NVIDIA Control Panel for NVIDIA RTX

Enterprise Drivers - Release 530

User’s Guide

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 4

1.1 About the NVIDIA Control Panel ................................................................................................... 4
1.1.1 Overview....................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1.2 Supported Operating Systems ............................................................................................ 5
1.1.3 Supported NVIDIA Products ................................................................................................. 5
1.1.4 Supported Languages ............................................................................................................. 5
1.2 Getting Support and Information................................................................................................. 6
1.2.1 Online Help................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2.2 Technical Support ..................................................................................................................... 6
1.2.3 System Information ................................................................................................................. 6
Chapter 2. Understanding the NVIDIA Control Panel........................................................................ 7
2.1 Opening and Closing the NVIDIA Control Panel ...................................................................... 7
2.1.1 Opening the NVIDIA Control Panel ..................................................................................... 7
2.1.2 Closing the NVIDIA Control Panel ....................................................................................... 7
2.2 About the NVIDIA Control Panel Interface................................................................................ 7
2.2.1 Using the Main Task Area....................................................................................................... 8
2.2.2 Using the Select a Task Pane ................................................................................................ 9
2.2.3 Using the Toolbar...................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.4 Using the Menu Bar................................................................................................................10
Chapter 3. Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks..................................................................14
3.1 NVIDIA Control Panel Feature List .............................................................................................14
3.2 NVIDIA Control Panel Groups.......................................................................................................21
3.2.1 Using the Display Pages .......................................................................................................21
3.2.2 Using the Video Pages ..........................................................................................................22
3.2.3 Using the 3D Settings Pages ..............................................................................................22
3.2.4 Using the Licensing Pages ...................................................................................................22
3.2.5 Using the Developer Pages..................................................................................................22
3.2.6 Using the Workstation Pages.............................................................................................22
Appendix A. Professional 3D Stereo..........................................................................................................23
A.1 About Workstation 3D Stereo ....................................................................................................23
A.1.1 Basic Workstation 3D Stereo Requirements ................................................................23
A.1.2 Using 3D Stereo under Different System Configurations.......................................23
A.2 Using Workstation 3D Stereo .....................................................................................................24
A.2.1 Basic 3D Stereo Setup ..........................................................................................................24
A.2.2 Selecting the Stereo Display Mode ..................................................................................24
A.2.3 Using Workstation 3D Stereo with Multiple Displays ...............................................26
Appendix B. NVIDIA Application Configuration Engine .....................................................................28
B.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................28

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 B.1.1 Background...............................................................................................................................28
B.1.2 About NVIDIA ACE...................................................................................................................28
B.2 Using ACE with Supported Applications ..................................................................................28
B.2.1 How to Determine ACE Support........................................................................................29
B.2.2 Modifying Settings for ACE-detectable Applications................................................29
B.3 Using Applications that Are Not Supported by ACE ...........................................................30
B.3.1 Setting Up an Application Profile Using Global Presets ...........................................30
B.3.2 About the Global Presets .....................................................................................................31
B.4 Adding to the List of ACE-Detectable Applications ............................................................31
B.5 Frequently Asked Questions .......................................................................................................32

List of Figures

Figure 1. NVIDIA Control Panel ................................................................................................................. 8

Figure 2. NVIDIA Control Panel Select a Task pane.......................................................................... 9
Figure 3. Navigation History Menu....................................................................................................... 10
Figure 4. Manage 3D Settings Page - ACE-Detectable Applications ..................................... 29
Figure 5. Manage 3D Settings Page – Applications with Global Profiles .............................. 30

List of Tables

Table 1. File Menu Commands ............................................................................................................... 10

Table 2. Edit Menu Commands .............................................................................................................. 11
Table 3. Desktop Menu Commands ..................................................................................................... 11
Table 4. Help Menu Commands............................................................................................................. 12
Table 5. Display Menu Commands ....................................................................................................... 13
Table 6. 3D Settings Menu Commands .............................................................................................. 13
Table 7. Workstation Menu Commands............................................................................................. 13
Table 8. NVIDIA Control Panel Features............................................................................................. 14
Table 9. Workstation Stereo Configurations ................................................................................... 23
Table 10. List of Supported Stereo Display Modes ....................................................................... 25

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Chapter 1. Introduction

This quick start is addressed to users of the NVIDIA® Control Panel software. This guide
focuses on getting you up and running with your NVIDIA software.
For technical details on the features and benefits of the NVIDIA Control Panel software
and details about supported products, drivers, and other software, refer to the NVIDIA web
page — www.nvidia.com.
This chapter discusses the following major topics:
 About the NVIDIA Control Panel
 Getting Support and Information

1.1 About the NVIDIA Control Panel

Welcome to the NVIDIA Control Panel, designed for Microsoft® Windows®. You can use
NVIDIA Control Panel to control your NVIDIA hardware and access other NVIDIA software
installed on your system.

1.1.1 Overview
In addition to setting up basic display configurations such as display resolution, refresh
rate, and multiple display use, you can:
1. Tune your 3D settings with real-time preview to maximize performance or image
quality.
2. Customize how 3D applications work in your system.
3. Adjust your screen colors and contrast.
4. Set custom timings.
5. Control video image settings.
6. Change your HDTV format.
7. Control special workstation features such as Frame Synchronization.

Caution: The NVIDIA Control Panel can be viewed with a desktop DPI scaling set to a
maximum of 250%. Setting the DPI higher than 250% may result in some content getting
cut off from view.

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1.1.2 Supported Operating Systems
NVIDIA Release 530 RTX professional drivers are available for the following Microsoft®
Windows® operating systems:
1. Windows 10 64-bit
2. Windows 11
3. Windows Server 2019 (64-bit)
4. Windows Server 2022 (64-bit)
Refer to the release notes for specific operating system support for individual driver
versions.

1.1.3 Supported NVIDIA Products

Refer to the release notes and NVIDIA driver download site for the list of products
supported by the driver version that you have installed on your computer.

1.1.4 Supported Languages

The NVIDIA Graphics Driver supports the following languages in the NVIDIA Control Panel:

English (USA) German Portuguese (Euro/Iberian)

English (UK) Greek Russian
Arabic Hebrew Slovak
Chinese (Simplified) Hungarian Slovenian
Chinese (Traditional) Italian Spanish
Czech Japanese Spanish (Latin America)
Danish Korean Swedish
Dutch Norwegian Thai
Finnish Polish Turkish
French Portuguese (Brazil)

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1.2 Getting Support and Information
1.2.1 Online Help
1. To open the online help, either:
a. Press F1 on your keyboard, or
b. Select Help from the NVIDIA Control Panel menu bar and then select NVIDIA
Control Panel Help.
2. Help on various topics can be viewed using the Contents, Index, or Search tabs.

1.2.2 Technical Support

To access the NVIDIA Technical Support webpage go the following:
http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html

1.2.3 System Information

You can get detailed information about your system and the NVIDIA Control Panel
configuration as well as version and copyright information.
1. To view copyright and version information about the NVIDIA Control Panel:
From the Help menu, select About NVIDIA Control Panel.
2. To view detailed system information:
Open the System Information dialog box by either selecting System Information
from the Help menu, or by clicking the System Information link at the lower left
corner of the NVIDIA Control Panel.
Click any of the tabs in the System Information dialog box.

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Chapter 2. Understanding the NVIDIA
Control Panel

This chapter describes the NVIDIA Control Panel in the following sections:
 Opening and Closing the NVIDIA Control Panel
 About the NVIDIA Control Panel Interface

2.1 Opening and Closing the NVIDIA

Control Panel
2.1.1 Opening the NVIDIA Control Panel
Caution: The NVIDIA Control Panel can be viewed with a desktop DPI scaling set to a
maximum of 250%. Setting the DPI higher than 250% may result in some content getting
cut off from view.

To open the NVIDIA Control Panel, right-click the desktop and then select NVIDIA Control
Panel.

2.1.2 Closing the NVIDIA Control Panel

To close the NVIDIA Control Panel:
1. From the File menu, select Exit, or

2. Click the Close box in the upper right corner of the program window.

2.2 About the NVIDIA Control Panel

Interface
The NVIDIA Control Panel provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your system.
When you start the program for the first time, the NVIDIA Control Panel opens to the first
page listed in the navigation tree. On subsequent visits, the control panel reopens to the

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last page visited. The NVIDIA Control Panel user interface consists of these main areas, as
shown in Figure 1:
 Main Task Area
 Select a Task (Navigation tree)
 Menu bar
 Toolbar

Figure 1. NVIDIA Control Panel

Toolbar Menu Bar

Control Panel Main Task Area

Select a Task Pane

2.2.1 Using the Main Task Area

The main task area, in the right pane, displays the application task pages. This area of the
screen is where you will focus most of your attention as you use the NVIDIA Control Panel
to accomplish your goals. You can access specific pages using the navigation tree in the
Select a Task pane.
Depending on your PC manufacturer, there is a Welcome page that appears the first time
you open the NVIDIA Control Panel after installing the driver. On subsequent visits, the
control panel reopens to the last page visited.

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 2.2.2 Using the Select a Task Pane
The navigation tree in the Select a Task pane shows all the primary NVIDIA Control pages
that are installed on your system.
The pages are grouped according to the same categories that existed in the previous
version of the NVIDIA Control Panel.

Figure 2. NVIDIA Control Panel Select a Task pane

Click to expand or Click to open the corresponding page in

collapse the group list. the main task area.

2.2.3 Using the Toolbar

The Toolbar provides quick back and forth navigation between pages. The back and forward
buttons let you navigate sequentially among pages that you have visited.
You can also navigate directly to a previously visited page by clicking the list arrow next to
the back button. The drop-down menu lists all the previously visited pages in the queue.
Click the page that you want to open.

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Figure 3. Navigation History Menu

2.2.4 Using the Menu Bar

The Menu Bar contains standard Windows menus and menus specific to the NVIDIA
Control Panel, such as the View and Profiles menus.
Menus that are available on the menu bar may vary, depending on the NVIDIA Control Panel
group (such as, Display, Mobile, 3D Settings, or other group) you are using.

2.2.4.1 File Menu

Commands related to printing, applying changes, and exiting the program are available on
the File menu.

Table 1. File Menu Commands

File Menu Description

Command

Page Setup ... Set up the current task page for printing. This control may not be
available.

Print... Print the current task page. This control may not be available.

Print Preview.... Preview the page before sending it to the printer. This control may not
be available.

Exit Close the NVIDIA Control Panel program.

2.2.4.2 Edit Menu

Commands related to cutting, copying, pasting, and selecting items are available on the
Edit menu.

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Table 2. Edit Menu Commands

Edit Menu Description

Command

Cut Cut the selected text and place in the clipboard. This control may not be
available.

Copy Copy the selected text and place in the clipboard. This control may not
be available.

Paste Paste the text currently in the clipboard to the location of the Windows
cursor. This control may not be available.

Select All Select all items on the current page. This control may not be available.

2.2.4.3 Desktop Menu

Commands related to viewing the various pages in the NVIDIA Control Panel application
modules are available on the Desktop menu.

Table 3. Desktop Menu Commands

View Menu Description
Command

Add Desktop This is selected by default, and adds the NVIDIA Control Panel menu item
Context Menu to the Desktop Context menu.

Enable Video Select this option to improve the video playback experience for some video
Editing Mode editing applications.

Add the Run with Select this option to add Run with graphics processor to the program
graphics context menu.
processor
When this option is selected, you can choose which graphics processor to
Option
use when starting a program as follows:
1. Right-click the program icon.
2. Click Run with graphics processor and then click the graphics
processor to use.
The selection applies only at the time the program is launched.

Note: This menu option appears only with systems using

NVIDIA© Optimus™ technology.

Note: This menu option will not appear with Windows 10 May
2020 Update and later.

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 View Menu Description
Command

Note: Some programs require elevated user privileges to use the

Run on graphics processor option from the program's right-click
menu. A pop-up dialog will let you know if that is the case. In this
case, use the controls in the NVIDIA Control Panel -> Manage
3D Settings page to select the graphics processor.

Display GPU Select this option so that the GPU Activity icon appears in the Windows
Activity Icon in notification area of the taskbar. You can then click the icon to see which
Notification Area programs and displays are using the NVIDIA GPU.

Note: This menu option appears only with systems using

NVIDIA© Optimus™ technology.

2.2.4.4 Help Menu

Commands related to accessing help, system information, and copyright and version
information are available on the Help menu.

Table 4. Help Menu Commands

Help Menu Command Description

NVIDIA Control Panel Access the NVIDIA Control Panel online help.
Help

System Information View detailed information about your system and the NVIDIA
Control Panel configuration.

Debug Mode Removes all overclocking performance and power settings.

About NVIDIA Control View NVIDIA Control Panel version and copyright information.
Panel

2.2.4.5 Group-Specific Menus

These menus appear only when pages from a specific group are open.

2.2.4.5.1 Display Menu

This menu item appears only when a Display group page is open.

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Table 5. Display Menu Commands

Display Menu Description

Command

Identify Displays Select to identify the displays configured with your system.

Show G-SYNC Visual Select to verify that NVIDIA G-SYNC is being used. Depending
Indicator on the type of monitor connected, the menu item could state:
• Show indicator for G-SYNC,
• Show indicator for G-SYNC Compatible, or
• Show indicator for G-SYNC/G-SYNC Compatible

2.2.4.5.2 3D Settings Menu

This menu item appears only when a 3D Settings group page is open on an SLI system.

Table 6. 3D Settings Menu Commands

3D Settings Menu Description

Command

Show SLI Visual Select to verify that SLI rendering or SLI antialiasing is enabled
Indicators and working.

Show Multi-GPU Visual Select to verify that multi-GPU rendering or multi- GPU
Indicator antialiasing is enabled and working.

Show PhysX Visual Select to verify the type of PhysX acceleration the game is
Indicator using - CPU or GPU - or if PhysX acceleration is being used at all.

2.2.4.5.3 Workstation Menu

This menu item appears only when a Workstation group page is open.

Table 7. Workstation Menu Commands

Workstation Menu Description
Command

Refresh View Select to refresh the graphical representation of the displays

and graphics cards installed on your system.

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Chapter 3. Accomplishing NVIDIA
Control Panel Tasks

The NVIDIA Control Panel provides an intuitive layout for locating graphics driver controls,
including most of the controls that were available with the Classic NVIDIA Control Panel.
 NVIDIA Control Panel Feature List details the current features available in the
NVIDIA Control Panel.
 NVIDIA Control Panel Groups provides an overview of the NVIDIA Control Panel
pages by group.

3.1 NVIDIA Control Panel Feature List

Caution: With Optimus systems under Windows 10, the Display controls are not available if
no display is connected to the NVIDIA GPU. This is because clone mode across display
adapters is handled by the Windows OS and not by the NVIDIA driver.

Table 8. NVIDIA Control Panel Features

Feature Values (Default in bold)a Notes

Display/TV Controls
Mode control
Resolution • Non-HD display - the native
resolution or the highest safe
resolution from the monitor
EDID is the default.

• HD display - the highest

progressive resolution is the
default.
Refresh rate

Custom timings/resolutions

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 Feature Values (Default in bold)a Notes

TV Signal Format Selection M/NTSC, PAL, M/PAL, N/PAL,

Select by country

Connector Selection Auto-select, Available values depend on

DVI the actual connection.

VGA
S-Video - SDTV,
Component Composite -
SDTV,
HDMI - HDTV (Vista and later),
DisplayPort - HDTV (Vista and
later),
LVDS - laptop display

Desktop Color depth Highest (32-bit)

Medium (16-bit)
HDR (64-bit) WCG (64-bit)
SDR (30-bit color)
SDR (24-bit color)

Output Color Depth 8 bpc Display dependent

12 bpc

Output Dynamic Range Full (0—255)

Limited (16—235)

Output Color Format RGB, YCbCr422 For HDMI and DisplayPort

connections

Color Control
Color Accuracy Mode (read Reference (can be forced via
only) check box)
Accurate
Enhanced
Brightness 0 - 100%, (50%)

Contrast 0 - 100%, (50%)

Gamma 0.50 - 1.50, (1.00)

Digital Vibrance 0 - 100%, (0%)

Hue 0 - 359 degrees (30) For GeForce 8 series and later
GPUs

Flicker Filter 0 - 100%, (50%) For analog TVs

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Feature Values (Default in bold)a Notes

Color Control

Gray border option Disabled For analog TVs; presents

unused black TV borders as
gray

Content type (ITC) reported to Auto select, Desktop programs, Some HDMI displays only -
the display Full-screen videos, Photos, available values dependent
Movie, Games on display support

NVIDIA G-SYNC Enable G-SYNC/G-SYNC Windows 10 and Pascal or

Compatible later GPUs required for G-
SYNC Compatible displays.

Rotation 0, 90, 180, 270 degrees

Desktop Size and Position

Move CRT screen position For VGA displays

Scaling mode Aspect ratio TV, VGA (with EDID),

Full-screen Digital displays, LVDS
No scaling
Integer scaling

Scaling performed on GPU

Auto (Display/GPU combination)

Application Scaling override Off, On

Resize TV, Digital displays

Position TV, VGA

Multi-display Options
Single-display mode

Dualview (extended mode)

nView Clone Mode

Smart Clone

Set Up Merge Displays Windows 10 and later

Video Controls Use video player settings is the default. If Use NVIDIA
settings is selected, the following values apply.

Color Settings
Brightness 0 - 100%, (50%)

Contrast 0 - 100%, (50%)

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Feature Values (Default in bold)a Notes

Color Settings
Hue 0 - 100%, (0%)

Saturation 0 - 100%, (50%)

Gamma (including separate 0.3 - 3.00, (1.00)

RGB)

Advanced Color Settings

Dynamic Range Full (0—255)
Limited (16—235)
Dynamic Contrast Disabled
Enhancement
Color Enhancement Disabled

Image Settings
Edge Enhancement 0 - 100%, (0%)

Noise Reduction 0 - 100%, (0%)

Inverse Telecine option Disabled

Internet Video Enhancement Disabled

option

Digital Audio

Verify displays that will For each audio-capable display, For GPUs that support digital
appear as audio devices in the select the display or select Turn audio when an HDMI or
Windows Sound Settings. off audio. DisplayPort connection is
made.
Portal to the Windows Sound
Settings panel.

HDCP

View HDCP Status (Capability For GPUs that support HDCP.

verification page)

3D Application Controls - Manage 3D Settings

High-performance NVIDIA Optimus systems.
Preferred graphics processor
processor,
Not available as of Windows
Integrated graphics, 10 May 2020 Update.
Force high-performance NVIDIA
processor use,
Force integrated graphics use,
Auto-select
Off, Performance, Quality
Ambient Occlusion
Application-controlled, Off,
Anisotropic filtering
card-specific settings

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Feature Values (Default in bold)a Notes

3D Application Controls - Manage 3D Settings

Application-controlled, Off,
Antialiasing - Mode
Enhance the application setting,
Override any application setting
Application-controlled, card-
Antialiasing - Setting
specific settings
Off, On
Antialiasing - FXAA
Off, On
Antialiasing line gamma
Off, On
Antialiasing - gamma
correction
Off, Multisampling,
Antialiasing - transparency
supersampling
Range: 20-200
Background Application Max
Frame Rate
Auto-select, Block transfer
Buffer-flipping mode
[All CUDA-capable GPUs]
CUDA - GPUs
Allow, disable
Deep color for 3D applications
OFF
DSR Factors
Available factors depend on
system capability.
Examples:
1.20x (native resolution) 1.50x
(native resolution) 2.00x (native
resolution) etc.
OFF
DSR Smoothness
0 - 100%
On, Off
Dynamic Boost
Off
Enable overlay
On
8-bpp and/or RGB555 format,
Exported pixel types
None
Sharpening Off,
Image Sharpening
Sharpening On:
• Sharpen slider: 0-1.0
Ignore Film Grain slider: 0-1.0
GPU Upscaling check box
Off, On, Ultra
Low Latency Mode
Off, On (slider range 20-1000
Max Frame Rate
fps)

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Feature Values (Default in bold)a Notes

G-SYNC/G-SYNC Compatible,
Monitor Technology
ULMB, Fixed Refresh

3D Application Controls - Manage 3D Settings

Single, Compatible, or Multiple
Multi-display/mixed-GPU
display performance modes
acceleration
Single-GPU, alternate frame
Multi-GPU performance mode
rendering 1 & 2, split frame
rendering, or multi-GPU
antialiasing
Auto-select,
OpenGL Rendering GPU NVIDIA NVS cards
Off, On Windows 10, Maxwell GPUs
Optimize for Compute
and later.
Performance
Offers significant
improvement for some
Compute applications. Care
should be taken when turning
this setting ON, as there can
be unpredictable effects with
some applications and
graphics features.
Adaptive, NVIDIA driver
Power management mode NVIDIA Driver controlled
controlled,
GPUs
Prefer maximum performance,
Prefer consistent performance,
Optimal power
Application-controlled, Highest
Preferred Refresh Rate
available
Disabled, Limited, 128MB,
Shader Cache Size
256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 5GB,
10GB, 100GB
Single-GPU, alternate frame
SLI performance modes
rendering 1 & 2, split frame
rendering, or SLI antialiasing
Select to match stereo viewing
Stereo - Display mode
hardware
Off, On
Stereo - Enable
Off, On
Stereo - Force shuttering
Off, On
Stereo - Swap eyes
Application Controlled, Per Eye,
Stereo - Swap mode
Per Eye-pair
Off, On
Texture filtering - anisotropic
mip filter optimization

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Feature Values (Default in bold)a Notes

Off, On
Texture filtering - anisotropic
sample filter optimization

Texture filtering - Negative Allow, Clamp

LOD bias

3D Application Controls - Manage 3D Settings

Texture filtering - Quality High quality, Quality, Balance between quality and
Performance, High performance performance.

Texture filtering - Trilinear Off, On

optimization

Threaded optimization Off, On For systems with multiple

CPUs

Triple buffering Off, On

Vertical sync Use the 3D application setting, Adaptive settings are

Off, On, Adaptive, Adaptive (half available only if Monitor
refresh rate), Fast Technology is set to ULMB
or Fixed Refresh Rate.

Virtual Reality pre-rendered Use the 3D application setting, Sets the frame pre-
frames 1, 2, 3, 4 rendering

Whisper Mode Off: Disabled by GeForce Available on Pascal and later

Experience GPUs, on single-GPU
configurations.
On: Enabled by GeForce
Experience and applied as a
Global Setting. Frame rates are
capped at 40 or 60 fps,
depending on the application.
WhisperMode slider: Appears
under Program Settings when
enabled in GeForce Experience.

3D Application Controls - Special Features

PhysX Configuration For systems with PhysX-

capable GPUs, a minimum of
256MB dedicated graphics
memory, and a minimum of 32
processor cores.

SLI/Multi-GPU Configuration For systems with SLI or multi-

GPU ready GPUs.

Manage Power and Display Power Balanced Quiet For certain enterprise- class
Settings - Power Mode notebooks based on the
NVIDIA Turing GPU
Manage Power and Display Internal display multiplexer type architecture, such as the
Settings - Display Multiplexer

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Feature Values (Default in bold)a Notes

External display multiplexer NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

type notebook.

• Defaults for the 3D application controls are for the Global Settings tab. Under
the Program Settings tab, Use global setting is typically the default setting.

3.2 NVIDIA Control Panel Groups

This section provides an overview of the NVIDIA Control Panel groups.
 Using the Display Pages
 Using the Video Pages
 Using the 3D Settings Pages
 Using the Licensing Pages
 Using the Developer Pages
 Using the Workstation Pages

3.2.1 Using the Display Pages

The actual tasks available on your system depend on your system hardware, such as the
number and type of displays connected. Use the Display group pages to:
 Run the wizard to optimize your display configuration.
 Change the display resolution.
 Change the scaling on your flat panel display.
 Adjust desktop color settings.
 Rotate the display.
 Adjust custom timings.
 Configure multiple displays, including Clone modes.
 Adjust your television picture quality and video color settings for the best
possible viewing in its environment.
 Change the position and size of the desktop/video to best fit your television or
HDTV (high-definition television) screen.
 Change the signal format to use for your standard television or HDTV as well
as change country-specific signal or the HDTV format.
 Verify the HDCP capability of your system.
 Access digital audio controls.

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3.2.2 Using the Video Pages

The actual tasks available on your system depend on your system hardware, such as
whether or not you have a TV connected and enabled. Use the Video page to:
 Adjust video and image color settings.

3.2.3 Using the 3D Settings Pages

The actual tasks available on your system depend on your system hardware, such as
whether you have an SLI-ready system. Use the 3D Settings page to:
 Change the image and rendering settings of your 3D applications and games
that utilize Direct3D and OpenGL technology.
 Assign specific 3D settings to a game so that these settings automatically load
when a game is launched (available under Advanced view).
 Set up your SLI or multi-GPU configuration as well as PhysX configuration.
GPU temperature monitoring and GPU overclocking features are not included in the 3D
Settings page. To use this functionality, you must install NVIDIA nTune software.

3.2.4 Using the Licensing Pages

Use the Licensing pages to obtain licenses for NVIDIA GRID vGPU or NVIDIA Quadro Virtual
Datacenter Workstation (Quadro vDWS) on supported Tesla products.
The Licensing pages are available if the vGPU requires a license, or if the GPU or driver
supports GRID licensed features.

3.2.5 Using the Developer Pages

Use the Developer pages to control settings specific to developers who need to user
NVIDIA developer tools.

3.2.6 Using the Workstation Pages

The Workstation group is available if you have an NVIDIA Quadro graphics card installed.
The actual tasks available depend on which NVIDIA Quadro product you have installed. Use
the Workstation page to:
 Synchronize your displays using frame sync or genlock technology.
 View a graphical representation of the displays and graphics cards installed on your
system.
 Configure Mosaic mode to combine multiple displays into a larger virtual canvass.
 Configure ECC control on supported GPUs.
 Overlap the edges of adjacent displays. Display edge blending is no longer available.

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Appendix A. Professional 3D Stereo

This appendix discusses professional or quad-buffered 3D stereo. It contains the following

sections:
 About Workstation 3D Stereo

 Using Workstation 3D Stereo

A.1 About Workstation 3D Stereo

The NVIDIA graphics driver comes with built-in support for 3D stereoscopic viewing of
OpenGL applications developed for 3D stereo. This is also referred to as professional,
workstation, or quad-buffered stereo.

A.1.1 Basic Workstation 3D Stereo Requirements

To use workstation stereo, you need the following:
 OpenGL application that is developed for stereo
The application must be designed to render different content to the left and right
eye.
 NVIDIA Quadro graphics card, except NVIDIA Quadro NVS cards
 Proper driver configuration through the NVIDIA Control Panel

A.1.2 Using 3D Stereo under Different System

Configurations
The NVIDIA drivers support both full-screen and windowed stereo. Workstation Stereo
Configurations details which stereo modes are supported under which GPU/display
configurations.

Table 9. Workstation Stereo Configurations

System Configuration Active Stereo Display Modes Passive Stereo Display Modes

Single GPU - Single display Supported Supported

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System Configuration Active Stereo Display Modes Passive Stereo Display Modes

Single GPU - Multiple Not supported Supported (including

displays CloneMode)

Multi-system - Multiple Not supported Not supported

displays

Multi-GPU Mode Not supported Supported (including

CloneMode)

SLI mode Not supported Not supported

A.2 Using Workstation 3D Stereo

A.2.1 Basic 3D Stereo Setup
Set up the 3D stereo viewing hardware according to the instructions that came with your
hardware.
1. Start the system, then right-click the desktop and click NVIDIA Control Panel to
open the panel.
2. From the Select a Task pane, click Manage 3D Settings, then click the Global
Settings tab.
3. Under the Settings: Feature column, click Stereo - Enable, then click the
corresponding Setting list arrow and select On.
4. Click Apply.

A.2.2 Selecting the Stereo Display Mode

Typically, the driver detects the type of stereo hardware that is installed and automatically
selects the appropriate display mode. If you cannot view 3D stereo with your application
after these steps, then manually select the display mode as follows:
1. Re-open the Global Settings tab in the NVIDIA Control Panel Manage 3D Settings
page.
2. Under the Settings: Feature column, click Stereo - Display mode, then click the
corresponding Setting list arrow and select the stereo display mode that is
appropriate for your stereo viewing hardware.
See List of Supported Stereo Display Modes for a description of the available
modes.
3. If you want to use passive stereo using nView Clone mode, be sure to set up Clone
mode using the Set Up Display Configuration page.
4. Click Apply.

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Table 10. List of Supported Stereo Display Modes

Option Description Hardware Examples

On-board DIN Time sequential, page-flip stereo,

with stereo shutter glasses
connector
connected directly to a 3-pin DIN
VESA connector.

On-board DIN Time sequential, page-flip stereo, NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision

connector with NVIDIA IR emitter connected to
the 3-pin DIN VESA connector via
(with NVIDIA IR
dongle.
Emitter)

Generic active stereo Any time sequential, page-flip stereo Displays which accept time-
sequential stereo signals

Generic active stereo Any time sequential, page-flip stereo NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision
(with NVIDIA IR using the NVIDIA IR emitter
Emitter)

nView Clone Mode Uses projectors from two displays in Dep3D System
nView Clone mode–left image on
one display, right image on the other.
Passive polarized filters (glasses)
isolate the left and right images to
the corresponding eyes of the
viewer.
nView Clone Mode Clone mode passive to active stereo projectiondesign F10
(with NVIDIA IR conversion - the left/right images
Emitter using external are displayed through separate
stereo signal) monitor outputs and converted to
active stereo by the display.
The display feeds the stereo toggle
signal into the NVIDIA IR emitter
using a 3-pin DIN stereo cable.
Vertical interlaced Vertical pixel columns alternate SeeReal Technologies
stereo monitor between left and right images. A
beam splitter directs the left and
right images to the corresponding
eyes of the viewer.

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Option Description Hardware Examples

Color interleaved Custom implementation for the Sharp3D Stereo Digital Flat
display Sharp 3D Display, an auto- Panels
stereoscopic display that uses a
parallax barrier technology to
provide 3D stereo on the LCD.

Horizontal interlaced Horizontal scan lines alternate VRex, Inc.

stereo display between left and right images.
Passive polarized filters (glasses)
isolate the left and right images to
the corresponding eyes of the
viewer.
3D DLP display Projector or rear projection TV using Samsung or Mitsubishi DLP
Texas Instrument’s Digital Light HDTV with shutter glasses
Processing (DLP) technology.
Requires shutter glasses.

3D DLP display Projector or rear projection TV using Samsung or Mitsubishi DLP

(with NVIDIA IR Texas Instrument’s Digital Light HDTV with NVIDIA GeForce
Emitter) Processing (DLP) technology. 3D Vision
Requires NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision
IR emitter.

3D DLP display INV Use if the “3D DLP display” option Samsung or Mitsubishi DLP
mode results in reversed eyes. HDTV with shutter glasses

3D DLP display INV Use if the “3D DLP display (with Samsung or Mitsubishi DLP
mode NVIDIA IR Emiter) ” option results in HDTV with NVIDIA GeForce
reversed eyes. 3D Vision
(with NVIDIA IR
Emitter)

A.2.3 Using Workstation 3D Stereo with Multiple

Displays
In a multi-display system, you can move the OpenGL application window to all monitors,
although stereo might not be visible on all monitors.

A.2.3.1 Enabling 3D Stereo with Multiple Displays

To make sure that you successfully enable 3D stereo in a multi-display configuration and
avoid losing stereo settings, NVIDIA recommends first enabling stereo in single-display
mode and then closing the NVIDIA Control Panel before setting up multi-display modes.
1. Enable 3D stereo

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• Open the NVIDIA Control Panel, then set single-display mode using the Set
Up Multiple Displays page.
• Set stereo settings using the Manage 3D Settings page.
• Close the NVIDIA Control Panel.
2. Enable multiple displays.
• Using either the Windows Display Properties page or by re-opening the
NVIDIA Control Panel -> Set up Multiple Displays page, set the desired multi-
display mode.
3. Set up other NVIDIA Control Panel -> Workstation settings as needed, such as frame
locking.

A.2.3.2 3D Stereo Under nView Modes

Under nView multi-display modes, both displays must be set to the same resolution and
refresh rate. If the refresh rates are different, the 3D stereo will be displayed on the
display with the highest refresh rate.

A.2.3.3 3D Stereo Under Dualview Modes

Under Dualview mode, all displays must be set to the same refresh rate for 3D stereo to be
displayed on all the Dualview displays. If the refresh rates are different, 3D stereo will be
displayed on the display with the highest refresh rate.

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Appendix B. NVIDIA Application

Configuration Engine

This appendix discusses the NVIDIA application configuration engine (ACE) for professional
workstation applications. It contains the following sections:
 Introduction
 Using ACE with Supported Applications

 Using Applications that Are Not Supported by ACE

 Adding to the List of ACE-Detectable Applications
 Frequently Asked Questions

B.1 Introduction
B.1.1 Background
Workstation application profiles are a group of software settings used by the NVIDIA
graphics driver to provide optimum performance when using a selected application. If
there is an available profile for an application, it should be used to ensure correct
application behavior and optimal performance.

B.1.2 About NVIDIA ACE

With the NVIDIA application configuration engine (ACE), the graphics driver can now
detect supported workstation applications and apply the appropriate profile settings
automatically–you no longer need to manually select the profile from the NVIDIA Control
Panel. If you run more than one application at a time, ACE makes sure that the driver
applies the appropriate profile settings to each application.

B.2 Using ACE with Supported

Applications
When you run an application that is supported by ACE, you do not need to do anything
special. The driver will detect the application and apply the appropriate profile settings
automatically.

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B.2.1 How to Determine ACE Support

To determine whether your application is supported by ACE:
1. Open the NVIDIA Control Panel.
2. From the Select a Task pane, under 3D Settings, click Manage 3D Settings, then
click the Program Settings tab.
3. The Select a program to customize list box contains a list of the ACE-detectable
applications.

Figure 4. Manage 3D Settings Page - ACE-Detectable Applications

B.2.2 Modifying Settings for ACE-detectable

Applications
You can modify the settings as follows:
1. Select the application from the Select a program to customize box.
The settings for the application are listed in the Specify the settings for this
program box.
2. Click the setting you want to change and then select the new setting from the drop-
down list.
3. Click Apply when you are finished making your changes.

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B.3 Using Applications that Are Not

Supported by ACE
If your application is not detectable by ACE, then you should configure an application
profile and make sure it is set before running the application.

B.3.1 Setting Up an Application Profile Using Global

Presets
1. From the Manage 3D Settings page, click the Global Settings tab.
2. Click the Global Presets list arrow.

Figure 5. Manage 3D Settings Page – Applications with Global Profiles

3. Select one of the global presets:

4. Select a Base profile, one of the generic 3D App profiles, or create a new profile
(see Adding to the List of ACE-Detectable Applications).
5. In the Settings box, you can modify the profile by clicking the setting you want to
change and then selecting the new setting from the drop-down list.
6. Click Apply when you are finished making your changes.
If you run a different application that is not ACE-detectable and do not want to use these
settings, then repeat these steps for the new application.
Be aware that these settings may affect any ACE profile settings that specify Use global
setting.

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B.3.2 About the Global Presets

Global profiles, or presets, are a set of 3D settings that the driver applies to any
workstation application. While a specific profile contains settings that work best with a
particular application, the settings are applied to any workstation application you run, as
long as there are no ACE- detected program settings to override them.
The following are descriptions of the available global presets:
 Base profile
This preset lets you configure all the settings, and provides the most flexibility.
Other presets allow you to configure only a limited selection of settings.
 3D App - Default Global Settings
This preset uses SLI single-GPU rendering mode, and is also useful when you
need to use non-SLI configurations.
 3D App - Game Development
This preset is useful for game development when using an NVIDIA Quadro card.
This eliminates the need for game developers to switch to a GeForce graphics card
as the settings cause the Quadro card to run like a GeForce card.
 3D App - Modeling AFR
This preset is useful for modeling applications, and uses SLI AFR mode.
 3D App - Visual Simulation
This preset is useful for visual simulation applications, and uses SLI SFR mode.

B.4 Adding to the List of ACE-Detectable

Applications
If your application is not listed in any of the profile lists in the Global Settings or Program
Settings tab, then you can create a profile for that application as follows:

Note: If your application is listed in the Global Settings tab, then do not create a new
profile. Instead, set the global preset for that application.

1. From the Manage 3D Settings page, click the Program Settings tab.
2. Click Add.
3. In the Open dialog box, navigate to the location of your application executable, then
choose the executable file name and click Open.
4. The file name appears in the Select a program to customize list box.
5. In the Specify the settings for this program box, configure any settings by clicking
the setting you want to change and then selecting the new setting from the drop-
down list.
6. Click Apply when you are finished making your changes.
The new profile will be applied automatically whenever the application is run, just like one of
the default ACE profiles.

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If your application was running while you created the new profile, you must restart the
application for the settings to be applied.

B.5 Frequently Asked Questions

 What happens when I run more than one ACE-detectable application at the
same time?
The driver detects each application and applies the appropriate profile to each one
automatically.
 What happens when I run an ACE-detectable application and a non-ACE-
detectable application at the same time?
The driver applies the global preset to the non-ACE-detected application, and applies
the appropriate profile to the ACE-detected application. Note that any settings in the
ACE profile that specify Use global setting will be controlled by the global preset.
 Can I create my own application profile?
Only one profile can be created for a specific executable, so if your application is ACE-
detectable, do not create another profile for that application.
If your application is not ACE-detectable, and there is no global preset for it, then you
can create a new profile as described in Adding to the List of ACE-Detectable
Applications.
 Can I create a new global profile for a specific application?
For applications that are not detected by ACE, you can select an existing global preset
and customize it, but you will not be able to save it under a custom name.
 Which global preset should I use?
Unless you know that a specific global preset is appropriate for your application (see
About the Global Presets), it is best to use the Base profile.

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