Release 331 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 331.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction to Release Notes.................................................... 1 Structure of the Document ........................................................ 1 Changes in this Edition ............................................................. 1 2 Changes in the Release 331 Driver for Windows XP ......................... 2 Version 331.82 Highlights .......................................................... 3 What’s New in Version 331.82 ........................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS Uninstalling Drivers Using Device Manager is not Supported............. 18 Using HDMI Audio with Displays that have a High Native Resolution ... 19 Using HDMI/DisplayPort Displays that do not Support Audio ............. 19 Using HDMI/DisplayPort Audio in Dualview or Clone Mode Configurations20 GPU Runs at a High Performance Level (full clock speeds) in Multi-display Modes ............................................................................
01 INTRODUCTION TO RELEASE NOTES This edition of Release Notes describes the Release 331 family of graphics drivers (versions 331.xx to 333.xx) for Microsoft® Windows® XP. 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: “Changes in the Release 331 Driver for Windows XP” on page 2 gives a summary of changes, and fixed and open issues in this version.
02 CHANGES IN THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER FOR WINDOWS XP This chapter describes open issues for version 331.82, and resolved issues and driver enhancements for versions of the Release 331 driver up to version 331.82. The chapter contains these sections: “Version 331.82 Highlights” on page 3 “Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 331.82” on page 11 “Open Windows XP Issues in Version 331.
Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER FOR W INDOWS XP Version 331.82 Highlights This section provides highlights of version 331.82 of the NVIDIA Release 331 Driver. What’s New in Version 331.82 What’s New in Release 331 Limitations in This Release Unsupported Features Under Windows XP Advanced Driver Information What’s New in Version 331.82 This 331.
Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER FOR W INDOWS XP Profile Updates SLI Profiles • Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - updated SLI profile • Path of Exile game - added • Natural Selection 2 - updated • Blade & Soul - updated Other Profiles • Civilization 5 - added HBAO+ Fixed Issues See “Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 331.82” on page 11 for a list of other changes and resolved issues in this driver version. Release 331 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 331.
Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER FOR W INDOWS XP What’s New in Release 331 The section summarizes the driver changes in Release 331: Performance Boost Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 Series GPUs in several PC games when compared to the GeForce 327.23 drivers. Graphics Implemented Horizon Based Ambient Occlusion plus (HBAO+) for DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 applications. Visit GeForce.com for more info about HBAO+. OpenGL Added support for OpenGL 4.4.
Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER FOR W INDOWS XP • Splinter Cell: Blacklist - updated SLI profile • State of Decay - added profile for DirectX 9 • War of the Vikings - added profile for DirectX 11 • Watch Dogs - added profile for DirectX 11 Other Profile Updates • Crysis 3 - added AO profile • FIFA 14 - added AO profile • Battlefield 3 - updated Surround profile • Battlefield 4 - updated Surround profile • Civilization 5 - added HBAO+ Release 331 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 331.
Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER FOR W INDOWS XP Limitations in This Release The following are features that are not currently supported or have limited support in this driver release: Support for Notebook PCs Starting with Release 270 drivers, NVIDIA Verde drivers for notebook PCs will only be available for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Notebooks running Windows XP are supported by the latest Release 266 WHQL-certified driver here: http:// www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-winxp-266.
Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER FOR W INDOWS XP Unsupported Features Under Windows XP The following are either features that are not supported under Windows XP, or feature limitations that exist under Windows XP: Kepler GPU Limitations Multi-display support The 4-display support of Kepler GPUs1 is not available under Windows XP. Multidisplay support is limited to two displays per Kepler GPU. SLI Support • There is no support for SLI frame rendering (AFR/SFR) or SLI FSAA.
Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER FOR W INDOWS XP Advanced Driver Information This section contains the following additional information about the driver: Help for Resizing Your HDTV Desktop Understanding Dynamic GPU Performance Mode Help for Resizing Your HDTV Desktop After resizing the HDTV desktop, the new custom resolution created is now added to the list of available resolutions for that display, and also added to the resolution list within the game or application.
Chapter 02 : C HANGES IN THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER FOR W INDOWS XP Understanding Dynamic GPU Performance Mode With the Release 280 drivers, NVIDIA GPU clock speeds will increase more quickly in response to increased graphics demands. Conversely, with lower graphics use the GPU clock speed slows down more quickly, conserving as much power as possible. In the Release 280 drivers, some users reported a noticeable fluctuation in clock speeds while engaging in various tasks on the PC.
Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 331.82 Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 331.82 The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since the version 320.49. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference. [NVIDIA Control Panel]: Slovenian is incorrectly set as the default language for the Croatia region. [1175402] The default is now English.
Open Windows XP Issues in Version 331.82 Open Windows XP Issues in Version 331.82 As with every released driver, version 331.82 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.
Open Windows XP Issues in Version 331.82 GeForce 200 Series GPUs [Multi-GPU][GeForce 200 series][Dirt3]: With Multi-GPU enabled, the game crashes after the intro video with the error message “ dirt3_game.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close”. [956667] GeForce 8 Series GPUs [SLI], GeForce 8600 GT: Battlefield 2–there is texture corruption on the wall in "Gulf Of Oman" map.
Not NVIDIA Issues Not NVIDIA Issues This section lists issues that are not due to the NVIDIA driver. “Application Issues” on page 3 “Not NVIDIA Issues–SLI Mode” on page 6 Application Issues All GPUs Dark Void–if you experience issues playing Dark Void, NVIDIA recommends the following steps: a Install all game patches. Retail box owners can get the patch here: http://download.nvidia.com/downloads/ nZone/patches/DarkVoid_PhysX_Update_Patch.
Not NVIDIA Issues This occurs because of an incorrect driver version check in the application. NVIDIA has worked around this issue in the operating system by changing the way the driver version is reported to this application. Warhammer 40k Dawn of War (all versions) does not run with Release 100 drivers.[273154] This occurs because of an incorrect driver version check in the application.
Not NVIDIA Issues Quake4: Random pauses occur during gameplay. [260029] This appears to be an application issue that affects testing on Quake4 with dual-core optimizations turned on. Turning off the SMP value in Quake4 eliminates this problem. Age of Empires 3: Vertical sliver appears near the right side of the introduction videos. [221738] Battlefield 1942 hangs after playing for a few minutes.[265230] This is an application issue with dual-core CPUs.
Not NVIDIA Issues Not NVIDIA Issues–SLI Mode [SLI], GeForce 8800 GTX: Neverwinter Nights 2– flickering occurs between screen transitions when SLI is enabled.[296352] 193105 With SLI enabled, the SLI split line does not appear when VSync is forced on. This is not a bug, and the applications are, in fact, running in SLI mode. The SLI split line/load bar is not supposed to appear when Vsync is enabled in SLI mode. Release 331 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 331.
02 THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER FOR WINDOWS XP This chapter covers the following main topics: “About the Release 331 Driver” on page 7 “Hardware and Software Support” on page 8 “Driver Installation” on page 13 About the Release 331 Driver This driver release is from the Release 331 family of drivers (versions 325.xx to 327.xx). This driver package supports the GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.
Chapter 02 : T HE RELEASE 331 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Hardware and Software Support Supported Operating Systems This Release 331 driver includes drivers designed for the following Microsoft® operating systems: Microsoft Windows® XP • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup2 • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 • Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 • Windows XP Professional • Windows XP Home Edition • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Supported NVIDIA Desktop Products Table 2.
Chapter 02 : T HE RELEASE 331 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Table 2.
Chapter 02 : T HE RELEASE 331 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Table 2.
Chapter 02 : T HE RELEASE 331 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Table 2.1 Supported NVIDIA Consumer Products (continued) Product Notes GeForce 8200 GeForce 8100/NVIDIA nForce 720a NVIDIA nForce 780a Release 331 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 331.
Chapter 02 : T HE RELEASE 331 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP 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) Re
Chapter 02 : T HE RELEASE 331 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Driver Installation System Requirements The hard disk space requirement for 32 bit is minimum 150 MB for English-only, and 230 MB for International. The hard disk space requirement for 64 bit is minimum 207 MB for English-only, and 300 MB for International.
Chapter 02 : T HE RELEASE 331 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Follow the steps below and/or refer to the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager User’s Guide for details. 1 Open the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page. 2 To preserve your current settings, you can use either the Save or the New option from the nView Desktop Manager Profiles page: • If you want to overwrite the currently loaded profile with your changed settings, use the Save option.
Chapter 02 : T HE RELEASE 331 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer You can easily use any saved profile (.tvp file in the Windows\nView directory) from one computer and use it in another computer, if you want. You’ll need to copy it to the Windows\nView directory of a computer that has the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics display driver, etc. installed properly.
Chapter 02 : T HE RELEASE 331 D RIVER FOR WINDOWS XP Installing the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 1 Follow the instructions on the NVIDIA .com Web site driver download page to locate the appropriate driver to download, based on your hardware and operating system. 2 From the driver download page, click the download button. The Download Confirmation page appears. 3 If you agree to the "License For Customer Use of NVIDIA Software", click the Agree & Download button to begin the download.
Known Product Limitations Known Product Limitations This section describes problems that will not be fixed. Usually, the source of the problem is beyond the control of NVIDIA.
Known Product Limitations No PhysX Acceleration Using the GPU If after installing the PhysX System Software you find that there is no PhysX acceleration on supported applications, repeat the PhysX setup as follows: 1 Reboot the PC. 2 Open the NVIDIA Control Panel and then, under 3D Settings, click Set PhyX configuration to open that page. 3 Under Select a PhysX processor, verify that either auto-select or a specific NVIDIA GPU is selected. 4 Click Apply.
Known Product Limitations Using HDMI Audio with Displays that have a High Native Resolution To use HDMI audio with some displays that have a native resolution higher than 1920x1080, you must set the display to a lower HD resolution. Some HDMI displays have a native resolution that exceeds the maximum supported HD mode. For example, displays with a native resolution of 1920x1200 exceed the maximum supported HD mode of 1920x1080.
Known Product Limitations 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. Future drive versions will properly identify such displays and disable audio.
Known Product Limitations 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz not Available on BenQ FP241W Monitors Even though the monitor EDID lists 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz, the screen turns blank when using an HDMI connection. This is an issue with the monitor and not the NVIDIA driver. Because of this issue with the monitor, the NVIDIA driver blocks the problem mode (1280x1024 @ 60 Hz) and makes it unavailable.
Known Product Limitations Display Output Selection not Available on “Bridgeless” SLI On graphics cards that can operate in SLI mode without the SLI connector (such as the GeForce 6600), you cannot select which monitor to display the output. On the SLI display property page, the option box to select the output display is not available.
Known Product Limitations Video Playback in nView Clone and Span Modes Problem With nView Clone or Span mode enabled, video playback appears on only one display under the following conditions: • Under nView Clone mode, when full-screen video mirror is not used. • Under nView Span mode, when full-screen video mirror is not used and the video is positioned to span across both monitors.
Known Product Limitations Medal of Honor Under Windows XP / Windows 2000 Problem The Electronic Arts game Medal of Honor uses a hard coded buffer to parse the OpenGL extension string. This can cause a system crash under Windows XP and Windows 2000. Workaround NVIDIA has implemented Medal of Honor application detection to work around this extension string crash.
Known Product Limitations Poor Quality S-Video Output on Some TVs NVIDIA drivers differentiate an S-video TV from a composite TV by searching for 75Ohm loads on the chrominance and luminance lines. If the driver detects only one such load, it assumes that it has a composite TV and drives both chroma and luma onto that line. This approach allows both types of TV to display in color.
Known Product Limitations The registry key is automatically applied by installation of the latest NVIDIA nForce platform driver package (including 4.57 SMBUS or later). It is imperative for the package to be installed or for the registry key to be applied before the NVIDIA graphics driver or any other device drivers are installed. The registry key takes effect only after an operating system reboot.
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 28 “Default Modes Supported by GPU for Windows XP” on page 29 “Modes Supported by TV Encoders” on page 35 Release 331 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 331.
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 for Windows XP” on page 29. The actual modes available depend on the capabilities of the display.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS Default Modes Supported by GPU for Windows XP This section lists the modes that are included by default in the driver INF for the following product families: “GeForce 700, 600, 500, 400 Series, 300, 200, 100, 9 Series, and 8 Series GPUs” on page 30 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 GeForce 700, 600, 500, 400 Series, 300, 200, 100, 9 Series, and 8 Series GPUs This sections lists the supported display resolutions, color depths, and refresh rates for the products listed in “Supported NVIDIA Desktop Products” on page 8.
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 1920 x 1080 16 60 1920 x 1200 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 1920 x 1440 16 60 70 72 75 85 2048 x 1536 16 60 -----------------------------------------------------------------640 x 480 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 720 x 480 32 60 720 x 576 32 50 60 800 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
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 4096 x 1536 8 60 -----------------------------------------------------------------1280 x 480 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 1600 x 600 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 2048 x 768 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 2304 x 864 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 2560 x 720 16 60 2560 x 768 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 2560 x 800 16 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 1
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 1152 x 1728 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 1280 x 1440 8 60 1280 x 1536 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1280 x 1600 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1280 x 1920 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1280 x 2048 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1360 x 1536 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 1600 x 1800 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 1600 x 2048 8 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 1600 x 2400 8 60 7
Appendix A : MODE S UPPORT FOR WINDOWS 1600 x 2048 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 1600 x 2400 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 1680 x 2100 32 60 1920 x 2160 32 60 1920 x 2400 32 60 70 72 75 85 100 1920 x 2880 32 60 70 72 75 85 2048 x 3072 32 60 Release 331 Graphics Drivers for Windows - Version 331.
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.
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