Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 |January 27, 2014 Windows Vista, WIndows 7, Windows 8, & Windows 8.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction to Release Notes .................................................. 1 Structure of the Document ........................................................ 1 Changes in this Edition ............................................................. 1 2 Release 331 Driver Changes..................................................... 2 Version 332.50 Highlights .......................................................... 3 Existing Support.................................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS Other Issues...................................................................... 22 Known Product Limitations ....................................................... 23 System Should not Enter Sleep/Hibernate Mode With SDI Capture in Progress .......................................................................... 23 Once Installed, the SDI Capture Driver Release Must Always Match the Graphics Driver..................................................................
Chapter : Appendix B: NVIDIA Tesla Compute Cluster Mode ............................44 About Tesla Compute Cluster Mode ............................................. 44 TCC Overview ................................................................... 44 Running CUDA Applications.................................................... 45 Operating on Systems with non-TCC NVIDIA GPUs ............................ 46 Setting TCC Mode for Tesla Products ............................................
LIST OF TABLES Table 1 GOM and Driver Model Compatibility .............................................. 9 Table 3.1 Supported NVIDIA Quadro & NVS Products .................................... 30 Table 3.2 Supported NVIDIA Quadro Sync Products ...................................... 32 Table 3.3 Supported NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync II Products ................................. 32 Table 3.4 Supported NVIDIA Quadro SDI Products ........................................ 32 Table 3.
01 INTRODUCTION TO RELEASE NOTES This edition of Release Notes describes the Release 331 family of NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, Tesla, and GRID Drivers for Microsoft® Windows® Vista and later1. NVIDIA provides these notes to describe performance improvements and bug fixes in each documented version of the driver. Structure of the Document This document is organized in the following sections: “Release 331 Driver Changes” on page 2 gives a summary of changes, and fixed and open issues in this version.
02 RELEASE 331 DRIVER CHANGES This chapter describes open issues for version 332.50, and resolved issues and driver enhancements for versions of the Release 331 driver up to version 332.50. The chapter contains these sections: “Version 332.50 Highlights” on page 3 “Advanced Instructions for this Release” on page 7 “Changes in Version 332.50” on page 13 “Changes in Version 332.21” on page 14 “Changes in Version 331.82” on page 15 “Changes in Version 331.
Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER CHANGES Version 332.50 Highlights This section provides highlights of version 332.50 of the NVIDIA Release 331 Driver for Windows Vista and later. Existing Support What’s New in Release 331 What’s New in Version 332.50 Discontinued and Unsupported Features in this Release Limitations in This Release Existing Support This release supports the following APIs: Open Computing Language (OpenCL) 1.
Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER CHANGES Workstation Features Mosaic Improved Mosaic setup time. Added default topology and display numbering in the NVIDIA Control Panel- >Mosaic setup process. NvWMI Updated to version 2.15. Added support for creating multiple display grids. Added support for passive stereo modes. NvAPI Viewport Scanout with Warp and Blend: Added support via NVAPI for viewport scanout with warp and blend.
Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER CHANGES What’s New in Version 332.50 This driver offers performance improvements over previous driver versions, including workstation compatibility fixes. This driver installs nView Desktop Manager version 141.00. See “Changes in Version 332.50” on page 13 for a list of changes and resolved issues in this driver version.
Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER CHANGES Release 304 drivers continue to support Curie generation Workstation products, and NVIDIA will continue to address driver issues for these products in driver branches up to and including Release 304. However, future driver enhancements and optimizations in driver releases after Release 304 will not support Curie generation products.
Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER CHANGES Advanced Instructions for this Release This section clarifies instructions for successfully accomplishing the following tasks: Turning Off V-Sync to Boost Performance NVIDIA Application Configuration Engine (ACE) Using the WDDM Driver Model with Tesla GPU GOMs SLI Multi-OS – GPU Assignment in System Virtualization Turning Off V-Sync to Boost Performance To get the best benchmark and application performance measurements, turn V-Sync off as follows: 1 Open
Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER CHANGES Using the WDDM Driver Model with Tesla GPU GOMs Tesla GPU Operation Modes Tesla K20X and K20 GPU Accelerators offer the ability to specify the GPU operation mode using NV-SMI/NVML. (refer to: https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidiamanagement-library-nvml). By setting the GPU operation mode, developers can selectively turn off certain features in the GPU to get the best performance per watt for certain workloads.
Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER CHANGES Compatibility Between GOM and Driver Models Table 1 shows which GPU operation modes are compatible with which driver models. Table 1 GOM and Driver Model Compatibility GOM TCC Driver WDDM Driver Use Case Support Model Model All On YES YES All use cases are supported.
Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER CHANGES SLI Multi-OS – GPU Assignment in System Virtualization On systems with two or more graphics cards installed, this driver supports a hypervisor's ability to directly assign GPUs to guest virtual machines (VMs). This direct assignment allows each guest VM to run on their own operating system with their own GPU and driver. The assignment allows full GPU performance and functionality in the guest VM.
Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER CHANGES GPU Family Boards supported Tesla Quadro FX1800, 3800, 4800, 5800 Quadro-MXM: FX880M, FX2800M Tesla: M1060, C1060 Notes and Known Issues VMware • PCI I/O hole may need to be changed for Windows 64-bit VMs. Windows 64-bit VMs may require that you edit the VM configuration file to configure a larger PCI I/O hole for the GPU. • Access Control Services is required on some switches. Starting with ESX 5.
Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER CHANGES Workaround option #2: Install the hotfix provided by Citrix at http:// support.citrix.com/article/CTX137645): Multi-Monitor Support on GRID Multi-monitor support on GRID boards K1 and K2 requires the following VBIOS versions: • GRID K1: 80.07.AF.00.00 or later • GRID K2: 80:04:BA:00.00 or later Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.
Changes in Version 332.50 Changes in Version 332.50 The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since driver version 332.21. Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 Fixed Issues [Tesla K20c][Matlab]: The Telsa K20c does not perform as well as the Tesla C2050 for high-aspect DGEMM. Fixed with CUDA 6.0. Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.
Changes in Version 332.21 Changes in Version 332.21 The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since driver version 331.65. Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 Fixed Issues [Visi]: Dialog boxes may become unusable, requiring application restart from Task Manager. [nView][Catia V5-6R2014]: The application may crash during the file-save process. This issue is fixed with nView Desktop Manager version 140.94.
Changes in Version 331.82 Changes in Version 331.82 The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since driver version 331.65. Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 Fixed Issues [Quadro 4000][Maya]: The application crashes if the NVIDIA driver intercepts memory allocation calls on Windows. [ESI]: Added unique profile. Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.
Changes in Version 331.65 Changes in Version 331.65 The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since driver version 320.92. Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 Fixed Issues [NX 8.5]: The application crashes when performing Assemblies Constraint operations with Threaded optimization turned ON. [ [Cinema 4D]: Performance improvements are requested. [Cinema 4D]: Threaded optimization causes the application to respond slowly.
Open Issues in Version 332.50 Open Issues in Version 332.50 As with every released driver, version 332.50 of the Release 331 driver has open issues and enhancement requests associated with it. This section includes lists of issues that are either not fixed or not implemented in this version. Some problems listed may not have been thoroughly investigated and, in fact, may not be NVIDIA issues. Others may have workaround solutions.
Not NVIDIA Issues Not NVIDIA Issues This section lists issues that are not due to the NVIDIA driver as well as features that are not meant to be supported by the NVIDIA driver for Windows Vista/Windows 7.
Not NVIDIA Issues NVIDIA Control Panel Rotate Display Page The rotation radio button labels are changed slightly under Windows 7 to be consistent with the Microsoft panel Table 2.
Not NVIDIA Issues Video Zoom Pan & Scan - the process of panning across the desktop in order to display a desktop on a monitor with lower resolution Per-display Desktop Color Setting Adjustments For Clone mode, the desktop color setting adjustments through the NVIDIA Control Panel can only be made across all displays in a system, and not on a per-display basis.
Not NVIDIA Issues OpenGL Application Issues The following are known compatibility issues for OpenGL applications developed under Windows XP: Mixed GDI and OpenGL rendering does not work. A number of applications use GDI to render UI components and object highlighting. This is not supported in the Windows Vista driver model. NVIDIA recommends converting GDI rendering to OpenGL. The following are some applications that are known to have this issue: • Maya 7.
Not NVIDIA Issues Other Issues Quadro 6000: OpenCL/OpenGL interoperability performance suffers with clEnqueueReleaseGLObjects. To avoid this issues, use CUDA. The Windows Vista display mode switches from Aeroglass to Basic when a quad- buffer for stereo is created. Quad-buffered windowed stereo is only supported with Aeroglass turned off.
Known Product Limitations This section describes problems that will not be fixed. Usually, the source of the problem is beyond the control of NVIDIA.
Once Installed, the SDI Capture Driver Release Must Always Match the Graphics Driver To use the Quadro SDI Capture card, you need to install the NVIDIA WDM driver for the Quadro SDI Capture card after installing the Quadro professional driver. The WDM driver version must be from the same branch as the installed NVIDIA graphics driver.
NVIDIA Action for Some GeForce-based Systems For GeForce GPUs with 2.75 GB or less of video memory, the NVIDIA display driver constrains TAG memory to just below 4 GB1. In this scenario, the Shared System Memory component of TAG is limited first, before limiting Dedicated Video Memory. This is a policy decision within the driver, and results in reliable reporting of sub-4 GB TAG memory. When TAG Reporting Would Not Be Limited For GeForce-based GPUs with more than 2.
Using HDMI/DisplayPort Audio with Displays that have a High Native Resolution To use HDMI/DisplayPort audio with some displays that have a native resolution higher than 1920x1080, you must set the display to a lower HD resolution. Some HDMI TV's have a native resolution that exceeds the maximum supported HD mode. For example, TVs with a native resolution of 1920x1200 exceed the maximum supported HD mode of 1920x1080.
Video but no audio Check the connector list on the NVIDIA Control Panel->Change Resolution page. If HDMI-HDTV (Audio Disabled) is selected and you want to test whether your HDMI audio does, in fact, work, then select HDMI-HDTV (Audio Enabled) and the driver will prompt you with instructions for testing HDMI audio with the display. If HDMI-HDTV (Audio Enabled) is selected, then the driver has not successfully detected that an incompatible display is connected.
SLI Connector Requirement on NVIDIA Quadro SLI Cards The SLI connector that links two SLI cards is needed for proper SLI operation. However, the connector can be removed if you do not intend to enable SLI mode. If you remove the connector, then you must make sure that SLI mode is disabled from the NVIDIA control panel. Enabling SLI mode without the SLI connector installed will result in video corruption.
03 THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER This chapter covers the following main topics: “Hardware and Software Support” on page 29 “Driver Installation” on page 37 Hardware and Software Support Supported Operating Systems The Release 331 driver, version 332.50, has been tested with Microsoft Windows® 8.1, and supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Microsoft Windows® 8, and supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Microsoft Windows® 7, and supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
Chapter 03 : THE RELEASE 331 D RIVER Supported NVIDIA Products The following tables list the NVIDIA products supported by the Release 331 driver, version 332.50. Table 3.1, “Supported NVIDIA Quadro & NVS Products” on page 30 Table 3.2, “Supported NVIDIA Quadro Sync Products” on page 32 Table 3.3, “Supported NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync II Products” on page 32 Table 3.4, “Supported NVIDIA Quadro SDI Products” on page 32 Table 3.5, “Supported NVIDIA Quadro Plex Products” on page 33 Table 3.
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Chapter 03 : THE RELEASE 331 D RIVER NVIDIA Quadro Sync Products Table 3.2 Supported NVIDIA Quadro Sync Products Product Notes NVIDIA Quadro K6000 NVIDIA Quadro K5000 NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync II Products Table 3.3 Supported NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync II Products Product Notes NVIDIA Quadro 6000 NVIDIA Quadro 5000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 NVIDIA Quadro SDI Products Table 3.
Chapter 03 : THE RELEASE 331 D RIVER NVIDIA Quadro Plex Products Table 3.5 Supported NVIDIA Quadro Plex Products Product Notes NVIDIA Quadro Plex 7000 NVIDIA Quadro Plex D Series NVIDIA Quadro Plex S Series NVIDIA Quadro Plex Model IV NVIDIA Quadro Blade/Embedded Graphics Board Table 3.
Chapter 03 : THE RELEASE 331 D RIVER NVIDIA Tesla Products The Tesla driver package is designed for systems that have one or more Tesla products installed. Only one GHIC can be connected to the server in a Tesla system. This release of the Tesla driver supports CUDA C/C++ applications and libraries that rely on the CUDA C Runtime and/or CUDA Driver API. Table 3.
Chapter 03 : THE RELEASE 331 D RIVER Table 3.8 Supported NVIDIA GRID Products (continued) Product Notes NVIDIA GRID K1 Windows 7 Windows 8 Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.
Chapter 03 : THE RELEASE 331 D RIVER Supported Languages The Release 331 Graphics Drivers supports the following languages in the main driver 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) Release 331 Quadro
Chapter 03 : THE RELEASE 331 D RIVER Driver Installation Minimum Hard Disk Space The hard disk space requirement for 32-bit is minimum 220 MB for English-only, and 300 MB for International. The hard disk space requirement for 64-bit is minimum 320 MB for English-only, and 400 MB for International. Before You Begin nTune If you have previously installed NVIDIA nTune, NVIDIA recommends that you uninstall nTune before installing this driver.
APPENDIX A MODE SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS This chapter details the Windows modes supported by the Release 331 driver for NVIDIA products. It contains these sections: “General Mode Support Information” on page 39 “Default Modes Supported by GPU” on page 40 “Modes Supported by TV Encoders” on page 43 Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS General Mode Support Information The NVIDIA graphics driver includes a standard list of display modes that are supported by default. These modes are listed in the section “Default Modes Supported by GPU” on page 40. The actual modes available depend on the capabilities of the display.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS Default Modes Supported by GPU This section lists the modes that are included by default in the driver INF for the following product families: “Tesla, Quadro, & NVS GPUs” on page 41 Understanding the Mode Format Figure A.1 gives an example of how to read the mode information presented in this section.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS Tesla, Quadro, & NVS GPUs This sections lists the supported display resolutions, color depths, and refresh rates for the products listed in “Supported NVIDIA Products” on page 30.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 1920 x 1440 16 60 70 72 75 85 2048 x 1536 16 60 -----------------------------------------------------------------640 x 480 32 720 x 480 32 720 x 576 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 60 50 800 x 600 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 1024 x 768 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 1152 x 864 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 1280 x 720 32 60 1280 x 768 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS Modes Supported by TV Encoders Table A.3 and Table A.4 list the NTSC, PAL, and HDTV TV-Out modes supported by the NVIDIA driver. Table A.
APPENDIX B NVIDIA TESLA COMPUTE CLUSTER MODE This chapter describes the Tesla Compute Cluster (TCC) mode. “About Tesla Compute Cluster Mode” on page 44 “Operating on Systems with non-TCC NVIDIA GPUs” on page 46 “Setting TCC Mode for Tesla Products” on page 46 About Tesla Compute Cluster Mode TCC Overview Tesla Compute Cluster (TCC) mode is designed for compute cluster nodes that have one or more Tesla products installed.
Appendix B : NVIDIA TESLA COMPUTE CLUSTER MODE TCC Does not Support Graphics Acceleration TCC mode does not provide CUDA–DirectX/OpenGL interoperability. It is a “non-display” driver, and NVIDIA GPUs using this driver will not support DirectX or OpenGL hardware acceleration. Running CUDA Applications This release of the Tesla driver supports CUDA C/C++ applications and libraries that rely on the CUDA C Runtime and/or CUDA Driver API.
Appendix B : NVIDIA TESLA COMPUTE CLUSTER MODE Operating on Systems with non-TCC NVIDIA GPUs NVIDIA GPUs running under TCC mode may coexist with other display devices. The Tesla driver is overinstalled over any NVIDIA display driver in the system–the NVIDIA Tesla driver then becomes the only driver for all NVIDIA GPUs in the system. If the Tesla driver is uninstalled at a later time, the previous driver is not restored.
Appendix B : NVIDIA TESLA COMPUTE CLUSTER MODE Table B.1 Default TCC Mode for Tesla Products Tesla Product Default Mode M2070-Q non-TCC M2090 TCC Notes To change the TCC mode, use the NVIDIA smi utility as follows: nvidia-smi -g (GPU ID) -dm (0 for WDDM, 1 for TCC) Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.
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