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Games Settings Reference
This section provides reference information for game settings.
Image Settings with Preview
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NVIDIA > Reference
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
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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
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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
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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
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TV Format
Adjust Desktop Colour Settings
Colour Depth
How do I...
Configure colour depth
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Colour Depth
Refresh Rate
How do I...
Select a screen refresh rate
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Manage EDID
System Topology
Glossary
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