Can't Get 3D Vision installed...
Well, I recently built a new rig just to be able to use this kit and I can't get the damn thing installed. I'm running 2 GTX 480s in SLI on an Alienware OPTX monitor, one of the few that are supposed to be compatible and I cannot get this up and running. I know you're supposed to use the same GPU and 3D Vision drivers, but using driver 258.96 for my card and the 3D Vision caused my monitor to not be detected.

I have used so many different driver versions for both of these and only one time out of 30 running that set up wizard did it actually detect my monitor. Some times it would tell me the drivers are outdated... but it install them anyway? (Why doesn't it ask me what I want to do?) So PLEASE, for the love of God tell me what I have to do to run this. Thanks for any help. Windows 7 64 bit.
Well, I recently built a new rig just to be able to use this kit and I can't get the damn thing installed. I'm running 2 GTX 480s in SLI on an Alienware OPTX monitor, one of the few that are supposed to be compatible and I cannot get this up and running. I know you're supposed to use the same GPU and 3D Vision drivers, but using driver 258.96 for my card and the 3D Vision caused my monitor to not be detected.



I have used so many different driver versions for both of these and only one time out of 30 running that set up wizard did it actually detect my monitor. Some times it would tell me the drivers are outdated... but it install them anyway? (Why doesn't it ask me what I want to do?) So PLEASE, for the love of God tell me what I have to do to run this. Thanks for any help. Windows 7 64 bit.

#1
Posted 07/26/2010 06:10 AM   
You need these CD driver kit: [url="http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce-3d-vision-winvista-win7-cd-1.33-whql-driver.html"]http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce-3d-vi...hql-driver.html[/url]

Download the entire thing, then run the set-up wizard and install the drivers. It will prompt you to reboot and once it does, it'll install the USB driver and then the 3D Stereo driver and take you into the set-up wizard. The problem you're running into is trying to install the newer drivers from the website with the older CD drivers correct? Unfortunately that doesn't work, as there's 3 components for 3D Vision, the main GPU driver, the stereo 3D driver and the USB driver. Unfortunately the USB driver is tied to the CD driver kit even though the GPU driver and 3D driver are both included in the standalone package. But the USB driver will only work for the drivers its paired with with some flexibility with newer drivers in the same release family, so for example, if the CD bundle included 197.36 WHQL then you *MIGHT* get away with 197.76 Beta with the CD driver. But if we got a new CD bundle for 257 drivers with 257.36 then you might get away with 257.75 etc., but you couldn't use the 257 drivers with the older USB driver in the 197 kit if that makes sense. So basically every time a new driver comes out you'll want to check for a new CD kit also. If the new driver is too different it may not be compatible with the last USB driver, luckily Nvidia has been really good lately about putting out a new 3D Vision CD kit with each major driver release.

Anyways long story short, download and run that and you should be fine. But ya I agree they should do a better job of explaining it or just putting the USB driver into the main standalone driver and leave out all the other stuff that blows up the 3D Vision CD package like photo viewer/player and the photos.
You need these CD driver kit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce-3d-vi...hql-driver.html



Download the entire thing, then run the set-up wizard and install the drivers. It will prompt you to reboot and once it does, it'll install the USB driver and then the 3D Stereo driver and take you into the set-up wizard. The problem you're running into is trying to install the newer drivers from the website with the older CD drivers correct? Unfortunately that doesn't work, as there's 3 components for 3D Vision, the main GPU driver, the stereo 3D driver and the USB driver. Unfortunately the USB driver is tied to the CD driver kit even though the GPU driver and 3D driver are both included in the standalone package. But the USB driver will only work for the drivers its paired with with some flexibility with newer drivers in the same release family, so for example, if the CD bundle included 197.36 WHQL then you *MIGHT* get away with 197.76 Beta with the CD driver. But if we got a new CD bundle for 257 drivers with 257.36 then you might get away with 257.75 etc., but you couldn't use the 257 drivers with the older USB driver in the 197 kit if that makes sense. So basically every time a new driver comes out you'll want to check for a new CD kit also. If the new driver is too different it may not be compatible with the last USB driver, luckily Nvidia has been really good lately about putting out a new 3D Vision CD kit with each major driver release.



Anyways long story short, download and run that and you should be fine. But ya I agree they should do a better job of explaining it or just putting the USB driver into the main standalone driver and leave out all the other stuff that blows up the 3D Vision CD package like photo viewer/player and the photos.

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Intel Core i7 5930K @4.5GHz | Gigabyte X99 Gaming 5 | Win10 x64 Pro | Corsair H105
Nvidia GeForce Titan X SLI Hybrid | ROG Swift PG278Q 144Hz + 3D Vision/G-Sync | 32GB Adata DDR4 2666
Intel Samsung 950Pro SSD | Samsung EVO 4x1 RAID 0 |
Yamaha VX-677 A/V Receiver | Polk Audio RM6880 7.1 | LG Blu-Ray
Auzen X-Fi HT HD | Logitech G710/G502/G27 | Corsair Air 540 | EVGA P2-1200W

#2
Posted 07/26/2010 06:26 AM   
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