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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction.......................................................................... 1 About the NVIDIA Control Panel .................................................. Overview .......................................................................... Feature Differences from the Classic Control Panel ....................... 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 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 ........................................... 18 Correlating to the NVIDIA Classic Control Panel ........................... 23 NVIDIA Control Panel Groups.................................................. 26
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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 .................................................. 18 Table 3.2 Graphics Driver Tasks in the NVIDIA Control Panel ........................... 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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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
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
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Chapter 01 : Introduction
Seetherespectiveuserdocumentationforinformationabouttheseapplicationsand instructionsonhowtousethem.
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Chapter 01 : Introduction
Online Help
Toopentheonlinehelp,either:
PressF1onyourkeyboard,or SelectHelpfromtheNVIDIAControlPanelmenubarandthenselectNVIDIA
ControlPanelHelp.
HelponvarioustopicscanbeviewedusingtheContents,Index,orSearchtabs.
Technical Support
ToaccesstheNVIDIATechnicalSupportwebpagegothefollowingwebaddress: http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html
System Information
YoucangetdetailedinformationaboutyoursystemandtheNVIDIAControlPanel configurationaswellasversionandcopyrightinformation.
ToviewcopyrightandversioninformationabouttheNVIDIAControlPanel:
FromtheHelpmenu,selectAboutNVIDIAControlPanel.
Toviewdetailedsysteminformation:
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ThischapterdescribestheNVIDIAControlPanelinthefollowingsections:
OpeningandClosingtheNewNVIDIAControlPanelonpage 7 AbouttheNVIDIAControlPanelInterfaceonpage 8
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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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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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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.
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2 FromthenavigationtreeintheSelectaTaskpane,clickoneofthelinkstoopena
specifictaskpage. Eachgroupinthenavigationtreelistsdifferenttasksthatyoucanaccomplish,and eachtaskpageprovidesinstructionsonhowtoaccomplishwhatyouwant.Movethe cursoroverlistedoptionstoseeadescriptionandtypicalusagescenarioforthat option. Detailedinstructionsforeachtaskarealsoavailablethroughtheonlinehelp.
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Table 3.1
Feature Hue Flicker Filter
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
Desktop Size and Position - Windows XP For VGA displays NVIDIA scaling NVIDIA scaling with fixedaspect ratio Displays built-in scaling No scaling Adjust screen size and position Resize HDTV desktop 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 For non-HD display modes on DVI/HDMI/ DisplayPort connection
Desktop Size and Position - Windows Vista and later Move CRT screen position
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Table 3.1
Feature 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%) 0 - 100%, (50%) 0 - 100%, (0%) 0 - 100%, (50%) 0.3 - 3.00, (1.00) Full (0255) Limited (16235) Disabled Disabled GeForce 9 series and later GPUS GeForce 9 series and later GPUs
Color Settings Brightness 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 0 - 100%, (0%) 0 - 100%, (0%) Disabled Disabled Select GeForce 8 series and later GPUs
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Table 3.1
Feature
Application-controlled, Off, card-specific settings Application-controlled, Off, Enhance the application setting, Override any application setting Application-controlled, card-specific settings Off, On Off, On Off, Multisampling, supersampling Auto-select, Block transfer [All CUDA-capable GPUs] Allow, disable Off, On 8-bpp and/or RGB555 format, None 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Single, Compatible, or Multiple display performance modes NVIDIA Quadro cards Windows XP only NVIDIA Quadro cards Limits frame prerendering NVIDIA Quadro cards GeForce 8 series and later GPUs
Antialiasing - Setting Antialiasing line gamma 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
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Table 3.1
Feature
Stereo - Display mode Stereo - Enable Stereo - Force shuttering Stereo - Swap eyes Texture filtering - anisotropic mip filter optimization 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
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Table 3.1
Feature
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.
Table 3.2
Feature
Advanced Timings Antialiasing Application Profiles Color Depth Custom Timings Desktop Color Settings Driver Settings Desktop Overlap
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Table 3.2
Feature
Frame Synchronization HDTV Setup Multi-display configuration nView Clone Mode nView Span Modes NVRotate Performance and Quality Settings PowerMizer
Screen Position on TV
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Table 3.2
Feature Overclocking
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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.
NVIDIATeamingtechnologycombinesalltheNVIDIAEthernetinterfacesonyour
systemtoformateam,resultinginincreasedbandwidthandnetworkredundancy.
AlertStandardFormat(ASF)controlsletsyousetupalertsandremotesystem
managementinanOSpresentorOSabsentenvironment.
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fans.
ManageEnthusiastSystemArchitecture(ESA)components. ViewdetailedsysteminformationforyournForcebasedPC. OverclockyourGeForceGPU.
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