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NVIDIA Control Panel Quick Start Guide Chapter 3
Accomplishing NVIDIA Control Panel Tasks
Using the Networking Pages
TheNetworkinggrouppagesarepartofthenForcedriversNetworkingsoftwarefor
NVIDIAnForce‐basedPCs.
UsetheNetworkingpagestooptimizeyournetworkperformanceandincreaseyour
networkbandwidthwiththefollowingtechnologies:
• NVIDIAFirstPacketoffersanewwaytomanagethetrafficonyourpersonal
computer,allowingyou
tomoreeffectivelymanageandimprovetheperformance
ofnetworkedgamesandotherapplicationsthataresensitivetonetworkdelay
(latency),suchasVoice‐over‐IP(VoIP).
• NVIDIATCP/IPAccelerationtechnologyisanetworkingsolutionthatmovesthe
processingofTCP/IPnetworktrafficfromyourcomputer’sCPUtoitsnForce

hardwareresultingingreatlyimprovedsystemperformance.
• NVIDIATeamingtechnologycombinesalltheNVIDIAEthernetinterfaceson
yoursystemtoformateam,resultinginincreasedbandwidthandnetwork
redundancy.
• AlertStandardFormat(ASF)controlsletsyousetupalertsandremotesystem
managementinanOS‐presentor
OS‐absentenvironment.
Using the Storage Pages
TheStoragegrouppagesarepartofthenForcedriversMediaShieldStoragesoftware
forNVIDIAnForce‐basedPCs.
UsetheStoragepagesto
• CreateandmanageRAID0,RAID1,RAID0+1,RAID5,andspanningarrays.
•RunSMARTtestsonyourRAIDarraydiskdrives.
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