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Release 191 Graphics Drive

Release Notes

Version 191.07

For Windows Vista 32-bit

and Windows Vista 64-bit

NVIDIA Corporation

October 5, 2009


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1. Introduction to Release NotesStructure of the Document . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Changes in this Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. Release 191 Driver ChangesVersion 191.07 Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Whats New in Release 191 . . . . . . . . . . 4

Whats New in Version 191.07 . . . . . . . . . 7

Limitations in This Release. . . . . . . . . . . 7

Changes in Version 191.03 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Windows Vista 32-bit Issues . . . . . . . . . . 1






Open Issues in Version 191.07 . . . . . . . . . . 5



Not NVIDIA Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Windows Vista Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Unsupported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

OpenGL Application Issues . . . . . . . . . 11

Application Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Operating System Issues . . . . . . . . . . 16

Known Product Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using HDMI/DisplayPort Audio with Displaysthat have a High Native Resolution . . . . . 18

Using HDMI/DisplayPort Displays that do not

Support Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using HDMI/DisplayPort Audio in Dualview or

Clone Mode Configurations. . . . . . . . . 20

Flat Panel Scaling Controls are Non-functional

for Some TV Modes for Some Displays . . 20

GPU Runs at a High Performance Level in Multi-

display Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

GeForce GTX 295 Fan Control and NVIDIA

Control Panel Performance Group version6.03.06.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

1280x1024 @ 60 Hz not Available on BenQ

FP241W Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Image Sharpening Control not Available with

GeForce 8 Series and later GPUs . . . . . 21

Gigabyte GA-6BX Motherboard . . . . . . . 21

2. The Release 191 DriverHardware and Software Support . . . . . . . . 22

Supported Operating Systems. . . . . . . . 22

Supported NVIDIA Products . . . . . . . . . 23Supported Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Minimum Hard Disk Space . . . . . . . . . 26

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 26

A. Mode Support for WindowsGeneral Mode Support Information . . . . . . . 29

Default Modes Supported by GPU . . . . . . . 30

Understanding the Mode Format . . . . . . 30

GeForce 200, 100, 9 Series, 8 Series, 7 Series,

6 Series, and nForce 7xx/6xx GPUs . . . . 31

Modes Supported by TV Encoders . . . . . . . 33

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Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Table A.1 Modes Supported for High Resolution Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Table A.2 Non-standard Modes Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Table A.3 Mode Support for S-Video and Composite Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Table A.4 Mode Support for Component YPrPb Out and DVI Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

List of Tables


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C H A P T E R

INTRODUCTIONTORELEASENOTES

ThiseditionofReleaseNotesdescribestheRelease191 GraphicsDriversforMicrosoft

WindowsVista.NVIDIAprovidesthesenotestodescribeperformanceimprovementsandbugfixesineachdocumentedversionofthedriver.

Structure of the Document

Thisdocumentisorganizedinthefollowingsections:

Release191DriverChangesonpage 3givesasummaryofchanges,andfixedandopenissuesinthisversion.

TheRelease191Driveronpage 22describestheNVIDIAproductsandlanguages

supportedby

this

driver,

the

system

requirements,

and

how

to

install

the

driver.

ModeSupportforWindowsonpage 28liststhedefaultresolutionssupportedbythedriver.

Changes in this Edition

ThiseditionoftheReleaseNotesforWindowsVistaincludesinformationaboutNVIDIAgraphicsdriverversion191.07,andlistschangesmadetothedriversinceversion186.18.ThesechangesarediscussedbeginningwiththechapterRelease191DriverChangesonpage 3.


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C H A P T E R

RELEASE 191 DRIVER CHANGES

Thischapterdescribesopenissuesforversion191.07,andresolvedissuesand

driverenhancementsforversionsoftheRelease191driveruptoversion191.07.Thechaptercontainsthesesections:

Version191.07Highlightsonpage 4

ChangesinVersion191.03onpage 1



OpenIssuesinVersion191.07onpage 5

NotNVIDIAIssuesonpage 8

KnownProductLimitationsonpage 18


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Version 191.07 Highlights

Thissectionprovideshighlightsofversion191.07oftheNVIDIARelease191DriverforWindowsVista.

WhatsNewinRelease191

WhatsNew

in

Version

191.07

LimitationsinThisRelease

Whats New in Release 191

ThesectionsummarizesthefollowingdriverchangesinRelease191:

NVIDIAControlPanelUpdates

DisplayDriverUpdates

CUDAUpdates

OpenGLUpdates

NVIDIA Control Panel Updates

DisplaySettingsPagesOrganizationalChanges

ThefollowingpageshavebeenrevisedtoincludeTVsettingscontrols:

AdjustDesktopColorSettings

NowincludescontrolstoadjustTVcolorsettings.

ChangeResolution

NowincludescontrolstoadjustTVandHDTVsignalformatsandresolution.

AdjustDesktopSizeandPosition

NowincludescontrolstoadjusttheTVscreensizeandposition,andtoresizetheHDTVdesktop.

ThefollowingpagesandlinksnowappearintheDisplaycategory:

HDCPStatuspage

DigitalAudiopage

ThecontrolsintheManageCustomResolutionspagearenowlocatedintheChangeResolutionpage.


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DisplaySettingsPages Feature Changes

AdjustDesktopColorSettingspage

ForGeforce8seriesandlaterGPUS,theDigitalVibrancerangeisextendedtoincludetheblackandwhitelimitwhichnowcorrespondsto0%.Thenewdefaultvalueis50%.

Afterresizing theHDTVdesktop,thenewresolutioncreatedisnowaddedtothelistofavailableresolutionsforthatdisplay,andalsoaddedtotheresolutionlistwithinmostgamesorapplications.

InRelease190,themethodforresizingtheHDTVdesktophaschangedtoprovidebetterimagequalitywhenapplyingunderscan.Thismethodresultsinanewresolutionbeingcreated.Somegamesorapplicationsmaynotsupportthenewresolution,however.

Video&TelevisionPages

Thefollowing

pages

and

controls

have

been

moved

to

the

Display

category:

AdjustTelevisionColorSettingspage(seeDisplay>AdjustDesktopColorSettings)

Changethesignalor HD formatpage(seeDisplay>ChangeResolution)

SelectDigitalcolorformatpage(seeDisplay>ChangeResolution)

Adjustscreensizeandpositionpage(seeDisplay>AdustDesktopSizeandPosition)

ResizeHDTVdesktoppage(see Display>AdjustDesktopSizeandPosition)

HDCP

Statuspage

DigitalAudiopage

3DSettingsPages

PreferredRefeshRate

ThePreferredRefreshRatecontrolletsyouoverridetherefreshratelimitationsimposedbythe3Dapplicationfortheindicatedmonitor.

PowerManagementmode

ManyNVIDIAgraphicscardssupportmultipleperformancelevelssothatthePCcansavepowerwhenfullgraphicsperformanceisnotrequired.Toprovidemorecontroloverthesepowermanagementcapabilities,NVIDIAhasaddedthePowerManagementModecontrol.ThecontrolconsistsoftwosettingsAdaptiveandPreferMaximumPerformance.

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oftheapplication.ThisallowstheGPUtoalwaysusetheminimumamountofpowerrequiredtorunagivenapplication,andcanallowevenolder3Dgamestoruninlowerpowermodesifthegamedoesnotrequirefull3Dperformance.NVIDIArecommendsthissettingforbestoverallbalanceofpowerandperformance.

PreferMaximumPerformance:Thissettingletsyoumaintainthecardatits

maximumperformancelevelwhen3DapplicationsarerunningregardlessofGPUusage.ThisoptioncanbesetGlobally(forall3Dapplications),oranapplicationprofilecanbecreatedunderProgramSettingstosetthepreferenceforaparticular3Dapplication.

ThisfeatureissupportedonlyonselectGeForce9SeriesandlaterGPUsandappliesonlytoDirectXandOpenGLbasedapplications.

Display Driver Updates

AddedsupportforhardwareoverlaysonbothClonemodedisplays.

Previously,thedriversupportedonlyonehardwareoverlay,soonlyoneClonemodedisplaycouldpresentthevideooverlay.

EDIDOverride(formonitormanufacturers)

ThegraphicsdrivernowcanuseExtendedDisplayIdentificationData(EDID)overridesprovidedbythemonitormanufacturers.TheseoverridesareupdatedEDIDscontainedwithinthemonitorINF.

RefertotheMicrosoftwhitepaperhttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/edid_over.mspx.

CUDA Updates

CUDA2.3

Addedsupportfor64bitvideoencoding.

AddedsupporttomakeallGPUswithinanSLIgroupavailableforCUDAapplicationstouse.

OpenGL Updates

AddedsupportforOpenGL3.1
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/edid_over.mspxhttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/edid_over.mspxhttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/edid_over.mspxhttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/edid_over.mspx


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Whats New in Version 191.07

ThisdriverversionaddssupportforNVIDIAPhysXaccelerationonallGeForce8series,9series,100series,and200seriesGPUswithaminimumof256MBdedicatedgraphicsmemoryandaminimumof32processorcores(thisdriverpackageinstallsNVIDIAPhysXSystemSoftwarev9.09.0814).

AddedsupportforthefollowingNVIDIAproducts:

GeForceGTS240

GeForceGT220

GeForceG210

GeForce210

GeForceG100

SeeChangesinVersion191.03onpage 1foralistofthelatestresolved

issues.

Limitations in This Release

Thefollowingarefeaturesthatarenotcurrentlysupportedorhavelimitedsupportinthisdriverrelease:

NVIDIAControlPanelDisplayCategory

TheGraphtabontheAdjustDesktopColorSettingspageisnotavailable.


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Changes in Version 191.03

Thefollowingsectionslistthechangesmadeandissuesresolvedsincedriverversion190.62.

TheNVIDIAbugnumberisprovidedforreference.

Windows Vista 32-bit Issues

Single-GPU Resolved Issues

Afterinstallingtheinternationalgraphicsdriverpackage,anerrormessageindicatesthatthedriverwasnotinstalledcorrectlyornotinstalledatall.[576128]

TheNVIDIAControlPanelisunabletochangethedesktopsizeforTVs.[565874]

ION:Thegraphicscardremainsrunningatahighperformancelevelwhenidlingafteraperiodofvideoplayback.[571297]

GeForceGT220:GPUfandoesnotslowdownastheGPUcoolsoff.[586338]

GeForceGT220:TheGPUfanspeedcontrolsontheNVIDIAControlPanel>Performance>AdjustGPUSettingpagearenotabletoadjustto0%.[581999]

GeForceGTX295,[Stereo]:FarCry2(DirectX10)3DStereocannotbeapplied.[569306]

GeForceGTX285:Whenplayinga3Dgameatadifferentresolutionthanthedesktopandthenquitting,thedesktopresolutionswitchestothegameresolutionafterasystemrebootorresumefromsleepmode.[567964]

GeForce9800GTX:HDTVcannotbesetto576i/480iformatusingtheNVIDIA

ControlPaneldesktopresizecontrols.[591614]

GeForce9800GTX:FarCry2withtheingameresolutionsetto1920x1200andantialiasingsetto2xorhigher,thereiscorruptionwhenlookingupatthesky.[555163]

GeForce9600GT:AfterhotplugginganHDMIdisplay,theresolutiononapreviouslyconnectednonEDIDVGAmonitorswitchestoanoutofrangeresolution.[584853]

GeForce8800Ultra:EnemyTerritory:QUAKEWarsflickeringoccurswhenarecharactersareparachuting.[417646]

Multi-GPU Resolved Issues

[SLI],GeForceGTX280:AfterenablingSLI,youcannotswitchtheSLIFocusdisplayunderDualviewmode.[570159]

[SLI],GeForceGTX280:TomClancysEndwarwithSLImodeenabled,thesunlighteffectisrenderedincorrectly.[559484]


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Single-GPU Resolved Issues

Afterinstallingtheinternationalgraphicsdriverpackage,anerrormessageindicatesthatthedriverwasnotinstalledcorrectlyornotinstalledatall.[576128]

TheNVIDIAControlPanelisunabletochangethedesktopsizeforTVs.[565874]

ThescreenturnsblackafterswitchingfromClonemodetoDualviewmode.[552771]

GeForceGT220:GPUfandoesnotslowdownastheGPUcoolsoff.[586338]

GeForceGT220,nForce740iSLI:Afterinstallingthedriverandrebootingthesystem,Windowsfailstoload.[576100]

GeForceGTX295,[Stereo]:FarCry2(DirectX10)3DStereocannotbeapplied.[569306]

GeForceGTS250:Thegraphicscarddoesnotswitchtoreducedpowerafterclosinga3Dapplication.[582271]

GeForce9800GTX:HDTVcannotbesetto576i/480iformatusingtheNVIDIAControlPaneldesktopresizecontrols.[591614]

GeForce9600GT:Whensetto0%,theDigitalVibrancesettingisntpreservedafterresumingfromsleep/hibernatemode.[577014]


[SLI],GeForceGTX295:CallofJuarez2thereisa50%performancedrop.[588706]

[SLI],GeForceGTX280:AfterenablingSLI,youcannotswitchtheSLIFocusdisplayunderDualviewmode.[570159]

[QuadSLI],GeForce9800GX2:TheNVIDIAControlPanelchangeresolutionspagetakesmorethanaminutetoopen.[591229]

[SLI],GeForce8800GTS:Thedisplayturnsmonochromatic(blackandwhite)afterchangingtheresolution.[568405]


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Changes in Version 190.62

Thefollowingsectionslistthechangesmadeandissuesresolvedsincedriverversion190.38.

TheNVIDIAbugnumberisprovidedforreference.



[SLI],GeForce7Series:ThereisnoconfirmationpopupwhensomechangesaremadeintheNVIDIAControlPanel.[511417]


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Open Issues in Version 191.07

Aswitheveryreleaseddriver,version191.07oftheRelease191driverhasopenissuesandenhancementrequestsassociatedwithit.Thissectionincludeslistsofissuesthatareeithernotfixedornotimplementedinthisversion.Someproblemslistedmaynothavebeenthoroughlyinvestigatedand,infact,maynotbeNVIDIAissues.Others

may

have

workaround

solutions. WindowsVista32bitIssuesonpage 5

WindowsVista64bitIssuesonpage 6


Single GPU Issues

AllGPUs

HalfLife2:Episode2theingamebrightnessisgreatlyreducedifEnhancedorOverrideAAisenabledfromtheNVIDIAControlPanel.[429254]

GeForceGTX295:Bioshock(Steam)corruption/nonrenderedblankpatchesappearafterapplyinganyvalueofoverrideantialiasingfromtheNVIDIAControlPanel.[584872]

IONGPUs

ION:Ittakes5060secondstoswitchtoDualvieworClonemodeusingtheNVIDIAControlPanel.[596108]

ION:Themaximumresolutionavailableis1280x800,eventhoughthedisplaysnativeresolutionis2560x1600.[594726]

GeForce9Series

GeForce9600GT:WitheDVIHDMIconnection,theHDresolution[1080p,1920x1080(native)]switchesto800x600afterclickingResizeDesktopfromtheNVIDIAControlPanel>Adjustdesktopsizeandpositionpage.[559435]

GeForce8SeriesGPUs

GeForce8800:DefaultcustomresolutionscannotbecreatedwhenusingtheDVIconnection.[446476]

GeForce

8600:

HD

resolutions

higher

than

720p

are

not

available.[308627]

Multi-GPU Issues

GeForce200SeriesGPUs

[3waySLI],GeForceGTX280/260:3DMark06theTVscreen(componentorSVideo)goesblankafterlaunchingthebenchmarkwithSLImodeenabled.[491193]


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GeForce9SeriesGPUs

[SLI],GeForce9800GTX:MassEffectthereisabandofcorruptionontheedgeofthescreenwhenswitchingfromahighresolutiontoalowerresolution.[433929]


Single GPU Issues

NVIDIAControlPanel:Addingacustomprofilewithanopenbracketinthenameresultsinanerror.[437056]

HalfLife2:Episode2theingamebrightnessisgreatlyreducedifEnhancedorOverrideAAisenabledfromtheNVIDIAControlPanel.[429254]

IONSystems

ION:Themaximumresolutionavailableis1280x800,eventhoughthedisplaysnativeresolutionis2560x1600.[594726]

GeForce200Series

GeForce200Series:WhenenteringcustomresolutionvaluesfromtheManageCustomResolutionspage,thevaluesarenotvalidated.[524691]

GeForceGTX295:Settingsonthe Adjustdesktopcolorsettings pageareat0%forthesecondaryCloneorDualviewmodedisplay.[514218]

GeForceGTX280:TheNVIDIAControlPanelbecomesunresponsiveifAlt+Tabispressedwhileonthe3DVisionSetuppage.[591546]

GeForce9Series

GeForce9800

GTX:

On

the

NVIDIA

Control

Panel

Adjust

desktop

size

and

position

page,theResizedesktopoptiondoesnotappearforHDorSDresolutions.[595062]

GeForce9800GT:Lineage2thegameworldisextremelydark.[531486]

GeForce9600GT:WitheDVIHDMIconnection,theHDresolution[1080p,1920x1080(native)]switchesto800x600afterclickingResizeDesktopfromtheNVIDIAControlPanel>Adjustdesktopsizeandpositionpage.[559435]

GeForce8Series

GeForce8800GT/GTX:DefaultcustomresolutionscannotbecreatedwhenusingtheDVIconnection.[446476]

GeForce8800GTX,NVIDIAControlPanel:TheuserisunabletoselectResizemyDesktopwhileplayinganHDDVD.[357674]

GeForce8400GS:ScreensizechangesmadefromtheNVIDIAControlPanelAdjustscreensizeandposition pagearenotpreservedafterresumingfromHibernate/Standby.[544085]

GeForce8300:TheNVIDIAControlPanelAdjustdesktopsizeandpositionpagecontrolsdonotworkforHDMIdisplayinCloneorSpanningmodes.[594803]


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Multi-GPU Issues

GeForce200Series

[3waySLI],GeForceGTX280:Farcry2thereareblackpatchesofcorruptionwithSLIenabledat2560x1600resolution.[535524]

[SLI],GeForce200Series:WithtwodisplaysconnectedinDualviewmode,changes

totheNVIDIAControlPanel>AdjustDesktopColorSettings>NVIDIAsettingsarenotpreservedafterenablingordisablingSLImode.[554097]

GeForce9Series

[3waySLI],GeForce9800GTX:Crysis(64bit)(DirectX9)thereisalengthypauseorthesystemfreezeswhenfiringaweapon.[450562]

ThisissuedoesnotoccurwiththeDirectX10versionofthegame,whichistherecommendedversion.

[SLI],GeForce9800GTX:CallofDuty:WorldatWarthereisgeometriccorruptionafterapplyingAmbientOcclusionfromtheNVIDIAControlPanel.[526733]

[SLI],GeForce9600GT:Thedisplayresolutionswitchesto800x600from1920x1200afterenablingSLImode.[592469]

[SLI],GeForce9600GT,GeForce8500/8400/8300:ChangesmadefromtheResizeHDTVSettingspagearenotesavedafterenablingSLImode.[529759]

GeForce8Series

[SLI],GeForce8800GTX:Afterresizingthedesktop,thechangeisnotpreservedwhenyourebootthesystem.[529812]

[SLI],GeForce8600GT:GearsofWar(DirectX10)withSLImodeenabled,thereiscorruptionandflickeringwiththedefaultsettingsandingameantialiasing

enabled.[541836]


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Not NVIDIA Issues

ThissectionlistsissuesthatarenotduetotheNVIDIAdriveraswellasfeaturesthatarenotmeanttobesupportedbytheNVIDIAdriverforWindowsVista.

WindowsVistaLimitationsonpage 8

UnsupportedFeaturesonpage 9

OpenGLApplicationIssuesonpage 11

ApplicationIssuesonpage 12

OperatingSystemIssuesonpage 16

Windows Vista Limitations

ThesearebehaviorsthatmaybedifferentfromWindowsXPandarerelateddirectlytotheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem.

NVIDIATurboCache

WindowsVistanowcontrolstheallocationofsystemmemorytotheGPUforTurboCachefunctions.TheWindowsVistaDisplayPropertiespagesshowthesharedsystemmemory(SSM),orhowmuchmemoryisallocatedforNVIDIAGPUstouseforTurboCache.

FormoreinformationongraphicsmemoryreportingunderWindowsVista,visithttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/graphicsmemory.mspx.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/graphicsmemory.mspxhttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/graphicsmemory.mspx


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Unsupported Features

ThefollowingarefeaturesandfunctionalitythatwereavailableindriverreleasessupportingWindowsXP,butarenotandwillnotbeavailableindriverreleasesforWindowsVista:

Highresolutionscalingdesktop(HRSD)

MultiViewDisplay

Mode

(for

NVIDIA

Quadro

NVS

graphics

cards)

NVKeystone

Unifiedbackbuffer(UBB)controls

OpenGLVideoOverlays

Thisisanoperatingsystemlimitation.

Vistawindowmanagerfeatureswillprovidenewwaysofaccomplishingoverlays,butwillrequireapplicationporting.

Overclocking

GPUoverclockingisnolongersupportedinthedefaultGPUdrivercontrolpanel.ThisfeatureisavailableintheNVIDIASystemToolssoftware,whichyoucandownloadfromNVIDIA.com.

GPUTemperatureMonitoring

TemperaturemonitoringisnolongersupportedinthedefaultGPUdrivercontrolpanel.ThisfeatureisavailableintheNVIDIASystemToolssoftware,whichyoucandownloadfromNVIDIA.com.

AGPSettingsAdjustment

VideoZoom

Pan&Scan theprocessofpanningacrossthedesktopinordertodisplayadesktoponamonitorwithlowerresolution

PerdisplayDesktopColorSettingAdjustments

ForClonemode,thedesktopcolorsettingadjustmentsthroughtheNVIDIAControlPanelcanonlybemadeacrossalldisplaysinasystem,andnotonaperdisplaybasis.

PerdisplayVideoColorSettingAdjustments

ForDualview

mode,

the

video

color

setting

adjustments

through

the

NVIDIA

ControlPanelcanonlybemadeacrossalldisplaysinasystem,andnotonaperdisplaybasis.

EdgeBlending

Rundisplayoptimizationwizard

Runmultipledisplaywizard
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OpenGL Application Issues

ThefollowingareknowncompatibilityissuesforOpenGLapplicationsdevelopedunderWindowsXP:

MixedGDIandOpenGLrenderingdoesnotwork.

AnumberofapplicationsuseGDItorenderUIcomponentsandobject

highlighting.ThisisnotsupportedintheWindowsVistadrivermodel.

NVIDIArecommendsconvertingGDIrenderingtoOpenGL.

Thefollowingaresomeapplicationsthatareknowntohavethisissue:

Maya7.01

Applications,Tools,andBenchmarksnotSupportedUnderWindowsVista

GLperf

3dsmax8(laterreleasesmaybesupported)

CATIAV5R15

(V5R16

is

supported)

PTCsCDRS2001

Frontbufferedrenderingmaybeslow,especiallywhenDWMisenabled.

Flushingtherenderingqueuewhilerenderingtothefrontbuffermaycausethewindowmanagertorecomposite.Applicationsshouldthereforeminimizethefrequencywithwhichtheyflushtherenderingqueue.


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Application Issues

WorldofWarcraftifyouhaverunthe3DVisionsetupwizard,thenthegameautomaticallyenables3Dstereoevenafteryoudisableit.

Toworkaroundthisissue,youmustuninstallthe3DVisiondriver.

CounterStriketheapplicationcrashestothedesktopiftheresolutionorbitdepth

ischangedfromtheingamevideooptionsmenu.[416582]

Thisisanapplicationissue,buttheproblemdoesnotoccurifyouchangetheresolutionorbitdepthfromthegamesmainmenuandnotwhileinagame.

StarWars:KnightsOfTheOldRepublic2thegamefailstolaunch,andanapplicationhasstoppedworkingerrormessageappears.[420115]

Thisoccursbecausetheapplicationisnotabletointerpretthedriverversioncorrectly.

TigerWoodsPGATour2007Flybyshotbeforeeachholeblacksouttextures.[274697]

NVIDIAisworking

with

the

developer

to

resolve

this

issue.

CityofHeroesThemousecursordoesnotdisplay.[259256]

Thisisanapplicationissuethatcanbeworkedaroundinfullscreenmodebyaddingcompatiblecursors1totheCityofHeroesdesktopshortcut.

NVIDIAispursuingafixwiththeapplicationdeveloper.

Sims2SmoothEdges(AA)optionisnotavailablewithRelease100drivers.[272477]

Thisoccursbecauseofanincorrectdriverversioncheckintheapplication.

NVIDIAhas

worked

around

this

issue

in

the

operating

system

by

changing

the

way

the

driverversionisreportedtothisapplication.

Warhammer40kDawnofWar(allversions)doesnotrunwithRelease100drivers.[273154]

Thisoccursbecauseofanincorrectdriverversioncheckintheapplication.

NVIDIAhasworkedaroundthisissueintheoperatingsystembychangingthewaythedriverversionisreportedtothisapplication.

NeedforSpeedCarbonAfterupgradingwithpatch1.3,thegamecrasheswhenlaunched.[290506]

ThisisanissuewiththeapplicationpatchunderWindowsVista.

NascarSimracingthegamecrasheswhenlaunched.[270792]

ThisisanissuewiththeapplicationunderWindowsVista.

CallofDuty2Onlysolidcolorsrenderduringgameplaywhen4xAAisenabled.[257454]


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Theapplicationisnotapplyingantialiasingproperly.Pleasetryselecting2xAA,disablingantialiasing,orusingNVIDIAEnhancedapplicationorOverrideantialiasingmodes.

NVIDIAispursuingafixwiththeapplicationdeveloper

AgeofEmpiresIIIthegamehasrenderingartifacts,suchastexturedsquaresforsmoke.[258036]

FlightSimulator

Xpressing

Alt+Tab

to

switch

to

the

desktop

does

not

work.

[293729]

Everquest2withNVIDIAdriverversions100.xx,thefollowingerrormessageappears:[273346]

Youcurrentlyhavea(7.15.11.120)videocardinstalled.Werecommendthatyoudownloadversion7772driversbeforeplayingEverquest.

Thisoccursbecausetheapplicationisnotcheckingthedriverversioncorrectly,butthisdoesnotaffectgameplay.Pleaseselect ContinueAnyway tolaunchthegame.TheproblemdoesnotoccurwithapreviousRelease95driver(xx.xxformat).

NVIDIAispursuing

afix

with

the

application

developer.

WindowsVista64bit,[PhysX]:TheGameCreatorsPhysXScreenSaverdoesntgetinstalledproperly.[491613]

ThisisnotanNVIDIAissue,butabuginVista64bitOSthataffectstheinstallationofmanyscreensavers.Toworkaround,locatethecorresponding.scrfileforthescreensaver,thenrightclickandselectInstall.

Note:PhysXscreensaver.scr is located in \windows\SysWOW64.

GeForce9800GTX:FlightSimulatorAcceleration(DirectX10) theskyboxdoesnotrendercorrectlywhenzoomedallthewayout.[436158]

ThisisnotanNVIDIAbug,butratheranapplicationissue.

GeForce9800GTX:FlightSimulatorAcceleration(DirectX10) thereisnoantialiasingpreviewwindow.[436156]

GeForce9800GX2:Fury(DirectX10)thecharacternamesflicker.[384917]


GeForce9600GT,GeForce9800GX2,GeForce8800GTX/Ultra/GTS/GT:AssassinsCreed:DirectorsCut theshadowflickers.[400541]


GeForce9600GT:Crysis(DirectX9) thereiscorruptioninthegame.[399261]

ThisisnotanNVIDIAbug,butratheranissuewiththeapplicationissue.Toavoidthisissue,usetheDirectX10optionofthegame.

GeForce8800GTX:TabulaRasathereisghostingonthegamecharacterwhilestandingbelowthedropshipafterenablingrefractionfromthegamecontrolpanel.[357271]


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GeForce8800GT:CompanyofHeroesDirectX10 theapplicationcrasheswhenMSAAisenabled.[346495]

ThisisaFraps2.9.2issue.

GeForce8Series:Quake4therearewhiteflashingartifacts.[273476]

GeForce8800:CityofHeroestherearecorruptedtexturesincertainmissions.[290659]

Thishasbeenfixedwiththelatestpatchforthegame.

GeForce8800:GhostRecon AdvancedWarfighterthegadgetsidebarbleedsthroughontherightsideofthescreenduringgameplay.[281304]

GeForce8800GTX:StarWarsBattlefront2screencorruptionoccursat2560x1600resolution.[325457]

GeForce8800GTX,GeForce7900GTX:NeverwinterNights2theminimaplosesitsbackgroundwhentheresolutionischanged.[273788]

GeForce8800GTX:Civilization4settingingame16xantialiasingAAdisablesallantialiasing.[303283]

GeForce8800GTX:FlightSimulatortheterrainchangestolowresolutionwhenswitchingfromAirTrafficcontrolledtoplayercontrolledairplane.[304840]

GeForce8800GTX:Scarfacecorruptionduringthegame.[290007]

GeForce8800GTX:NeverwinterNights2onlyoverlaysrenderwhenswitchingto2560x1600using8xAA.[302061,314148]

GeForce8800GTX:Command&Conquer:TiberiumWarsthegamecrashesat2560x1600resolution,with8xantialiasingenabled,andwheningamesettingsaresettothehighestlevels.[308248/316633]

GeForce8800GT/GTX:Crysis(DirectX10) gameperformancedropsafterswitchingtoahigherresolutionandthenswitchingbacktothelowerresolution.[368740]

GeForce7900:FlightSimulatorXrenderingbecomescorruptedafterpressingtheWindowskey. [293727296232]

GeForce7600:RainbowSixVegasantialiasingisnotappliedwhensettingantialiasingoverridemodeintheNVIDIAControlPanel.[294215]

AntialiasingissupportedinthisapplicationonlyonGeForce8seriesandhigherGPUs.

GeForce8500/8400/8300:CorruptionoccurswhilerunningMicroSoftSDKBasicHLSLsampleapplication.[302209]

GeForce8500/8400/8300:DarkMessiahofMightandMagicanapplicationerroroccurswhenquittingthegame.[300980]

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Life2:LostCoast,CompanyofHeroes,Battlefield2142,CallofDuty2,Hitman:BloodMoney,andFarCry.[302534290803]

ThisisanapplicationissuewhichhasbeenresolvedwiththelatestSteampatch.

[SLI],GeForce9800GX2:TheWitcherabloominglightshinesthroughobjectswithSLImodeenabled.[396736]

Thisisnot

an

NVIDIA

bug,

but

rather

an

application

issue.

[QuadSLI],GeForce9800GX2:TestDriverUnlimitedthereispausing/hitchingduringthecutscenetransitions.[395207]

[SLI],GeForce8800GTX,GeForce8600,GeForce6Series:CompanyofHeroesthereiscorruptioninthegroundtextures.[294118]

Thisisanapplicationissue,andhasbeenfixedwiththelatestpatchforthegame.

[SLI],GeForce8800GTX:Battlefield2andBattlefield2142thegamescrashwhenexitingbacktothemenuafterbeingplayedat2048x1536using8xAAorhigher.[301985]

Thisisan

issue

with

the

application.

[SLI],GeForce7900GTX:ChessTitanswithAeroglassenabled,thereisblankingwhenresizingthegamewindow.[346775]

Thisisanissuewiththeapplication.

[SLI],GeForce8800:Whileuninstallingdriverthedriver,theerrormessageWindowshostprocess(Rundll32)hasstoppedworking appears.[294219280920]

[SLI],GeForce8800:SplinterCellDoubleAgentthegamecrasheswhenminimizedandtheninvokedagain.[294205]

[SLI],GeForce8800:Battlefield21428xAAcannotbesetfromthegamecontrol

panel.[294231]

[SLI],GeForce7900:MicrosoftFlightsimulatorXcorruptionandflickeringoccurwhileflyingclosetolandobjects.[293882]

Operating System Issues

WorldofWarcraftthereisa60%dropinperformancewhenrunningthegameinwindowedmodewithSLIormultiGPUmodeenabled.[289427]

ThisisduetoalimitationoftheWindowsVistaoperatingsystemandaffectsallmultiGPUsystems.NVIDIAisinvestigatingaworkaroundforthisperformanceproblem.

GeForce8800GTS320MB:Thedriverreportsincorrectvideomemory(256MB)intheWindowsVistaDisplayPropertiespanel.[290811]

However,theNVIDIAControlPanelproperlyreportsthededicatedvideomemoryas320MB.

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Thisisanissuewiththeoperatingsystem.AQFE(softwarepatch)fromMicrosoftisbeingworkedontofixthisissue.

GeForce7300GT:WindowsVistadesktopgadgetsareblank(onlyoutlinevisible)afterchangingtheprimarydisplaywhileplayinganHDDVDorBluraydisc.[303482]

Thisisanissuewiththeoperatingsystem.

GeForce6200:FoxbearthereiscorruptionontheDualviewsecondarydisplay.[302709]


[SLI],GeForce8800GTX:Whileinstallingthegraphicsdriver,themessageIncompatibledisplayadapterhasbeendisabled appearsandthedisplayturns

blank.[318173]


WhenSvideoandDVIdisplaysaresetupinClonemodeandrotated90degrees,thescreenturnsblack.[304267,283546]


GeForce8800GTX:DreamScenerunningtheapplicationresultsinaDisplaydriverhasstoppedrespondingerrormessage.[295017]

ThisisanissuewiththeOS.

GeForce8300GS:WithAeroglassenabled,thescreenflickersafterrotatingthedisplay90degreeswithSVideoastheprimarydisplay.[317347]

ThisisanissuewiththeOS.


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Known Product Limitations

Thissectiondescribesproblemsthatwillnotbefixed.Usually,thesourceoftheproblemisbeyondthecontrolofNVIDIA.Followingisthelistofproblemsandwheretheyarediscussedinthisdocument:

UsingHDMI/DisplayPortAudiowithDisplaysthathaveaHighNativeResolutiononpage 18

UsingHDMI/DisplayPortDisplaysthatdonotSupportAudioonpage 19

UsingHDMI/DisplayPortAudioinDualvieworCloneModeConfigurationsonpage 20

FlatPanelScalingControlsareNonfunctionalforSomeTVModesforSomeDisplaysonpage 20

GPURunsataHighPerformanceLevelinMultidisplayModesonpage 20

GeForceGTX295FanControlandNVIDIAControlPanelPerformanceGroupversion6.03.06.00onpage 20

1280x1024@60HznotAvailableonBenQFP241WMonitorsonpage 21

ImageSharpeningControlnotAvailablewithGeForce8SeriesandlaterGPUsonpage 21

GigabyteGA6BXMotherboardonpage 21

Using HDMI/DisplayPort Audio with Displays that have aHigh Native Resolution

TouseHDMI/DisplayPortaudiowithsomedisplaysthathaveanativeresolutionhigherthan1920x1080,youmustsetthedisplaytoalowerHDresolution.Some

HDMI

TV

shave

anative

resolution

that

exceeds

the

maximum

supported

HD

mode.Forexample,TVswithanativeresolutionof1920x1200exceedthemaximumsupportedHDmodeof1920x1080.

ApplyingthisnativemoderesultsindisplayoverscanwhichcannotberesizedusingtheNVIDIAControlPanelsincethemodeisnotanHDmode.

Toavoidthissituationandprovideabetteruserexperience,thedrivertreatscertainTVssuchastheViewsonicVX2835wmandtheWestinghouseLVM 37w3asaDVImonitorwhenapplyingthenativemode.BecausethedriverdoesnottreattheTVasanHDMIinthiscase,theHDMIaudioisnotused.


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Using HDMI/DisplayPort Displays that do not SupportAudio

SomeHDMI/DisplayPortdisplaysdonotsupportaudio,orhaveissueswithcurrentNVIDIAgraphicscards.TheNVIDIAdriverattemptstoidentifysuchdisplaysandautomaticallydisablesthe

audio.For

example,

the

NVIDIA

driver

disables

HMDI

audio

for

all

Philips

HDMI

TVs,asthesehavebeenidentifiedashavingissueswithcurrentNVIDIAgraphicscards.

Theremaybecaseswhereeitherthedriverdisablesaudioeventhoughthereisnoproblem,ordoesnotdisabletheaudiowheninfacttheaudiodoesnotwork.Thefollowingsectionsdescribethesesituationsandprovidesguidanceforhandlingthem.

Corrupted video and no audio

Thedriverhasnotdisabledaudioandthedisplaysaudiosignalisincompatiblewiththegraphicscard,causingvideocorruption.

Withadifferentdisplayconnectedinordertoestablishvideo,disableaudiofortheHDMIdisplayusingtheNVIDIAControlPanel>ChangeResolutionpage.Fromtheconnectorlist,selectHDMIHDTV(AudioDisabled).

Video but no audio

ChecktheconnectorlistontheNVIDIAControlPanel>ChangeResolutionpage.

IfHDMIHDTV(AudioDisabled)isselectedandyouwanttotestwhetheryourHDMIaudiodoes,infact,work,thenselectHDMIHDTV(AudioEnabled)andthedriverwillpromptyouwithinstructionsfortestingHDMIaudiowiththe

display. IfHDMIHDTV(AudioEnabled)isselected,thenthedriverhasnotsuccessfully

detectedthatanincompatibledisplayisconnected.

Futuredriveversionswillproperlyidentifysuchdisplaysanddisableaudio.

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Using HDMI/DisplayPort Audio in Dualview or Clone ModeConfigurations

Two Audio-enabled Ports

InamultidisplayconfigurationwherebothHDMI/DisplayPortaudioportsareenabled,onlytheprimarydisplaywillprovidetheaudio.

One Audio-enabled Port

Inamultidisplayconfigurationwhereonlyoneaudioportisenabled,suchaswhenonedisplayisaDVIdisplay,thentheHDMI/DisplayPortdisplaycanprovidetheaudiowhetherisittheprimaryorsecondarydisplay.

Flat Panel Scaling Controls are Non-functional for Some TVModes for Some Displays

TheNVIDIAControlPanelflatpanelscalingcontrolsonthe AdjustDesktopSize&Position pagearenotintendedtobeusedforTVmodes,andnormallythecontrolsarenotavailableforTVorHDTVdisplays.

However,MicrosoftrequiresthatcertainTV/HDTVmodesbeavailableforalldigitaldisplays,includingDVIandHDMI,eveniftheyarenotHDTV.

WhiletheNVIDIAflatpanelscalingcontrolsareavailableforthosedisplays,theywillnotbefunctionalfortheTVmodesthatappearincompliancewiththeMicrosoftrequierements.Theaffectedmodesareasfollows:

1920x1080i@50/59.94/60Hz

1280x720p@50/59.94/60Hz

[email protected]/60Hz

720x576p@50Hz

GPU Runs at a High Performance Level in Multi-displayModes

Evenwhenno3Dprogramsarerunning,thedriverwilloperatetheGPUatahighperformancelevelinordertoefficientlydrivemultipledisplays.

GeForce GTX 295 Fan Control and NVIDIA Control PanelPerformance Group version 6.03.06.00

TheGeForceGTX295fancontroldoesnotfunctionproperlywhenusingtheNVIDIAControlPanelPerformanceGroupversion6.03.06.00.Forproperfancontrol,useversion6.03.12.00orlater.


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1280x1024 @ 60 Hz not Available on BenQ FP241WMonitors

EventhoughthemonitorEDIDlists1280x1024@60Hz,thescreenturnsblankwhenusinganHDMIconnection.ThisisanissuewiththemonitorandnottheNVIDIAdriver.

Becauseofthisissuewiththemonitor,theNVIDIAdriverblockstheproblemmode(1280x1024@60Hz)andmakesitunavailable.

Image Sharpening Control not Available with GeForce 8Series and later GPUs

WithGeForce8Seriesandlatergraphicscards,theImagesharpeningsliderontheNVIDIAControlPanel>Display>AdjustDesktopColorSettingspageisgrayedout.

ThiscontrolisintentionallydisabledbecauseimagesharpeningisnotsupportedonGeForce8seriesandlaterGPUs.

Gigabyte GA-6BX MotherboardThismotherboardusesaLinFinityregulatoronthe3.3Vrailthatisratedtoonly5AlessthantheAGPspecification,whichrequires6A.Whendiagnosticsorapplicationsarerunning,thetemperatureoftheregulatorrises,causingthevoltagetotheNVIDIAchiptodropaslowas2.2V.Underthesecircumstances,theregulatorcannotsupplythecurrentonthe3.3VrailthattheNVIDIAchiprequires.

Thisproblemdoesnotoccurwhenthegraphicsboardhasaswitchingregulatororwhenanexternalpowersupplyisconnectedtothe3.3Vrail.


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C H A P T E R

THE RELEASE 191 DRIVER

Thischaptercoversthefollowingmaintopics:

HardwareandSoftwareSupportonpage 22

DriverInstallationonpage 26

Hardware and Software Support

Supported Operating Systems

TheRelease191driver,version191.07,hasbeentestedwithMicrosoftWindowsVistaRTMOSbuildsversion6000orhigher,andsupportsboth32bitand64bitversionsofWindowsVistaEditions:

WindowsVistaHomeBasic

WindowsVistaHomePremium

WindowsVistaBusiness

WindowsVistaEnterpriseEdition

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Supported NVIDIA Products

Table2.1liststheNVIDIAproductssupportedbytheRelease191driver,version191.07

Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Products

Consumer ProductsGeForce GTX 295

GeForce GTX 285

GeForce GTX 280

GeForce GTX 275

GeForce GTX 260

GeForce GTS 250

GeForce GTS 240

GeForce GT 220

GeForce G210

GeForce 210

GeForce GT 140

GeForce GT 130

GeForce GT 120

GeForce G100

GeForce 9800 GX2

GeForce 9800 GTX+

GeForce 9800 GTX

GeForce 9800 GT

GeForce 9600 GT

GeForce 9600 GS

GeForce 9600 GSO

GeForce 9500 GT

GeForce 9500 GSGeForce 9400 GT

GeForce 9400

GeForce 9300 GS

GeForce 9300 GE

GeForce 9300

GeForce 9200

GeForce 8800 Ultra

GeForce 8800 GTX

GeForce 8800 GTS 512

GeForce 8800 GTS

GeForce 8800 GT

GeForce 8800 GS

GeForce 8600 GTS

GeForce 8600 GT

GeForce 8600 GS

GeForce 8500 GT

GeForce 8400 GS

GeForce 8400 SE


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GeForce 8400

GeForce 8300 GS

GeForce 8300

GeForce 8200

GeForce 8100 / nForce 720anForce 780a SLI

nForce 760i SLI

nForce 750a SLI

nForce 730a

GeForce 7950 GX2

GeForce 7950 GT

GeForce 7900 GTX

GeForce 7900 GT/GTO

GeForce 7900 GS

GeForce 7800 SLI

GeForce 7800 GTX

GeForce 7800 GT

GeForce 7800 GS

GeForce 7650 GS

GeForce 7600 GT

GeForce 7600 GS

GeForce 7600 LE

GeForce 7500 LE

GeForce 7350 LE

GeForce 7300 SE

GeForce 7300 LE

GeForce 7300 GT

GeForce 7300 GSGeForce 7200 GS

GeForce 7100 GS

GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i





GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a

GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a

GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a

GeForce 6800 XT

GeForce 6800 XE

GeForce 6800 Ultra

GeForce 6800 Series GPU

GeForce 6800 LE

GeForce 6800 GT

GeForce 6800 GS/XT

GeForce 6800 GS


Consumer Products


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Supported Languages

TheRelease191GraphicsDriverssupportsthefollowinglanguagesinthemaindriverControlPanel:

GeForce 6800

GeForce 6700 XL

GeForce 6610 XL

GeForce 6600 VE

GeForce 6600 LEGeForce 6600 GT

GeForce 6600

GeForce 6500

GeForce 6250

GeForce 6200SE TurboCache

GeForce 6200 TurboCache

GeForce 6200 LE

GeForce 6200 A-LE

GeForce 6200

GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

GeForce 6150 LE

GeForce 6150

GeForce 6100 nForce 420



GeForce 6100

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

Minimum Hard Disk Space

Theharddiskspacerequirementfor32bitisminimum105MBforEnglishonly,and142MBforInternational.

Theharddiskspacerequirementfor64bitisminimum135MBforEnglishonly,and170MBforInternational.

Before You Begin

IfyouhavepreviouslyinstalledNVIDIAnTune,NVIDIArecommendsthatyouuninstallnTunebeforeinstallingthisdriver.Afterthedriverinstalliscomplete,youcanreinstallNVIDIAnTune.

Installation Instructions

1 FollowtheinstructionsontheNVIDIA.comWebsitedriverdownloadpagetolocatetheappropriatedrivertodownload,basedonyourhardwareandoperatingsystem.

2 Clickthedriverdownloadlink.

3 Thelicenseagreementdialogboxappears.

4 ClickAcceptifyouacceptthetermsoftheagreement,theneitheropenthefileorsavethefiletoyourPCandopenitlater.

5 Extractthe

zip

files

to

atemporary

folder

on

your

PC.

6 OpentheNVIDIAdriverinstallation.EXEfiletolaunchtheNVIDIAInstallShieldWizard.

7 FollowtheinstructionsintheNVIDIAInstallShieldWizardtocompletetheinstallation.

Note:Afterthedriverinstallation,Windowsmaydefaultto16bppcoloranddisabletheDesktopWindowManager(DWM).Toworkaroundthisissue,setthecolorto32bppandthenrebootthePC.


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MODE SUPPORTFOR WINDOWS

ThischapterdetailstheWindowsmodessupportedbytheRelease191driverforNVIDIAproducts.Itcontainsthesesections:

GeneralModeSupportInformationonpage 29

DefaultModesSupportedbyGPUonpage 30

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General Mode Support Information

TheNVIDIAgraphicsdriverincludesastandardlistofdisplaymodesthataresupportedbydefault. ThesemodesarelistedinthesectionDefaultModesSupportedbyGPUonpage 30.

Theactualmodesavailabledependonthecapabilitiesofthedisplay. Inaddition,theNVIDIAgraphicsdriverhasadynamicEDIDdetectioncapabilityandwillmakeavailableadditionalmodesthatarelistedinthedisplayEDID,providedthegraphicshardwarecansupportit.

TheNVIDIAgraphicsdriveralsosupportsthehighresolutionsavailablewiththedisplayslistedinTableA.1aswellasthenonstandardmodeslistedinTableA.2.

Table A.1 Modes Supported for High Resolution Displays

Display Maximum Resolution

Apple30CinemaHDDisplay(DuallinkDVI)

2560x1600@60Hz

DellWFP3007 (DualLinkDVI) 2560x1600@60Hz

HPLP3065duallinkDVIflatpanel 2560x1600@60Hz.

Table A.2 Non-standard Modes Supported

Resolution

1680x1050

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Default Modes Supported by GPU

ThissectionliststhemodesthatareincludedbydefaultinthedriverINF forthefollowingproductfamilies:

GeForce200,100,9Series,8Series,7Series,6Series,andnForce7xx/6xxGPUsonpage 31

Understanding the Mode Format

FigureA.1givesanexampleofhowtoreadthemodeinformationpresentedinthissection.

Figure A.1 Mode Format

Note:

Horizontalspanningmodesof3840x1080andabove,andverticalspanning

modesof1920x2160andabovegenerallyrequireatleast32MBofvideomemoryat32bpp.

Aninexttotherefreshrateindicatesaninterlacedrefreshrate.

Resolution

Example entry:1024 x 768 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200

Meaning: Resolution: 1024 x 768

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

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GeForce 200, 100, 9 Series, 8 Series, 7 Series, 6 Series,and nForce 7xx/6xx GPUs

Thissectionsliststhesupporteddisplayresolutions,colordepths,andrefreshratesforthetheproductslistedinTable2.1onpage23.

Standard Modes640 x 480 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

720 x 480 8 60

720 x 576 8 50

800 x 600 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

1024 x 768 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

1152 x 864 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200

1280 x 720 8 60

1280 x 768 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 800 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 960 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 1024 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1360 x 768 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1600 x 900 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150

1600 x 1024 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120

1600 x 1200 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120

1680 x 1050 8 60

1920 x 1080 8 60

1920 x 1200 8 60 70 72 75 85 100

1920 x 1440 8 60 70 72 75 85

2048 x 1536 8 60

------------------------------------------------------------------

640 x 480 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

720 x 480 16 60

720 x 576 16 50

800 x 600 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

1024 x 768 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

1152 x 864 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200

1280 x 720 16 60

1280 x 768 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 800 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 960 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 1024 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170


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1360 x 768 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1600 x 900 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150

1600 x 1024 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120

1600 x 1200 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120

1680 x 1050 16 60

1920 x 1080 16 60

1920 x 1200 16 60 70 72 75 85 100

1920 x 1440 16 60 70 72 75 85

2048 x 1536 16 60

------------------------------------------------------------------

640 x 480 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

720 x 480 32 60

720 x 576 32 50

800 x 600 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

1024 x 768 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

1152 x 864 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200

1280 x 720 32 60

1280 x 768 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 800 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 960 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 1024 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1360 x 768 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1600 x 900 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150

1600 x 1024 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120

1600 x 1200 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120

1680 x 1050 32 60

1920 x 1080 32 60

1920 x 1200 32 60 70 72 75 85 100

1920 x 1440 32 60 70 72 75 85

2048 x 1536 32 60

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Modes Supported by TV Encoders

TableA.3andTableA.4listtheNTSC,PAL,andHDTVTVOutmodessupportedbytheNVIDIAdriver.

Thedriver

supports

manual

overscan

correction

for

component

and

DVI

outputs.

See

theonlineNVIDIAControlPanelHelpforinstructionsonhowtousetheoverscancorrectionfeatures.

Table A.3 Mode Support for S-Video and Composite Out

Resolution Bit depth Comments320x200 8,16,32 DirectDrawmode;notselectableasaWindowsdesktop

320x240 8,16,32 DirectDrawmode;notselectableasaWindowsdesktop

640x400 8,16,32 DirectDrawmode;notselectableasaWindowsdesktop

640x480 8,16,32

720x480 8,16,32 Overscans(forvideo)

720x576 8,16,32 Overscans(forvideo)

800x600 8,16,32

1024x768 8,16,32 Conexant25871only

Table A.4 Mode Support for Component YPrPb Out and DVI Out

Resolution Comments

480i(SDTV)

SupportedongraphicsboardswithConexant875orPhilips7108TVencodersandcompatibleconnectors,andcompatibleGeForce8SeriesandlaterGPUs.

480p(EDTV)

720p(HDTV)

1080i(HDTV)

576i(PAL)

576p(PAL)

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