I recently purchased the Asus VG236 display that bundles in the nVidia 3D Vision kit. The host PC I am working with is a HP z800 with a nVidia Quadro FX 3800 (270.71 drivers) and AMD 5770 GPUs installed (I do both CUDA and OpenCL computing) on Windows 7 64bit. The nVidia website mentions that for 3D Vision Pro to work with the 3800, an optional stereo connector is "required". As I understand it, the North American 3D Vision kit is supposed to include the 3-pin mini-din connector. However, even though Asus markets and sells this combo package in NA, they only include the European version of the 3D Vision kit, so I get no stereo connector cable included in the box. Additionally, even if I did have the cable, I don't see anywhere on the 3800 external bracket where I would be able to connect a 3-pin cable to.
Because of this, I decided to go ahead and try connecting and running the kit and display and see what results I could get. After running the installation and watching some demo content through the 3D Vision Preview and Player, I can confirm that I am "seeing" 3D. If I go to the [b]nVidia Control Panel>Manage 3D Settings>Stereo - Display Mode>[/b] and select any of the [i]with nVidia 3D Vision[/i] options, I get an overlayed error message when trying to view 3D content through the Vision player (even though the content is coming through the display to my eyes in 3D); but if I select any of the other options, everything is fine.
So, my questions are as follows:
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[*]Do I really need the 3-pin mini-din to stereo connector?
[*]If so, then why am I able to view content in 3D without it? (I am [i]definitely[/i] watching content in 3D - this is not a mistake or illusion on my part)
[*]Is the 3-pin connector just for the 3D Vision "Pro" experience? I am only investigating 3D for video processing and display purposes (ie Blu-Ray, web content, etc.). So would the 3D Vision "Home" experience be sufficient for these purposes, if that is indeed the "level" of quality that I am viewing here?
[*]Where on the 3800 would I plug the 3-pin connector to if I had it? The 3800 board from HP only includes 2 DisplayPorts and one DVI on the external bracket.
[*]Would I have to connect a mini-din connector internally to the 3800 board and send that to an external bracket? (Ugh)
[*]I have three monitors connected to the two boards. The other two displays are 2D Dell U2311's. It appears that the only way I can view 3D content in this configuration is to disable the other two monitors temporarily through the Windows Screen Resolution control panel. Is there anyway around that? I can connect the monitors to whatever ports necessary if need be.
[*]Can someone recommend a good software BD player for nVidia 3D?
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Thanks for any help and assistance you can provide,
CS
I recently purchased the Asus VG236 display that bundles in the nVidia 3D Vision kit. The host PC I am working with is a HP z800 with a nVidia Quadro FX 3800 (270.71 drivers) and AMD 5770 GPUs installed (I do both CUDA and OpenCL computing) on Windows 7 64bit. The nVidia website mentions that for 3D Vision Pro to work with the 3800, an optional stereo connector is "required". As I understand it, the North American 3D Vision kit is supposed to include the 3-pin mini-din connector. However, even though Asus markets and sells this combo package in NA, they only include the European version of the 3D Vision kit, so I get no stereo connector cable included in the box. Additionally, even if I did have the cable, I don't see anywhere on the 3800 external bracket where I would be able to connect a 3-pin cable to.
Because of this, I decided to go ahead and try connecting and running the kit and display and see what results I could get. After running the installation and watching some demo content through the 3D Vision Preview and Player, I can confirm that I am "seeing" 3D. If I go to the nVidia Control Panel>Manage 3D Settings>Stereo - Display Mode> and select any of the with nVidia 3D Vision options, I get an overlayed error message when trying to view 3D content through the Vision player (even though the content is coming through the display to my eyes in 3D); but if I select any of the other options, everything is fine.
So, my questions are as follows:
[list=1]
Do I really need the 3-pin mini-din to stereo connector?
If so, then why am I able to view content in 3D without it? (I am definitely watching content in 3D - this is not a mistake or illusion on my part)
Is the 3-pin connector just for the 3D Vision "Pro" experience? I am only investigating 3D for video processing and display purposes (ie Blu-Ray, web content, etc.). So would the 3D Vision "Home" experience be sufficient for these purposes, if that is indeed the "level" of quality that I am viewing here?
Where on the 3800 would I plug the 3-pin connector to if I had it? The 3800 board from HP only includes 2 DisplayPorts and one DVI on the external bracket.
Would I have to connect a mini-din connector internally to the 3800 board and send that to an external bracket? (Ugh)
I have three monitors connected to the two boards. The other two displays are 2D Dell U2311's. It appears that the only way I can view 3D content in this configuration is to disable the other two monitors temporarily through the Windows Screen Resolution control panel. Is there anyway around that? I can connect the monitors to whatever ports necessary if need be.
Can someone recommend a good software BD player for nVidia 3D?
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Thanks for any help and assistance you can provide,
Because of this, I decided to go ahead and try connecting and running the kit and display and see what results I could get. After running the installation and watching some demo content through the 3D Vision Preview and Player, I can confirm that I am "seeing" 3D. If I go to the [b]nVidia Control Panel>Manage 3D Settings>Stereo - Display Mode>[/b] and select any of the [i]with nVidia 3D Vision[/i] options, I get an overlayed error message when trying to view 3D content through the Vision player (even though the content is coming through the display to my eyes in 3D); but if I select any of the other options, everything is fine.
So, my questions are as follows:
[list=1]
[*]Do I really need the 3-pin mini-din to stereo connector?
[*]If so, then why am I able to view content in 3D without it? (I am [i]definitely[/i] watching content in 3D - this is not a mistake or illusion on my part)
[*]Is the 3-pin connector just for the 3D Vision "Pro" experience? I am only investigating 3D for video processing and display purposes (ie Blu-Ray, web content, etc.). So would the 3D Vision "Home" experience be sufficient for these purposes, if that is indeed the "level" of quality that I am viewing here?
[*]Where on the 3800 would I plug the 3-pin connector to if I had it? The 3800 board from HP only includes 2 DisplayPorts and one DVI on the external bracket.
[*]Would I have to connect a mini-din connector internally to the 3800 board and send that to an external bracket? (Ugh)
[*]I have three monitors connected to the two boards. The other two displays are 2D Dell U2311's. It appears that the only way I can view 3D content in this configuration is to disable the other two monitors temporarily through the Windows Screen Resolution control panel. Is there anyway around that? I can connect the monitors to whatever ports necessary if need be.
[*]Can someone recommend a good software BD player for nVidia 3D?
[/list]
Thanks for any help and assistance you can provide,
CS
Because of this, I decided to go ahead and try connecting and running the kit and display and see what results I could get. After running the installation and watching some demo content through the 3D Vision Preview and Player, I can confirm that I am "seeing" 3D. If I go to the nVidia Control Panel>Manage 3D Settings>Stereo - Display Mode> and select any of the with nVidia 3D Vision options, I get an overlayed error message when trying to view 3D content through the Vision player (even though the content is coming through the display to my eyes in 3D); but if I select any of the other options, everything is fine.
So, my questions are as follows:
[list=1]
Thanks for any help and assistance you can provide,
CS