Mosaic and SLI Mosaic
NVIDIA® Mosaic and SLI Mosaic takes multiple displays and Quadro or NVS GPUs and presents them as a single logical GPU to the operating system.
In this way, using multiple-display hardware acceleration, this technology lets you use multiple displays to create a larger, virtual canvas with minimal performance impact on 2D or 3D applications.
Each display defines a unique uniform region within a larger virtual canvas.
Feature Differences Between Mosaic and SLI Mosaic
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Feature |
Mosaic |
SLI Mosaic |
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Windows OS |
Windows 7 and later |
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and later |
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SLI Acceleration |
No |
Yes |
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Product Support |
Quadro Plex, Quadro, Quadro FX, Quadro NVS, and NVS products |
Quadro Plex; SLI-capable Quadro and Quadro FX products |
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Edge Overlap |
Negative only, such as for bezel correction |
Positive overlap and negative overlap |
NOTE: Unlike SLI Mosaic, NVIDIA Mosaic does not offer the synchronized multi-GPU output required for stereoscopic or multi-projector installations.
Limitations
Maximum Resolution
The maximum resolution depends on the Quadro product used.
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Quadro 5000/6000, Quadro Plex 7000
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These GPUs have a maximum desktop limitation of 16,384 x 16,384 pixels. For proper operation, do not configure display settings that will total greater than 16,384 pixels in either the horizontal or vertical direction. For example, a 1 x 4 array consisting of panels of 6400 x 1600 pixel output each would have a total pixel output dimension of 25,600 x 1600. This would exceed the 16,384 limitation in the horizontal direction.
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Quadro FX 5800, Quadro Plex D2, all others
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These GPUs have a maximum desktop limitation of 8192 x 8192 pixels. For proper operation, do not configure display settings that will total greater than 8192 pixels in either the horizontal or vertical direction. For example, a 1 x 4 array consisting of panels of 2560 x 1600 pixel output each would have a total pixel output dimension of 10240 x 1600. This would exceed the 8192 limitation in the horizontal direction.
The total pixel output for a configuration is the total horizontal pixels by total vertical pixels. Total size on the Set Up Mosaic or Set Up SLI Mosaic page calculates the total pixel dimension for you. The total pixels displayed is a combination of the Display configuration, resolution setting, and edge overlap settings.
Minimum Resolution
Individual displays must be set to a resolution greater than 800 x 600 pixel output. If a display in your configuration is set to one of the smaller pixel output resolutions (e.g., 640 x 480 or 800 x 600), the system will revert to single display mode.
Use Matching Displays
All displays must be the same type and use the same type of connection (for example, all DVI-to-DVI or all DVI-to-VGA). Mixed display use is not supported.
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