Zalman driver for GTX 400 series?
So is there a Zalman driver for the GTX 400 series yet? The latest driver I could find (after a lot of digging) was the 197.45 ( [url="http://www.nvidia.com/object/stereo_3D_197.45.html"]http://www.nvidia.com/object/stereo_3D_197.45.html[/url] ) however I don't believe it supports the GTX 480/470 since it says: "Note: If you are a GeForce GTX 480/470 owner and are trying to enable 3D Vision, please download the 197.41 GeForce graphics and 3D Vision drivers." but there isn't a 197.41 version of the Zalman driver. So are us Zalman owners SOL? What gives?
So is there a Zalman driver for the GTX 400 series yet? The latest driver I could find (after a lot of digging) was the 197.45 ( http://www.nvidia.com/object/stereo_3D_197.45.html ) however I don't believe it supports the GTX 480/470 since it says: "Note: If you are a GeForce GTX 480/470 owner and are trying to enable 3D Vision, please download the 197.41 GeForce graphics and 3D Vision drivers." but there isn't a 197.41 version of the Zalman driver. So are us Zalman owners SOL? What gives?
#1
Posted 05/07/2010 01:40 AM   
The Zalman name is just a brand NVIDIA is affiliated with for the glasses not the drivers that run the card, NVIDIA cards use NVIDIA drivers, there are no Zalman drivers.
The most current drivers for the 400 series are 197.41, Yes they have sterioscopic 3d support built in, as do every driver NVIDIA releases from now on while 3Dvision lasts anyways.
The Zalman name is just a brand NVIDIA is affiliated with for the glasses not the drivers that run the card, NVIDIA cards use NVIDIA drivers, there are no Zalman drivers.

The most current drivers for the 400 series are 197.41, Yes they have sterioscopic 3d support built in, as do every driver NVIDIA releases from now on while 3Dvision lasts anyways.

#2
Posted 05/07/2010 01:55 AM   
[quote name='JieMan' post='1051655' date='May 7 2010, 03:57 AM']The Zalman name is just a brand NVIDIA is affiliated with for the glasses not the drivers that run the card, NVIDIA cards use NVIDIA drivers, there are no Zalman drivers.
The most current drivers for the 400 series are 197.41, Yes they have sterioscopic 3d support built in, as do every driver NVIDIA releases from now on while 3Dvision lasts anyways.[/quote]

Yep, but the Zalman monitors require special profiles due to interlaced stereo that in fact is not included with the plain vanilla drivers. I wonder why nvidia would not implement these by default, maybe Zalman has to pay for each driver release? Also I have noted that therevised Zalman TFTs come bunbled with DDD software?
[quote name='JieMan' post='1051655' date='May 7 2010, 03:57 AM']The Zalman name is just a brand NVIDIA is affiliated with for the glasses not the drivers that run the card, NVIDIA cards use NVIDIA drivers, there are no Zalman drivers.

The most current drivers for the 400 series are 197.41, Yes they have sterioscopic 3d support built in, as do every driver NVIDIA releases from now on while 3Dvision lasts anyways.



Yep, but the Zalman monitors require special profiles due to interlaced stereo that in fact is not included with the plain vanilla drivers. I wonder why nvidia would not implement these by default, maybe Zalman has to pay for each driver release? Also I have noted that therevised Zalman TFTs come bunbled with DDD software?

#3
Posted 05/07/2010 11:12 AM   
As far as I know the next Zalman monitor comes with iZ3D software.
As far as I know the next Zalman monitor comes with iZ3D software.

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#4
Posted 05/07/2010 01:08 PM   
[quote name='JieMan' post='1051653' date='May 6 2010, 08:55 PM']The Zalman name is just a brand NVIDIA is affiliated with for the glasses not the drivers that run the card, NVIDIA cards use NVIDIA drivers, there are no Zalman drivers.
The most current drivers for the 400 series are 197.41, Yes they have sterioscopic 3d support built in, as do every driver NVIDIA releases from now on while 3Dvision lasts anyways.[/quote]
I am talking about the Zalman Trimon 3D monitor (ZM-M220W) which is (was?) supported by the Nvidia driver. It is an line-interleaved monitor that uses passive polarized glasses and is a nice solution. I've been using it with the Nvidia drivers since months before Nvidia 3D Vision glasses were even announced. However now it seems the Zalman drivers have taken a backseat to the 3D Vision drivers. They used to be in the same build but now Nvidia has separated them (I guess cause they will be dropping support). I was just hoping there was some way to use the Zalman with the new GTX 400 series cards. If not I might pick up a used GTX 285 instead.
[quote name='JieMan' post='1051653' date='May 6 2010, 08:55 PM']The Zalman name is just a brand NVIDIA is affiliated with for the glasses not the drivers that run the card, NVIDIA cards use NVIDIA drivers, there are no Zalman drivers.

The most current drivers for the 400 series are 197.41, Yes they have sterioscopic 3d support built in, as do every driver NVIDIA releases from now on while 3Dvision lasts anyways.

I am talking about the Zalman Trimon 3D monitor (ZM-M220W) which is (was?) supported by the Nvidia driver. It is an line-interleaved monitor that uses passive polarized glasses and is a nice solution. I've been using it with the Nvidia drivers since months before Nvidia 3D Vision glasses were even announced. However now it seems the Zalman drivers have taken a backseat to the 3D Vision drivers. They used to be in the same build but now Nvidia has separated them (I guess cause they will be dropping support). I was just hoping there was some way to use the Zalman with the new GTX 400 series cards. If not I might pick up a used GTX 285 instead.
#5
Posted 05/08/2010 10:49 PM   
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