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  • Page 1

    NVIDIA Quadro ® by PNY Professional Graphics Board User Manual v182.08 NVIDIA Quadro FX and NVS Series PNY Technologies, Inc. 299 Webro Road Parsippany, NJ 07054 800.769.7079 http://www.pny.com[...]

  • Page 2

    Table of Contents Introduction 3 Minimum System Requireme nts 3 Package Contents 3 Preparing for Installation 3 Hardware Installation 4 Additional Power Requiremen ts 5 Attaching Displays 6 NVIDIA Quadro Graphics Driver Installati on 7 NVIDIA nView Installation 8 NVIDIA Control Panel 8 Technical Support 11 PNY’s Replacement Warrant y 11 FCC Infor[...]

  • Page 3

    Introduction Congratulations on the purch ase of your NVIDIA Quadr o by PNY pr ofessional graphics board. You ar e now the owner of a state-of-t he-art graphics board that was designed for demandi ng 3D and/or 2D applicatio ns, and offers features and functionalit y beyond an y other card in its cla ss. We recommend that you read through this User [...]

  • Page 4

    ▪ Make sure that Windows Vista or XP is runn ing in VGA mode. ▪ Uninstall any previous grap hics driver software using the Add/Remov e icon in ‘Control Panel’ ▪ Shut down your computer ▪ Open your system enclosure ( see Owners Manual if nec essary) and remove your existing video card ▪ If your motherboard has an integrated graphics co[...]

  • Page 5

    Typical motherboard show ing PCIE x16 and P CI slots Inserting Your Graphics Card Remove the backplane cover for the slot you intend to use and save the mounti ng bracket screw. Position the graphics board over the expans ion slot that coincides with the t ype (P CI Express or PCI) of the card purchased. Push the card firmly and evenl y until it’[...]

  • Page 6

    Attaching Displays FX 5800, FX 5600, FX 5600G, FX 4600, FX 4600G, FX 4700 X2, FX 3700, FX 1700, FX 570, FX 380, FX 370 These boards feature dual DV I-I connectors (the FX 4700 X2 features four DVI-I connectors). These connectors support: ▪ Single or dual digit al displays (up to 4 on the F X 4700 X2) ▪ Single or dual analog displays (up to 4 on[...]

  • Page 7

    NVS 440 x1 card showing plac ement of DMS-59 connect ors, when onl y attaching 2 displa ys the upper DMS-59 connector shoul d be used first; NVS 2 85 x16 card also show n with single DMS-59 co nnector DMS-59 to dual VGA adapter cable – tw o are shipped w ith NVS 440 boards and one is s hipped w ith NVS 290, NVS 285, or NVS 280 PCI boards – a DM[...]

  • Page 8

    ▪ Insert the NVIDIA Quadro by PNY driver installa tion CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, the CD will auto run and you will be presented with a main menu that includes driver installation, along with other options ▪ From the main menu click on the ‘Drivers’ o ption and the proper driv er for your version of Windo ws will be installed (Vis[...]

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    ▪ The listbox contains al l of the f eatures you can adjust on you r NVIDIA Quadro by PNY graphics board – you can change the setting of a feat ure using the drop down listbox besi de the feature name. If in doubt about a particular feature the ‘Appl ication- controlled’ setting is your best option. Figure 3 – Change Re solution ▪ Use t[...]

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    ▪ Allows you to adjust the color settings for your desktop – these changes will not affect any video playback – to change video color settings, go to ‘Adjust Video Color Settings’ Figure 6 – Rotate Displa y ▪ NVIDIA NVRotate allows you to chang e the orientation of your deskto p, this is useful if you have rotated your physical displa[...]

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    ▪ Set up Multiple Displays allo ws you to set optimal parameters for each display, gives you f ull control over features such as horizontal or vertical moni tor spanning, and al lows you to position the dis plays relative to one another based on where they are phys ically located Figure 9 – Adjust Video Co lor Settings ▪ Adjusting the video c[...]

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    GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM STAT E TO ST ATE. THIS WARRANTY SHALL NOT BE EXTENDED, ALT ERED OR VARIED EXCEPT BY A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT DULY SIGNED BY PNY. Warranty coverage requir es proof of purchase docum entati on evidencing the date of purc hase (sales receipt or invoice). The information in[...]