NVIDIA P128 User Guide - Page 36

Direct3D, Cursor Trails Support, Display Properties - Settings - Advanced Tabs, Release 5 Enhancements

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Chapter 3 NVIDIA Driver Feature History • Enable Advanced Multiple Monitors Direct3D The NVIDIA Direct3D Settings panel contains the following changes: • Improved full-scene antialiasing methods not previously available • Removed certain obsolete options Cursor Trails Support Release 6 for Windows provides support for cursor trails in Windows 9x. Display Properties - Settings - Advanced Tabs TwinView, Digital Vibrance Control, OpenGL, and Direct3D features have associated NVIDIA-specific tabs from which the above-mentioned features can be configured. Release 5 Enhancements The Release 5 driver offered new features that were not found in previous releases of the NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows. • "OpenGL" on page 29 • "Direct3D" on page 31 • "Display Properties - Settings - Advanced Tabs" on page 31 OpenGL Changes have been made to the core, extensions, performance, and available features of OpenGL. OpenGL 1.2 Core Release 5 adds all the features that constitute the OpenGL 1.2 core capabilities: • BGRA pixel formats • packed pixel formats (plus R5_G6_B5 formats and reversed formats) • rescaling vertex normals • specular highlights after texturing 29 NVIDIA Corporation

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Chapter 3
NVIDIA Driver Feature History
Enable Advanced Multiple Monitors
Direct3D
The NVIDIA Direct3D Settings panel contains the following changes:
Improved full-scene antialiasing methods not previously available
Removed certain obsolete options
Cursor Trails Support
Release 6 for Windows provides support for cursor trails in Windows 9
x
.
Display Properties – Settings – Advanced Tabs
TwinView, Digital Vibrance Control, OpenGL, and Direct3D features have
associated NVIDIA-specific tabs from which the above-mentioned features can
be configured.
Release 5 Enhancements
The Release 5 driver offered new features that were not found in previous
releases of the NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows.
“OpenGL” on page 29
“Direct3D” on page 31
“Display Properties – Settings – Advanced Tabs” on page 31
OpenGL
Changes have been made to the core, extensions, performance, and available
features of OpenGL.
OpenGL 1.2 Core
Release 5 adds all the features that constitute the OpenGL 1.2 core capabilities:
BGRA pixel formats
packed pixel formats (plus R5_G6_B5 formats and reversed formats)
rescaling vertex normals
specular highlights after texturing