage
ThecontrolsintheManageCustomResolutionspagearenowlocatedinthe
ChangeResolutionpage.
DisplaySettingsPagesFeatureChanges
AdjustDesktopColorSettingspage
ForGeforce8seriesandlaterGPUS,theDigitalVibrancerangeisextended
toincludetheblackandwhitelimitwhichnowcorrespondsto0%.Thenew
defaultvalueis50%.
AfterresizingtheHDTVdesktop,thenewresolutioncreatedisnowadded
tothelistofavailableresolutionsforthatdisplay,andalsoaddedtothe
resolutionlistwithinthegameorapplication.
Video&TelevisionPages
ThefollowingpagesandcontrolshavebeenmovedtotheDisplaycategory:
AdjustTelevisionColorSettingspage(seeDisplay>AdjustDesktop
ColorSettings)
ChangethesignalorHDformatpage(seeDisplay>Change
Resolution)
SelectDigitalcolorformatpage(seeDisplay>ChangeResolution)
Adjustscreensizeandpositionpage(seeDisplay>AdjustDesktop
SizeandPosition)
ResizeHDTVdesktoppage(seeDisplay>AdjustDesktopSizeand
Position)
HDCPStatuspage
DigitalAudiopage
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3DSettingsPages
PreferredRefreshRateletsyouoverridetherefreshratelimitations
imposedbythe3Dapplicationfortheindicatedmonitor.
SLIPerformanceMode
Thesplitframerendering(SFR)modeisnolongeravailableasanSLI
renderingmodeoption.
PowerManagementmode
ManyNVIDIAgraphicscardssupportmultipleperformancelevelssothat
thePCcansavepowerwhenfullgraphicsperformanceisnotrequired.To
providemorecontroloverthesepowermanagementcapabilities,NVIDIA
hasaddedthePowerManagementModecontrol.Thecontrolconsistsoftwo
settingsAdaptiveandPreferMaximumPerformance.
Adaptive:Thisisthedefaultsettinginwhichthegraphicscardmonitors
GPUusageandseamlesslyswitchesbetweenmodesbasedonthe
performancedemandsoftheapplication.ThisallowstheGPUtoalwaysuse
theminimumamountofpowerrequiredtorunagivenapplication,andcan
allowevenolder3Dgamestoruninlowerpowermodesifthegamedoes
notrequirefull3Dperformance.NVIDIArecommendsthissettingforbest
overallbalanceofpowerandperformance.
PreferMaximumPerformance:Thissettingletsyoumaintainthecardatits
maximumperformancelevelwhen3Dapplicationsarerunningregardlessof
GPUusage.ThisoptioncanbesetGlobally(forall3Dapplications),oran
applicationprofilecanbecreatedunderProgramSettingstosetthe
preferenceforaparticular3Dapplication.
ThisfeatureissupportedonlyonselectGeForce9SeriesandlaterGPUsand
appliesonlytoDirectXandOpenGLbasedapplications.
Display Driver Updates
AddedsupportforhardwareoverlaysonbothClonemodedisplays.
Previously,thedriversupportedonlyonehardwareoverlay,soonlyone
Clonemodedisplaycouldpresentthevideooverlay.
EDIDOverride(formonitormanufacturers)
ThegraphicsdrivernowcanuseExtendedDisplayIdentificationData
(EDID)overridesprovidedbythemonitormanufacturers.Theseoverrides
areupdatedEDIDscontainedwithinthemonitorINF.
RefertotheMicrosoftwhitepaperhttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/
display/edid_over.mspx.
AutomaticDesktopScalingforAnalogDisplays
(AsofRelease185)Topreventunsupportedtimingsfrombeingappliedto
digitaldisplaysthatusetheanalog(VGA)connection,theWindows7driver
scalesthedesktopautomatically.Inafuturedriverrelease,controlswillbe
availableintheNVIDIAControlPaneltoletyouselectthescalingmethod.
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CUDA Updates
Addedsupportfor64bitvideoencoding.
AddedsupporttomakeallGPUswithinanSLIgroupavailableforCUDA
applicationstouse.
OpenGL Updates
AddedsupportforOpenGL3.1.
AddedsupportforDeepColor(30bitcolor)renderingofOpenGL
applications.
Requires10bpccapableDisplayPortmonitorandGeForce8seriesGPUsor
later.
Limitations in This Release
Thefollowingarefeaturesthatarenotcurrentlysupportedorhavelimited
supportinthisdriverrelease:
SDI
ThisdriverdoesnotsupporttheSerialDisplayInterface(astandardfor
drivinghighcolordepthdisplays).
NVIDIAControlPanelDisplayCategory
TheGraphtabontheAdjustDesktopColorSettingspageisnotavailable.
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Resolved Issues in Version 191.56
Thesesectionslistthechangesmadeandtheissuesresolvedforthisversion.
ResolvedIssuesWindows732bitonpage 7
ResolvedIssuesWindows764bitonpage 7
ResolvedIssuesWindowsVista32bitonpage 7
ResolvedIssuesWindowsVista64bitonpage 7
ResolvedIssuesWindowsXP32bitonpage 8
ResolvedIssuesWindowsXP64bit(None)onpage 8
TheNVIDIAbugnumberisprovidedforreferencewheneverpossible.
Resolved I ssuesWindows 7 32-bit
190.92,dualQuadroFX580:NoNVIDIAControlPanelavailable.[597462]
QuadroNVS295:Playingtwofileswithin15minutescausesWindows
MediaPlayertostopworking.[597456]
Resolved I ssuesWindows 7 64-bit
190.92,dualQuadroFX580:NoNVIDIAControlPanelavailable.[597462]
HPRGS:Cursorproblemswith
NvAPI _D3D10_Get Render edCur sor AsBi t map.[588959]
Resolved I ssuesWindows Vista 32-bit
191.50,dualQuadroFX1700ordualQuadro770M:Onlythreedisplays,not
four,availablewith191.50driver.[599690]
HPRGSgetsbackonlythetop32linesofamaskedcolorcursor.[599697]
HPRGS:MissingupdatesinAeromodeusingtheRGS/NVIDIAextensions.
[585555]
HPRGS:EnablingdualscreenmonitorwithRGS/NVIDIAextensionscauses
samecontenttobedisplayedonbothheads.[585557]
HPRGS:NVIDIAextensionGet Render edCur sor AsBi t mapdoesnotwork
aftermonitorpoweredoffwithmultiplemonitorsattached.[588962]
191.50,Screencorruptionwhenthemirrordriverused.[599696]
Resolved I ssuesWindows Vista 64-bit
191.50,dualQuadroFX580:Graphicstestsuitedoesntdisplaywitha
DisplayPortmonitoroneachQuadroFX580.[601381]
HPRGSgetsbackonlythetop32linesofamaskedcolorcursor.[599697]
191.50,Screencorruptionwhenthemirrordriverused.[599696]
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Resolved I ssuesWindows XP 32-bit
191.50,dualQuadroNVS450:DeviceManagershows16monitors(should
betwo).[603874]
Cadmeisterdisplaysincorrectlightingandsurfacesymbols.[592656]
WindowsXPdoesntusethenewclientnotificationschemeforswitching
betweenDisplayPortandDVIorHDMI.[589258]
190.45,QuadroFX4800,QuadroFX3800,QuadroFX5800:Distortionseen
withDisplayPort.[587781]
QuadroFX4800:OpenGLapplicationsframerateslowsovertime.[572878]
Resolved I ssuesWindows XP 64-bit (None)
Nonereported.
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Open Issues in Version 191.56
Aswitheveryreleaseddriver,version191.56oftheRelease190driverhasopen
issuesandenhancementrequestsassociatedwithit.Thissectionincludeslists
ofissuesthatareeithernotfixedornotimplementedinthisversion.Some
problemslistedmaynothavebeenthoroughlyinvestigatedand,infact,may
notbeNVIDIAissues.Othersmayhaveworkaroundsolutions.
OpenIssuesWindowsVista64bitonpage 9
OpenIssuesWindowsXP32bitonpage 9
Open I ssuesWindows Vista 64-bit
190.45,QuadroFX4800:HPLP2480sparklesat16001200.[586076]
Open I ssuesWindows XP 32-bit
190.45,QuadroFX4800:Flashingorblankdisplayinclonemodeatcertain
resolutions.[588278]
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Not NVIDIA Issues
ThissectionlistsissuesthatarenotduetotheNVIDIAdriveraswellasfeatures
thatarenotmeanttobesupportedbytheNVIDIAdriverforWindowsVista.
UnsupportedFeaturesonpage 10
FeatureDifferenceBetweenWindows7andWindowsVistaonpage 12
OpenGLApplicationIssuesonpage 13
Unsupported Features
Thefollowingarefeaturesandfunctionalitythatwereavailableindriver
releasessupportingWindowsXP,butarenotavailableindriverreleasesfor
WindowsVista/Windows7:
Highresolutionscalingdesktop(HRSD)
MultiViewDisplayMode(forNVIDIAQuadroNVSgraphicscards)
NVKeystone
Unifiedbackbuffer(UBB)controls
OpenGLVideoOverlays
Thisisanoperatingsystemlimitation.
Overclocking
GPUoverclockingisnolongersupportedinthedefaultGPUdrivercontrol
panel.ThisfeatureisavailableintheNVIDIAnTune5.05software,which
youcandownloadfromNVIDIA.com.
GPUTemperatureMonitoring
TemperaturemonitoringisnolongersupportedinthedefaultGPUdriver
controlpanel.ThisfeatureisavailableintheNVIDIAnTune5.05software,
whichyoucandownloadfromNVIDIA.com.
AGPSettingsAdjustment
FullscreenVideoMirror
VideoZoom
Pan&Scan
Thisistheprocessofpanningacrossthedesktopinordertodisplaya
desktoponamonitorwithlowerresolution
PerdisplayDesktopColorSettingAdjustments
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ForClonemode,thedesktopcolorsettingadjustmentsthroughtheNVIDIA
ControlPanelcanonlybemadeacrossalldisplaysinasystem,andnotona
perdisplaybasis.
PerdisplayVideoColorSettingAdjustments
ForDualviewmode,thevideocolorsettingadjustmentsthroughthe
NVIDIAControlPanelcanonlybemadeacrossalldisplaysinasystem,and
notonaperdisplaybasis.
nViewHorizontalandVerticalSpanModes
DuetoarchitecturalchangesinthenewWindowsVista/Windows7Window
DisplayDriverModel(WDDM),spanmodecannotbesupportedinNVIDIA
graphicsdrivers.NVIDIArecommendsusingthebuiltinWindowsmulti
displaymodes.
EdgeBlending
Rundisplayoptimizationwizard
Runmultipledisplaywizard
Runtelevisionsetupwizard
Display/ConnectionWizard(suchaswasprovidedwithWindowsMedia
CenterEdition)
DVD/MPEGExtensions(suchaswasprovidedwithWindowsMedia
CenterEdition)
AudioExtensions(suchaswasprovidedwithWindowsMediaCenter
Edition)
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Feature Difference Between Windows 7 and Windows
Vista
Hotplug Action
UnlikethehotplugactivityunderWindowsVista,thedefaultsettingsarenot
appliedwhenanewdisplayishotplugged,andthereisnomessageballoon
alertstatingthatanewdisplaywasdetected.UnderWindows7,alldisplay
connectionanddetectioneventsarehandledthroughtheWindows7
ConnectingandConfiguringDisplays(CCD)mechanism.
NVI DI A Control Panel Rotate Display Page
TherotationradiobuttonlabelsarechangedslightlyunderWindows7tobe
consistentwiththeMicrosoftpanel:
Table 2.1 NVIDIA Control Panel Rotation Page Radio Buttons
Clockwise
Rotation Windows 7 Label Windows Vista Label
0 degrees Landscape No rotation (Landscape)
90 degrees Portrait 90 degrees to the right (Inverted Portrait)
180 degrees Landscape (flipped) 180 degree rotation (Inverted landscape)
270 degrees Portrait (flipped) 90 degrees to the left (Portrait)
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OpenGL Application I ssues
ThefollowingareknowncompatibilityissuesforOpenGLapplications
developedunderWindowsXP:
MixedGDIandOpenGLrenderingdoesnotwork.
AnumberofapplicationsuseGDItorenderUIcomponentsandobject
highlighting.ThisisnotsupportedintheWindowsVistadrivermodel.
NVIDIArecommendsconvertingGDIrenderingtoOpenGL.
Thefollowingaresomeapplicationsthatareknowntohavethisissue:
Maya7.01
Applications,Tools,andBenchmarksnotSupportedUnderWindowsVista/
Windows7
GLperf
3dsmax8(laterreleasesmaybesupported)
CATIAV5R15(V5R16issupported)
PTCsCDRS2001
Frontbufferedrenderingmaybeslow,especiallywhenDWMisenabled.
Flushingtherenderingqueuewhilerenderingtothefrontbuffermaycause
thewindowmanagertorecomposite.Applicationsshouldtherefore
minimizethefrequencywithwhichtheyflushtherenderingqueue.
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Known Product Limitations
Thissectiondescribesproblemsthatwillnotbefixed.Usually,thesourceofthe
problemisbeyondthecontrolofNVIDIA.Followingisthelistofproblemsand
wheretheyarediscussedinthisdocument:
SwitchingtoCloneModeDisablesDisplay#4onpage 14
QuadroFX3700:WinDVDDoesNotDisplayontheSecondDisplayin
Dualviewonpage 14
QuadroNVS440andQuadroNVS290CombinationDoesNotSupport
AcceleratedOpenGLonpage 15
CannotImportICCProfilesThroughtheNVIDIAControlPanelon
page 15
AeroMustbeEnabledforWindowedSLIAFRModeUnderVistaon
page 15
SLIConnectorRequirementonNVIDIAQuadroSLICardsonpage 15
ApplyingWorkstationApplicationProfilesonpage 15
MonitorOrderingintheWindowsSettingsPageonpage 16
Switching to Clone Mode Disables Display #4
Problem
OnadualGPUsystemwithfourattacheddisplays,settingtwoofthemto
clonemodedisablesdisplay#4.
Explanation
ThisisnotanNVIDIAissue;itisanartifactofWindowsXPmultidisplay
support.Aftertheswitchtoclonemode,thereareonlythreesurfacestobe
shown,notfour,andtheyaresenttothefirstthreedisplays.Becausethis
behaviormaybeconfusingtoendusers,NVIDIAhasimplementeda
registrykeytodisableclonemode.
Quadro FX 3700: WinDVD Does Not Display on the
Second Display in Dualview
Problem
InterVideoWinDVD,version5.0.11.1158,doesnotworkonthesecond
displayinDualviewmode.Typically,whenavideoisdisplayedonthe
primarydisplayinDualviewmode,thesecondarydisplayshowsthevideo
contentinfullscreenmode.
Explanation
FullscreenvideomirroringisnotsupportedbytheQuadroFX3700(orany
otherG9xGPU);furthermore,itisnotsupportedbyWindowsVista.
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Quadro NVS 440 and Quadro NVS 290 Combination
Does Not Support Accelerated OpenGL
OpenGL,includingOpenGLacceleration,isntsupportedbyNVIDIAformixed
GPUfamilyconfigurationsNV43andG86,inthiscase.OpenGLbehavioris
undefinedinthissituation;however,thisabsenceofOpenGLsupportdoesnot
impactDirect3Dfunctionality.
Cannot Import ICC Profiles Through the NVIDIA
Control Panel
AlthoughtheDisplayOptimizationWizardsupportsthecreationofnewICC
profiles,thereisnofacilityprovidedtoimportanexistingone.
Aero Must be Enabled for Windowed SLI AFR Mode
Under Vista
Windows7AeromustbeenabledinordertoachieveSLIaccelerationusing
windowedAFRmode.
SLI Connector Requirement on NVIDIA Quadro SLI
Cards
TheSLIconnectorthatlinkstwoSLIcardsisneededforproperSLIoperation.
However,theconnectorcanberemovedifyoudonotintendtoenableSLI
mode.Ifyouremovetheconnector,thenyoumustmakesurethatSLImodeis
disabledfromtheNVIDIAcontrolpanel.EnablingSLImodewithouttheSLI
connectorinstalledwillresultinvideocorruption.
Applying Workstation Application Profiles
Background
Theworkstationapplicationprofilesaresoftwaresettingsusedbythe
NVIDIADisplayDriverstoprovideoptimumperformancewhenusinga
selectedapplication.Theprofilealsoworksaroundknownapplicationissues
andbugs.
Ifthereisanavailablesettingforanapplication,itshouldbeused,otherwise
incorrectbehaviororreducedperformanceislikelytooccur.
Issues
Configurationchangesrequiretheapplicationtorestart.
Runningapplicationsdonotreceivenotificationofconfigurationchanges,
Therefore,ifyouchangetheconfigurationwhiletheapplicationisrunning,
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youmustexitandrestarttheapplicationfortheconfigurationchangesto
takeeffect.
Monitor Ordering in the Windows Settings Page
Monitor Ordering on a Single GPU System
Issue
ThemonitororderintheDisplayPropertiesSettingspageisnotconsistently
matchedwiththeconnectorsonthegraphicscard.
Explanation
Thedriverdoesnotdistinguishconnectorpositions,butinstead
distinguishesthedisplaytype,andconsequentlyassignsmonitornumbers
accordingtothedisplaytypeandnotaccordingtotheconnector.
Monitor Ordering on a Multiple GPU System
Issue
WhenfourmonitorsareconnectedtoasystemwithmultiplePCIGPUs,such
asaQuadroNVS440graphicscard,andenabledinDualvieworMultiview
mode,manycustomersexpectthemonitororderingintheDisplay
PropertiesSettingspagetoconformtothefollowing:
Themonitorordering,infact,doesnotconformtothisscheme.
Explanation
Themonitororderingisnotcontrolledbythedriver,butratherbythe
WindowsoperatingsystemmethodofenumeratingPCIdevices.The
Windowsenumerationresultsinthefollowingmonitornumbering:
ConsiderationsfornViewSpanModes:OutputsfromthesameGPUsare
groupedtogetherinnViewSpanmodes,resultinginthedesktopspanning
acrossmonitors1and3,oracross2and4.
ConnectorPosition MonitorNumber
PrimaryGPUOutput1 1
PrimaryGPUOutput2 2
SecondaryGPUOutput1 3
SecondaryGPUOutput2 4
ConnectorPosition MonitorNumber
PrimaryGPUOutput1 1
SecondaryGPUOutput1 2
PrimaryGPUOutput2 3
SecondaryGPUOutput2 4
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C H A P T E R
The Release 190 Driver
Thischaptercoversthefollowingmaintopics:
HardwareandSoftwareSupportonpage 17
DriverInstallationonpage 20
Hardware and Software Support
TheRelease190driversupportsBladeDualhardwareaswellastheproducts
listedunderNVIDIAWorkstationProductsSupported.
NVI DI A Workstation Products Supported
ThefollowingtablesliststheNVIDIAworkstationGPUssupportedbythe
Release190driver.

Table 3.1 NVIDIA Workstation Products

NVIDIAQuadroFX5800 NVIDIAQuadroFX1500
NVIDIAQuadroFX5600 NVIDIAQuadroFX1400
NVIDIAQuadroFX5500 NVIDIAQuadroFX580
NVIDIAQuadroFX4800 NVIDIAQuadroFX570
NVIDIAQuadroFX4600 NVIDIAQuadroFX560
NVIDIAQuadroFX4500X2 NVIDIAQuadroFX540
NVIDIAQuadroFX4500 NVIDIAQuadroFX380
NVIDIAQuadroFX3800 NVIDIAQuadroFX370
NVIDIAQuadroFX3700 NVIDIAQuadroNVS450
NVIDIAQuadroFX3500 NVIDIAQuadroNVS440
NVIDIAQuadroFX3450 NVIDIAQuadroNVS295
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Supported Operating Systems
TheRelease190driver,version191.56,hasbeentestedwithMicrosoft
Windows7RCbuildversion7100,andsupportsboth32bitand64bit
versions.
NVIDIAQuadroFX3400/4400 NVIDIAQuadroNVS290
NVIDIAQuadroFX1800 NVIDIAQuadroNVS285128MB
NVIDIAQuadroFX1700 NVIDIAQuadroNVS285
Table 3.1 NVIDIA Workstation Products (continued)
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Supported Languages
TheRelease190NVIDIAQuadrosupportthefollowinglanguagesinthe
NVIDIAControlPanel:
English(USA) German Portuguese(Euro/Iberian)
English(UK) Greek Russian
Arabic Hebrew Slovak
Chinese(Simplified) Hungarian Slovenian
Chinese(Traditional) Italian Spanish
Czech Japanese Spanish(LatinAmerica)
Danish Korean Swedish
Dutch Norwegian Thai
Finnish Polish Turkish
French Portuguese(Brazil)
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Driver Installation
Note:Startingwithversion178.26,NVIDIAgraphicsdriversforHP
Workstationsnolongerallownewversionstobeinstalledoverolder
ones.Theuserisnowforcedtouninstallpreviouslyinstalleddrivers
wheninstallinganewone.
Minimum Hard Disk Space
Theharddiskspacerequirementfor32bitisminimum105MBfor
Englishonly,and142MBforInternational.
Theharddiskspacerequirementfor64bitisminimum135MBfor
Englishonly,and170MBforInternational.
Installation I nstructions
1 ExtractthezipfilestoatemporaryfolderonyourPC.
2 OpenSetup.exetolaunchtheNVIDIAInstallShieldWizard.
FollowtheinstructionsintheNVIDIAInstallShieldWizardtocompletethe
installation.
Note:Afterthedriverinstallation,Windowsmaydefaultto16bppcolorand
disabletheDesktopWindowManager(DWM).Toworkaroundthis
issue,setthecolorto32bppandthenrebootthePC.
Opening the NVIDIA Control Panel
YoucanopentheNVIDIAControlPanelinanyofthefollowingways:
Rightclickthedesktop,thenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromthecontext
menu.
ClickAdvancedSettingsfromtheWindowsVistaDisplaySettingswindow,
thenclicktheNVIDIAproducttab.
OpentheWindowsVistaControlPanel,then:
FromtheclassicviewoftheWindowsVistaControlPanel,clickthe
NVIDIAControlPanelicon,or
FromtheControlPanelHomeviewoftheWindowsVistaControlPanel,
clickAdditionalOptionsandthenclickNVIDIAControlPanelfromthe
AdditionalOptionspage.
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A P P E N D I X
MODE SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS
ThischapterdetailstheWindowsmodessupportedbytheRelease190driver
forNVIDIAproducts.Itcontainsthesesections:
GeneralModeSupportInformationonpage 21
TVOutModesSupportedbyTVEncodersonpage 23
General Mode Support Information
Default Display Modes
TheNVIDIAgraphicsdriverincludesastandardlistofdisplaymodesthatare
supportedbydefault.Thesemodesarelistedinthefilemodes.txt whichis
includedintheOEMdriverpackage.
FigureA.1givesanexampleofhowtoreadthemodeinformationinthefile.
Figure A.1 Mode Format
Resolution
Example entry:
1152 864 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200
Meaning: Resolution: 1152 864
Color depth: 32 bpp
Refresh rates: 60 Hz, 70 Hz, 72 Hz, 75 Hz, 85 Hz, 100 Hz, 120 Hz,
140 Hz, 144 Hz, 150 Hz, 170 Hz, and 200 Hz
Color Depth Refresh Rates
22 NVI DI A Corporation
Release 190 General Mode Support I nformation
Additional Display Modes
Theactualmodesavailabledependonthecapabilitiesofthedisplay.In
addition,theNVIDIAgraphicsdriverhasadynamicEDIDdetection
capabilityandwillmakeavailableadditionalmodesthatarelistedinthedisplay
EDID,providedthegraphicshardwarecansupportit.
TheNVIDIAgraphicsdriveralsosupportsthehighresolutionsavailablewith
thedisplayslistedinTableA.1aswellasthenonstandardmodeslistedin
TableA.2.
Table A.1 Modes Supported for High Resolution Displays
Display Maximum
Resolution
Hardware Requirements
HPLP3065FlatPanel
Monitor(DuallinkDVI)
25601600
@60Hz
AllhighendNVIDIAQuadroFX
graphicssolutions.
Apple30CinemaHD
Display(DuallinkDVI)
2560x1600
@60Hz
AllhighendNVIDIAQuadroFX
graphicsolutions.
DellWFP3007
(DualLinkDVI)
2560x1600
@60Hz
AllHighendNVIDIAQuadroFX
graphicsolutions.
Table A.2 Non-standard Modes Supported
Resolution
16801050
1366768
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TV-Out Modes Supported by TV Encoders
TableA.3andTableA.4listtheNTSC,PAL,andHDTVTVOutmodes
supportedbytheNVIDIAdriver.
ThedriversupportsmanualoverscancorrectionforcomponentandDVI
outputs.RefertotheonlineHelp forinstructionsonhowtousetheoverscan
correctionfeaturesinthecontrolpanel.
Table A.3 Mode Support for S-Video and Composite Out
Resolution
Bit
depth Comments
320200 8,16,32 DirectDrawmode;notselectableasaWindowsdesktop
320240 8,16,32 DirectDrawmode;notselectableasaWindowsdesktop
640400 8,16,32 DirectDrawmode;notselectableasaWindowsdesktop
640480 8,16,32
720480 8,16,32 Overscans(forvideo)
720576 8,16,32 Overscans(forvideo)
800600 8,16,32
1024768 8,16,32 Conexant25871only
Table A.4 Mode Support for Component YPrPb Out and DVI Out
Resolution Comments
480i(SDTV)
SupportedongraphicsboardswithConexant875orPhilips7108TV
encodersandcompatibleconnectors,andcompatibleGeForce6Series
andGeForce7SeriesGPUs.
480p(EDTV)
720p(HDTV)
1080i(HDTV)
576i(PAL)
576p(PAL)