Trouble with GTX 295 and 3D Vision
I bought a 3D Vision bundle with a Samsung 22" monitor. I installed it and played World of Warcraft with it all last weekend a good 10 hours of play time and it worked flawlessly.

It worked so well that I decided to order a GTX 295 to replace my 8800 GTS 512. That is when my troubles began. I am seeing dark flickers in my left eye and bright flashes in my right eye. If I pull the glasses away it looks as though the right eye turns off for long moments. It happens anywhere from 3 times a second to once every 5 seconds. I uninstalled all drivers, confirmed I was using stock Windows drivers then reinstalled CD 1.05 carefully following the instructions.

I'm using Vista 64 Ultimate, Q6700 not overclocked, P35 chipset, 8GB RAM. I've tried World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online. I don't have any other games to try installed. It also happens during the initial setup and while using the Nvidia test app accessible through the control panel.

After trying everything I've read here and re-installing twice I pulled last years card (8800 GTS 512) back out and put it back in. Nothing would run so I re-installed the drivers again and now everything is back to being perfect. No flickers or flashes whatsoever.

I'm in an uncomfortable position now as Nvidia is going to blame the graphics card and E-VGA is going to blame the glasses. Do you have any suggestions?

It looks to me as though there is a conflict between the GTX 295 and the 3D Vision glasses despite the GTX 295 being a recommended card.

Thanks.
I bought a 3D Vision bundle with a Samsung 22" monitor. I installed it and played World of Warcraft with it all last weekend a good 10 hours of play time and it worked flawlessly.



It worked so well that I decided to order a GTX 295 to replace my 8800 GTS 512. That is when my troubles began. I am seeing dark flickers in my left eye and bright flashes in my right eye. If I pull the glasses away it looks as though the right eye turns off for long moments. It happens anywhere from 3 times a second to once every 5 seconds. I uninstalled all drivers, confirmed I was using stock Windows drivers then reinstalled CD 1.05 carefully following the instructions.



I'm using Vista 64 Ultimate, Q6700 not overclocked, P35 chipset, 8GB RAM. I've tried World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online. I don't have any other games to try installed. It also happens during the initial setup and while using the Nvidia test app accessible through the control panel.



After trying everything I've read here and re-installing twice I pulled last years card (8800 GTS 512) back out and put it back in. Nothing would run so I re-installed the drivers again and now everything is back to being perfect. No flickers or flashes whatsoever.



I'm in an uncomfortable position now as Nvidia is going to blame the graphics card and E-VGA is going to blame the glasses. Do you have any suggestions?



It looks to me as though there is a conflict between the GTX 295 and the 3D Vision glasses despite the GTX 295 being a recommended card.



Thanks.

#1
Posted 02/14/2009 02:50 AM   
[quote name='enyar' post='505474' date='Feb 13 2009, 09:50 PM']I bought a 3D Vision bundle with a Samsung 22" monitor. I installed it and played World of Warcraft with it all last weekend a good 10 hours of play time and it worked flawlessly.

It worked so well that I decided to order a GTX 295 to replace my 8800 GTS 512. That is when my troubles began. I am seeing dark flickers in my left eye and bright flashes in my right eye. If I pull the glasses away it looks as though the right eye turns off for long moments. It happens anywhere from 3 times a second to once every 5 seconds. I uninstalled all drivers, confirmed I was using stock Windows drivers then reinstalled CD 1.05 carefully following the instructions.

I'm using Vista 64 Ultimate, Q6700 not overclocked, P35 chipset, 8GB RAM. I've tried World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online. I don't have any other games to try installed. It also happens during the initial setup and while using the Nvidia test app accessible through the control panel.

After trying everything I've read here and re-installing twice I pulled last years card (8800 GTS 512) back out and put it back in. Nothing would run so I re-installed the drivers again and now everything is back to being perfect. No flickers or flashes whatsoever.

I'm in an uncomfortable position now as Nvidia is going to blame the graphics card and E-VGA is going to blame the glasses. Do you have any suggestions?

It looks to me as though there is a conflict between the GTX 295 and the 3D Vision glasses despite the GTX 295 being a recommended card.

Thanks.[/quote]

It seems like its an SLI issue, as the GTX 295 is actually two GPUs in SLI. Other people with SLI setups have also complained about this. I'm also thinking its any sort of multi-GPU setup that can cause this, because I have a Geforce 8400 GS PCI along with my GTX 280 (in order to run multi-monitors), and I also got this issue, although it doesn't seem like it happens as frequently as yours does.
[quote name='enyar' post='505474' date='Feb 13 2009, 09:50 PM']I bought a 3D Vision bundle with a Samsung 22" monitor. I installed it and played World of Warcraft with it all last weekend a good 10 hours of play time and it worked flawlessly.



It worked so well that I decided to order a GTX 295 to replace my 8800 GTS 512. That is when my troubles began. I am seeing dark flickers in my left eye and bright flashes in my right eye. If I pull the glasses away it looks as though the right eye turns off for long moments. It happens anywhere from 3 times a second to once every 5 seconds. I uninstalled all drivers, confirmed I was using stock Windows drivers then reinstalled CD 1.05 carefully following the instructions.



I'm using Vista 64 Ultimate, Q6700 not overclocked, P35 chipset, 8GB RAM. I've tried World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online. I don't have any other games to try installed. It also happens during the initial setup and while using the Nvidia test app accessible through the control panel.



After trying everything I've read here and re-installing twice I pulled last years card (8800 GTS 512) back out and put it back in. Nothing would run so I re-installed the drivers again and now everything is back to being perfect. No flickers or flashes whatsoever.



I'm in an uncomfortable position now as Nvidia is going to blame the graphics card and E-VGA is going to blame the glasses. Do you have any suggestions?



It looks to me as though there is a conflict between the GTX 295 and the 3D Vision glasses despite the GTX 295 being a recommended card.



Thanks.



It seems like its an SLI issue, as the GTX 295 is actually two GPUs in SLI. Other people with SLI setups have also complained about this. I'm also thinking its any sort of multi-GPU setup that can cause this, because I have a Geforce 8400 GS PCI along with my GTX 280 (in order to run multi-monitors), and I also got this issue, although it doesn't seem like it happens as frequently as yours does.

#2
Posted 02/14/2009 04:33 AM   
I've tried disabling the SLI with the Nvidia control panel. I also tried single display performance mode. It helped. It only flashed about once every 5-15 seconds.

I wonder if disabling the second card in the Vista device manager will be enough to make it behave like a single card. Albeit an expensive single card. :(
I've tried disabling the SLI with the Nvidia control panel. I also tried single display performance mode. It helped. It only flashed about once every 5-15 seconds.



I wonder if disabling the second card in the Vista device manager will be enough to make it behave like a single card. Albeit an expensive single card. :(

#3
Posted 02/14/2009 05:19 AM   
[quote name='enyar' post='505474' date='Feb 13 2009, 06:50 PM']I bought a 3D Vision bundle with a Samsung 22" monitor. I installed it and played World of Warcraft with it all last weekend a good 10 hours of play time and it worked flawlessly.

It worked so well that I decided to order a GTX 295 to replace my 8800 GTS 512. That is when my troubles began. I am seeing dark flickers in my left eye and bright flashes in my right eye. If I pull the glasses away it looks as though the right eye turns off for long moments. It happens anywhere from 3 times a second to once every 5 seconds. I uninstalled all drivers, confirmed I was using stock Windows drivers then reinstalled CD 1.05 carefully following the instructions.

I'm using Vista 64 Ultimate, Q6700 not overclocked, P35 chipset, 8GB RAM. I've tried World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online. I don't have any other games to try installed. It also happens during the initial setup and while using the Nvidia test app accessible through the control panel.

After trying everything I've read here and re-installing twice I pulled last years card (8800 GTS 512) back out and put it back in. Nothing would run so I re-installed the drivers again and now everything is back to being perfect. No flickers or flashes whatsoever.

I'm in an uncomfortable position now as Nvidia is going to blame the graphics card and E-VGA is going to blame the glasses. Do you have any suggestions?

It looks to me as though there is a conflict between the GTX 295 and the 3D Vision glasses despite the GTX 295 being a recommended card.

Thanks.[/quote]

There's something else going on here, I've been using the GTX295 with 3D Vision in Vista 64U for almost 2 months now with no issues. I even have a 9800GTX+ installed as well to handle the PhysX.

I did encounter weird crap like you're experiencing with the pre release drivers before the product launched.

I would try downloading installing the latest WHQL/3d vision drivers here:

[url="http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_3D_vision_CD_1.04.html"]http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_3D_vision_CD_1.04.html[/url]

(after uninstalling current drivers of course)

It definitely works, I've been enjoying SLi support with my GTX295 for weeks now.

Here's some benches I made with the difference between single and dual core:

[url="http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=2062972"]http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=2062972[/url]
[quote name='enyar' post='505474' date='Feb 13 2009, 06:50 PM']I bought a 3D Vision bundle with a Samsung 22" monitor. I installed it and played World of Warcraft with it all last weekend a good 10 hours of play time and it worked flawlessly.



It worked so well that I decided to order a GTX 295 to replace my 8800 GTS 512. That is when my troubles began. I am seeing dark flickers in my left eye and bright flashes in my right eye. If I pull the glasses away it looks as though the right eye turns off for long moments. It happens anywhere from 3 times a second to once every 5 seconds. I uninstalled all drivers, confirmed I was using stock Windows drivers then reinstalled CD 1.05 carefully following the instructions.



I'm using Vista 64 Ultimate, Q6700 not overclocked, P35 chipset, 8GB RAM. I've tried World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online. I don't have any other games to try installed. It also happens during the initial setup and while using the Nvidia test app accessible through the control panel.



After trying everything I've read here and re-installing twice I pulled last years card (8800 GTS 512) back out and put it back in. Nothing would run so I re-installed the drivers again and now everything is back to being perfect. No flickers or flashes whatsoever.



I'm in an uncomfortable position now as Nvidia is going to blame the graphics card and E-VGA is going to blame the glasses. Do you have any suggestions?



It looks to me as though there is a conflict between the GTX 295 and the 3D Vision glasses despite the GTX 295 being a recommended card.



Thanks.



There's something else going on here, I've been using the GTX295 with 3D Vision in Vista 64U for almost 2 months now with no issues. I even have a 9800GTX+ installed as well to handle the PhysX.



I did encounter weird crap like you're experiencing with the pre release drivers before the product launched.



I would try downloading installing the latest WHQL/3d vision drivers here:



http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_3D_vision_CD_1.04.html



(after uninstalling current drivers of course)



It definitely works, I've been enjoying SLi support with my GTX295 for weeks now.



Here's some benches I made with the difference between single and dual core:



http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=2062972

GTX680 SLI

Asus Rampage/intel 990X

3 X Acer GD235Hz



NVIDIA FOCUS GROUP

Not employed by NVIDIA, nor do my views represent NVIDIA's in any way.

#4
Posted 02/14/2009 03:11 PM   
[quote name='enyar' post='505474' date='Feb 13 2009, 11:50 PM']I bought a 3D Vision bundle with a Samsung 22" monitor. I installed it and played World of Warcraft with it all last weekend a good 10 hours of play time and it worked flawlessly.

It worked so well that I decided to order a GTX 295 to replace my 8800 GTS 512. That is when my troubles began. I am seeing dark flickers in my left eye and bright flashes in my right eye. If I pull the glasses away it looks as though the right eye turns off for long moments. It happens anywhere from 3 times a second to once every 5 seconds. I uninstalled all drivers, confirmed I was using stock Windows drivers then reinstalled CD 1.05 carefully following the instructions.

I'm using Vista 64 Ultimate, Q6700 not overclocked, P35 chipset, 8GB RAM. I've tried World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online. I don't have any other games to try installed. It also happens during the initial setup and while using the Nvidia test app accessible through the control panel.

After trying everything I've read here and re-installing twice I pulled last years card (8800 GTS 512) back out and put it back in. Nothing would run so I re-installed the drivers again and now everything is back to being perfect. No flickers or flashes whatsoever.

I'm in an uncomfortable position now as Nvidia is going to blame the graphics card and E-VGA is going to blame the glasses. Do you have any suggestions?

It looks to me as though there is a conflict between the GTX 295 and the 3D Vision glasses despite the GTX 295 being a recommended card.

Thanks.[/quote]

I had the exact same thing happen. I started a thread labeled "Problem with WoW after upgrade". Things were great with my 8800gtx. I upgraded to a new card and have the exact symptoms you describe in WoW. All other games are fine. I've tried all drivers from 1.03 - 1.05. I have opened a ticket with Nvidia but have heard nothing back from them other than an email to say it has gone to tier 2. I am using an E-VGA card too. I wonder if it is related...
[quote name='enyar' post='505474' date='Feb 13 2009, 11:50 PM']I bought a 3D Vision bundle with a Samsung 22" monitor. I installed it and played World of Warcraft with it all last weekend a good 10 hours of play time and it worked flawlessly.



It worked so well that I decided to order a GTX 295 to replace my 8800 GTS 512. That is when my troubles began. I am seeing dark flickers in my left eye and bright flashes in my right eye. If I pull the glasses away it looks as though the right eye turns off for long moments. It happens anywhere from 3 times a second to once every 5 seconds. I uninstalled all drivers, confirmed I was using stock Windows drivers then reinstalled CD 1.05 carefully following the instructions.



I'm using Vista 64 Ultimate, Q6700 not overclocked, P35 chipset, 8GB RAM. I've tried World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online. I don't have any other games to try installed. It also happens during the initial setup and while using the Nvidia test app accessible through the control panel.



After trying everything I've read here and re-installing twice I pulled last years card (8800 GTS 512) back out and put it back in. Nothing would run so I re-installed the drivers again and now everything is back to being perfect. No flickers or flashes whatsoever.



I'm in an uncomfortable position now as Nvidia is going to blame the graphics card and E-VGA is going to blame the glasses. Do you have any suggestions?



It looks to me as though there is a conflict between the GTX 295 and the 3D Vision glasses despite the GTX 295 being a recommended card.



Thanks.



I had the exact same thing happen. I started a thread labeled "Problem with WoW after upgrade". Things were great with my 8800gtx. I upgraded to a new card and have the exact symptoms you describe in WoW. All other games are fine. I've tried all drivers from 1.03 - 1.05. I have opened a ticket with Nvidia but have heard nothing back from them other than an email to say it has gone to tier 2. I am using an E-VGA card too. I wonder if it is related...

#5
Posted 02/14/2009 04:09 PM   
I'll vote for the SLi issue idea. I have found several games I have tried that flicker with SLi on but run silky smooth with it turned off.. specifically Need For speed, Fallout, and Mirrors edge seem to have Sli problems for me. I am running 2 gtx280's but have pretty well turned off SlI until I find a game where I may need the frame rSte boost. I hope Nvidia can fix this Sli issue because I am sure there will be games that will need the framerate boost.

[quote name='new_parad1gm' post='505497' date='Feb 13 2009, 11:33 PM']It seems like its an SLI issue, as the GTX 295 is actually two GPUs in SLI. Other people with SLI setups have also complained about this. I'm also thinking its any sort of multi-GPU setup that can cause this, because I have a Geforce 8400 GS PCI along with my GTX 280 (in order to run multi-monitors), and I also got this issue, although it doesn't seem like it happens as frequently as yours does.[/quote]
I'll vote for the SLi issue idea. I have found several games I have tried that flicker with SLi on but run silky smooth with it turned off.. specifically Need For speed, Fallout, and Mirrors edge seem to have Sli problems for me. I am running 2 gtx280's but have pretty well turned off SlI until I find a game where I may need the frame rSte boost. I hope Nvidia can fix this Sli issue because I am sure there will be games that will need the framerate boost.



[quote name='new_parad1gm' post='505497' date='Feb 13 2009, 11:33 PM']It seems like its an SLI issue, as the GTX 295 is actually two GPUs in SLI. Other people with SLI setups have also complained about this. I'm also thinking its any sort of multi-GPU setup that can cause this, because I have a Geforce 8400 GS PCI along with my GTX 280 (in order to run multi-monitors), and I also got this issue, although it doesn't seem like it happens as frequently as yours does.

#6
Posted 02/14/2009 06:08 PM   
[quote name='Edo1946' post='505695' date='Feb 14 2009, 01:08 PM']I'll vote for the SLi issue idea. I have found several games I have tried that flicker with SLi on but run silky smooth with it turned off.. specifically Need For speed, Fallout, and Mirrors edge seem to have Sli problems for me. I am running 2 gtx280's but have pretty well turned off SlI until I find a game where I may need the frame rSte boost. I hope Nvidia can fix this Sli issue because I am sure there will be games that will need the framerate boost.[/quote]

I was also wondering, what CPUs do you guys have? The guy with no flickering with SLI also has a beast of a CPU in the Intel 965. I've noticed that there is a difference in the frequency of flickering when I OC my CPU (E8200 to 3.2GHz), vs stock clocks (2.66 GHz).
[quote name='Edo1946' post='505695' date='Feb 14 2009, 01:08 PM']I'll vote for the SLi issue idea. I have found several games I have tried that flicker with SLi on but run silky smooth with it turned off.. specifically Need For speed, Fallout, and Mirrors edge seem to have Sli problems for me. I am running 2 gtx280's but have pretty well turned off SlI until I find a game where I may need the frame rSte boost. I hope Nvidia can fix this Sli issue because I am sure there will be games that will need the framerate boost.



I was also wondering, what CPUs do you guys have? The guy with no flickering with SLI also has a beast of a CPU in the Intel 965. I've noticed that there is a difference in the frequency of flickering when I OC my CPU (E8200 to 3.2GHz), vs stock clocks (2.66 GHz).

#7
Posted 02/14/2009 10:23 PM   
[quote name='Edo1946' post='505695' date='Feb 14 2009, 11:08 AM']I'll vote for the SLi issue idea. I have found several games I have tried that flicker with SLi on but run silky smooth with it turned off.. specifically Need For speed, Fallout, and Mirrors edge seem to have Sli problems for me. I am running 2 gtx280's but have pretty well turned off SlI until I find a game where I may need the frame rSte boost. I hope Nvidia can fix this Sli issue because I am sure there will be games that will need the framerate boost.[/quote]

I haven't played two of those, but Mirror's Edge did not work very well for me. Was one of the few "fails" I had with 3D Vision- had to set separation to minimum with GTX295.

[b]OP could you please submit a support ticket referencing this thread, NVIDIA would like to help you with the Vista 64 issue. That should work.[/b]

[url="https://surveys.nvidia.com/index.jsp?pi=7498eac864dc1950c8f09e040b4a437a"]https://surveys.nvidia.com/index.jsp?pi=749...8f09e040b4a437a[/url]
[quote name='Edo1946' post='505695' date='Feb 14 2009, 11:08 AM']I'll vote for the SLi issue idea. I have found several games I have tried that flicker with SLi on but run silky smooth with it turned off.. specifically Need For speed, Fallout, and Mirrors edge seem to have Sli problems for me. I am running 2 gtx280's but have pretty well turned off SlI until I find a game where I may need the frame rSte boost. I hope Nvidia can fix this Sli issue because I am sure there will be games that will need the framerate boost.



I haven't played two of those, but Mirror's Edge did not work very well for me. Was one of the few "fails" I had with 3D Vision- had to set separation to minimum with GTX295.



OP could you please submit a support ticket referencing this thread, NVIDIA would like to help you with the Vista 64 issue. That should work.



https://surveys.nvidia.com/index.jsp?pi=749...8f09e040b4a437a

GTX680 SLI

Asus Rampage/intel 990X

3 X Acer GD235Hz



NVIDIA FOCUS GROUP

Not employed by NVIDIA, nor do my views represent NVIDIA's in any way.

#8
Posted 02/15/2009 01:51 AM   
Brian_S

Thank you. I looked over your specs and decided to do more testing. I agreed with you it didn't seem right. I installed Gears of War. Installing this game required me to update DirectX 9. I downloaded the latest version. I verified it played flawlessly in stereo 3D with my 8800GTS.

I swapped my video cards putting the GTX 295 back in. After booting into Vista I uninstalled my 3D Vision and Nvidia drivers. Rebooted and confirmed I had the VGA driver and a "second" graphics card with no driver. Installed the CD 1.04 drivers. Rebooted. Installed the 3D Vision drivers and went through the setup.

I then played Gears of War for about 20 minutes. It played flawlessly. I then tried World of Warcraft and had no issues. I then tried Warcraft with all of the video settings set to max. I tried turning all the game settings off and on to see if I could break it. I turned Vista's Aero back on and put my animated wallpaper back on. I put my sound card back in. I tried changing through all of the monitor refresh rates on the desktop and in the game. I then played World of Warcraft for the last 3 hours and it hasn't flashed once. I played the entire time with all of the lights on. I am no longer able to make it flash unless I deliberately cover the IR receiver or transmitter.

I'm using all of the defaults in the Nvidia control panel settings. Multi-GPU performance mode is "NVIDIA recommended" and Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration is set to Multiple display performace mode.

I have a Q6700 running at stock 2.66 GHz, P35 chipset and 8GB of RAM at its default 800 MHz. GTX 295 is at its defaults too.

I wish I knew why it didn't work before. The only thing I can think of that I did differently was updating DirectX 9 and using CD 1.04 instead of CD 1.05. 3D Vision is a DirectX 10 product though so I don't think having an old DirectX 9 would matter.
Brian_S



Thank you. I looked over your specs and decided to do more testing. I agreed with you it didn't seem right. I installed Gears of War. Installing this game required me to update DirectX 9. I downloaded the latest version. I verified it played flawlessly in stereo 3D with my 8800GTS.



I swapped my video cards putting the GTX 295 back in. After booting into Vista I uninstalled my 3D Vision and Nvidia drivers. Rebooted and confirmed I had the VGA driver and a "second" graphics card with no driver. Installed the CD 1.04 drivers. Rebooted. Installed the 3D Vision drivers and went through the setup.



I then played Gears of War for about 20 minutes. It played flawlessly. I then tried World of Warcraft and had no issues. I then tried Warcraft with all of the video settings set to max. I tried turning all the game settings off and on to see if I could break it. I turned Vista's Aero back on and put my animated wallpaper back on. I put my sound card back in. I tried changing through all of the monitor refresh rates on the desktop and in the game. I then played World of Warcraft for the last 3 hours and it hasn't flashed once. I played the entire time with all of the lights on. I am no longer able to make it flash unless I deliberately cover the IR receiver or transmitter.



I'm using all of the defaults in the Nvidia control panel settings. Multi-GPU performance mode is "NVIDIA recommended" and Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration is set to Multiple display performace mode.



I have a Q6700 running at stock 2.66 GHz, P35 chipset and 8GB of RAM at its default 800 MHz. GTX 295 is at its defaults too.



I wish I knew why it didn't work before. The only thing I can think of that I did differently was updating DirectX 9 and using CD 1.04 instead of CD 1.05. 3D Vision is a DirectX 10 product though so I don't think having an old DirectX 9 would matter.

#9
Posted 02/15/2009 02:37 AM   
[quote name='enyar' post='505845' date='Feb 14 2009, 07:37 PM']Brian_S

Thank you. I looked over your specs and decided to do more testing. I agreed with you it didn't seem right. I installed Gears of War. Installing this game required me to update DirectX 9. I downloaded the latest version. I verified it played flawlessly in stereo 3D with my 8800GTS.

I swapped my video cards putting the GTX 295 back in. After booting into Vista I uninstalled my 3D Vision and Nvidia drivers. Rebooted and confirmed I had the VGA driver and a "second" graphics card with no driver. Installed the CD 1.04 drivers. Rebooted. Installed the 3D Vision drivers and went through the setup.

I then played Gears of War for about 20 minutes. It played flawlessly. I then tried World of Warcraft and had no issues. I then tried Warcraft with all of the video settings set to max. I tried turning all the game settings off and on to see if I could break it. I turned Vista's Aero back on and put my animated wallpaper back on. I put my sound card back in. I tried changing through all of the monitor refresh rates on the desktop and in the game. I then played World of Warcraft for the last 3 hours and it hasn't flashed once. I played the entire time with all of the lights on. I am no longer able to make it flash unless I deliberately cover the IR receiver or transmitter.

I'm using all of the defaults in the Nvidia control panel settings. Multi-GPU performance mode is "NVIDIA recommended" and Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration is set to Multiple display performace mode.

I have a Q6700 running at stock 2.66 GHz, P35 chipset and 8GB of RAM at its default 800 MHz. GTX 295 is at its defaults too.

I wish I knew why it didn't work before. The only thing I can think of that I did differently was updating DirectX 9 and using CD 1.04 instead of CD 1.05. 3D Vision is a DirectX 10 product though so I don't think having an old DirectX 9 would matter.[/quote]

I'm glad it worked out for you enyar!

The GTX295 is pretty much the ultimate 3D Vision card IMO-has more than enough power to nail down rock solid framerates in 3d. I've tested a GTX260 C216, which worked well also, but UT3 in 3d with PhysX on with the GTX295 and a dedicated PhysX card looks like the future of 3d gaming to me.
[quote name='enyar' post='505845' date='Feb 14 2009, 07:37 PM']Brian_S



Thank you. I looked over your specs and decided to do more testing. I agreed with you it didn't seem right. I installed Gears of War. Installing this game required me to update DirectX 9. I downloaded the latest version. I verified it played flawlessly in stereo 3D with my 8800GTS.



I swapped my video cards putting the GTX 295 back in. After booting into Vista I uninstalled my 3D Vision and Nvidia drivers. Rebooted and confirmed I had the VGA driver and a "second" graphics card with no driver. Installed the CD 1.04 drivers. Rebooted. Installed the 3D Vision drivers and went through the setup.



I then played Gears of War for about 20 minutes. It played flawlessly. I then tried World of Warcraft and had no issues. I then tried Warcraft with all of the video settings set to max. I tried turning all the game settings off and on to see if I could break it. I turned Vista's Aero back on and put my animated wallpaper back on. I put my sound card back in. I tried changing through all of the monitor refresh rates on the desktop and in the game. I then played World of Warcraft for the last 3 hours and it hasn't flashed once. I played the entire time with all of the lights on. I am no longer able to make it flash unless I deliberately cover the IR receiver or transmitter.



I'm using all of the defaults in the Nvidia control panel settings. Multi-GPU performance mode is "NVIDIA recommended" and Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration is set to Multiple display performace mode.



I have a Q6700 running at stock 2.66 GHz, P35 chipset and 8GB of RAM at its default 800 MHz. GTX 295 is at its defaults too.



I wish I knew why it didn't work before. The only thing I can think of that I did differently was updating DirectX 9 and using CD 1.04 instead of CD 1.05. 3D Vision is a DirectX 10 product though so I don't think having an old DirectX 9 would matter.



I'm glad it worked out for you enyar!



The GTX295 is pretty much the ultimate 3D Vision card IMO-has more than enough power to nail down rock solid framerates in 3d. I've tested a GTX260 C216, which worked well also, but UT3 in 3d with PhysX on with the GTX295 and a dedicated PhysX card looks like the future of 3d gaming to me.

GTX680 SLI

Asus Rampage/intel 990X

3 X Acer GD235Hz



NVIDIA FOCUS GROUP

Not employed by NVIDIA, nor do my views represent NVIDIA's in any way.

#10
Posted 02/15/2009 03:53 AM   
[quote name='enyar' post='505845' date='Feb 14 2009, 09:37 PM']Brian_S

Thank you. I looked over your specs and decided to do more testing. I agreed with you it didn't seem right. I installed Gears of War. Installing this game required me to update DirectX 9. I downloaded the latest version. I verified it played flawlessly in stereo 3D with my 8800GTS.

I swapped my video cards putting the GTX 295 back in. After booting into Vista I uninstalled my 3D Vision and Nvidia drivers. Rebooted and confirmed I had the VGA driver and a "second" graphics card with no driver. Installed the CD 1.04 drivers. Rebooted. Installed the 3D Vision drivers and went through the setup.

I then played Gears of War for about 20 minutes. It played flawlessly. I then tried World of Warcraft and had no issues. I then tried Warcraft with all of the video settings set to max. I tried turning all the game settings off and on to see if I could break it. I turned Vista's Aero back on and put my animated wallpaper back on. I put my sound card back in. I tried changing through all of the monitor refresh rates on the desktop and in the game. I then played World of Warcraft for the last 3 hours and it hasn't flashed once. I played the entire time with all of the lights on. I am no longer able to make it flash unless I deliberately cover the IR receiver or transmitter.

I'm using all of the defaults in the Nvidia control panel settings. Multi-GPU performance mode is "NVIDIA recommended" and Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration is set to Multiple display performace mode.

I have a Q6700 running at stock 2.66 GHz, P35 chipset and 8GB of RAM at its default 800 MHz. GTX 295 is at its defaults too.

I wish I knew why it didn't work before. The only thing I can think of that I did differently was updating DirectX 9 and using CD 1.04 instead of CD 1.05. 3D Vision is a DirectX 10 product though so I don't think having an old DirectX 9 would matter.[/quote]

Have you tried Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare? I find the flickering occurs especially bad for me in that game. If you try the Shock and Awe level, the flashing is nigh unbearable, but its fine on other levels. Very strange.
[quote name='enyar' post='505845' date='Feb 14 2009, 09:37 PM']Brian_S



Thank you. I looked over your specs and decided to do more testing. I agreed with you it didn't seem right. I installed Gears of War. Installing this game required me to update DirectX 9. I downloaded the latest version. I verified it played flawlessly in stereo 3D with my 8800GTS.



I swapped my video cards putting the GTX 295 back in. After booting into Vista I uninstalled my 3D Vision and Nvidia drivers. Rebooted and confirmed I had the VGA driver and a "second" graphics card with no driver. Installed the CD 1.04 drivers. Rebooted. Installed the 3D Vision drivers and went through the setup.



I then played Gears of War for about 20 minutes. It played flawlessly. I then tried World of Warcraft and had no issues. I then tried Warcraft with all of the video settings set to max. I tried turning all the game settings off and on to see if I could break it. I turned Vista's Aero back on and put my animated wallpaper back on. I put my sound card back in. I tried changing through all of the monitor refresh rates on the desktop and in the game. I then played World of Warcraft for the last 3 hours and it hasn't flashed once. I played the entire time with all of the lights on. I am no longer able to make it flash unless I deliberately cover the IR receiver or transmitter.



I'm using all of the defaults in the Nvidia control panel settings. Multi-GPU performance mode is "NVIDIA recommended" and Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration is set to Multiple display performace mode.



I have a Q6700 running at stock 2.66 GHz, P35 chipset and 8GB of RAM at its default 800 MHz. GTX 295 is at its defaults too.



I wish I knew why it didn't work before. The only thing I can think of that I did differently was updating DirectX 9 and using CD 1.04 instead of CD 1.05. 3D Vision is a DirectX 10 product though so I don't think having an old DirectX 9 would matter.



Have you tried Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare? I find the flickering occurs especially bad for me in that game. If you try the Shock and Awe level, the flashing is nigh unbearable, but its fine on other levels. Very strange.

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