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Appendix D
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History
Desktop Manager
Desktop Manager allows the user to run an application on one or both monitors. This
configuration may be useful for entertainment applications, such as DVD playback
and digital video editing.
Desktop Manager functions under the TwinView Extended Desktop (Span) mode
and, in addition to being supported by the NV11 chipset (i.e, the GeForce2 MX or the
Quadro2 MXR graphics board), is also supported by any two NVIDIA graphics
boards running in multi-monitor mode.
Digital Vibrance Control
Digital Vibrance Control
(DVC), a mechanism for controlling color separation and
intensity, boosts the color saturation of an image. DVC is supported by the NV11
chipset (i.e., the GeForce2 MX or Quadro2 MXR graphics board).
OpenGL
The NVIDIA OpenGL Settings control panel contains the following changes:
• Improved full-scene anti-aliasing methods
• Additional options for Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0
•
Force 16-bit Depth Buffer
•
Enable Advanced Multiple Monitors
Direct3D
The NVIDIA Direct3D Settings control panel contains the following changes:
• Improved full-scene anti-aliasing methods not previously available
• Removed certain obsolete options
Cursor Trails Support
Release 6 for Windows provides support for cursor trails in Windows 9
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