Drivers for Windows Detonator XP User's Guide Driver Version 21.83 NVIDIA Corporation October 11, 2001 Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 Copyright © 2001 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. This software may not, in whole or in part, be copied through any means, mechanical, electromechanical, or otherwise, without the express permission of NVIDIA Corporation. Information furnished is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, NVIDIA assumes no responsibility for the consequences of use of such information nor for any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties, which may result from its use. No License is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of NVIDIA Corporation. Specifications mentioned in the software are subject to change without notice. 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About the Detonator XP Unified Driver Overview of Features & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . 1 OpenGL 1.3 ICD with NVIDIA Extensions . . . 2 OpenGL Performance Optimizations. . . . . . 3 Optimized DirectX Pipeline with NVIDIA Pixel/ Vertex Shaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Detonator XPress Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 NVIDIA Products (GPUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Notes & Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 NVIDIA Single-Display vs. Dual-Display cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 NVIDIA Control Panels: Windows XP/2000/ NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 NVIDIA Control Panel Examples (GeForce2 MX & GeForce3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Accessing the TwinView Panel . . . . . . . . . . 21 Accessing the Configuration Options . . . . . . . 25 Standard Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Switching Display Device: Standard Mode . . 27 Primary Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Select Output Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Switching Secondary Displays: Clone Mode . 33 Switching Secondary to Primary Display: Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Change Resolution: Clone Mode (Virtual Desktop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Extended Desktop: Windows 98/Me . . . . . . . 39 Configuring Extended Desktop . . . . . . . . 42 Other Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 6. TwinView Basics: Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 Notes Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Accessing the TwinView Panel: Windows XP . . 46 TwinView Enabled by Default (Windows XP SingleView) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Windows XP DualView . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 SingleView Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 DualView Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Enabling DualView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Configuring DualView Settings. . . . . . . . . 51 NVIDIA Panels With DualView Enabled . . . 52 Accessing the TwinView Panel: Windows NT 4.0/ 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Accessing the Configuration Options . . . . . . . 55 Standard Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Switching Display Device: Standard Mode . . 57 Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Switching Secondary Displays: Clone Mode . 63 Switching Secondary to Primary Display: Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Change Resolution: Clone Mode (Virtual Desktop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes . . . . . . . . 69 Switching Display Device: Span Modes . . . 70 Other Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 2. NVIDIA Driver Feature History Summary of Recent Driver Enhancements . Summary of Earlier Driver Enhancements . TwinView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virtual Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . Digital Vibrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OpenGL 1.2 Core Enhancements . . OpenGL Extensions . . . . . . . . . . OpenGL Performance Enhancements Direct3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cursor Trails Support . . . . . . . . . . . Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 .8 .8 .8 .8 .9 .9 .9 .9 . 10 . 10 . 11 . 11 . 11 3. The GeForce3 Family of GPUs Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Accessing the GeForce3 Control Panel . . . . . . 14 4. TwinView Applications TwinView Display Device Options . . . . . . . . . 17 TwinView Modes for Using Your Display Setup . 18 TwinView Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7. Device Selection & Configuration Accessing the Device Selection Control Panel . 79 5. TwinView Basics: Windows 9x NVIDIA Corporation i Drivers for Windows Table of Contents Switching Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Device Adjustments: Analog Monitor . . . . . . . 85 Screen Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Display Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Device Adjustments: Digital Flat Panel . . . . . . 87 Flat Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Monitor Settings (Refresh Frequency): Secondary Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 TV Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Accessing the TV Option in Non-TwinView Mode 91 Change Format: Regional Settings. . . . . . . 91 Video Output Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Device Adjustments: TV Output . . . . . . . . 93 Custom OpenGL Application Settings . Direct3D Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Description of Direct3D Settings . . . . . . Description of More Direct3D Settings . . 3D Antialiasing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . Description of 3D Antialiasing Settings . . Additional Quincunx Antialiasing Setting: GeForce3 only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overlay Controls Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . Description of Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 .135 .135 .137 .138 .139 . .139 . .140 . .143 A. NVIDIA Dual-Card Configuration Setting Up the Dual NVIDIA Cards . . . . . . Enabling the First Card: GeForce3 . . . . . . Enabling the Second Card: GeForce2 MX . . Accessing Dual Cards & Configurations With QuickTweak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 . .146 . .150 . .154 8. Video Mirror Accessing Video Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . Overlay Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overlay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . Video Mirror Controls . . . . . . . . . . . TwinView Clone Mode . . . . . . . . . Windows 9x Extended Desktop Mode Video Mirror Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 . 96 . 97 . 99 . 99 100 101 9. Desktop Manager Notes Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Features Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows 2000/NT 4.0 vs. Windows 9x . . . Enabling Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . Tips on Using Desktop Manager . . . . . . . Application Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding an Application to Desktop Manager . Hot Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Task Switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pop-up Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 106 106 107 109 109 109 114 116 117 120 121 123 10. Additional Features and Enhancements Desktop Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enabling the NVIDIA QuickTweak Icon . . Color Correction Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . Color Correction Settings . . . . . . . . . . OpenGL Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Description of OpenGL Settings . . . . . . Performance and Compatibility Options Custom OpenGL Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 126 128 129 130 132 132 135 ii NVIDIA Corporation Detonator XP User's Guide List of Tables Table 1.1 Operating System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Table 1.2 Supported NVIDIA GPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Table 2.1 OpenGL Extensions Modified. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Table 8.1 Video Mirror Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 NVIDIA Corporation iii Detonator XP User's Guide List of Figures Figure 3.1 Figure 3.2 Figure 5.1 Figure 5.2 Figure 5.3 Figure 5.4 Figure 5.5 Figure 5.6 Figure 5.7 Figure 5.8 Figure 5.9 Figure 5.10 Figure 5.11 Figure 5.12 Figure 5.13 Figure 5.14 Figure 5.15 Figure 5.16 Figure 5.17 Figure 5.18 Figure 5.19 Figure 5.20 Figure 5.22 Figure 5.23 Figure 5.24 Figure 5.25 Figure 5.26 Figure 5.27 Figure 5.28 Figure 5.29 Figure 5.30 Figure 5.31 Figure 6.1 Figure 6.2 Figure 6.3 GeForce3 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3D Antialiasing Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Display Properties Settings: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Disabling Extended Desktop: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 GeForce2 MX/MX 400 Properties Panels: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 GeForce2 MX Control Panel: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 TwinView Std (dual-display) with Context Menu: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 TwinView Std. Mode (single-display) Context Menu: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 TwinView Device Selection (Analog Monitor): Windows 98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 TwinView Device Selection (Digital Flat Panel): Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 TwinView Device Selection (TV): Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Switching Output Device Message: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Switching Output Device Message: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 DFP Option Enabled on Digital Flat Panel Display: Windows 98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 TV Option Enabled on TV Display: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 TwinView Std. Mode (Display 1 = DFP): Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 TwinView Std. Mode (Display 1 = TV): Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 TwinView Clone Mode Menu (Display 1 = CRT): Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 TwinView Clone Mode Menu (Display 2 = DFP): Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 TwinView Clone Device Selection TV Option: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 TwinView Clone Device Selection Panel on TV: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 TwinView Clone Mode (Display 2 = TV): Windows 98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 TwinView Clone Mode (Display 1 = TV): Windows 98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 TwinView Clone Mode (Display 2 = CRT): Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 TwinView Clone Mode Device Configuration: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Display Settings: Windows 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Enabling Extended Desktop (1): Windows 98 . . . . . ...