175.16_WinXP_GeForce_Release_Notes.pdf

Release 175 Graphics Drivers

Release Notes

Version 175.16

for Windows XP

NVIDIA Corporation

May 6, 2008

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Release 175 Graphics Drivers

Release Notes

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Release Notes

Structure of the Document . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Changes in this Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Desktop Manager Does Not Re-Center Logon

Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Issues with Video Mirror–Windows XP/2000 29

2. Changes in the Release 175

Driver for Windows XP

Version 175.16 Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

What’s New in Release 175 . . . . . . . . . . 4

What’s New in Version 175.16 . . . . . . . . . 4

Changes in Version 175.16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Fixed Issues–Windows XP 32-bit . . . . . . . 5

Fixed Issues–Windows XP 64-bit . . . . . . . 6

Open Windows XP Issues in Version 175.16 . . . 7

NVIDIA Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Windows XP 32-bit Issues . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Windows XP 64-bit Issues . . . . . . . . . . 10

Not NVIDIA Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Application Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Not NVIDIA Issues–SLI Mode . . . . . . . . 19

Known Product Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Full-screen Video Mirror not Supported on

GeForce 8 Series and Later GPUs . . . . . 24

GeForce 6 and 7 Series Cards Cannot Output

Interlaced Signals in SLI Mode . . . . . . . 24

Image Sharpening Control not Available with

GeForce 8 Series and Later GPUs . . . . . 24

Display Output Selection not Available on

“Bridgeless” SLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

DirectX Fails When Detaching/Reattaching

Displays in Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . 25

OpenGL Viewport Scaling Problem in Horizontal

Span Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Video Playback in nView Clone and Span

Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

No Antialiasing of 3DMark03 Image Quality

Screen Captures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Medal of Honor Under Windows XP / Windows

2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Windows XP/2000 Issue with Settings Tab

Monitor Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Antialiasing Problems With Certain Applications

Poor Quality S-Video Output on Some TVs . 28

AGP and PCI-E Programs May Hang With AMD

K7 and K8 Processors . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3. The Release 175 Driver for

Windows XP

Hardware and Software Support . . . . . . . . 31

Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . 31

Supported NVIDIA Products . . . . . . . . . 32

Supported Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 36

NVIDIA Driver History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

A. Mode Support for Windows

General Mode Support Information . . . . . . . 42

Default Modes Supported by GPU for Windows XP

Understanding the Mode Format . . . . . . 43

GeForce 9 Series, GeForce 8 Series, GeForce 7

Series, GeForce 6 Series, and GeForce FX

Family GPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

GeForce 8300/8200/8100 GPUs . . . . . . 52

nForce 630a GPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Modes Supported by TV Encoders . . . . . . . 62

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Release 175 Graphics Drivers

Release Notes

Table of Contents

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Release 175 Graphics Drivers

Version 175.16

C HAPTER

I NTRODUCTION TO R ELEASE N OTES

This edition of Release Notes describes the Release 175 ForceWare Graphics Drivers for

Microsoft ® Windows ® Vista. NVIDIA provides these notes to describe performance

improvements and bug fixes in each documented version of the driver.

Structure of the Document

This document is organized in the following sections:

• “Changes in the Release 175 Driver for Windows XP” on page 3 gives a summary of

changes, and fixed and open issues in this version.

• “The Release 175 Driver for Windows XP” on page 31 describes the NVIDIA

products and languages supported by this driver, the system requirements, and

how to install the driver.

• “Mode Support for Windows” on page 41 lists the default resolutions supported by

the driver.

Changes in this Edition

This edition of the Release Notes for Windows XP includes information about NVIDIA

ForceWare graphics driver version 175.16, and lists changes made to the driver since

version 174.74. These changes are discussed beginning with the chapter “Changes in

the Release 175 Driver for Windows XP” on page 3 .

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