Greetings everyone. I am new to the 3d community, having just aquired my monitor and glasses a few days ago. I have to say that 3d gaming is awesome, and more or less is working out fairly well for me. There are just a few questions that I have been unable to find answers to, and I was hoping that someone here may be able to assist me.
1) I downloaded the latest CD driver from nvidia, and when I went to install it it brought up the original menu from the actual CD that I used to install the 3d program the first time. So I just did what I did before, downloaded geforce drivers first, then the 3d vision software next. Was this what I was suppose to do? Is there a way to tell what version of 3d software I have, so that I know the update was successful?
2) I have read on several posts that people say they put convergence to so and so number, but when I am gaming and I use the keyboard (f6 and f5) to increase and decrease convergence it works, but it does not give me any percentage, or as in the depth case, a bar. Just anything to show me around about how much or how little convergence I was using would go a long ways in helping me get it to where I want it every time. Is there any help for this? As a more simple recap, whenever I change my convergence settings in game, it works, but nothing comes up on screen to show me how much or how little convergence I am using as it does with the depth setting.
3) Now that I have my 3d software working, can I still download the latest video drivers from Nvidia, or can I now only update my graphic cards by doing these 3d vision downloads, like the CD Driver. I ask because it forced me to remove my current graphic driver before I installed the software. Now that software is installed, I'am wondering if I have the latest graphic update installed through the CD Driver or if I now need to go back to Nvidia and re download the latest graphic drivers.
4) The games are working great for me, but for some reason I seem to have trouble getting my mouse pointer to be one single mouse in some games (fallout 3, demigod) Sometimes tweaking convergence helps, but it is hard to play when you have two images of your mouse pointer, and you have to guess where to click. Any help for this also?
Thank you in advance for your help everyone. Multiple answeres would be appreciated!
Greetings everyone. I am new to the 3d community, having just aquired my monitor and glasses a few days ago. I have to say that 3d gaming is awesome, and more or less is working out fairly well for me. There are just a few questions that I have been unable to find answers to, and I was hoping that someone here may be able to assist me.
1) I downloaded the latest CD driver from nvidia, and when I went to install it it brought up the original menu from the actual CD that I used to install the 3d program the first time. So I just did what I did before, downloaded geforce drivers first, then the 3d vision software next. Was this what I was suppose to do? Is there a way to tell what version of 3d software I have, so that I know the update was successful?
2) I have read on several posts that people say they put convergence to so and so number, but when I am gaming and I use the keyboard (f6 and f5) to increase and decrease convergence it works, but it does not give me any percentage, or as in the depth case, a bar. Just anything to show me around about how much or how little convergence I was using would go a long ways in helping me get it to where I want it every time. Is there any help for this? As a more simple recap, whenever I change my convergence settings in game, it works, but nothing comes up on screen to show me how much or how little convergence I am using as it does with the depth setting.
3) Now that I have my 3d software working, can I still download the latest video drivers from Nvidia, or can I now only update my graphic cards by doing these 3d vision downloads, like the CD Driver. I ask because it forced me to remove my current graphic driver before I installed the software. Now that software is installed, I'am wondering if I have the latest graphic update installed through the CD Driver or if I now need to go back to Nvidia and re download the latest graphic drivers.
4) The games are working great for me, but for some reason I seem to have trouble getting my mouse pointer to be one single mouse in some games (fallout 3, demigod) Sometimes tweaking convergence helps, but it is hard to play when you have two images of your mouse pointer, and you have to guess where to click. Any help for this also?
Thank you in advance for your help everyone. Multiple answeres would be appreciated!
2) There's a great guide on a 3d site on how to set convergence by looking at the screen without your glasses on and changing the setting according to what you see on screen. Search for convergence tips / guide on this forum to locate a thread on this guide. You can then save your covergence by using ctrl + F7.
4) check your user manual which talks about crosshairs and using nvidia's custom crosshairs in game.
2) There's a great guide on a 3d site on how to set convergence by looking at the screen without your glasses on and changing the setting according to what you see on screen. Search for convergence tips / guide on this forum to locate a thread on this guide. You can then save your covergence by using ctrl + F7.
4) check your user manual which talks about crosshairs and using nvidia's custom crosshairs in game.
ad 1.) The "3D Driver" is actually a bundle consisting of the "regular" desktop Forceware Drivers and a 3D Vision Driver for the glasses. The latter usually include another special driver for the USB emitter too. After you update the 3D Vision driver, you have to re-run the 3D Vision setup application IIRC. I think you also have to re-run the setup application if you disable and re-enable 3D Vision in the Nvidia control panel.
ad 3.) You probably have the latest 3D Vision driver available. As for Forceware, there are newer "leaked" versions of Forcewares available. You can usually mix different Forceware and 3D Vision driver versions, as long as it doesn't crash you or have other unwanted side effects it probably works okay - it does for me currently. The one thing to watch for if you update the 3D Vision driver on its own is to get the USB emitter driver too, otherwise the emitter will not function even though the software will report having been installed correctly. If at any time after a driver upgrade your emitter light is orange/red, check in the device manager to see if the driver is still installed.
ad 1.) The "3D Driver" is actually a bundle consisting of the "regular" desktop Forceware Drivers and a 3D Vision Driver for the glasses. The latter usually include another special driver for the USB emitter too. After you update the 3D Vision driver, you have to re-run the 3D Vision setup application IIRC. I think you also have to re-run the setup application if you disable and re-enable 3D Vision in the Nvidia control panel.
ad 3.) You probably have the latest 3D Vision driver available. As for Forceware, there are newer "leaked" versions of Forcewares available. You can usually mix different Forceware and 3D Vision driver versions, as long as it doesn't crash you or have other unwanted side effects it probably works okay - it does for me currently. The one thing to watch for if you update the 3D Vision driver on its own is to get the USB emitter driver too, otherwise the emitter will not function even though the software will report having been installed correctly. If at any time after a driver upgrade your emitter light is orange/red, check in the device manager to see if the driver is still installed.
Thank you for the answers, but just to clearify, as I download the CD version it Does, in fact, update my graphic drivers also? Also maybe not the newest leaked ones out there, it does still update them to the newest tested ones and therefore I do not need to update my graphic drivers on my own? But if I so choose to, I still can and just download the 3d vision ones as they also come out?
Thank you for the answers, but just to clearify, as I download the CD version it Does, in fact, update my graphic drivers also? Also maybe not the newest leaked ones out there, it does still update them to the newest tested ones and therefore I do not need to update my graphic drivers on my own? But if I so choose to, I still can and just download the 3d vision ones as they also come out?
The 3D CD includes a recent driver version and a corresponding 3D Vision driver and will install that driver over the current one.
I'm not sure what you mean by the newest "tested ones". If you mean WHQL certification, I don't know if Nvidia will release a 3D update everytime a Foreceware driver gets WHQLed.
The 3D CD includes a recent driver version and a corresponding 3D Vision driver and will install that driver over the current one.
I'm not sure what you mean by the newest "tested ones". If you mean WHQL certification, I don't know if Nvidia will release a 3D update everytime a Foreceware driver gets WHQLed.
With regards to #2, others have mentioned their desire for a convergence display indicator but there's none yet.
If you see a post that says to set convergence to some number, they might be talking about editing the game's StereoConvergence registry setting. I forgot where that is in Vista but in XP it's in
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\Stereo3D\GameConfigs\game-name].
It is something similar in Vista. Search the forum or try searching the registry for "nvidia corporation".
With regards to #2, others have mentioned their desire for a convergence display indicator but there's none yet.
If you see a post that says to set convergence to some number, they might be talking about editing the game's StereoConvergence registry setting. I forgot where that is in Vista but in XP it's in
1) I downloaded the latest CD driver from nvidia, and when I went to install it it brought up the original menu from the actual CD that I used to install the 3d program the first time. So I just did what I did before, downloaded geforce drivers first, then the 3d vision software next. Was this what I was suppose to do? Is there a way to tell what version of 3d software I have, so that I know the update was successful?
2) I have read on several posts that people say they put convergence to so and so number, but when I am gaming and I use the keyboard (f6 and f5) to increase and decrease convergence it works, but it does not give me any percentage, or as in the depth case, a bar. Just anything to show me around about how much or how little convergence I was using would go a long ways in helping me get it to where I want it every time. Is there any help for this? As a more simple recap, whenever I change my convergence settings in game, it works, but nothing comes up on screen to show me how much or how little convergence I am using as it does with the depth setting.
3) Now that I have my 3d software working, can I still download the latest video drivers from Nvidia, or can I now only update my graphic cards by doing these 3d vision downloads, like the CD Driver. I ask because it forced me to remove my current graphic driver before I installed the software. Now that software is installed, I'am wondering if I have the latest graphic update installed through the CD Driver or if I now need to go back to Nvidia and re download the latest graphic drivers.
4) The games are working great for me, but for some reason I seem to have trouble getting my mouse pointer to be one single mouse in some games (fallout 3, demigod) Sometimes tweaking convergence helps, but it is hard to play when you have two images of your mouse pointer, and you have to guess where to click. Any help for this also?
Thank you in advance for your help everyone. Multiple answeres would be appreciated!
1) I downloaded the latest CD driver from nvidia, and when I went to install it it brought up the original menu from the actual CD that I used to install the 3d program the first time. So I just did what I did before, downloaded geforce drivers first, then the 3d vision software next. Was this what I was suppose to do? Is there a way to tell what version of 3d software I have, so that I know the update was successful?
2) I have read on several posts that people say they put convergence to so and so number, but when I am gaming and I use the keyboard (f6 and f5) to increase and decrease convergence it works, but it does not give me any percentage, or as in the depth case, a bar. Just anything to show me around about how much or how little convergence I was using would go a long ways in helping me get it to where I want it every time. Is there any help for this? As a more simple recap, whenever I change my convergence settings in game, it works, but nothing comes up on screen to show me how much or how little convergence I am using as it does with the depth setting.
3) Now that I have my 3d software working, can I still download the latest video drivers from Nvidia, or can I now only update my graphic cards by doing these 3d vision downloads, like the CD Driver. I ask because it forced me to remove my current graphic driver before I installed the software. Now that software is installed, I'am wondering if I have the latest graphic update installed through the CD Driver or if I now need to go back to Nvidia and re download the latest graphic drivers.
4) The games are working great for me, but for some reason I seem to have trouble getting my mouse pointer to be one single mouse in some games (fallout 3, demigod) Sometimes tweaking convergence helps, but it is hard to play when you have two images of your mouse pointer, and you have to guess where to click. Any help for this also?
Thank you in advance for your help everyone. Multiple answeres would be appreciated!
2) There's a great guide on a 3d site on how to set convergence by looking at the screen without your glasses on and changing the setting according to what you see on screen. Search for convergence tips / guide on this forum to locate a thread on this guide. You can then save your covergence by using ctrl + F7.
4) check your user manual which talks about crosshairs and using nvidia's custom crosshairs in game.
2) There's a great guide on a 3d site on how to set convergence by looking at the screen without your glasses on and changing the setting according to what you see on screen. Search for convergence tips / guide on this forum to locate a thread on this guide. You can then save your covergence by using ctrl + F7.
4) check your user manual which talks about crosshairs and using nvidia's custom crosshairs in game.
ad 1.) The "3D Driver" is actually a bundle consisting of the "regular" desktop Forceware Drivers and a 3D Vision Driver for the glasses. The latter usually include another special driver for the USB emitter too. After you update the 3D Vision driver, you have to re-run the 3D Vision setup application IIRC. I think you also have to re-run the setup application if you disable and re-enable 3D Vision in the Nvidia control panel.
ad 3.) You probably have the latest 3D Vision driver available. As for Forceware, there are newer "leaked" versions of Forcewares available. You can usually mix different Forceware and 3D Vision driver versions, as long as it doesn't crash you or have other unwanted side effects it probably works okay - it does for me currently. The one thing to watch for if you update the 3D Vision driver on its own is to get the USB emitter driver too, otherwise the emitter will not function even though the software will report having been installed correctly. If at any time after a driver upgrade your emitter light is orange/red, check in the device manager to see if the driver is still installed.
ad 1.) The "3D Driver" is actually a bundle consisting of the "regular" desktop Forceware Drivers and a 3D Vision Driver for the glasses. The latter usually include another special driver for the USB emitter too. After you update the 3D Vision driver, you have to re-run the 3D Vision setup application IIRC. I think you also have to re-run the setup application if you disable and re-enable 3D Vision in the Nvidia control panel.
ad 3.) You probably have the latest 3D Vision driver available. As for Forceware, there are newer "leaked" versions of Forcewares available. You can usually mix different Forceware and 3D Vision driver versions, as long as it doesn't crash you or have other unwanted side effects it probably works okay - it does for me currently. The one thing to watch for if you update the 3D Vision driver on its own is to get the USB emitter driver too, otherwise the emitter will not function even though the software will report having been installed correctly. If at any time after a driver upgrade your emitter light is orange/red, check in the device manager to see if the driver is still installed.
I'm not sure what you mean by the newest "tested ones". If you mean WHQL certification, I don't know if Nvidia will release a 3D update everytime a Foreceware driver gets WHQLed.
I'm not sure what you mean by the newest "tested ones". If you mean WHQL certification, I don't know if Nvidia will release a 3D update everytime a Foreceware driver gets WHQLed.
If you see a post that says to set convergence to some number, they might be talking about editing the game's StereoConvergence registry setting. I forgot where that is in Vista but in XP it's in
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\Stereo3D\GameConfigs\game-name].
It is something similar in Vista. Search the forum or try searching the registry for "nvidia corporation".
If you see a post that says to set convergence to some number, they might be talking about editing the game's StereoConvergence registry setting. I forgot where that is in Vista but in XP it's in
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\Stereo3D\GameConfigs\game-name].
It is something similar in Vista. Search the forum or try searching the registry for "nvidia corporation".