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Quadro Workstation User’s Guide
Chapter 1
Introduction
NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Manager
The
NVIDIA
ForceWare
graphics
display
driver
includes
two
major
control
panel
‐
based
components
—
NVIDIA
display
properties
and
nView
Desktop
Manager.
In
general
terms,
“
nView™
”
represents
a
collection
of
multi
‐
display
technologies
encompassing
driver
support,
multi
‐
display
GPU
architecture,
and
desktop
management
support.
•
NVIDIA
display
properties
,
the
topic
of
this
user’s
guide,
refers
to
the
control
panel
‐
based
user
interface
from
which
you
can
configure
the
advanced
display
properties
of
the
current
release
of
the
NVIDIA
ForceWare
graphics
driver.
For
details
on
using
the
NVIDIA
display
control
panel
menu,
see
•
nView
Desktop
Manager
is
a
user
‐
level
application
utility
that
focuses
on
making
you
more
productive
when
working
on
your
Windows®
desktop.
nView
Desktop
Manager
was
originally
created
for
multi
‐
display
graphics
cards
but
has
grown
to
enhance
single
‐
display
user
desktops
as
well.
Desktop
Manager
supports
both
single
‐
display
and
multi
‐
display
configurations
running
with
single
‐
display,
multi
‐
display,
or
multiple
graphics
cards
based
on
NVIDIA
GPUs.
For
details
on
using
nView
Desktop
Manager
features,
refer
to
the
NVIDIA
ForceWare
Graphics
Drivers
:
nView
Desktop
Manager
User’s
Guide
.
Release 90 Enhancements
Release
90
provides
these
new
features
and
improvements:
• Establishes
the
new
NVIDIA
Control
Panel
as
the
recommended
user
interface.
• Includes
several
PureVideo
improvements.
• Increased
stability
and
performance.
OpenGL
The
following
extensions
have
been
added:
• WGL_NV_gpu_affinity
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