Display Configuration
The Display Configuration control panel, part of the NVIDIA nViewTM Desktop
Manager, is a quick way to toggle between your multi-display modes. Accessed at
the click of a button, the Display Configuration control panel shows all
available display combinations and allows you to switch modes on the fly.
This feature is valuable for notebook users giving presentations as it allows
you to quickly and easily switch between single display mode and clone mode..
Display Scheme Configuration
To enable the Display Configuration control panel, follow
these steps:
Launch the nView Desktop Manager
from the Windows control panel.
Make sure the nView Desktop Manger is
set to Enabled.
Browse to the Hot Keys tab.
nView Hot Keys Control Panel
Expand the Display Settings
list.
Select Show display scheme menu.
Click the Add button to add a
new hotkey.
Hotkey Properties
Choose any combination of keystrokes
that will be used to launch the Display Configuration control panel. For
this example, the hot key will be assigned to CTRL-SHIFT-D.
Exit the nView Desktop Manager control
panel
Press CTRL-SHIFT-D and launch the
Display Configuration control panel.
Select the multi-display mode you wish
to run
Display Scheme Configuration
Application Profiles
Application profiles, part of the NVIDIA ForceWareTM
graphics driver, allow you to quickly create custom image quality and
performance profiles for all of your games and applications. For instance, you
may wish to run the latest car racing game at the highest levels of image
quality for antialiasing and anisotropic filtering. Or you may to run your
favorite action game at the highest speed possible. You can even set global
settings for all of your applications.
With NVIDIA's graphics profiles you can easily manage all of your games and
applications. Once you have set up a profile, it will automatically change the
settings when you launch the application for that profile.
To use application profiles option, follow the steps
below.
Browse to the NVIDIA Display
Properties by right mouse clicking on the desktop and selecting NVIDIA
Display.
NVIDIA Display Control Panel
Select the Performance and Quality
Settings option from the tree view.
Performance and Quality Control Panel
Select the Performance and Quality
Settings option from the tree view.
NOTE: The Release 55
graphics driver ships with default profiles for some applications. If
you wish to change any settings, select the profile and click Modify.
The steps below will show you how to add a
new profile, modify a profile, or modifying an existing profile.
Adding a New Profile
Select Global Driver Settings
from the Application profiles list.
Click Add to display the Add
Profiles dialog box.
Assign a name to the profile.
In the Associated application list,
click on the application(s) you want to associate with the profile.
If your application is not listed,
locate the application by clicking Browse.
Click OK to display the
previous panel.
The Application profiles list
displays the new profile name.
Now select the settings for your new
profile.
To delete a profile you have added,
click Remove.
NOTE: Predefined
NVIDIA-supplied profiles, whether modified or not, cannot be deleted.
These settings are intended to fix problems in applications.
When you are done click Apply.
Inside Box
Modifying a
Predefined Profile
Select a predefined
profile from the Application profiles list. The Modify option
becomes enabled.
Modify settings from the
Global Driver Settings list.
Click Modify. Two
options are displayed: Modify and Save As…
NOTE::If you
want to associate specific application/game executable files with the modified
profile, click Modify and follow steps a through f below.
If you do not want to associate specific application/game executable
files with the modified profile, simply click SaveAs… and follow
steps e and f below.
Click Modify
to display the Modify Profile dialog box.
In the Associated application list, click on the application(s) you want to
associate with the profile you are modifying. To locate applications not in
the current list, click Browse.
Click OK when done to return to the previous panel.
To save modified profile, click Modify option and then click Save As
From the Save Settings dialog box, you can either retain the existing name
or rename the profile.
Click OK to return to the previous panel.
To restore a modified profile to its original settings, select the profile
and then click Restore.
NOTE: Predefined NVIDIA-supplied profiles, whether modified or not, cannot
be removed.
