NVIDIA 3D Vision - few questions...

realBabelfish

realBabelfish

realBabelfish

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Hi gurus!

im looking at getting a new monitor and am unsure about a couple of things.

i have an nvidia 580GTX in my machine.

do i just need the glasses and the monitor? or do i need the nvidia kit? i cant see what it contains extra (just says glasses and software) but i see a little reciever/sender in the pic on this website.

i also see some monitors (im eyeing up the £500 Acer HN274Hbmiiid 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision Glasses [ET.HH4HE.001]) but it says it doesnt need anything other than the nvidia card.

im confused.

anyone know if nvidia 3d vision works with battlefield3 PC?

also, i have a home cinema setup with a 120Hz toshiba TV. could i manage to use the glasses somehow with that? its not a 3d model but i was under the impression that using DVI on a 120Hz screen might work maybe if i had the new monitor sat next to the TV?
 
ooh, just seen this one:

Asus VG278H 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision 2.0 Glasses - Black [VG278H]

not sure why it isnt in the 3d section on the website!
 
The full nvidia kit £110-ish comes with the glasses and 3d emmiter - both are needed. You can also buy just the glasses as a spare/second pair.

Only exceptions are those two 27" monitors in your OP - both have the emitter built in to the monitor and come with the glasses too.

This shows all the compatible screens etc... http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-system-requirements.html

Oh and BF3 currently doesn't support nvidia 3D http://3dvision-blog.com/battlefield-3-is-available-but-no-stereoscopic-3d-support-yet/
 
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Re: your 120Hz Toshiba - this won't work by default. The 3D Vision software looks at the hardware in device manager and will only set itself up if it finds a display that's on the supported list. I'd guess your TV would just show as a Generic TFT or something in device manager so the 3D Vision software will just say "no compatible display detected"

It is sometimes possible to hack a monitor driver to fool windows into thinking it's a different model in which case it could theoretically work, but it's pretty unlikely and probably not worth the effort!
 
I've got the Nvidia glasses etc with an Asus VG236HE, to be honest I find the 3D specs cumbersome although it's probably made worse for me because I need to wear glasses for close up. I've hardly used them since I bought the set up.

Although the 3D effects are amazing & things reach right out as if to touch your nose it's not quite the same as in the cinema where the screen is not right in front of your face & of course the glasses they use for that system are completely different to Nvidias which are shutter glasses.

That's also why they won't work with your TV because you have to load an Nvidia 3D driver on your PC which switches images from one eye to the other extremely fast by blanking off alternate lenses although nothing actually moves as it's done electronically.
A major drawback for me was that it also darkens the picture considerably. The 3D effect also works with lower refresh rates 110 & probably others
 
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