2 NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0 User’s Guide – Version 2.0
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About NVIDIA nTune Generation 5.0
System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems:
• Microsoft Windows
®
XP (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows
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Vista
TM
• Supported Motherboards:
NVIDIA nTune version 5.0 supports only motherboards with nForce processors,
with the exception of the following:
• nForce1
• nForce mobile edition processors
• nForce server class processors
NVIDIA nTune version 5.05 and later supports all motherboards, not just
motherboards with nForce processors, for the following features:
• GPU overclocking and fan control using the nTune Performance page in the
NVIDIA Control Panel
• System performance monitoring and GPU temperature monitoring using the
nTune NVIDIA Monitor
• Supported Processors
• All AMD K7 (except Duron) processors
• AMD Athlon 64 FX processors
• AMD Opteron processors
• AMD Sempron processors
• Intel
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Pentium
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4 processor with Hyperthreading support
Note: nTune does not support overclocking, underclocking, or performance auto-
tuning on multi-processor systems.