NVAPI SDK - PUBLIC
FOR DRIVER RELEASE 300
RN-06118-300-v01 | April 2012
Release Notes
DOCUMENT CHANGE HISTORY
RN-06118-300-v01
Version Date Authors Description of Change
01 4/9/2012 AP Initial release for 301.28
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NVAPI RELEASE NOTES
INTRODUCTION
NVAPI is NVIDIA's core software development kit that allows direct access to NVIDIA
GPUs and drivers on all windows platforms. NVAPI provides support for categories of
operations that range beyond the scope of those found in familiar graphics APIs such as
DirectX and OpenGL.
The following are the provided files:
nvapi.h
nvapi.lib (for 32-bit support)
nvapi64.lib (for 64-bit support)
NvAPIDriverSettings.h
NvAPIDriverSettings.c
NVAPI_Reference_Developer.chm
These release notes describe the changes made in the NVAPI public SDK for the Release
300 driver.
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NVAPI Release Notes
CHANGES IN NVAPI FOR DRIVER RELEASE 300
● New Functions
● New Structures
● New Enums
● Deprecated NVAPI Functions
● NVAPIDriverSettings Changes
New Functions
NvAPI_GPU_QueryIlluminationSupport
NvAPI_GPU_GetIllumination
NvAPI_GPU_SetIllumination
New Structures
isPanAndScanTarget added to
NV_DISPLAYCONFIG_PATH_ADVANCED_TARGET_INFO_V1
NV_GPU_QUERY_ILLUMINATION_SUPPORT_PARM_V1
NV_GPU_GET_ILLUMINATION_PARM_V1
NV_GPU_SET_ILLUMINATION_PARM_V1
NV_I2C_INFO_V3
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NVAPI Release Notes
New Enums
NV_GPU_ILLUMINATION_ATTRIB
Deprecated NVAPI Functions
The following functions will be deprecated and replaced by new functions in coming
releases:
Deprecated Replaced By
N/A N/A
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NVAPI Release Notes
NVAPIDriverSettings Changes
New additions:
OGL_MAX_FRAMES_ALLOWED_STRING
D3DOGL_GPU_MAX_POWER_STRING
VSYNC_BEHAVIOR_FLAGS_STRING
WKS_FEATURE_SUPPORT_CONTROL_STRING
VSYNCTEARCONTROL_STRING
OGL_MAX_FRAMES_ALLOWED_ID added to ESetting
D3DOGL_GPU_MAX_POWER_ID added to ESetting
VSYNC_BEHAVIOR_FLAGS_ID added to ESetting
WKS_FEATURE_SUPPORT_CONTROL_ID added to ESetting
VSYNCTEARCONTROL_ID added to ESetting
EValues_VSYNC_BEHAVIOR_FLAGS enum added
EValues_WKS_FEATURE_SUPPORT_CONTROL enum added
PRERENDERLIMIT_APP_CONTROLLED added to EValues_PRERENDERLIMIT
EValues_VSYNCTEARCONTROL enum added
g_valuesD3DOGL_GPU_MAX_POWER array added
g_valuesVSYNC_BEHAVIOR_FLAGS array added
g_valuesWKS_FEATURE_SUPPORT_CONTROL added
PRERENDERLIMIT_APP_CONTROLLED added to g_valuesPRERENDERLIMIT
array
g_valuesVSYNCTEARCONTROL array added
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