301.42 Win7 Winvista Desktop Release Notes

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Graphics Driver Release 300 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 301.42 Driver Version RN-W30142-01v01 |i

1 Introduction to Release Notes .................................................. 1

Structure of the Document ........................................................ 1Changes in this Edition ............................................................. 1

2 Release 300 Driver Changes ..................................................... 2

Version 301.42 Highlights .......................................................... 2

Whats New in Release 300..................................................... 3

Whats New in Version 301.42 ................................................. 6

Limitations in This Release..................................................... 8

Advanced Driver Information .................................................. 9

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 301.42.................................... 11Fixed Single-GPU Issues........................................................ 11

Fixed Multi-GPU Issues ......................................................... 12

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 301.24.................................... 13

Fixed Single-GPU Issues........................................................ 13

Fixed Multi-GPU Issues ......................................................... 13

Open Issues in Version 301.42.................................................... 14

Windows Vista/Windows 7 32-bit Issues..................................... 14

Windows Vista/Windows 7 64-bit Issues..................................... 15

Not NVIDIA Issues................................................................... 19

Windows Vista Considerations ................................................ 19

Windows 7 Considerations ..................................................... 19

Unsupported Features.......................................................... 20

OpenGL Application Issues .................................................... 21

Application Issues............................................................... 22

Operating System Issues ....................................................... 27

Known Product Limitations ....................................................... 28

Increasing 4-way SLI/Multi-GPU Performance.............................. 293D Vision USB Driver Does Not Get Installed................................ 29

No PhysX Acceleration Using the GPU ....................................... 30

NVIDIA PhysX System Software Cannot be Installed or Uninstalled inWindows Safe Mode ............................................................ 30

3DMark 11 Does not Run in Stereoscopic 3D Mode......................... 30

Previous Driver Files Remain After Overinstalling with Release 256 or


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Graphics Driver Release 300 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 301.42 Driver version RN-W30142-01v01 |ii

Chapter :

Earlier Drivers ................................................................... 31

Do not Use Windows Rollback for Graphics Drivers........................ 31

Uninstalling Drivers Using Device Manager is not Supported............. 31

Changing the Primary Display Across SLI GPUs Takes Longer than Expected32

Understanding the DirectX Version Shown in the NVIDIA System InformationWindow........................................................................... 32

Using HDMI Audio with Displays that have a High Native Resolution ... 33

Using HDMI Displays that do not Support Audio ............................ 34

Using HDMI/DisplayPort Audio in Dualview or Clone Mode Configurations35

Flat Panel Scaling Controls are Non-functional for Some TV Modes for SomeDisplays........................................................................... 35

GPU Runs at a High Performance Level (full clock speeds) in Multi-displayModes ............................................................................ 36

GeForce GTX 295 Fan Control Does not Function With NVIDIA Control PanelPerformance Group version 6.03.06.00 ..................................... 36

1280x1024 @ 60 Hz not Available on BenQ FP241W Monitors............ 36

Image Sharpening Control not Available with GeForce 8 Series and laterGPUs .............................................................................. 36

Gigabyte GA-6BX Motherboard ............................................... 37

3 The Release 300 Driver .........................................................38

About the Release 300 Driver .................................................... 38

Hardware and Software Support................................................. 39

Supported Operating Systems................................................. 39

Supported NVIDIA Desktop Products ......................................... 39

Supported NVIDIA Notebook Products ....................................... 44

Supported Languages........................................................... 48

Driver Installation.................................................................. 48

Minimum Hard Disk Space ..................................................... 48

Before You Begin................................................................ 49

Installation Instructions........................................................ 49

Appendix A: Mode Support for Windows.......................................51

General Mode Support Information ............................................. 52

Understanding the Mode Format ............................................. 53

GeForce 600, 500, 400 , 300, 200, 100, 9 Series, 8 Series, 7 Series, 6Series, and nForce 7xx/6xx GPUs ........................................... 54

GeForce 9M, 8M, 100M, 200M, 300M, 400M, 500M Series, and Quadro NVSand Quadro FX Notebook GPUs ............................................... 56


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Graphics Driver Release 300 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 301.42 Drive Version RN-W30142-01v01 |iii

Chapter :

Modes Supported by TV Encoders................................................ 58


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LIST OF TABLES

Graphics Driver Release 300 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 301.42 Driver Version RN-W30142-01v01 |iv

Table 3.1 Supported NVIDIA Desktop GPUs................................................ 39

Table 3.2 Supported NVIDIA Notebook GPUs .............................................. 44

Table 3.3 Supported NVIDIA NVS and Quadro NVS M GPUs.............................. 47

Table 3.4 Supported NVIDIA Quadro M and Quadro FX M GPUs........................ 47

Table A.1 Modes Supported for High Resolution Displays ............................... 52

Table A.2 Non-standard Modes Supported................................................. 52

Table A.3 Mode Support for S-Video and Composite Out................................ 58

Table A.4 Mode Support for Component YPrPb Out and DVI Out....................... 58


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Release 300 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 301.42 RN-W30142-01v01 |2

02 RELEASE 300 DRIVER CHANGES

Thischapterdescribesopenissuesforversion301.42,andresolvedissuesanddriverenhancementsforversionsoftheRelease300driveruptoversion301.42.

Thechaptercontainsthesesections:

Version301.42Highlightsonpage 2

ChangesandFixedIssuesinVersion301.42onpage 11

ChangesandFixedIssuesinVersion301.24onpage 13

OpenIssuesinVersion301.42onpage 14

NotNVIDIAIssuesonpage 19

KnownProductLimitationsonpage 28

Version 301.42 Highlights

Thissectionprovideshighlightsofversion301.42oftheNVIDIARelease300DriverforWindowsVista/Windows7.

WhatsNewinRelease300

WhatsNewinVersion301.42

LimitationsinThisRelease

AdvancedDriverInformation


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Chapter 02 : RELEASE 300 DRIVER CHANGES

Multiple Displays

TheRelease300driverssupportthemultipledisplaycapabilityofGPUsthatcandrivemorethantwodisplaysatatime.PreviousGPUshavebeenlimitedtodrivingtwodisplaysatatime.NewerGPUdesignsfeaturetheabilitytodriveuptofourdisplaysatatime,withthatnumberincreasingdependingonthedesign.

GPU Boost Technology

NVIDIAGPUBoosttechnologydynamicallymaximizestheGPUclockspeedsbasedontheworkloadofthegametoachievethebestperformanceofeverygame.

Adaptive Vertical Sync

NVIDIAAdaptiveVerticalSyncdynamicallyenablesverticalsyncbasedonyourcurrentframeratestoachievethesmoothestgamingexperience.ThiscontrolisavailableintheNVIDIAControlPanel>Manage3DSettingspage.

Fast Approximate Antialiasing (FXAA) Technology

NVIDIAFXAAisshaderbasedantialiasingtechnologyenabledfromtheNVIDIAControlPanelonlyforgamesthatdonothavebuiltinsupportforFXAA.FXAAdeliversqualitysimilarto4xmultisampleantialiasing(MSAA),butisupto60%faster,providingsubstantiallyhigherperformanceingames.

Frame Rate Target

NVIDIA

Frame

Rate

Target

dynamically

adjusts

the

game

frame

rate

to

a

user

specified

target.ThisfeatureavailablewiththirdpartyapplicationsviaNVAPI.

NvEncodeAPI

NvEncodeAPIletsthirdpartyapplicationdevelopersprogramNVENC,thenewhardwarebasedH.264videoencoderincludedinthelatestgenerationofGPUssuchastheGeForceGTX680.

NVIDIA Control Panel Changes

Thefollowing

pages

have

been

updated:

Manage3DSettingspage

AddedAdaptiveoptionstoVSyncsetting.ExpressedinEnglishoninternationaldriverinstallationsforthisrelease.

AddedFXAAsetting.

SetSLI/PhysXConfigurationpage


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VisualizershowsallDisplayPort1.2displaysconnected.

SetUpDigitalAudiopage

ShowsallaudiocapabledisplaysthatareconnectedthroughthesameconnectorontheGPUforDisplayPort1.2displays.


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Whats New in Version 301.42

Product Support

Addedsupportfor thefollowingproducts:

GeForceGTX690

GeForceGTX680

GeForceGTX670

GeForceGT600seriesGPUs

NVIDIA PhysX System Software

ThisdriverpackageinstallsNVIDIAPhysXSystemSoftwarev9.12.0213.

NVIDIAGPUPhysXaccelerationisavailableonlyonsystemswithGeForce8series

and

later

GPUs

with

a

minimum

of

256MB

dedicated

graphics

memory.

NVIDIAGPUPhysXaccelerationisnotavailableifthereisanonNVIDIAgraphicsprocessorinthesystem,evenifitisnotusedforrendering.

HD Audio Driver

ThisdriverpackageinstallstheHDaudiodriver,version1.3.16.0.

SLI Support

Addedsupportfor4waySLIfortheGeForceGTX670.

SLI Profiles

AddsorupdatesthefollowingSLIprofiles:

AlanWake

CallofJuarez:TheCartel

CounterStrike:GlobalOffensive

DeusEx:HumanRevolution TheMissingLink

Left4Dead

OrcsMustDie!

Portal2

ResidentEvil:OperationRaccoonCity

Risen2:DarkWaters

TheDarknessII


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SLIProfileUpdatessince301.24Drivers:

Battlefield:BadCompany2

CrusaderKingsII

MaxPayne3

SniperEliteV2

StreetFighterXTekken

3D Vision

Addsorupdatesthefollowing3DVisionprofiles:

AllZombiesMustDie! ratedFair

Ghosts nGoblinsOnline ratedGood

OilRush rated3DVisionReady

PostalIII ratedGood

RaymanOrigins ratedGood

SevenCore ratedFair

Stacking ratedGood

UnigineHeavenBenchmarkv3.0 rated3DVisionReady

Wargame:EuropeanEscalation ratedGood

Warp ratedGood

WingsofPrey ratedFair

Krater ratedPoor

3DVisionProfileUpdatessince301.24Drivers:

AdamsVentureEpisode1 ratedPoor

Blacklight:Retribution ratedPoor

TheDarknessII updatedingamerecommendedsettings

DepthHunter updatedprofile

Dirt:Showdown ratedGood

PassionLeads

Army

Benchmark

rated

3D

Vision

Ready

ResidentEvil:OperatingRaccoonCity RatedFair

rFactor2 changedratingto3DVisionReady

Trackmania2:Canyon ratedFair

Unigine3.0HeavenBenchmark updatedprofile

WorldofTanks changedratedtoExcellent.


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Fixed Issues

SeeChangesandFixedIssuesinVersion301.42onpage 11foralistofotherchangesandresolvedissuesinthisdriverversion.

Limitations in This ReleaseThefollowingarefeaturesthatarenotcurrentlysupportedorhavelimitedsupportinthisdriverrelease:

SurroundGamingwith3waySLI

Surroundgamingisnotsupportedona3waySLIsystemusingGeForceGTX200seriesGPUs.[681228/683943]

NVIDIAControlPanelDisplayCategory

TheGraphtabontheAdjustDesktopColorSettingspageisnotavailable.

HybridPower

SupportforHybridPower,aHybridSLItechnology,isdiscontinuedandnotavailablewiththisdriver.


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Advanced Driver Information

Thissectioncontainsthefollowingadditionalinformationaboutthedriver:

HelpforResizingYourHDTVDesktop

Understanding

Dynamic

GPU

Performance

Mode

Help for Resizing Your HDTV Desktop

Thebestwaytoresizethescreeninordertoviewtheentirecontentistousethecontrolsprovidedbythedisplayhardware.ClickthelinkontheSizetabtoviewaguidetochangingthesettingsonyourdisplayhardware.

TheresizecontrolsontheNVIDIAControlPanelareprovidedincasesatisfactoryresultscannotbeachievedusingthecontrolsonthedisplay.

AfterresizingtheHDTVdesktopusingtheNVIDIAControlPanelResizecontrols,thenewcustomresolutioncreatedisnowaddedtothelistofavailableresolutionsforthatdisplay,andalsoaddedtotheresolutionlistwithinthegameorapplication.

InRelease190andlaterdrivers,themethodforresizingtheHDTVdesktophaschangedtoprovidebetterimagequalitywhenapplyingunderscan.Thismethodresultsinanewcustomresolutionbeingcreatedwhichneedstobeselectedfromgamesorapplicationstoapplytheresizing.Intheexampledisplayedinthefollowingscreenshot,theunderscanhascreatedanewresolution(1216x682).Althoughthisresolutionlooksdifferent,itisstill


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inHDformat.Remembertoselectthisresolutioninyourgameorotherapplicationinordertotakeadvantageofit.

Understanding Dynamic GPU Performance Mode

WiththeRelease280drivers,NVIDIAGPUclockspeedswillincreasemorequicklyinresponsetoincreasedgraphicsdemands.Conversely,withlowergraphicsusetheGPUclockspeedslowsdownmorequickly,conservingasmuchpoweraspossible.

IntheRelease280drivers,someusersreportedanoticeablefluctuationinclockspeedswhileengaginginvarioustasksonthePC.WiththeRelease285andlaterdrivers,adjustmentshavebeenmadetoreducethesensitivitytolevelssimilartotheR275driver.

Note: Some games or applications may not support the new resolu-

tion.


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Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 301.42


Thefollowingsectionslisttheimportantchangesandthemostcommonissuesresolvedsinceversion301.24and301.34.Thislistisonlyasubsetofthetotalnumberofchangesmadeinthisdriverversion.TheNVIDIAbugnumberisprovidedforreference.

Fixed Single-GPU Issues

[3DTVPlay]:Addsupportforthefollowingdisplays:

SamsungUE46ES80003DTV



SamsungUN40ES6500F3DTV

Sharp

LC

70C7450U

3DTV MitsubishiHC7800DProjector

WhensettingacustomresolutiononthesecondaryDualview(extendedmode)display,thedisplaygoesblank.[915624]

[GeForce600series][NVIDIAControlPanel:TheNVIDIAControlPanelincorrectlyreportsDirectXsupportasDirectX11.0insteadofDirectX11.1[959041]

[GeForce600series][WorldofTank]:Redscreencrashoccurswhenplayingthegame.[970269]

[GeForce600series][DragonAge2]:DragonAge2shadowsrandomlybecomecorruptedasyoumovecharactersaround.[978455]

[GeForce600series][Formula12012]:Thebottomedgeofthescreeneventuallyturnscompletelyblack.[978406]

[GeForce600series][ASUSVE278Q]:Uponbootup,theDisplayPortdisplayresolutionissetto1680x1050insteadofitsnative1920x1080.[967158]

[GeForce600series][Bully:ScholarshipEdition]:Themaingamecharacterisdrawnincorrectly.[964628]

[GeForce500series][MassEffect]:Antialiasingturnsoffforsomeobjectsatvariouspositions.[956500]

[GeForce500series][NECPA241W]:TheNECMultiProfilerCalibrationsoftwareis

unableto

communicate

with

the

monitor.

[945251]

[GeForce400/400Mseries][HDMIdisplays]:ChangesmadetotheNVIDIAControlPanel>AdjustDesktopColorSettings>Contenttype(ITC)reportedtothedisplaysettingarenotpreservedacrosssystemrebootsorsuspend/resumecycles.[966131]

[GeForce400series]:ThereisnopicturewhenusingLAVDirectShowFiltersonMPCHCforMPEG4videoplayback.[952108]


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[GeForce200series][3DVision]:Thestereoscopic3Dimagecapturefunction(viahotkeys)doesnotwork.[955400]

Fixed Multi-GPU Issues

[3DSurround]

With

four

displays

connected,

the

displays

used

for

Surround

may

not

matchwhattheWizarddepicts.[816579]

[3DSurround,SLI][GeForceGTX500series][Batman:ArkhamCity]:Thereisheavyflickeringinthecutsceneswith3DSurroundenabled.[916431]

[Surround][GeForce600series]:TheConfinetaskbarfeaturefailswhentheaccessorydisplayissetastheprimarydisplay.[948856]

[SLI][GeForce600series]:WhenshuttingdownthesystemwithSLIenabled,thedriverhangsandrequiresthesystemtobeshutoffusingthepowerswitch.

[SLI][GeForce600series][3DSurround]:TheWindowstaskbarappearsontopofgameswhenviewedinwindowedfullscreenmode.[964239]

[SLI][GeForce500series][3DVision][ASUSVG278H]:The3Dmonitordoesnotreturnto2Dmodewhenexitingastereoscopic3Dvideoorgame.[952503]

[2way/3way/4waySLI][GeForce500series][Dirt3]:Stutteringoccursinthemenusandloadingscreens,andoccasionallyduringarace.[834048]

[SLI][GeForce500/200series][3DTVPlay]:Blackbarsappearinthelowerrightportionofthescreenofalternateframesin3DTVPlayfor720p@60Hz.[965463]

[3way/4waySLI][GeForce600/500Series]:CertaincustomresolutionsresultinDisplayDriverNotRespondingerrorswhenrunningDirectX11games.[970009]

[SLI][GeForce500/400series]:WithSLIenabled,themotherboardremainspowered

on

even

after

shutting

down

Windows.

[846510] [SLI][GeForce400series]:IfSLIisenabledimmediatelyafterinstallingthedriver,

thereisscreencorruptionuponsystembootup.IfSLIisnotenabled,thenthereisnooptiontoenableSLIafterthesystembootsup.[934524]


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Thefollowingsectionslisttheimportantchangesandthemostcommonissuesresolvedsinceversion296.10.Thislistisonlyasubsetofthetotalnumberofchangesmadeinthisdriverversion.TheNVIDIAbugnumberisprovidedforreference.

Fixed Single-GPU Issues

[GeForce500series]:WhenbothanHDTVandPCmonitorareconnectedtotheGPU,thereisnovideoonthesecondaryextendedmodedisplay.[939925]

[GeForce500/400Series]:MediaPlayerClassicthereisnopicturewhenusingLAVDirectShowfiltersMPEG4videoplayback. [952108]

[GeForceGTX400series]:TheNVIDIAControlPaneldoesnotdetectadisplayhotpluggedtotheVGAconnector.[923778]

Todetectthedisplay,performadevicescanfromtheWindowsDeviceManager.

[Notebook]:The[Fn+F10]hotkeysforswitchingbetweenmultidisplayconfigurationsdonotwork.[925467]

Fixed Multi-GPU Issues

[3DSurround,SLI],GeForce500series:OnlyonedisplayremainsactiveafterswitchingfromSurroundtoMaximize3Dperformance.[805322]


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Open Issues in Version 301.42


Aswitheveryreleaseddriver,version301.42oftheRelease300driverhasopenissuesandenhancementrequestsassociatedwithit.Thissectionincludeslistsofissuesthatareeithernotfixedornotimplementedinthisversion.Someproblemslistedmaynothave

beenthoroughly

investigated

and,

in

fact,

may

not

be

NVIDIA

issues.

Others

may

have

workaroundsolutions.

Fornotebookcomputers,issuescanbesystemspecificandmaynotbeseenonyourparticularnotebook.

WindowsVista/Windows732bitIssuesonpage 14

WindowsVista/Windows764bitIssuesonpage 15

Windows Vista/Windows 7 32-bit Issues

Single GPU Issues

GeForce 600 Series

[GeForce600series]:ThesystemhangsanddoesnotpostafterrebootduringdriverinstallationifaDisplayPort1.2branchdeviceisconnectedtotheDisplayPortconnector.[942821]

GeForce 500 Series

[GeForce

500

series]

[Need

for

Speed:

The

Run]:

During

the

race

the

sun

flickers

and

therearebrightblipsandblackpatches.[909577]

[GeForce500Series]:Metro2033lightbloomincreasesanddecreasesthroughoutthegameatlightsourcessuchasbulbs,lanterns,orfire.[846214]

[GeForce500Mseries(Notebook)][3DStereo]:Afterinstallingthe3DVisionsoftware,stereoscopic3Disnotenabled.[887875]

GeForce 200 Series GPUs

GeForce200/200Mseries(notebookanddesktop):DVDplaybackflickersandisnotinstereoscopic3DwhenusingtheNVIDIA3DVisionplayer.[862445]

GeForce 8/7 Series GPUs

GeForce8600:HDresolutionshigherthan720parenotavailable.[308627]

GeForce7900GS:WithananalogdisplayconnectedinCompositemode,thesignalformatcannotbesettoPAL.[848419]


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Multi-GPU Issues

[QuadSLI][GeForceGTX295]:SLIconnectorismissingballoonpopsupeveniftheSLIbridgeconnectorisattached.[919269]

[SLI],GeForceGTX200Mseries:WhenoneoftheGPUsisdedicatedtoPhysX,theNVIDIAControlPanelstillindicatesthatSLIisenabled.[890342]

[SLI],GeForce400series:Afterinstallingthedriveroverapreviouslyinstalleddriver,theresolutionswitchesto800x600.[768919]

Windows Vista/Windows 7 64-bit Issues

Single GPU Issues

[NVIDIAControlPanel]:AfterchangingthescalingusingtheNVIDIAControlPanel>AdjustDesktopSizeandPositionpage,thesettingsdonotrevertbackwhenclickingCancel.[860129]

GeForce 600 Series

[GeForce600series][ASUSKGPE D16motherboard]:GPUdoesnotworkwiththetheASUSKGPE D16motherboard.[957580]

[GeForce600series]:ThesystemhangsanddoesnotpostafterrebootduringdriverinstallationifaDisplayPort1.2branchdeviceisconnectedtotheDisplayPortconnector.[942821]

[GeForce600Mseries][notebook]:Droppedframesoccurduring3DBluraydiscplaybackwhentheUsetheNVIDIAsettingoptionisselectedfortheNVIDIAControlPanel>Adjustvideoimagesettingspage>Noisereductioncontrol,orfortheAdjustvideo

colorsettingspage.[986105]Theissuedoesnotoccurwiththeedgeenhancementcontrol.

Forsmoothplayback,selecttheUsethevideoplayersettingoptioninstead.

GeForce 500 Series

[GeForce500series][Stereoscopic3D][TwoWorld2]:Theapplicationcrasheswhenswitchingtowindowedmodewithstereoscopic3Denabled.[909749]

[GeForce500series][NeedforSpeed:TheRun]:Duringtheracethesunflickersandtherearebrightblipsandblackpatches.[909577]

GeForce

500M

series

(Notebook),

3D

Vision:

Battlefield

Bad

Company

2when

played

withstereoscopic3Denabled,thereisadropinperformancegoingfromfullscreentowindowedmode.[880762]

[GeForce500Mseries(Notebook)][3DVision]:Afterinstallingthe3DVisionsoftware,stereoscopic3Disnotenabled.[887875]

GeForce500series:DeusEx:HumanRevolutionsomeobjectshaveagrainytexturewheningameantialiasingissettoMLAA.[861713]


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GeForce500series:DeusExthereiscorruptiononthegroundinlaterlevelsofthegame.[871486]

GeForce500Series:Metro2033lightbloomincreasesanddecreasesthroughoutthegameatlightsourcessuchasbulbs,lanterns,orfire.[846214]

GeForce500/400series,3DVision:WindowsAerocannotbeturnedONifwindowed

stereoscopic3DisON.[812662] GeForce500/400series,3DVision:HomefrontHeaven(DirectX11)benchmark

stereoscopic3Dcannotbeenabledinwindowedmode.[812600]

GeForceGTX580:HAWXduringthegame,anoutlineofanairplaneappearsintheupperleftcornerofthescreenafterpressingAlt+Tab.[746186]

GeForce400series:AfterinstallingtheVGAdriverandthenchoosingtherestartlateroption,thedisplaygoesblankwhensubsequentlyinstallingtheNVIDIAdriver.[890299]

GeForce400series:TotalWar:Shogun2thesunandsurroundingareawithinthegameflickers.[807036]

GeForce 200 Series

[GeForce200series][WindowsMediaCenter]:Withtheresolutionsetto1080p,aDisplaydriverstoppedrespondingmessageappearswhenplayingavideousingWindowsMediaCenter.[930814]

GeForce200/200Mseries(notebookanddesktop):DVDplaybackflickersandisnotinstereoscopic3DwhenusingtheNVIDIA3DVisionplayer.[862445]

GeForce 7/8/9 Series

[GeForce9800GTX][Battlefield3]:WithambientocclusionsettoSSAOandDeferred

AAset

to

2x

or

4x

AA

in

the

in

game

settings,

there

is

grayish

black

textured

shadow

corruptioninthegame.[919427]

GeForce7900GS:WithananalogdisplayconnectedinCompositemode,thesignalformatcannotbesettoPAL.[848419]

NVS Series

NVS4200M,Optimus:F12011thegamehangswhileselecting QuitToMainMenuduringgameplay.[879537]

Multi-GPU Issues

[SLI],[Company

of

Heroes:

Tales

of

Valor]:

With

SLI

enabled,

there

is

heavy

flickering

inthegameafterswitchingfromwindowedmodetofullscreenmode.[892264]

[3DSurround,4waySLI]:TheNVIDIAControlPanel>ConfigureDisplaysforSurrounduserassistancescreendoesnotshowthecorrectGPUstoconnectthedisplaysona4waySLIsystem.[865376]

[3DSurround,SLI][FarCry2DirectX10]:Theambientocclusioneffectismisplacedinthegamewheningameantialiasingissetto4xorhigherandambientocclusion,stereoscopic3DandSurroundareenabledfromtheNVIDIAControlPanel.[986112]


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GeForce 500 Series

[SLI][GeForce500series]:WithSLIenabled,thesecondaryDualviewdisplaymaygoblankafterhotpluggingtheDisplayPortmonitorandthenrebootingthesystem.[906810]

[3DSurround,SLI],GeForce500Series:WithSurroundenabled,alldisplaysmaynot

beactivatedwhenselectingActivateAll

DisplaysfromtheNVIDIAControlPanel

>SetSLIConfigurationpage.[905544]

Toworkaround,activatethedesireddisplaysusingtheNVIDIAControlPanel>SetUpMultipleDisplayspage.

[3DSurround,SLI],GeForce500series:WithSurroundandSLIenabled,afterresumingfromsuspendmodeandthenplayingvideoon5InternetExplorertabs,thedisplaydriverunloadswhendisablingSLI.[878245]

[3DSurround],GeForce500series:With3DSurroundenabled,theresolutionlistintheNVIDIAControlPanelchangeswhenusingbezelcorrection.[801586]

[3DSurround],3xGeForce500/400Series:Whenoutputtingafourthdisplayoutsideof

theGPUSurroundgroup,theSurroundresolution(3wide)switchestoanonSurroundresolution(singledisplay).[736859]

[SLI],GeForce500Series:DragonAgeII(DirectX11)shadowsflickerinthecutscenewhenSLIisenabled.[849235]

[SLI],GeForceGTX580:CallofDuty:BlackOpswithSLIandAAenabled,highfrequencyflickeringoccurswhenviewingtheingamesun.[760596]

GeForce 400 Series

[SLI][3DVision][GeForce400Mseries,notebook][CivilizationV DirectX11]:WithSLIenabled,the3DVisionlefteyegoesblankwhenrunningthegameinDirectX11

mode.[956630]

[SLI],GeForce400series:AfterenablingSLI,thedesktopwallpaperresizesandsomepartsofthescreenarenotaccessible.[861194]

[SLI],GeForce400series,Surroundgaming:DragonAgeOriginsthegamedoesnotrendersinglemonitorresolutionscorrectlywhenSurroundgamingisenabled.[663802]

[SLI],GeForce400Series,3DVisionSurroundgaming:SwitchingfromSpandisplaywithSurroundmodetoMaximum3DPerformancesetsdisplaystoClonemodeinsteadofExtend(Dualview)mode.[700863]

GeForce 200 Series

[QuadSLI][GeForceGTX295]: SLIconnectorismissingballoonpopsupeveniftheSLIbridgeconnectorisattached.[919269]

[QuadSLI/MultiGPU],[GeForce200series][Batman:ArkhamCityDirectX9]: GameperformancedropswhenQuadSLIorMultiGPUmodeisenabled.[891613]

[SLI],[GeForce200series]:Thedisplaymaygoblankforcloseto30secondswhiledisablingSLI.[922557]


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[SLI],GeForce200Series,Surroundgaming:Medusathegamedoesntspancompletelyacrossthemonitorsifanyresolutionotherthanthenativeresolutionisset.[670390]

[SLI],GeForceGTX285M:AfterenablingSLImode,theNVIDIAControlPanel >AdjustDesktopSizeandPositionpagedoesnotshowtheconnecteddisplayimagestoselect.[724229]


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Not NVIDIA Issues

Not NVIDIA Issues

ThissectionlistsissuesthatarenotduetotheNVIDIAdriveraswellasfeaturesthatarenotmeanttobesupportedbytheNVIDIAdriverforWindowsVista/Windows7.

WindowsVistaConsiderationsonpage 19

Windows7Considerationsonpage 19

UnsupportedFeaturesonpage 20

OpenGLApplicationIssuesonpage 21

ApplicationIssuesonpage 22

Windows Vista Considerations

ThesearebehaviorsthatmaybedifferentfromWindowsXPandarerelateddirectlytotheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem.

NVIDIATurboCache

WindowsVistanowcontrolstheallocationofsystemmemorytotheGPUforTurboCachefunctions.TheWindowsVistaDisplayPropertiespagesshowthesharedsystemmemory(SSM),orhowmuchmemoryisallocatedforNVIDIAGPUstouseforTurboCache.

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

Windows 7 Considerations

Hotplug Action

UnlikethehotplugactivityunderWindowsVista,thedefaultsettingsarenotappliedwhenanewdisplayishotplugged,andthereisnomessageballoonalertstatingthatanewdisplaywasdetected.UnderWindows7,alldisplayconnectionanddetectioneventsarehandledthroughtheWindows7ConnectingandConfiguringDisplays(CCD)mechanism.

NVIDIA Control Panel Rotate Display Page

Therotation

radio

button

labels

are

changed

slightly

under

Windows

7to

be

consistent

withtheMicrosoftpanel

Table 2.1 NVIDIA Control Panel Rotation Page Radio Buttons

Clockwise

Rotation

Windows 7 Label Windows Vista Label

0 degrees Landscape No rotation (Landscape)
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/graphicsmemory.mspx


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Not NVIDIA Issues

Limitation

Whenswitchingtherefreshratefrom59Hzto60Hz,therefreshrateremainsat59Hz.

SeetheMicrosoftKBarticleKB2006076athttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076.

Unsupported Features

ThefollowingarefeaturesandfunctionalitythatwereavailableindriverreleasessupportingWindowsXP,butarenotandwillnotbeavailableindriverreleasesforWindowsVista/Windows7:

Highresolutionscalingdesktop(HRSD)

MultiViewDisplayMode(forNVIDIAQuadroNVSgraphicscards)

NVKeystone

Unifiedbackbuffer(UBB)controls

OpenGLVideoOverlays

Thisisanoperatingsystemlimitation.

Vistawindowmanagerfeatureswillprovidenewwaysofaccomplishingoverlays,butwillrequireapplicationporting.

Overclocking

GPUoverclockingisnolongersupportedinthedefaultGPUdrivercontrolpanel.ThisfeatureisavailableintheNVIDIASystemToolssoftware,whichyoucandownloadfromNVIDIA.com.

GPUTemperatureMonitoring

TemperaturemonitoringisnolongersupportedinthedefaultGPUdrivercontrolpanel.ThisfeatureisavailableintheNVIDIASystemToolssoftware,whichyoucandownloadfromNVIDIA.com.

AGPSettingsAdjustment

VideoZoom

Pan&Scan theprocessofpanningacrossthedesktopinordertodisplayadesktoponamonitorwithlowerresolution

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)

Table 2.1 NVIDIA Control Panel Rotation Page Radio Buttons

Clockwise

Rotation

Windows 7 Label Windows Vista Label
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_system_tools_6.06.htmlhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_system_tools_6.06.htmlhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_system_tools_6.06.htmlhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_system_tools_6.06.htmlhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006076http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_system_tools_6.06.htmlhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_system_tools_6.06.html


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PerdisplayDesktopColorSettingAdjustments

ForClonemode,thedesktopcolorsettingadjustmentsthroughtheNVIDIAControlPanelcanonlybemadeacrossalldisplaysinasystem,andnotonaperdisplaybasis.

PerdisplayVideoColorSettingAdjustments

For

Dualview

mode,

the

video

color

setting

adjustments

through

the

NVIDIA

Control

Panelcanonlybemadeacrossalldisplaysinasystem,andnotonaperdisplaybasis.

EdgeBlending

Rundisplayoptimizationwizard

Runmultipledisplaywizard

Runtelevisionsetupwizard

nViewHorizontalandVerticalSpanModes

DuetoarchitecturalchangesinthenewWindowsVistaWindowDisplayDriverModel(WDDM),spanmodecannotbesupportedinNVIDIAgraphicsdrivers.

NVIDIA

recommends

using

the

built

in

Windows

Vista

multi

display

modes. Display/ConnectionWizard(suchaswasprovidedwithWindowsMediaCenter

Edition)

DVD/MPEGExtensions(suchaswasprovidedwithWindowsMediaCenterEdition)

AudioExtensions(suchaswasprovidedwithWindowsMediaCenterEdition)

NVIDIAnViewDesktopManager

ThenViewDesktopManagerwillnotbeincludedindriversforGeForceproducts.

OpenGL Application Issues

ThefollowingareknowncompatibilityissuesforOpenGLapplicationsdevelopedunderWindowsXP:

MixedGDIandOpenGLrenderingdoesnotwork.

AnumberofapplicationsuseGDItorenderUIcomponentsandobjecthighlighting.ThisisnotsupportedintheWindowsVistadrivermodel.

NVIDIArecommendsconvertingGDIrenderingtoOpenGL.

Thefollowingaresomeapplicationsthatareknowntohavethisissue:

Maya7.01

Applications,Tools,andBenchmarksnotSupportedUnderWindowsVista

GLperf

3dsmax8(laterreleasesmaybesupported)

CATIAV5R15(V5R16issupported)

PTCsCDRS2001


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Frontbufferedrenderingmaybeslow,especiallywhenDWMisenabled.

Flushingtherenderingqueuewhilerenderingtothefrontbuffermaycausethewindowmanagertorecomposite.Applicationsshouldthereforeminimizethefrequencywithwhichtheyflushtherenderingqueue.

Application Issues

AdobeFlash10.x/11.x1080pvideocontentstuttersduringbrowserplaybackinfullscreenmode.

TheissueisresolvedwithFlash11.0.1.83andlater.

GeForce500Series:Crysis2(DirectX11mode)with16xAntisotropicfilteringsetusingtheNVIDIAControlPanel,thereisLODdistortionandotherissueswithAF.[848406]

GeForce400Series:Dirt2thegamedoesnotshowany3Drenderedobjectswhenmultisampleantialiasingisincreasedto16xCSAAorhigher.[644651]

GeForce400Series:AliensvsPredator(DirectX11)thereisghostingintheskytextures.[660817]

GeForce400Series:S.T.A.L.K.E.RClearSkythereisflickeringinthebackgroundwhenSunShadowisenabled.[667627]

Dirt2distantterrainisclipped.[644821]

DarkVoidifyouexperienceissuesplayingDarkVoid,NVIDIArecommendsthefollowingsteps:

a Installallgamepatches.

Retailboxownerscangetthepatchhere:http://download.nvidia.com/downloads/

nZone/patches/DarkVoid_PhysX_Update_Patch.exeb FromtheWindowsControlPanel>Add/Removeprograms,uninstallNVIDIAGameSystemSoftware2.8.1.

c FromtheWindowsControlPanel>Add/Removeprograms,rightclickNVIDIAPhysXandthenclickRepair.

Ifyoustillexperienceproblemsafterperformingthesesteps,theneitherenableVSyncorskipthecutscenesbypressing[Enter]twiceatthecutscene.

OperationFlashpoint:DragonRisingthegamecrashestothedesktopwhenitstartstoload.

Thisisanissueintheapplicationtheproblemdoesnotoccurifyoudisconnectyourinternet

cable.

WorldofWarcraftifyouhaverunthe3DVisionsetupwizard,thenthegameautomaticallyenables3Dstereoevenafteryoudisableit.

Toworkaroundthisissue,youmustuninstallthe3DVisiondriver.

CounterStriketheapplicationcrashestothedesktopiftheresolutionorbitdepthischangedfromtheingamevideooptionsmenu.[416582]
http://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/patches/DarkVoid_PhysX_Update_Patch.exehttp://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/patches/DarkVoid_PhysX_Update_Patch.exehttp://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/patches/DarkVoid_PhysX_Update_Patch.exehttp://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/patches/DarkVoid_PhysX_Update_Patch.exe


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Thisisanapplicationissue,buttheproblemdoesnotoccurifyouchangetheresolutionorbitdepthfromthegamesmainmenuandnotwhileinagame.

StarWars:KnightsOfTheOldRepublic2thegamefailstolaunch,andanapplicationhasstoppedworkingerrormessageappears.[420115]

Thisoccursbecausetheapplicationisnotabletointerpretthedriverversioncorrectly.

TigerWoodsPGATour2007Flybyshotbeforeeachholeblacksouttextures.[274697]

NVIDIAisworkingwiththedevelopertoresolvethisissue.

CityofHeroesThemousecursordoesnotdisplay.[259256]

Thisisanapplicationissuethatcanbeworkedaroundinfullscreenmodebyaddingcompatiblecursors1totheCityofHeroesdesktopshortcut.

NVIDIAispursuingafixwiththeapplicationdeveloper.

Sims2SmoothEdges(AA)optionisnotavailablewithRelease100drivers.[272477]

Thisoccursbecauseofanincorrectdriverversioncheckintheapplication.

NVIDIAhasworkedaroundthisissueintheoperatingsystembychangingthewaythedriverversionisreportedtothisapplication.

Warhammer40kDawnofWar(allversions)doesnotrunwithRelease100drivers.[273154]

Thisoccursbecauseofanincorrectdriverversioncheckintheapplication.

NVIDIAhasworkedaroundthisissueintheoperatingsystembychangingthewaythedriverversionisreportedtothisapplication.

NeedforSpeedCarbonAfterupgradingwithpatch1.3,thegamecrasheswhen

launched.[290506]

ThisisanissuewiththeapplicationpatchunderWindowsVista.

NascarSimracingthegamecrasheswhenlaunched.[270792]

ThisisanissuewiththeapplicationunderWindowsVista.

CallofDuty2Onlysolidcolorsrenderduringgameplaywhen4xAAisenabled.[257454]

Theapplicationisnotapplyingantialiasingproperly.Pleasetryselecting2xAA,disablingantialiasing,orusingNVIDIAEnhancedapplicationorOverrideantialiasingmodes.

NVIDIAispursuingafixwiththeapplicationdeveloper

AgeofEmpiresIIIthegamehasrenderingartifacts,suchastexturedsquaresforsmoke.[258036]

FlightSimulatorXpressingAlt+Tabtoswitchtothedesktopdoesnotwork.[293729]

Everquest2withNVIDIAdriverversions100.xx,thefollowingerrormessageappears:[273346]


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Youcurrentlyhavea(7.15.11.120)videocardinstalled.Werecommendthatyoudownloadversion7772driversbeforeplayingEverquest.

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

NVIDIAispursuingafixwiththeapplicationdeveloper. WindowsVista64bit,[PhysX]:TheGameCreatorsPhysXScreenSaverdoesntget

installedproperly.[491613]

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

Note:PhysXscreensaver.scrislocatedin\\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]

Thisisnot

an

NVIDIA

bug,

but

rather

an

issue

with

the

application

issue.

To

avoid

this

issue,

usetheDirectX10optionofthegame.

GeForce8800GTX:TabulaRasathereisghostingonthegamecharacterwhilestandingbelowthedropshipafterenablingrefractionfromthegamecontrolpanel.[357271]


GeForce8800GT:CompanyofHeroesDirectX10 theapplicationcrasheswhenMSAAisenabled.[346495]

ThisisaFraps2.9.2issue.

GeForce8Series:Quake4therearewhiteflashingartifacts.[273476]

GeForce8800:CityofHeroestherearecorruptedtexturesincertainmissions.[290659]

Thishasbeenfixedwiththelatestpatchforthegame.

GeForce8800:GhostRecon AdvancedWarfighterthegadgetsidebarbleedsthroughontherightsideofthescreenduringgameplay.[281304]

GeForce8800GTX:StarWarsBattlefront2screencorruptionoccursat2560x1600resolution.[325457]


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GeForce8800GTX,GeForce7900GTX:NeverwinterNights2theminimaplosesitsbackgroundwhentheresolutionischanged.[273788]

GeForce8800GTX:Civilization4settingingame16xantialiasingAAdisablesallantialiasing.[303283]

GeForce8800GTX:FlightSimulatortheterrainchangestolowresolutionwhen

switchingfromAirTrafficcontrolledtoplayercontrolledairplane.[304840]

GeForce8800GTX:Scarfacecorruptionduringthegame.[290007]

GeForce8800GTX:NeverwinterNights2onlyoverlaysrenderwhenswitchingto2560x1600using8xAA.[302061,314148]

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

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

GeForce

7900:

Flight

Simulator

X

rendering

becomes

corrupted

after

pressing

the

Windowskey. [293727296232]

GeForce7600:RainbowSixVegasantialiasingisnotappliedwhensettingantialiasingoverridemodeintheNVIDIAControlPanel.[294215]

AntialiasingissupportedinthisapplicationonlyonGeForce8seriesandhigherGPUs.

GeForce8500/8400/8300:CorruptionoccurswhilerunningMicroSoftSDKBasicHLSLsampleapplication.[302209]

GeForce8500/8400/8300:DarkMessiahofMightandMagicanapplicationerroroccurswhenquittingthegame.[300980]

Thisisanissuewiththeapplication.

GeForce8500/8400/8300:ElderScrollsIV:Oblivionthegamecrashesafterrestoringfromminimization.[296725]

GeForce7900GTX:CPUusageisextremelyhighduringH.264playbackofBluraydisc,resultingindroppedframes.[304480]

GeForce7300GS:RainbowSixVegasthedisplayturnsblackat1600x1200resolution.[302319]

GeForce7300GT:FarCrygeometryiscorruptedduringrenderingofblood.[304348]

GeForce7300GT:CompanyOfHeroestheshadowsarecorruptatthedefaultgamesettingswithSLImodeenabled.[346746]


GeForce8600GT:Battlefield2thegamecrashestodesktopwhensetto1900x1440resolution8xantialiasing.[322008]

ThisproblemoccursonlywhenyouhaveFRAPS2.6.4installed.ItdoesnotoccurwithFRAPS2.8.2

316403GeForce8Series,GeForce7Series:NVSDK9.5Mandelbrotsetfailstorenderfractal.


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ThisisanissuewiththeNVSDKandwillbefixedinanewerbuild.

GeForce8Series:PrinceofPersiahalfthescreenturnsblackandtheotherhalfturnswhiteduringresolutionchanges.[299484]


GeForce8800GTX:CompanyofHeroes(DirectX10)thegamecrasheswhenthemaximumsettingsareappliedat2560x1600with8xAAenabled.[321631]


GeForce7Series:Risen[GM]thereisfogcorruption.[606532]


GeForce7950GX2:FlightSimXwaterhasartifacts.[292168]

GeForce6600:StarsWarsBattlefront2bluescreencrashoccurswhenHighsettingsareused.[302213]

GeForce6200:CallofJuarezthereiscorruptionatallresolutions.[356711]

GeForce6100/6150:

Gothicthere

is

flickering

with

awhite

screen

when

using

the

defaultsettings.[303552]

GeForce6200:StarWarsEmpireatWarthegamemenubuttonsarecorrupt.[357713]

GeForce8600MGT:Warmonger2.1thegameintermittentlystopsrespondingafterchangingingameresolution.[482889]

GeForce8600MGT:DeadSpace ayourgraphicscarddoesnotmeetDeadSpaceminimumrequirementerrormessageappearsafterlaunchingthegame. [491410]

Thisisalimitationoftheapplication,andonlyoccursifyourmonitordoesnotsupport60Hzrefreshrate.

GeForce8600MGT:MPEG1andMPEG2playbackusingiTunesischoppy.[537550]

Theapplicationdoesnotusehardwareacceleration.

Application Issues Under SLI Mode

[SLI],GeForce200series,Surroundgaming:PacificFightersthegamefailstoswitchtoSurroundgamingresolutionseventhoughtheyarelistedinthegamemenu.[670389]

[SLI],GeForce200Series:BioShock2artifactsappearinthegamewhenSLImodeisenabled.[653303]

ThisisanapplicationmultiGPUcompatibilityissue.

[SLI]:NVIDIASLIscalingonsomeapplicationsunderWindowsVistamaynotbeasmuchasunderWindowsXP.Someapplicationsinclude S.T.A.L.K.E.R.,HalfLife2:LostCoast,CompanyofHeroes,Battlefield2142,CallofDuty2,Hitman:BloodMoney,andFarCry.[302534290803]

ThisisanapplicationissuewhichhasbeenresolvedwiththelatestSteampatch.

[SLI],GeForce9800GX2:TheWitcherabloominglightshinesthroughobjectswithSLImodeenabled.[396736]


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

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

Thisisanapplicationissue,andhasbeenfixedwiththelatestpatchforthegame.

[SLI],GeForce8800GTX:Battlefield2andBattlefield2142thegamescrashwhenexitingbacktothemenuafterbeingplayedat2048x1536using8xAAorhigher.[301985]


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


[SLI],GeForce8800:Whileuninstallingthedriver,theerrormessage Windowshost

process(Rundll32)hasstoppedworking appears.[294219280920]

[SLI],GeForce8800:SplinterCellDoubleAgentthegamecrasheswhenminimizedandtheninvokedagain.[294205]

[SLI],GeForce8800:Battlefield21428xAAcannotbesetfromthegamecontrolpanel.[294231]

[SLI],GeForce7900:MicrosoftFlightsimulatorXcorruptionandflickeringoccurwhileflyingclosetolandobjects.[293882]

Operating System Issues

DirectXdiagnosticstool(DXDIAG)mayreportanunexpectedvalueforthedisplayadaptersmemory.[673360]

SeetheMicrosoftKBarticlehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2026022.

[SLI],GeForce8800GTX:Whileinstallingthegraphicsdriver,themessageIncompatibledisplayadapterhasbeendisabled appearsandthedisplayturnsblank.[318173]

ThisissueisresolvedinWindows7.

WhenSvideoandDVIdisplaysaresetupinClonemodeandrotated90degrees,thescreenturnsblack.[304267,283546]

ThisisanissuewithDirectX.

GeForce8300GS:WithAeroglassenabled,thescreenflickersafterrotatingthedisplay90degreeswithSVideoastheprimarydisplay.[317347]

ThisissueisresolvedinWindows7.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2026022http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2026022


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Known Product Limitations


Thissectiondescribesproblemsthatwillnotbefixed.Usually,thesourceoftheproblemisbeyondthecontrolofNVIDIA.Followingisthelistofproblemsandwheretheyarediscussedinthisdocument:

Increasing4waySLI/MultiGPUPerformanceonpage 29

3DVisionUSBDriverDoesNotGetInstalledonpage 29

NoPhysXAccelerationUsingtheGPUonpage 30

NVIDIAPhysXSystemSoftwareCannotbeInstalledorUninstalledinWindowsSafeModeonpage 30

3DMark11DoesnotRuninStereoscopic3DModeonpage 30

PreviousDriverFilesRemainAfterOverinstallingwithRelease256orEarlierDriversonpage 31

DonotUseWindowsRollbackforGraphicsDriversonpage 31

UninstallingDriversUsingDeviceManagerisnotSupportedonpage 31

ChangingthePrimaryDisplayAcrossSLIGPUsTakesLongerthanExpectedonpage 32

UnderstandingtheDirectXVersionShownintheNVIDIASystemInformationWindowonpage 32

UsingHDMIAudiowithDisplaysthathaveaHighNativeResolutiononpage 33

UsingHDMIDisplaysthatdonotSupportAudioonpage 34

UsingHDMI/DisplayPortAudioinDualvieworCloneModeConfigurationsonpage 35

FlatPanelScalingControlsareNonfunctionalforSomeTVModesforSomeDisplaysonpage 35

GPURunsataHighPerformanceLevel(fullclockspeeds)inMultidisplayModesonpage 36

GeForceGTX295FanControlDoesnotFunctionWithNVIDIAControlPanelPerformanceGroupversion6.03.06.00onpage 36

1280x1024@60HznotAvailableonBenQFP241WMonitorsonpage 36

ImageSharpeningControlnotAvailablewithGeForce8SeriesandlaterGPUsonpage 36

GigabyteGA6BXMotherboardonpage 37


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Increasing 4-way SLI/Multi-GPU Performance

Issue

Withsomegamesandapplications,youmayexperiencelittletonoperformancegainor

evenaperformancedropwith4waySLIormultiGPUconfigurations.

Resolution

1 OpentheNVIDIAControlPanel,thenclickManage3DSettingsfromthenavigationpane.

2 ClicktheGlobalSettingstab,thenscrolltothePowermanagementmodefeature,clickthecorrespondinglistarrowandselectPrefermaximumperformance,thenaclickApply.

3D Vision USB Driver Does Not Get Installed

Issue

AfterinstallingtheNVIDIAgraphicsdriver, ifthe3DVisionUSBemitterwasnotpluggedin,the3DVisionUSBControllerdriverdoesnotgetinstalled.Ifyouplugintheemitterafterinstallingthedriver,theindicatorlightontheemitterwillflashredandwillnotturngreen.

Resolution

Tofixthisissue,NVIDIArecommendsperformingadriverreinstallwiththe3DVisionUSBemitterconnected. Pleasedownloadthelatestdriversandfollowthesesteps:

3 Pluginthe3DVisionUSBemitter.

4 ReinstalltheNVIDIAdriver.

SelectCustom(Advanced)andthenselectPerformacleanInstallationduringthedriverinstallation.

5 Reboot.


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No PhysX Acceleration Using the GPU

IfafterinstallingthePhysXSystemSoftwareyoufindthatthereisnoPhysXaccelerationonsupportedapplications,repeatthePhysXsetupasfollows:

1 RebootthePC.

2 OpentheNVIDIAControlPanelandthen,under3DSettings,clickSetPhyXconfigurationtoopenthatpage.

3 UnderSelectaPhysXprocessor,verifythateitherautoselectoraspecificNVIDIAGPUisselected.

4 ClickApply.

NVIDIA PhysX System Software Cannot be Installed or

Uninstalled in Windows Safe Mode

Issue

BeginningwithRelease280,theNVIDIAPhysXSystemSoftwareisnotincludedintheNVIDIAdriverinstallation/uninstallationundersafemode.

Explanation

TheNVIDIAPhysXSystemSoftwareinstallerisnotcompatiblewithMicrosoftspolicyforWindowssafeMode.Consequently,installationoruninstallationofthePhysXSystemSoftwareundersafemodewouldfail.Toallowinstallationoruninstallationof

thegraphics

driver

under

safe

mode,

the

NVIDIA

PhysX

System

Software

is

blocked

fromtheprocess.

3DMark 11 Does not Run in Stereoscopic 3D Mode

Issue

Whenattemptingtorun3DMark11withNVIDIA3DVisionenabled,thebenchmarkmayhang,presentablackscreen,orinotherwaysnotappearcorrectly.

Explanation

3DMark11isnotcompatiblewithrunninginstereoscopic3D.Tofacilitaterunningthebenchmark,recentdriverswillrunitinmonoscopicmode,evenwith3DVisionenabled.


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Previous Driver Files Remain After Overinstalling with

Release 256 or Earlier Drivers

Issue

WheninstallingaRelease256orearlierdriveroveraRelease260orlaterdriver,someofthepreviousdriverfilesremainontheharddisk,resultinginpotentialconflicts.

Workaround

AfterinstallingaRelease260orlaterdriver,youmustuninstallthedriverfirstbeforeinstallingaRelease256orearlierdriver.

Do not Use Windows Rollback for Graphics Drivers

ToreinstallapreviousorolderNVIDIAgraphicsdriver,donotusetheWindowsrollbackfeature.Thismethodwillnotreliablyrestoreallthepreviousdriverfiles.

Instead,usetheWindowsAddandRemoveprogramstoremovethecurrentdriver,andtheninstalltheolderdriverusingsetup.exe.

Uninstalling Drivers Using Device Manager is not Supported

Issue

OnallsupportedversionsofMicrosoftWindows,uninstallingtheNVIDIAdriverusingtheWindowsDeviceManagermaynotremoveassociatedfilesorapplications.

Explanation

Microsofthasconfirmedthatthisbehaviorisbydesign.IfyouwishtouninstalltheNVIDIAdriver,itisrecommendedthatyoudosousingAddandRemoveprograms.

SeetheMicrosoftKBarticle2278714.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2278714http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2278714http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2278714http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2278714http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2278714http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2278714http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2278714http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2278714


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Changing the Primary Display Across SLI GPUs Takes Longer

than Expected

Issue

OnanSLIsystem,switchingtheprimary(orSLIfocus)displaywheneachdisplayintheSLIgroupisconnectedtoadifferentGPUtakeslongerthanexpected.

Explanation

OnanSLIsystemwitheachSLIGPUdrivingadisplay,thedisplayconnectedtotheslaveGPUistheprimarydisplay(alsotheSLIfocusdisplay).InordertoswitchtheprimarydisplaytotheoneconnectedtotheotherGPU,themasterandslaveGPUconfigurationmustalsoswitch.InordertoreassignwhichGPUisthemasterandwhichistheslave,thedrivermustbereloaded.Ittheprocessofreloadingthedriverthattakestheadditionaltime.

Understanding the DirectX Version Shown in the NVIDIA

System Information Window

TheSystemInformationwindowaccessedbyclickingSystemInformationatthebottomleftcorneroftheNVIDIAControlPanelprovidestechnicalinformationabouttheNVIDIAgraphicscardsanddriverinstalledinthesystem.

ItalsoprovidesinformationabouttheWindowsversionaswellastheDirectXversionthatisinstalled.

However,inordertousetheversionofDirectXreportedintheSystemInformationwindow,theNVIDIAGPUandgraphicsdrivermustalsosupportthatDirectXversion.

Forexample,driverversion197.45andWindowsVista(withavailablepatch)supportDirectX11.ButonlyNVIDIAgraphicscardsbasedontheFermiarchitecturereleasedin2010supportDirectX11.SoyoursystemmusthaveoneofthesecardsinstalledinordertotakeadvantageofDirectX11performance.


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Using HDMI Audio with Displays that have a High Native

Resolution

TouseHDMIaudiowithsomedisplaysthathaveanativeresolutionhigherthan1920x1080,youmustsetthedisplaytoalowerHDresolution.

SomeHDMIdisplayshaveanativeresolutionthatexceedsthemaximumsupportedHDmode.Forexample,displayswithanativeresolutionof1920x1200exceedthemaximumsupportedHDmodeof1920x1080.

ApplyingthisnativemoderesultsindisplayoverscanwhichcannotberesizedusingtheNVIDIAControlPanelsincethemodeisnotanHDmode.

Toavoidthissituationandprovideabetteruserexperience,thedrivertreatscertainTVssuchastheViewsonicVX2835wmandtheWestinghouseLVM 37w3asaDVImonitorwhenapplyingthenativemode.BecausethedriverdoesnottreattheTVasanHDMIinthiscase,theHDMIaudioisnotused.


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Using HDMI Displays that do not Support Audio

SomeHDMIdisplaysdonotsupportaudio,orhaveissueswithGeForce9seriesandearlier,andGeForceGTX200seriesNVIDIAgraphicscards.

The

NVIDIA

driver

attempts

to

identify

such

displays

and

automatically

disables

the

audio.Forexample,theNVIDIAdriverdisablesHDMIaudioforallPhilipsHDMITVs,asthesehavebeenidentifiedashavingissueswithGeForce9seriesandearlier,andGeForceGTX200seriesNVIDIAgraphicscards.

Theremaybecaseswhereeitherthedriverdisablesaudioeventhoughthereisnoproblem,ordoesnotdisabletheaudiowheninfacttheaudiodoesnotwork.Thefollowingsectionsdescribethesesituationsandprovidesguidanceforhandlingthem.

Corrupted video and no audio

Thedriverhasnotdisabledaudioandthedisplaysaudiosignalisincompatiblewiththe

graphicscard,causingvideocorruption.

Withadifferentdisplayconnectedinordertoestablishvideo,disableaudiofortheHDMIdisplayusingtheNVIDIAControlPanel>SetUpDigitalAudiopage.ClickthearrowfortheproblemdisplayandthenclickTurnoffaudio.

Video but no audio

CheckthedisplaylistfortheproblemconnectionontheNVIDIAControlPanel>SetUpDigitalAudiopage.

IfTurnoffaudioisselectedandyouwanttotestwhetheryourHDMIaudiodoes,in

fact,work,thenclickthelistarrowandselectthenameofthedisplay.

ThedriverwillpromptyouwithinstructionsfortestingHDMIaudiowiththatdisplay.

Ifthedisplaynameisselected,thenthedriverhasnotsuccessfullydetectedthatanincompatibledisplayisconnected.

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Using HDMI/DisplayPort Audio in Dualview or Clone Mode

Configurations

Two Audio-enabled Ports

InamultidisplayconfigurationwherebothHDMI/DisplayPortaudioportsareenabled,onlytheprimarydisplaywillprovidetheaudio.

One Audio-enabled Port

Inamultidisplayconfigurationwhereonlyoneaudioportisenabled,suchaswhenonedisplayisaDVIdisplay,thentheHDMI/DisplayPortdisplaycanprovidetheaudiowhetherisittheprimaryorsecondarydisplay.

Flat Panel Scaling Controls are Non-functional for Some TV

Modes for Some Displays

TheNVIDIAControlPanelflatpanelscalingcontrolsonthe AdjustDesktopSize&Position pagearenotintendedtobeusedforTVmodes,andnormallythecontrols arenotavailableforTVorHDTVdisplays.

However,MicrosoftrequiresthatcertainTV/HDTVmodesbeavailableforalldigitaldisplays,includingDVIandHDMI,eveniftheyarenotHDTV.

WhiletheNVIDIAflatpanelscalingcontrolsareavailableforthosedisplays,theywillnotbefunctionalfortheTVmodesthatappearincompliancewiththeMicrosoft

requierements.Theaffectedmodesareasfollows:

1920x1080i@50/59.94/60Hz

1280x720p@50/59.94/60Hz

[email protected]/60Hz

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GPU Runs at a High Performance Level (full clock speeds) in

Multi-display Modes

ThisisahardwarelimitationwithdesktopandoldernotebookGPUs,andnotasoftwarebug.Whenmultipledisplaysareconnectedandactive,theGPUwillalwaysoperatewith

fullclockspeedsinordertoefficientlydrivemultipledisplaysevenwhenno3Dprogramsarerunning.

GeForce GTX 295 Fan Control Does not Function With

NVIDIA Control Panel Performance Group version6.03.06.00

TheGeForceGTX295fancontroldoesnotfunctionproperlywhenusingtheNVIDIAControlPanelPerformanceGroupversion6.03.06.00.Forproperfancontrol,useversion6.03.12.00orlater.

1280x1024 @ 60 Hz not Available on BenQ FP241W Monitors

EventhoughthemonitorEDIDlists1280x1024@60Hz,thescreenturnsblankwhen

usinganHDMIconnection.ThisisanissuewiththemonitorandnottheNVIDIAdriver.

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

Image Sharpening Control not Available with GeForce 8

Series and later GPUs

WithGeForce8Seriesandlatergraphicscards,theImagesharpeningsliderontheNVIDIAControlPanel>Display>AdjustDesktopColorSettingspageisgrayedout.

ThiscontrolisintentionallydisabledbecauseimagesharpeningisnotsupportedonGeForce8seriesandlaterGPUs.

Note: NVIDIA notebook GeForce 5xxM series and later GPUs do not

have this limitation. For those GPUs the driver can adjust the per-

formance level, depending on demand, even when driving multiple

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Gigabyte GA-6BX Motherboard

ThismotherboardusesaLinFinityregulatoronthe3.3Vrailthatisratedtoonly5AlessthantheAGPspecification,whichrequires6A.Whendiagnosticsorapplicationsarerunning,thetemperatureoftheregulatorrises,causingthevoltagetotheNVIDIAchip

todrop

as

low

as

2.2

V.

Under

these

circumstances,

the

regulator

cannot

supply

the

currentonthe3.3VrailthattheNVIDIAchiprequires.

Thisproblemdoesnotoccurwhenthegraphicsboardhasaswitchingregulatororwhenanexternalpowersupplyisconnectedtothe3.3Vrail.


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03 THE RELEASE 300 DRIVER

Thischaptercoversthefollowingmaintopics:

AbouttheRelease300Driveronpage 38

HardwareandSoftwareSupportonpage 39

DriverInstallationonpage 48

About the Release 300 Driver

ThisdriverreleaseisfromtheRelease300familyofdrivers(versions300.xxto301.xx).ThisdriverpackagesupportstheGeForce6,7,8,9,100,200,300,400, 500,and600seriesdesktopGPUsaswellasIONdesktopGPUs.SeeSupportedNVIDIADesktopProductsonpage 39forthelistofspecificproductssupportedinthisrelease.

ThenotebookdriverispartoftheNVIDIAVerdeNotebookDriverProgram,andcanbe

installedonsupportedNVIDIAnotebookGPUs.However,pleasenotethatyournotebookoriginalequipmentmanufacturer(OEM)providescertifieddriversforyourspecificnotebookontheirwebsite.NVIDIArecommendsthatyoucheckwithyournotebookOEMaboutrecommendedsoftwareupdatesforyournotebook.OEMsmaynotprovidetechnicalsupportforissuesthatarisefromtheuseofthisdriver.


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Chapter 03 : THE RELEASE 300 DRIVER

Hardware and Software Support

SupportedOperatingSystemsonpage 39

SupportedNVIDIADesktopProductsonpage 39

SupportedNVIDIANotebookProductsonpage 44

SupportedLanguagesonpage 48

Supported Operating Systems

ThisRelease300driverincludesdriversdesignedforthefollowingMicrosoftoperatingsystems:

MicrosoftWindows7,andsupportsboth32bitand64bitversions.

MicrosoftWindowsVista,andsupportsboth32bitand64bitversions.

Supported NVIDIA Desktop Products

ThefollowingtableliststheNVIDIAproductssupportedbytheRelease300driver,version301.42:

Table 3.1 Supported NVIDIA Desktop GPUs

Consumer Products

ION

ION LE

GeForce GTX 690

GeForce GTX 680

GeForce GTX 670

GeForce GT 645

GeForce GT 640

GeForce GT 630

GeForce GT 620

GeForce GT 610

GeForce 605

GeForce GTX 680

GeForce GTX 680

GeForce GTX 590

GeForce GTX 580

GeForce GTX 570

GeForce GTX 560 SE


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GeForce 9800 GTX+

GeForce 9800 GTX

GeForce 9800 GT

GeForce 9600 GT

GeForce 9600 GS

GeForce 9600 GSO

GeForce 9500 GT

GeForce 9500 GS

GeForce 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

GeForce 8400

GeForce 8300 GS

GeForce 8300

GeForce 8200

GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a

nForce 780a SLI

nForce 760i SLI

nForce 750a SLI

nForce 730a


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GeForce 6800 GS/XT

GeForce 6800 GS

GeForce 6800

GeForce 6700 XL

GeForce 6610 XL

GeForce 6600 VE

GeForce 6600 LE

GeForce 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


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Supported NVIDIA Notebook Products

ThefollowingtableslisttheNVIDIAnotebookproductssupportedbytheRelease300driver,version301.42:

Note:

Hybrid Power technology with Intel chipsets is not supported by this

release.

The following Sony VAIO notebooks are supported: Sony VAIO F Series with

NVIDIA GeForce 310M, GeForce 315M (All-in-One system), GeForce GT

330M, GeForce GT 425M, GeForce GT 520M, or GeForce GT 540M (All-in-

One system). Other Sony VAIO notebooks are not supported at this time

(please contact Sony for driver support).

Fujitsu notebooks are not supported by this release (Fujitsu Siemens note-

books are supported).

Table 3.2 Supported NVIDIA Notebook GPUs

Consumer Products

ION

ION LE

GeForce GT 635M

GeForce GT 630M

GeForce GT 610M

GeForce GTX 580M

GeForce GTX 570M

GeForce GTX 560M

GeForce GT 555M

GeForce GT 550M

GeForce GT 540M

GeForce GT 525M

GeForce GT 520MXGeForce GT 520M


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GeForce GTX 485M

GeForce GTX 480M

GeForce GTX 470MGeForce GTX 460M

GeForce GT 445M

GeForce GT 435M

GeForce GT 425M

GeForce GT 420M

GeForce GT 415M

GeForce 410M

GeForce GTS 360M

GeForce GTS 350M

GeForce GTS 250M

GeForce GT 335M

GeForce GT 330M

GeForce GT 325M

GeForce GT 320M

GeForce 320M

GeForce 315M

GeForce 310M

GeForce 305M

GeForce GTX 285MGeForce GTX 280M

GeForce GTX 260M

GeForce GT 240M

GeForce GT 230M

GeForce GT 220M

GeForce GTS 160M

GeForce GT 130M

GeForce GT 120M

GeForce G 210M

GeForce G 110M

GeForce G 105M

GeForce G 103M

GeForce G 102M

GeForce 9800M GTX


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GeForce 9800M GTS

GeForce 9800M GT

GeForce 9800M GS

GeForce 9700M GTS

GeForce 9700M GT

GeForce 9650M GT

GeForce 9650M GS

GeForce 9600M GT

GeForce 9600M GS

GeForce 9500M GS

GeForce 9500M G

GeForce 9400M G

GeForce 9400M

GeForce 9300M GS

GeForce 9300M G

GeForce 9200M GS

GeForce 9200M GE

GeForce 9100M G

GeForce 8800M GTX

GeForce 8800M GTS

GeForce 8800M GS

GeForce 8700M GT

GeForce 8600M GT

GeForce 8600M GS

GeForce 8400M GT

GeForce 8400M GS

GeForce 8400M G

GeForce 8200M G

GeForce 8200M


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Table 3.3 Supported NVIDIA NVS and Quadro NVS M GPUs

Consumer Products

NVS 5100M

NVS 4200M

NVS 3100MNVS 2100M

Quadro NVS 320M

Quadro NVS 160M

Quadro NVS 150M

Quadro NVS 140M

Quadro NVS 135M

Quadro NVS 130M

Table 3.4 Supported NVIDIA Quadro M and Quadro FX M GPUsConsumer Products

Quadro 5010M

Quadro 5000M

Quadro 4000M

Quadro 3000M

Quadro 2000M

Quadro 1000M

Quadro FX 3800M

Quadro FX 3700MQuadro FX 3600M

Quadro FX 2800M

Quadro FX 2700M

Quadro FX 1800M

Quadro FX 1700M

Quadro FX 1600M

Quadro FX 880M

Quadro FX 770M

Quadro FX 570MQuadro FX 380M

Quadro FX 370M

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Supported Languages

TheRelease300GraphicsDriverssupportsthefollowinglanguagesinthemaindriverControlPanel:

Driver Installation

Minimum Hard Disk Space

Theharddiskspacerequirementfor32bitisminimum180MBforEnglishonly,and270MBforInternational.

Theharddiskspacerequirementfor64bitisminimum250MBforEnglishonly,and350MBforInternational.

English (USA) German Portuguese (Euro/

Iberian)

English (UK) Greek Russian

Arabic Hebrew Slovak

Chinese (Simplified) Hungarian Slovenian

Chinese (Traditional) Italian Spanish

Czech Japanese Spanish (Latin America)

Danish Korean Swedish

Dutch Norwegian Thai

Finnish Polish Turkish

French Portuguese (Brazil)


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Before You Begin

nTune

IfyouhavepreviouslyinstalledNVIDIAnTune,NVIDIArecommendsthatyouuninstall

nTunebeforeinstallingthisdriver.Afterthedriverinstalliscomplete,youcanreinstallNVIDIAnTune.

Notebooks

ChecktomakesurethatyournotebookhasasupportedGPU(seeSupportedNVIDIANotebookProductsonpage 44).

Itisrecommendedthatyoubackupyourcurrentsystemconfiguration.

IfyouownaDellInspiron1420,DellXPSM1330,orDellXPSM1530,orDellLatitudeD630orD630c,itishighlyrecommendedthatyoufirstinstallthisDellsoftwareupdate.

Installation Instructions

1 FollowtheinstructionsontheNVIDIA.comWebsitedriverdownloadpagetolocatetheappropriatedrivertodownload,basedonyourhardwareandoperatingsystem.

2 Fromthedriverdownloadpage,clicktheDownloadbutton.

TheDownloadConfirmationpageappears.

3 Ifyouagreetothe LicenseForCustomerUseofNVIDIASoftware ,clicktheAgree&Downloadbuttontobeginthedownload.

TheFileDownloaddialogappears.

4 EitherclickSavetosavethefileandthenrunitfromyourPC,orclickRun.

AnextractionpathdialogappearspromptingyoutospecifywhereonyourPCyouwantthedriverfilestobeinstalled.

5 ClickOKtousethedefaultlocation,orclickthefoldericonandspecifyanalternatelocationtoinstallthedriverfiles.

ThefilesareextractedandthentheNVIDIAInstallerislaunchedautomatically.

6 AttheLicenseAgreementpageoftheInstaller,clickAgreeandContinue.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/recommended_software_updates.htmhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/recommended_software_updates.htmhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/recommended_software_updates.htmhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/recommended_software_updates.htmhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/recommended_software_updates.htmhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/recommended_software_updates.htmhttp://www.nvidia.com/object/recommended_software_updates.htm


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7 FollowtheinstructionsintheNVIDIAInstallertocompletetheinstallation.

Seealsotheinstallation/uninstallationconsiderationsexplainedinKnownProductLimitationsonpage 28.

Note: The driver presents game screenshots while the driver is

installing. If you are not connected to the internet during the installa-

tion, you may see a "Navigation to the webpage was cancelled" mes-

sage instead. The message can be ignored and does not affect theinstallation. The message wont appear if the browser cache is

cleared.

Note: The NVIDIA PhysX System Software will not be included in the

installation if the same version or a later version is already installed.

Note: After the driver installation, Windows may default to 16-bpp

color and disable the Desktop Window Manager (DWM). To work around

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APPENDIX A MODE SUPPORT FORWINDOWS

ThischapterdetailstheWindowsmodessupportedbytheRelease300driverforNVIDIAproducts.Itcontainsthesesections:

GeneralModeSupportInformationonpage 52

DefaultModesSupportedbyGPUonpage 53

ModesSupportedbyTVEncodersonpage 58


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Appendix A : MODE SUPPORTFOR WINDOWS

General Mode Support Information

TheNVIDIAgraphicsdriverincludesastandardlistofdisplaymodesthataresupportedbydefault. ThesemodesarelistedinthesectionDefaultModesSupportedbyGPUonpage 53.

Theactualmodesavailabledependonthecapabilitiesofthedisplay. Inaddition,theNVIDIAgraphicsdriverhasadynamicEDIDdetectioncapabilityandwillmakeavailableadditionalmodesthatarelistedinthedisplayEDID,providedthegraphicshardwarecansupportit.

TheNVIDIAgraphicsdriveralsosupportsthehighresolutionsavailablewiththedisplayslistedinTableA.1aswellasthenonstandardmodeslistedinTableA.2.

Table A.1 Modes Supported for High Resolution Displays

Display Maximum Resolution

Apple 30 Cinema HD Display(Dual link DVI)

2560x1600 @ 60 Hz

Dell WFP 3007 (Dual Link DVI) 2560x1600 @ 60 Hz

HP LP3065 dual-link DVI flat

panel

2560x1600 @ 60Hz.

Table A.2 Non-standard Modes Supported

Resolution

1680 x 1050

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Default Modes Supported by GPU

ThissectionliststhemodesthatareincludedbydefaultinthedriverINF forthefollowingproductfamilies:

GeForce600,500,400,300,200,100,9Series,8Series,7Series,6Series,andnForce7xx/6xx GPUsonpage 54

GeForce9M,8M,100M,200M,300M,400M,500MSeries,andQuadroNVSandQuadroFXNotebookGPUsonpage 56

Understanding the Mode Format

FigureA.1givesanexampleofhowtoreadthemodeinformationpresentedinthissection.

Figure A.1 Mode Format

Note:

Horizontalspanningmodesof3840x1080andabove,andverticalspanningmodesof1920x2160andabovegenerallyrequireatleast32MBofvideomemoryat32bpp.

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 600, 500, 400 , 300, 200, 100, 9 Series, 8 Series, 7

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

Thissectionsliststhesupporteddisplayresolutions,colordepths,andrefreshratesfortheproductslistedinSupportedNVIDIADesktopProductsonpage 39.

Standard Modes

640 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

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


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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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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

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

640 x 480 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

720 x 480 64 60

720 x 576 64 50800 x 600 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

1024 x 768 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240

1152 x 864 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200

1280 x 720 64 60

1280 x 768 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 800 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 960 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1280 x 1024 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1360 x 768 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170

1600 x 900 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150

1600 x 1024 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 1201600 x 1200 64 60 70 72 75 85 100 120

1680 x 1050 64 60

1920 x 1080 64 60

1920 x 1200 64 60 70 72 75 85 100

1920 x 1440 64 60 70 72 75 85

2048 x 1536 64 60


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Modes Supported by TV Encoders

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

Thedriversupportsmanualoverscancor

Documents

301.42 Win7 Winvista Desktop Release Notes