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Release 185 Graphics Drivers
Release Notes
Version 185.85
for Windows XP
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Release 185 Graphics Drivers
Release Notes
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Release Notes
Structure of the Document . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Changes in this Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Windows XP/2000 Issue with Settings Tab
Monitor Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Antialiasing Problems With Certain Applications
27
Poor Quality S-Video Output on Some TVs . 28
AGP and PCI-E Programs May Hang With AMD
K7 and K8 Processors . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Desktop Manager Does Not Re-Center Logon
Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Issues with Video Mirror–Windows XP/2000 29
2. Changes in the Release 185
Driver for Windows XP
Version 185.85 Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
What’s New in Release 185 . . . . . . . . . . 4
What’s New in Version 185.85 . . . . . . . . . 5
Changes in Version 185.85 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Changes in Version 185.81 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Fixed Issues–Windows XP 32-bit . . . . . . . 7
Changes in Version 185.68 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fixed Issues–Windows XP 32-bit . . . . . . . 8
Open Windows XP Issues in Version 185.85 . . . 9
NVIDIA Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Windows XP 32-bit Issues . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Windows XP 64-bit Issues . . . . . . . . . . 12
Not NVIDIA Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Application Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Not NVIDIA Issues–SLI Mode . . . . . . . . 20
Known Product Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . 23
GeForce GTX 295 Fan Control and NVIDIA
Control Panel Performance Group version
6.03.06.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1280x1024 @ 60 Hz not Available on BenQ
FP241W Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
GeForce 6 and 7 Series Cards Cannot Output
Interlaced Signals in SLI Mode [251457] . . 24
Image Sharpening Control not Available with
GeForce 8 Series and Later GPUs . . . . . 24
Display Output Selection not Available on
“Bridgeless” SLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
More Monitors are Listed in the Windows Device
Manager than are Actually Connected . . . 25
DirectX Fails When Detaching/Reattaching
Displays in Dualview Mode . . . . . . . . . 25
OpenGL Viewport Scaling Problem in Horizontal
Span Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Video Playback in nView Clone and Span
Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
No Antialiasing of 3DMark03 Image Quality
Screen Captures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Medal of Honor Under Windows XP / Windows
2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3. The Release 185 Driver for
Windows XP
Hardware and Software Support . . . . . . . . 31
Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . 31
Supported NVIDIA Products . . . . . . . . . 32
Supported Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 36
A. Mode Support for Windows
General Mode Support Information . . . . . . . 40
Default Modes Supported by GPU for Windows XP
41
Understanding the Mode Format . . . . . . 41
GeForce 200, 100, 9 Series, 8 Series, 7 Series,
6 Series, and nForce 7xx/6xx GPUs . . . . 42
Modes Supported by TV Encoders . . . . . . . 49
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Release 185 Graphics Drivers
Version 185.85
C HAPTER
I NTRODUCTION TO R ELEASE N OTES
This edition of  Release Notes  describes the Release 185 Graphics Drivers for Microsoft ®  
Windows ®  Vista. NVIDIA provides these notes to describe performance 
improvements and bug fixes in each documented version of the driver.
Structure of the Document
This document is organized in the following sections:
“Changes in the Release 185 Driver for Windows XP” on page 3  gives a summary of 
changes, and fixed and open issues in this version.
“The Release 185 Driver for Windows XP” on page 31  describes the NVIDIA 
products and languages supported by this driver, the system requirements, and 
how to install the driver. 
“Mode Support for Windows” on page 39  lists the default resolutions supported by 
the driver.
Changes in this Edition
This edition of the  Release Notes  for Windows XP includes information about NVIDIA 
graphics driver version 185.85, and lists changes made to the driver since version 
182.50. These changes are discussed beginning with the chapter  “Changes in the 
Release 185 Driver for Windows XP” on page 3 .
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