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N V I D I A D r i v e r F e a t u r e H i s t o r y
Release 10 Enhancements
The Release 10 driver offered new features not found in previous releases of the
NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows.
• Support for Microsoft DirectX 8
• Support for Microsoft DirectX VA 1.0
• NVIDIA 3D Stereo (requires installation of the optional Stereoscopic driver).
The driver provides stereoscopic viewing capabilities for games and still
images.
• Special support for the following NVIDIA GeForce3 capabilities:
•
Pixel and Vertex Shader support for DirectX 8 and OpenGL.
•
NVIDIA Quincunx™ antialiasing option for enhanced image quality and
performance.
• AMD Athlon Processor and Intel Pentium 4 Processor optimizations
• Improved TwinView interface
Release 6 Enhancements
The Release 6 driver offered new features not found in previous releases of the
NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows.
•
•
“Digital Vibrance Control” on page 28
•
•
•
“Cursor Trails Support” on page 29
•
“Display Properties – Settings – Advanced Tabs” on page 29
TwinView
TwinView is a Release 6
and later
feature that supports connecting dual
displays using an NVIDIA GPU-based multi-display card.
TwinView includes major features such as the
Virtual
Desktop
,
Video
Mirror
,
and
Desktop
Manager
.
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