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Appendix D
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History
• New
Display
Properties
Panel
—
The
NVIDIA
control
panel
has
been
redesigned
to
make
navigating
easier
and
to
improve
control
over
the
display
adapter
settings.
Enhanced nView Desktop Manager Features
• Additional
Operating
System
Support
—
NVIDIA
nView
supports
Windows
NT
4.0,
Windows
9X/Me,
and
Windows 2000/XP.
• Zoom
Support
—
New
fixed
‐
frame
zoom
and
bi
‐
directional
zoom
editing
capability
• NV
‐
Switcher
—
Improved
Alt+Tab
switcher
which
also
supports
Desktop
switching
and
is
expandable
to
other
NVIDIA
features
• Color
Keyed
Windows
—
Allows
the
user
to
color
key
windows
for
easy
identification
when
activating
them
on
the
desktop.
• Taskbar
and
Menu
Transparency
• New
window
actions
and
application
settings.
•
Keystone
Support
4
OpenGL Enhancements
• OpenGL
1.4
ICD
with
NVIDIA
Extensions
—
New
extension
includes
ARB_vertex_program,
which
co
‐
exists
with
NV_vertex_program.
• Enhancements
for
Workstation
Applications
•
NV1x
line
stipple
enhancements,
and
NV2x
2
‐
sided
lighting
optimizations
•
Immediate
mode
optimizations
for
Solid
Edge,
and
display
list
tuning
for
UGv17.
• Multi
‐
monitor
Improvements
—
New
accelerated
spanning
mode
is
enabled
by
default.
• Reduced
Power
Consumption
—
Release
40
utilizes
CPU
cycles
more
efficiently,
resulting
in
reduced
power
consumption
without
sacrificing
performance.
• Dynamic
AGP/Video
memory
management
Release 35 Enhancements
4. Keystone
is
not
supported
on
graphics
cards
based
on
the
TNT,
TNT2
or
Vanta
product
families.
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