Page 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | i 1 Introduction to Release Notes .................................................. 1 Structure of the Document ........................................................ 1Changes in ...
Page 3 - System Should not Enter Sleep/Hibernate Mode With SDI Capture in
TABLE OF CONTENTS Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | ii Other Issues...................................................................... 22 Known Product Limitations ....................................................... 23 System S...
Page 5 - LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF TABLES Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | iv Table 1 GOM and Driver Model Compatibility .............................................. 9Table 3.1 Supported NVIDIA Quadro & NVS Products .................................... 3...
Page 6 - INTRODUCTION TO RELEASE NOTES; Structure of the Document; Changes in this Edition
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 1 01 INTRODUCTION TO RELEASE NOTES This edition of Release Notes describes the Release 331 family of NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, Tesla, and GRID Drivers for Microsoft ® Windows ® Vista and later 1 . NVIDIA pr...
Page 7 - RELEASE 331 DRIVER CHANGES
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 2 02 RELEASE 331 DRIVER CHANGES This chapter describes open issues for version 332.50, and resolved issues and driver enhancements for versions of the Release 331 driver up to version 332.50. The chap...
Page 8 - Existing Support; What’s New in Release 331; ODE Driver; OpenGL; CUDA
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 3 Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER C HANGES Version 332.50 Highlights This section provides highlights of version 332.50 of the NVIDIA Release 331 Driver for Windows Vista and later. Existing Suppo...
Page 9 - Workstation Features; Viewport Scanout with Warp and Blend; NVIDIA Control Panel
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 4 Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER C HANGES Workstation Features Mosaic Improved Mosaic setup time. Added default topology and display numbering in the NVIDIA Control Panel->Mosaic setup proce...
Page 10 - nView Desktop Manager; Discontinued and Unsupported Features in this Release; Discontinued Features
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 5 Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER C HANGES What’s New in Version 332.50 This driver offers performance improvements over previous driver versions, including workstation compatibility fixes. This...
Page 11 - Limitations in This Release; Video Memory Support
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 6 Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER C HANGES Release 304 drivers continue to support Curie generation Workstation products, and NVIDIA will continue to address driver issues for these products in driv...
Page 12 - Advanced Instructions for this Release; Turning Off V-Sync to Boost Performance; NVIDIA Application Configuration Engine (ACE)
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 7 Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER C HANGES Advanced Instructions for this Release This section clarifies instructions for successfully accomplishing the following tasks: Turning Off V-Sync to Boos...
Page 13 - Using the WDDM Driver Model with Tesla GPU GOMs; Tesla GPU Operation Modes; All On; WDDM and TCC Driver Models
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 8 Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER C HANGES Using the WDDM Driver Model with Tesla GPU GOMs Tesla GPU Operation Modes Tesla K20X and K20 GPU Accelerators offer the ability to specify the GPU operatio...
Page 14 - Compatibility Between GOM and Driver Models; Table 1
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 9 Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER C HANGES Compatibility Between GOM and Driver Models Table 1 shows which GPU operation modes are compatible with which driver models. The compute-only GOM is suppor...
Page 15 - SLI Multi-OS – GPU Assignment in System Virtualization; Hardware Platform Requirements; Supported Hypervisors; Supported Graphics Cards
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 10 Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER C HANGES SLI Multi-OS – GPU Assignment in System Virtualization On systems with two or more graphics cards installed, this driver supports a hypervisor's ability t...
Page 16 - Notes and Known Issues
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 11 Chapter 02 : R ELEASE 331 D RIVER C HANGES Notes and Known Issues VMware • PCI I/O hole may need to be changed for Windows 64-bit VMs. Windows 64-bit VMs may require that you edit the VM configurat...
Page 18 - Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 Fixed Issues
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 13 Changes in Version 332.50 Changes in Version 332.50 The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since driver version 332.21. Windows Vista/Windows 7/Window...
Page 22 - Windows 8 64-bit Issues
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 17 Open Issues in Version 332.50 Open Issues in Version 332.50 As with every released driver, version 332.50 of the Release 331 driver has open issues and enhancement requests associated with it. This...
Page 23 - Not NVIDIA Issues; Windows Vista Considerations; NVIDIA TurboCache; Windows 7 Considerations; Windows DWM Disabled for SLI Mosaic Mode
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 18 Not NVIDIA Issues Not NVIDIA Issues This section lists issues that are not due to the NVIDIA driver as well as features that are not meant to be supported by the NVIDIA driver for Windows Vista/Win...
Page 24 - NVIDIA Control Panel Rotate Display Page; Unsupported Features
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 19 Not NVIDIA Issues NVIDIA Control Panel Rotate Display Page The rotation radio button labels are changed slightly under Windows 7 to be consistent with the Microsoft panel Limitation When switchin...
Page 26 - OpenGL Application Issues; Application Issues
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 21 Not NVIDIA Issues OpenGL Application Issues The following are known compatibility issues for OpenGL applications developed under Windows XP: Mixed GDI and OpenGL rendering does not work. A number...
Page 27 - Other Issues
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 22 Not NVIDIA Issues Other Issues Quadro 6000: OpenCL/OpenGL interoperability performance suffers with clEnqueueReleaseGLObjects. To avoid this issues, use CUDA. The Windows Vista display mode swi...
Page 28 - Known Product Limitations
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 23 Known Product Limitations This section describes problems that will not be fixed. Usually, the source of the problem is beyond the control of NVIDIA. Following is the list of problems and where the...
Page 29 - Background–TAG Memory; Issue
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 24 Once Installed, the SDI Capture Driver Release Must Always Match the Graphics Driver To use the Quadro SDI Capture card, you need to install the NVIDIA WDM driver for the Quadro SDI Capture card af...
Page 30 - NVIDIA Action for Some GeForce-based Systems; When TAG Reporting Would Not Be Limited
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 25 NVIDIA Action for Some GeForce-based Systems For GeForce GPUs with 2.75 GB or less of video memory, the NVIDIA display driver constrains TAG memory to just below 4 GB 1 . In this scenario, the Shar...
Page 31 - Using HDMI/DisplayPort Displays that do not Support Audio; Corrupted video and no audio
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 26 Using HDMI/DisplayPort Audio with Displays that have a High Native Resolution To use HDMI/DisplayPort audio with some displays that have a native resolution higher than 1920x1080, you must set the ...
Page 33 - Background; Gigabyte GA-6BX Motherboard
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 28 SLI Connector Requirement on NVIDIA Quadro SLI Cards The SLI connector that links two SLI cards is needed for proper SLI operation. However, the connector can be removed if you do not intend to ena...
Page 34 - THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER; Hardware and Software Support; Supported Operating Systems
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 29 03 THE RELEASE 331 DRIVER This chapter covers the following main topics: “Hardware and Software Support” on page 29 “Driver Installation” on page 37 Hardware and Software Support Supported Oper...
Page 35 - Supported NVIDIA Products; NVIDIA Quadro & NVS Product
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 30 Chapter 03 : T HE R ELEASE 331 D RIVER Supported NVIDIA Products The following tables list the NVIDIA products supported by the Release 331 driver, version 332.50 . Table 3.1, “Supported NVIDIA Q...
Page 37 - NVIDIA Quadro Sync Products
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 32 Chapter 03 : T HE R ELEASE 331 D RIVER NVIDIA Quadro Sync Products NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync II Products NVIDIA Quadro SDI Products Table 3.2 Supported NVIDIA Quadro Sync Products Product Notes NVIDIA Q...
Page 38 - NVIDIA Quadro Plex Products
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 33 Chapter 03 : T HE R ELEASE 331 D RIVER NVIDIA Quadro Plex Products NVIDIA Quadro Blade/Embedded Graphics Board Table 3.5 Supported NVIDIA Quadro Plex Products Product Notes NVIDIA Quadro Plex 7000N...
Page 39 - NVIDIA Tesla Products; NVIDIA GRID Products; Supported NVIDIA GRID Products
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 34 Chapter 03 : T HE R ELEASE 331 D RIVER NVIDIA Tesla Products The Tesla driver package is designed for systems that have one or more Tesla products installed. Only one GHIC can be connected to the...
Page 40 - Supported NVIDIA GRID Products (continued)
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 35 Chapter 03 : T HE R ELEASE 331 D RIVER NVIDIA GRID K1 Windows 7Windows 8 Table 3.8 Supported NVIDIA GRID Products (continued) Product Notes
Page 41 - Supported Languages
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 36 Chapter 03 : T HE R ELEASE 331 D RIVER Supported Languages The Release 331 Graphics Drivers supports the following languages in the main driver Control Panel: English (USA) German Portuguese (Euro/...
Page 42 - Driver Installation; Minimum Hard Disk Space; nTune; Installation Instructions; Accept
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 37 Chapter 03 : T HE R ELEASE 331 D RIVER Driver Installation Minimum Hard Disk Space The hard disk space requirement for 32-bit is minimum 220 MB for English-only, and 300 MB for International. The h...
Page 43 - APPENDIX A; MODE SUPPORT FOR
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 38 APPENDIX A MODE SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS This chapter details the Windows modes supported by the Release 331 driver for NVIDIA products. It contains these sections: “General Mode Support Information” ...
Page 44 - General Mode Support Information; Modes Supported for High Resolution Displays; Non-standard Modes Supported
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 39 Appendix A : M ODE S UPPORT FOR W INDOWS General Mode Support Information The NVIDIA graphics driver includes a standard list of display modes that are supported by default. These modes are listed ...
Page 45 - Default Modes Supported by GPU; Understanding the Mode Format; Figure A.1 Mode Format
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 40 Appendix A : M ODE S UPPORT FOR W INDOWS Default Modes Supported by GPU This section lists the modes that are included by default in the driver INF for the following product families: “Tesla, Qua...
Page 46 - Standard Modes
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 41 Appendix A : M ODE S UPPORT FOR W INDOWS Tesla, Quadro, & NVS GPUs This sections lists the supported display resolutions, color depths, and refresh rates for the products listed in “Supported N...
Page 48 - Modes Supported by TV Encoders; Mode Support for S-Video and Composite Out; Mode Support for Component YPrPb Out and DVI Out
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 43 Appendix A : M ODE S UPPORT FOR W INDOWS Modes Supported by TV Encoders Table A.3 and Table A.4 list the NTSC, PAL, and HDTV TV-Out modes supported by the NVIDIA driver. The driver supports manual ...
Page 49 - APPENDIX B; NVIDIA TESLA COMPUTE; About Tesla Compute Cluster Mode; TCC Overview; Benefits
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 44 APPENDIX B NVIDIA TESLA COMPUTE CLUSTER MODE This chapter describes the Tesla Compute Cluster (TCC) mode. “About Tesla Compute Cluster Mode” on page 44 “Operating on Systems with non-TCC NVIDIA...
Page 50 - TCC Does not Support Graphics Acceleration; Running CUDA Applications
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 45 Appendix B : NVIDIA T ESLA C OMPUTE C LUSTER M ODE TCC Does not Support Graphics Acceleration TCC mode does not provide CUDA–DirectX/OpenGL interoperability. It is a “non-display” driver, and NVI...
Page 51 - Operating on Systems with non-TCC NVIDIA GPUs; Default TCC Mode for Tesla Products
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 46 Appendix B : NVIDIA T ESLA C OMPUTE C LUSTER M ODE Operating on Systems with non-TCC NVIDIA GPUs NVIDIA GPUs running under TCC mode may coexist with other display devices. The Tesla driver is o...
Page 52 - smi
Release 331 Quadro, NVS, Tesla, & GRID Drivers for Windows - Version 332.50 RN-WQ33250-01_v01 | 47 Appendix B : NVIDIA T ESLA C OMPUTE C LUSTER M ODE To change the TCC mode, use the NVIDIA smi utility as follows: nvidia-smi -g (GPU ID) -dm (0 for WDDM, 1 for TCC) M2070-Q non-TCC M2090 TCC Table ...