Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 5 Nvidia
Go to page of 38
Utlities for Windows NVIDIA nT une Generation 5.0 User ’ s Guide Ve r s i o n 2 . 0 NVIDIA Corp oration November 9, 2006.
NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 www.nvidia.com Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San T omas Expressw ay Santa Clara, CA 95050 Notice ALL NVIDIA DESIGN SPECIFICA T.
NVIDIA Corporation i Driver Util ities NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User’s Guide Version 2.0 1.About NVIDIA nT une Generation 5.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 System Requirement s . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NVIDIA Drivers NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User’s Guide Version 2.0.
NVIDIA Corporation 1 C HAPTER A BOUT NVIDIA N T UNE G ENER ATION 5.0 NVIDIA nTune TM Generation 5.0 is a full-featured application that lets you easily modify system settings and test them wi thout having to r eboot your system.
2 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 1 About NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 Sy stem R equirements • Supported Operating Systems: • Microsoft Windows ® XP (32-bit a nd 64-bit ) • Microsoft Windows ® Vista TM • Support ed Mother boards: NVIDIA nTune version 5.
NVIDIA Corporation 3 C HAPTER 1 About NVIDIA nTune Ge neration 5. 0 Installing NVIDIA nT une Bef ore Y ou Begi n • Make sure your hardware meets the “System Requirements” on page 2 . For nTune 5.0, the installer will not install NVIDIA nTune on non-supported systems, including non-supported nForce-based motherbaords.
4 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 1 About NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 5 At the Select Features screen, select all the nTune features and then click Next .
NVIDIA Corporation 5 C HAPTER U SING NVIDIA N T UNE G ENER ATION 5.0 This chapter provides basic instructions for starting and using nTune 5.0. It contains the follow ing sect ions: • “Starting NV.
6 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 2 Using NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 Starting NVIDIA nT une You can start NVIDIA nTune in several ways: • From the Windows deskt.
NVIDIA Corporation 7 C HAPTER 2 Using NVIDIA nTune Generati on 5.0 IMPORTANT! Depending on your motherbo ard settings, the following warning message may appear when nTune starts: Warning: Your PCI clock is currently set to track the HT bus. If you adjust the clock for the HT bus, the PCI bus clock will change as well.
8 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 2 Using NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 About the nT une P erformance P age nTune Generation 5.
NVIDIA Corporation 9 C HAPTER 2 Using NVIDIA nTune Generati on 5.0 Quick Start/R eference Guide to Using nT une This section provid es a quick refe rence for accomplishing the following nTune tas ks: .
10 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 2 Using NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 Monitoring Y our S ystem Perf ormance NVIDIA Monitor is an application that displays dynamic graphs tha t track the CPU and system temperatures, and the voltag es and spee ds for various hardware components.
NVIDIA Corporation 11 C HAPTER 2 Using NVIDIA nTune Generati on 5.0 • Hints: When overclocking the system, it may be desirable to increase the voltage level of the components to provide more operating margin.
12 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 2 Using NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 Dynamic BIOS Access This feature is available only with BIOS support from the motherboard manufacturer . To manage system BIOS s ettings, 1 Click Dynamic BIOS Access from the Manual Tuning section of the Control Panel Performance page.
NVIDIA Corporation 13 C HAPTER 2 Using NVIDIA nTune Generati on 5.0 Overview of Other Menu Options Save Pr ofiles From the NVIDIA Control Panel main menu, click Pro file -> Save to s a ve t he c ur r en t changes to a new profile. Choose or name the .
14 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 2 Using NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0.
NVIDIA Corporation 15 C HAPTER A UTOMATICALLY T UNE P ERFORMANCE AND A DJUST C USTOM R ULES This chapter describes the various options available when performing the following tasks: • “Tuning Your.
16 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 3 Automatically Tune Performance and Adjust Custom Rules T uni ng Y our System Automatically The NVIDIA tuning engine lets you tu ne the system using NVIDIA developed benchmarks to determine the current performance level of the system.
NVIDIA Corporation 17 C HAPTER 3 Automatically Tune Performance and Adjust Custom Rules 2 Select a tuning type. 3 Select Tune . During the course of tuning, the system may stop responding or reboot. NVIDIA recommends checking Automatically cont inue at reboot .
18 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 3 Automatically Tune Performance and Adjust Custom Rules Complete The Complete tuning option tunes your system automatically and takes approximately 3 hours.
NVIDIA Corporation 19 C HAPTER 3 Automatically Tune Performance and Adjust Custom Rules 2 During the course of tuning, the system may stop responding or reboot. If you want the tuning process to restart when th e system is restarted and continue from the last good test, then check Automatically continu e at reboot.
20 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 3 Automatically Tune Performance and Adjust Custom Rules Adjusting and Creating Custom Rules NVIDIA nTune allows you to create rules for how the sy stem uses nTune profiles ( .nsu files or .
NVIDIA Corporation 21 C HAPTER 3 Automatically Tune Performance and Adjust Custom Rules 2 From the Take this action section, select an action from the list provided. Note: Blue under lined text may be selected to se t parameters. • Load this Profile : Select to load a s pecific profile.
22 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 3 Automatically Tune Performance and Adjust Custom Rules 4 Use the following buttons and controls as needed: • Click “ -> ” to add conditions to the rule .
NVIDIA Corporation 23 C HAPTER M ONITORING AND L OGGING S YSTEM E VEN T S This chapter describe s how to set up an d use the NVIDIA Monitor application for monitoring and logging system events. It contains the following se ctions: • “About NVIDIA Monitor” on page 24 describes the NVIDIA Monitor application features.
24 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 4 Monitoring and Logging System Events About NVIDIA Monitor NVIDIA Monitor can display dynamic graphs that track var ious performance usage and temperatures, and the voltages, fan speed s, and bus speeds for various hardware components.
NVIDIA Corporation 25 C HAPTER 4 Monitoring and Logging System Events T emperatures The temp erature g raphs refle ct the tempe r ature level reported by the BIOS. Right click to select settings to make adjustments to • Specify the temperature units—eith er degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.
26 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 4 Monitoring and Logging System Events Adjusting NVIDIA Monitor Settings To customize various NVIDIA Monitor sett ings, right-cl ick the NVIDIA Monitor and select Settings . Figure 4.
NVIDIA Corporation 27 C HAPTER 4 Monitoring and Logging System Events NVIDIA Monitor Appear ance Specifying the T emperature R e ading Interv al To specify how often to update the temperature values, click the Update list arrow and then click one of the polling intervals from the list.
28 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 4 Monitoring and Logging System Events Logging Events Adjusting Event Logging Set tings 1 Specify how often to track the selections.
NVIDIA Corporation 29 C HAPTER S UPPLEMENTAL I NF ORMATION FO R THE A DJUST M OTHERBOARD S ET TINGS P AGE This chapter provides supplemental inform ation to keep in mind when adjusting system timings using the Adjust Motherboard Settin gs page.
30 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 5 Supplemental Information for the Ad just Motherboard Settings Page Figure 5.1 nTune Adjust Motherboard Settings Page.
NVIDIA Corporation 31 C HAPTER 5 Supplemental Information for the Ad just Motherboar d Settings Page System Clocks Group The System Clocks section provides clocki ng con trol of the reference clock fo.
32 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 5 Supplemental Information for the Ad just Motherboard Settings Page HT Multiplier Use in combination w ith the reference clock (HTT) to define the FSB speed, in most cases.
NVIDIA Corporation 33 C HAPTER 5 Supplemental Information for the Ad just Motherboar d Settings Page Memory Controller Timing Group The memory controller timing section lets you control essential timings in order to maintain stability when ov erclocking the fr ont side bus and memory bus.
34 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User ’s Guide – Version 2.0 C HAPTER 5 Supplemental Information for the Ad just Motherboard Settings Page • Write to Read Delay (tWTR) This is the amount of cycl es required between a valid write command and the next read command.
An important point after buying a device Nvidia 5 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Nvidia 5 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Nvidia 5 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Nvidia 5 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Nvidia 5 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Nvidia 5, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Nvidia 5.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Nvidia 5. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Nvidia 5 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
