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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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