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NV(4)			     XFree86			    NV(4)



NAME

       nv - NVIDIA video driver


SYNOPSIS

       Section "Device"
	 Identifier "devname"
	 Driver "nv"
	 ...
       EndSection


DESCRIPTION

       nv  is  an  XFree86  driver  for	 NVIDIA video cards.  The
       driver is fully accelerated and provides support	 for  the
       following  framebuffer  depths: 8, 15, 16 (except Riva128)
       and 24.	All visual types are supported for depth 8, True
       Color  and DirectColor visuals are supported for the other
       depths with the exception of the Riva128 which  only  sup
       ports TrueColor in the higher depths.  Multi-head configu
       rations are supported.


SUPPORTED HARDWARE

       The nv driver supports PCI and AGP video	 cards	based  on
       the following NVIDIA chips:

       RIVA 128		     NV3

       RIVA TNT		     NV4

       RIVA TNT2	     NV5

       GeForce 256, QUADRO   NV10

       GeForce2, QUADRO2     NV11  &  NV15  (except  GeForce2 Go,
			     which is NOT supported)

       GeForce3		     NV20


CONFIGURATION DETAILS

       Please refer to XF86Config(5)  for  general  configuration
       details.	  This	section only covers configuration details
       specific to this driver.

       The driver auto-detects the chipset type and the amount of
       video memory present for all chips.

       The following driver Options are supported:

       Option "HWCursor" "boolean"
	      Enable or disable the HW cursor.	Default: on.

       Option "NoAccel" "boolean"
	      Disable or enable acceleration.  Default: accelera
	      tion is enabled.




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       Option "UseFBDev" "boolean"
	      Enable or disable use of on OS-specific  fb  inter
	      face  (and is not supported on all OSs).	See fbde
	      vhw(4) for further information.  Default: off.

       Option "Rotate" "CW"

       Option "Rotate" "CCW"
	      Rotate the display clockwise  or	counterclockwise.
	      This  mode is unaccelerated.  Default: no rotation.

       Option "ShadowFB" "boolean"
	      Enable or disable use  of	 the  shadow  framebuffer
	      layer.  Default: off.


SEE ALSO

       XFree86(1), XF86Config(5), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(7)


AUTHORS

       Authors include: David McKay, Jarno Paananen, Chas  Inman,
       Dave Schmenk, Mark Vojkovich




































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