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In this example:
• the
GeForce4 Ti 4200 GPU-based card
is connected to a digital display
display
and
TV for multi-display nView functionality
• the
GeForce2 MX GPU-based card
is connected to a CRT (analog display)
for multi-display functionality.
Setting Up the NVIDIA GPU-Based Cards
Follow these steps to use two NVIDIA GPU-based graphics cards on your
computer:
1
Make sure you have an AGP slot and a PCI slot on your computer.
2
Install the appropriate PCI and AGP cards.
3
Install the most recent NVIDIA Display Driver software.
4
Restart your computer as necessary and as prompted so that your system
detects both graphics cards.
5
Once your Windows has restarted for the final time and your desktop is no
longer processing start-up tasks, right click on the desktop to display the pop-
up menu.
6
Click
Properties
and the
Settings
tab. The first time you see the Settings
panel, only the Display 1 monitor image will be attached. The other displays
will not be attached (i.e., they will be turned off) and will appear grayed.
7
Click the down arrow in the Display windows, as shown in
This example shows that the GeForce4 Ti GPU-based card is connected to a
digital display and TV in multiple-display (nView) mode while the GeForce2
MX GPU-based card is connected to a single-display, which is a CRT.
•
Display 1
: Digital Display is connected to the GeForce3 Ti card and the
display is enabled (turned on) as shown in
. This display is part
of the
nView (multi-display) mode
shared with Display 3.
•
Display 3:
TV
is connected to the GeForce3 Ti card
but
the display is not
enabled (turned off) in order to use
nView (multi-display) mode
•
Display 2: CRT
is connected to the GeForce MX card and the display is
enabled (turned on). This display is in Standard (Dualview) mode (
8
For details on enabling (turning on) displays from the Display Properties
Settings panel, see relevant sections in
“nView Dualview Mode” on page 38
.
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