NVIDIA Corporation 197Appendix DNVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature HistoryEnhanced Display Driver, DirectX, and Video Capabilities• Windows XP SP1• Release 40 supports Windows XP SP1, including support for Windows XPTablet PC and eHome technology.• Release 40 provides support for bugcheck EA callbacks, enabling OCA EAfailures to be resolved more quickly while assisting to identify failure causes—such as due to chip instability or overclocking.• Rotation SupportRelease 40 supports desktop rotation3 , which allows the user to rotate the desktopby 90, 180, or 270 degrees.• DirectX 9 SupportWith Microsoft’s release of DirectX 9 runtime, Release 40 version 42.51 and laterprovides support for DirectX 9, which includes the new vertex shaders,antialiasing modes, and multi‐display device support.• Video Enhancements• Flip Sync functionality support• Support for multiple Macrovision clients• Simplified Video Mirror controls• TV Overscan SupportDepending on the TV encoder used, Release 40 supports TV overscan—allowingthe user to eliminate the black borders around the TV display screen. This optionis accessible through the NVIDIA display properties control panel.New Graphical User Interface• Media Center Tray Application — The Media Center Tray is a new applicationthat replaces QuickTweak, and contains menu items that provide access to allNVIDIA user interface software applications.• New Display Properties Panel — The NVIDIA control panel has been redesignedto make navigating easier and to improve control over the display adaptersettings.Enhanced nView Desktop Manager Features• Additional Operating System Support — NVIDIA nView supports Windows NT4.0, Windows 9X/Me, and Windows 2000/XP.3. Rotation is not supported on graphics cards based on the TNT, TNT2 or Vanta product families.
