N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n 3N V I D I A D i s p l a y P r o p e r t i e s U s e r ’ s G u i d eNVIDIA Display PropertiesNVIDIA Display Properties, the topic of this User’s Guide, refers to theNVIDIA Windows Control Panel-based user interface, which you can accessfrom the Windows Display Properties > Settings > Advanced option. Onceyou click the NVIDIA GPU tab name that your are using, a Media Center menuappears (Figure 1.2) from which you can configure the advanced displayproperties of the current release of the NVIDIA Windows Display Driversoftware.Note: The NVIDIA Display Properties has a completely new and efficient userinterface. For details, see “NVIDIA Display Properties: New UserInterface” on page 7 later in this chapter.Key Terms and Conceptsanalog displayAnalog display refers to your CRT display device, in general. The terms CRTand analog display may be used interchangeably in this guide.applicationAn application (or program) can have any number of windows. Someapplications have only a single window such as Calculator or Notepad. Otherapplications can have many windows such as Outlook where you can openseveral E-mail windows, have your Inbox open, open calendars, etc.Control PanelRefers to the Windows Control Panel group, which you can access by clickingStart > Settings > Control Panel from the Windows taskbar.digital displayA digital display device can be a digital flat panel (DFP) or, for example, amobile computer (laptop) LVDS internal panel.desktopDesktop is the on-screen work area on which windows, icons, menus, anddialog boxes appear.dialog boxDialog boxes are user-input windows that contain command button and variouskinds of options through which you can carry out a particular command or task.For example, in a Windows application “Save As” dialog box, you must
