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N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n
N V I D I A F o r c e W a r e G r a p h i c s D r i v e r
U s e r ’ s G u i d e
Performance and Quality Settings Page
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Changing An Existing Application Profile
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Hardware Acceleration Driver Setting
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Video Overlay Settings — Windows XP/2000
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Full Screen Video Settings — Disabled
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Full Screen Video — Zoom Control Video Mirror Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon Displayed in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area
. . . . .130
NVRotate Settings — Landscape Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Temperature Settings
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Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates Page
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Add Custom Resolution Dialog Box.
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Menu Editing Page — Default Settings
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3840 x 2400 versus 1920 x 1200
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Effect of Hires Scaling on OpenGL Drawing
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Windows Display Properties Settings Page
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HiRes Desktop Scaling Option on nView Display Settings Page
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Connecting Two Graphics Cards with the SLI Bridge Connector
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
SLI Multi-GPU Page
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SLI Multi-GPU Page — “Show GPU Load Balancing” Option
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Load Balancing Indicators
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Display Properties Settings — 3 Display Devices with 1 Attached
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One Display Device With Identifying Number
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Display Properties Settings — 3 Display Devices with 2 Attached
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Two Display Devices With Identifying Numbers
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Display Properties Settings — 4 Attached Display Devices
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Four Display Devices With Identifying Numbers
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Display Properties Settings — 4 Display Devices with 2 Attached
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Two Display Devices With Identifying Numbers
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NVIDIA Display Menu — Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX 420 Options
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NVIDIA Display Menu Showing Both Quadro FX 3000 and GeForce4 MX Graphics Cards .
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NVIDIA Settings Menu Displaying NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000-based and GeForce4 MX-based
Graphics Cards
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Sample Component Cables.
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Sample DVI Cable.
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Sample Video Cables
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Sample NVIDIA Personal Cinema™ A/V Cables
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NVIDIA Display Wizard — Typical Setup
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NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard — Custom Setup Pages (1)
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