Nvidia Quadro Workstation User Manual

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User’s Guide Table of Contents
SLI Mode Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
SLI Frame Rendering. . . . . . . . . . . . 174
SLI Antialiasing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Viewing Load Balancing . . . . . . . . . . 176
A. Using Two NVIDIA GPU-Based
Graphics Cards
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Before Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare
Graphics Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Examples and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Quadro FX 3000 — Installing the NVIDIA
ForceWare Graphics Display Driver . . . . . . 181
Quadro FX 3000 — Attaching the Secondary
Display for nView Dualview Mode . . . . . . . 182
GeForce4 MX — Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare
Graphics Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Attaching Displays for GeForce4 MX — nView
Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Enabling nView Span and Clone Modes —
Detaching the Secondary Display Device . . . 188
Viewing Multiple NVIDIA GPU-based Graphics
Cards from the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . 190
Viewing Multiple Card Configurations Using the
NVIDIA Settings Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
B. Using HDTV with NVIDIA
GPU-Based Graphics Cards
Supported HDTV Connectors . . . . . . . . . . 196
Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
HDTV over DVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
D connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Sample Cables Shipped with NVIDIA HDTV-
Encoded Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
C. NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages
NVIDIA Display Wizard — Typical Setup . . . . 202
NVIDA Display Setup Wizard — Custom Setup203
NVIDIA Display Wizard — HDTV Component
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
NVIDA Display Wizard — Analog Display with
HDTV/DVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
NVIDA Display Wizard — Digital Display and
Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
D. NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics
Display Driver — Feature History
Driver Release History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Release 80 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Release 75 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .214
OpenGL Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .214
SLI Support Improvements. . . . . . . . . . .214
Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
DirectX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
NVIDIA Display Control Panel . . . . . . . . .216
nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Release 70 New Features and Enhancements.217
NVIDIA Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Display Driver, DirectX, and OpenGL . . . . .219
nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . .219
New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Feature Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . .219
NVManagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Driver Independence . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Release 65 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .220
512 MB Frame Buffer Support . . . . . . . . .220
Multi-GPU Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Operating System Support . . . . . . . . . . .221
Enhancements in Driver Performance . . . .221
Improved Robustness . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Video Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .221
3D Graphics API Enhancements. . . . . .221
HDTV Support Enhancements . . . . . . .221
Desktop Manager and Control Panel
Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Release 60 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Latest GPU Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
PCI Express Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Enhancements in Driver Performance . . . . . .222
3D Graphics API Enhancements . . . . . . .223
Direct3D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Release 55 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .223
PCI Express Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
PAE Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
nView Desktop Manager Enhancements . . .224
User Interface Enhancements . . . . . . . . .224
Video Support Enhancements . . . . . . . . .224
3D Graphics API Enhancements . . . . . . .225
Direct3D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Release 50 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . .225
New Feature Highlights. . . . . . . . . . . . .225
64-bit Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Dynamic Memory Mapping . . . . . . . . .225
NVIDIA Unified Compiler . . . . . . . . . .225
Display Driver Changes—New Features . . .226
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Nvidia Quadro Workstation Specifications

General

Brand	Nvidia
Model	Quadro Workstation
Category	Video Card
Language	English