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• Introduction
• About this help
• Getting Started
  • System Requirements
  • System Requirement for NVIDIA SLI (Advanced Users)
  • Getting Help
    • Accessing online help
    • Get information about your program and computer
    • Print a help topic
    • Getting technical support
• Understanding the NVIDIA Control Panel
  • Using the NVIDIA Control Panel Interface
  • About the Menu Bar
  • About the Toolbar
  • Using the Desktop Menu
  • Using the category-specific menus
  • Getting driver updates
• Display
  • Screen Resolution
    • How do I...
      • Adjust my screen resolution
      • Show more or fewer colours
      • Reduce the amount of flicker on my screen
      • Make text appear larger
      • Display the desktop on my HDTV using interlaced or progressive scanning
      • Fine tune the refresh rate for my display
      • Adjust the number of visible pixels displayed on my display
      • Show display modes not supported by your display
    • Reference
      • Change Resolution
      • Customise Page
  • Custom Resolutions
    • How do I...
      • Reduce blanking on my display
      • Change the timing formula for my display
      • Apply Coordinated Video Timing (CVT) Standard settings to my display
      • Apply Coordinated Video Timing - Reduced Blanking (CVT-RB) settings to my display
      • Switch back to the General Timing Formula
      • Apply Discrete Monitor Timing settings to my display
      • Create custom resolution for my display
      • Edit a custom resolution for my display
      • Remove a custom resolution for my display
      • Apply an existing custom resolution to my display
    • Reference
  • Display Scaling
    • How do I...
      • Prevent my flat-panel display from scaling
      • Use my flat-panel display's built-in scaling
      • Use NVIDIA scaling with fixed aspect ratio
      • Use NVIDIA scaling to fill my display
      • Scale my desktop - Windows Vista and later
    • Reference
      • Change Display Scaling
  • TV/HD Format
    • How do I...
      • Change the country-specific signal format or signal origin for my television
      • Change the HDTV format for my HDTV
      • Change the HDMI colour format for my TV
      • Change the DisplayPort colour format for my TV
    • Reference
      • TV Format
      • Adjust Desktop Colour Settings
  • Colour Depth
    • How do I...
      • Configure colour depth
    • Reference
      • Colour Depth
  • Refresh Rate
    • How do I...
      • Select a screen refresh rate
    • Reference
      • Refresh Rate
  • Colour Settings
    • How do I...
      • Optimise my display
      • Make my display brighter
      • Make my desktop colours richer, brighter, and cleaner
      • Adjust the contrast
      • Improve the sharpness of images on my display
      • Adjust the brightness of mid-tones on my desktop
      • Compensate for poor lighting conditions
      • Improve image quality based on the display content
  • Desktop Size and Position
    • How do I...
      • Fix my screen if part of it appears "cut off"
      • Centre or move my screen position
      • Adjust the desktop size on my television
      • Resize the HDTV desktop
      • Reposition the desktop on my TV or CRT
      • Pan a large desktop on my HDTV
      • Resize my desktop - Windows Vista and later
    • Reference
      • Move CRT Screen Position
      • Desktop size and position on TV
      • Adjust Desktop Size and Position - Windows Vista and Later
      • Resizing your desktop to fit the screen
  • Rotation
    • How do I...
      • Use my display in landscape
      • Rotate multiple displays at once
    • Reference
      • Rotate Display
  • Display Configuration
    • How do I...
      • Use more than one display
      • Show the same information on both displays
      • Stretch the desktop across both displays
      • Use multiple displays at the same time but behave independently
      • Change the display on which my Windows task bar, system logon, and dialogue boxes appear
      • Change the display order
      • Follow guided steps for setting up my TV
    • Reference
      • Set Up Multiple Displays (Windows XP)
      • Set Up Multiple Displays (Windows Vista and later)
      • Identify Display
  • HDCP Status
    • How do I...
      • Verify if my system is HDCP-capable
    • Reference
      • View HDCP Status
  • Digital Audio
    • How do I...
      • Set up digital audio on my graphics card
    • Reference
      • Set Up Digital Audio
• Video
  • Video Colour Settings
    • How do I...
      • Adjust the colour settings of video on my display
      • Make my video appear brighter
      • Adjust the contrast of my video
      • Adjust the red-blue balance of my video
      • Adjust the colour intensity of my video
      • Adjust the contrast of my video dynamically
      • Enhance the colour quality of my video
      • Adjust the brightness of mid-tones on my video
      • Improve details in the extreme black and white areas of the video
    • Reference
      • Adjust Video Colour Settings
  • Video Image Settings
    • How do I...
      • Adjust the image quality of my video
    • Reference
      • Adjust Video Image Settings
  • Where are the TV and HDTV setting controls?
• 3D Settings
  • Adjust Image Settings
    • How do I...
      • Get rid of the jagged lines on curves
      • Make my 3D application run faster
      • Make my 3D application look better
      • Preview changes I make to 3D settings
      • Let my 3D application determine the 3D image settings
    • Reference
      • Image Settings with Preview
  • Manage 3D Settings
    • How do I...
      • Set default 3D settings
      • Configure unique 3D settings for my applications and games
      • Adjust 3D hardware acceleration
      • Turn profile notifications on
    • Reference
      • Manage 3D Settings
      • Tips for Setting Antialiasing
      • Manage Updates
  • NVIDIA Surround Configuration
    • How do I ...
      • Configure my displays for Surround
      • Use additional displays besides the displays used for Surround
    • Reference
      • Bezel Correction
      • Surround Display Viewing
      • Surround FAQ
  • NVIDIA SLI Configuration
    • How do I...
      • Use NVIDIA SLI technology with one SLI card
      • Use NVIDIA SLI technology with multiple SLI cards
      • Use NVIDIA SLI technology with PhysX GPU acceleration
      • Verify that NVIDIA SLI technology is enabled and working
      • View how NVIDIA SLI technology is rendering my 3D and OpenGL applications
    • Reference
      • About NVIDIA SLI Technology
      • Set SLI Configuration
      • Set SLI and PhysX configuration
  • NVIDIA Multi-GPU Configuration
    • How do I...
      • Run NVIDIA Multi-GPU
      • Run NVIDIA Multi-GPU with PhysX GPU acceleration
      • Verify that multi-GPU acceleration is enabled and working
    • Reference
      • Set Multi-GPU Configuration
      • Set Multi-GPU and PhysX configuration
  • NVIDIA PhysX Configuration
    • Verify that PhysX acceleration is enabled and working
• Mobile
  • PowerMizer
    • How do I...
      • Save battery power by using PowerMizer Technology
    • Reference
      • PowerMizer
• Workstation
  • Frame Synchronization
    • How do I ...
      • Synchronize my system to a house sync
      • Synchronize multiple systems
      • Adjust how my graphics card handles an external sync signal
      • Change the timing signal frequency generated by the server
      • Introduce a timing delay to the house sync
      • Introduce a timing delay at each client
      • Quickly reassign the server/client displays on the same system
      • View the status of my frame lock setup
    • Reference
      • View Status
      • House Sync Signal Detection
  • Graphics to SDI Output
    • How do I ...
      • Set up my graphics-to-SDI output
      • Adjust the desktop area to send to the SDI output
      • Specify gamma correction for the SDI output
      • Set up color space conversion
      • View the status of my SDI setup
      • Enable multiple SDI cards
      • Allow applications to control the SDI output
    • Reference
      • Synchronizing the SDI Output
      • SDI Connections - NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500/5500 SDI
      • SDI Connections - Other NVIDIA Quadro FX SDI Cards
      • Introducing a delay in the SDI output
      • SDI Status
      • Recommended Operating Practices
  • Edge Overlap Adjustment
    • How do I ...
      • Overlap adjacent display edges
    • Reference
      • Adjust Edge Overlap
  • Mosaic and SLI Mosaic
    • How do I ...
      • Set up SLI Mosaic (Windows XP)
      • Set up SLI Mosaic (Windows Vista and later)
      • Set up Mosaic
    • Reference
      • Mosaic and SLI Mosaic Mode
      • Using Two Quadro Plex Units
      • Quadro Plex D2 Mosaic Connections
        • 2-Display Connections
        • 3-Display Connections
        • 4-Display Connections
        • 6-Display Connections
        • 8-Display Connections
      • Quadro Plex D2 Mosaic Connections for Passive Stereo
        • 2-Display 4-Connections
        • 3-Display 6-Connections
        • 4-Display 8-Connections
  • ECC State Control
    • How do I ...
      • Turn my GPU ECC On or Off
      • Check the ECC state of my GPU
    • Reference
      • Change ECC State
  • SDI Capture
    • How do I view the SDI input status?
    • Reference: Viewing SDI Input
  • EDID Management
    • How do I ...
      • Get an EDID from a display and save it
      • Force an EDID at a display connection
      • Check which EDID is used
      • Remove a forced EDID from a display connection
    • Reference
      • Manage EDID
  • System Topology
• Glossary