Fermi Architecture and Quad Buffer Support
Hi,

I was wondering if the GTX 480 or the 470 support OpenGL Quad buffered stereo or if this is still only limited to the Quadro series cards? If they don't, will there be workstation fermi cards down the road that will support them?

Thanks
Hi,



I was wondering if the GTX 480 or the 470 support OpenGL Quad buffered stereo or if this is still only limited to the Quadro series cards? If they don't, will there be workstation fermi cards down the road that will support them?



Thanks

#1
Posted 04/29/2010 04:51 PM   
I have no idea, but tbh I don't even know what Quad Buffered Stereo is. Would you care to enlighten me?
I have no idea, but tbh I don't even know what Quad Buffered Stereo is. Would you care to enlighten me?

#2
Posted 04/29/2010 06:02 PM   
[quote name='jmbuehler' post='1047508' date='Apr 29 2010, 10:02 AM']I have no idea, but tbh I don't even know what Quad Buffered Stereo is. Would you care to enlighten me?[/quote]

Professional stereo support, to be able to use 3D Vision in true stereo, and in windowed applications like Autodesk Maya. Presently, the GeForce cards only support stereo in D3D, and am just wondering if the Fermi cards were different than the regular GeForce cards.
[quote name='jmbuehler' post='1047508' date='Apr 29 2010, 10:02 AM']I have no idea, but tbh I don't even know what Quad Buffered Stereo is. Would you care to enlighten me?



Professional stereo support, to be able to use 3D Vision in true stereo, and in windowed applications like Autodesk Maya. Presently, the GeForce cards only support stereo in D3D, and am just wondering if the Fermi cards were different than the regular GeForce cards.

#3
Posted 04/29/2010 07:28 PM   
bump
bump

#4
Posted 05/03/2010 09:38 PM   
[quote name='rikochet' post='1049801' date='May 3 2010, 11:38 PM']bump[/quote]
I wouldn't keep up your hopes. Quad buffering is a pro feature. The Geforce GTX cards are for consumers. So you won't find quad buffering because it requires a different driver. It probably could do it hardware wise, it's just you need the software to go along with it. And that comes at a price.
[quote name='rikochet' post='1049801' date='May 3 2010, 11:38 PM']bump

I wouldn't keep up your hopes. Quad buffering is a pro feature. The Geforce GTX cards are for consumers. So you won't find quad buffering because it requires a different driver. It probably could do it hardware wise, it's just you need the software to go along with it. And that comes at a price.

#5
Posted 05/03/2010 10:11 PM   
No QB OpenGL support on the GeForce Fermi-based GPUs (GTX 480/470), it still only available on the Quadro series...
No QB OpenGL support on the GeForce Fermi-based GPUs (GTX 480/470), it still only available on the Quadro series...

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#6
Posted 05/03/2010 10:37 PM   
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