Thomas, I've been using the Quadro fx 380 for a couple weeks now, and I would say that the results are marginally better than with the fx 4500. There is still some occasional flickering, and for some reason, the card has trouble resetting to the normal windows aero after I close chimera with the view set to sequential stereo. I also have occasional issues when using stereoplayer or Pymol, so it looks like Nvidia still has to work out some driver issues with their 3Dvision. On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Thomas Classen < Thomas.Classen@uni-duesseldorf.de> wrote:
Thank you for your help.
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Thomas Classen, M. Sc. Biochemie
Thomas.Classen@uni-duesseldorf.de
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*Von:* doublehelix00@gmail.com [mailto:doublehelix00@gmail.com] *Im Auftrag von *Dan Gurnon *Gesendet:* Freitag, 2. Oktober 2009 16:28 *An:* Thomas Classen *Cc:* chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu *Betreff:* Re: [Chimera-users] 3D-glassen
Tom, I use the 3D vision system with Chimera. Note that in order for the 3Dvision to work you'll either need a 100Hz or better CRT or a 3D-ready 120Hz LCD from Samsung or Viewsonic. It won't work with standard LCDs. You'll also need to be running Vista or Windows 7. http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_Vision_Requirements.html
You're also going to want a Quadro card, not the GTX285 geforce card you have listed below. The Geforce cards can't do sequential stereo in windowed mode, and I'm not sure if Chimera would even allow sequential stereo even in full screen mode with a geforce (but I haven't tested it with a geforce card).
In my experience, the sequential stereo with the Nvidia hardware has been just "ok"...its nice when it works, but it hasn't always worked. I really think my issue has been my hardware...I have a Quadro FX 4500, which is an older (albeit expensive!) card with an onboard DIN-connector. I just found out that its not supported by the 3D vision drivers, so thats hopefully why I'm having occasional display problems. Here's a list of compatible quadro cards:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro_pro_graphics_boards.html
The nice thing about Nvidia's 3D vision is that you don't need to buy one of the very expensive Quadro cards with stereo output through an onboard DIN-connector (the fx 3000 series and up). In fact, I just ordered a Quadro Fx 380 for about $125, which I hope will solve the issues I'm having with the fx 4500. It should be here next week- I'll let you know how it goes.
Dan
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:12 AM, Thomas Classen < Thomas.Classen@uni-duesseldorf.de> wrote:
Dear colleaques;
I want to use 3D-glasses of nVidia for the sequential stereo view in chimera. Are there any experiences with that system in combination with chimera?
Or are there some problems with that kind of technology known?
Wanted hardware
- nVidia GF 3D Vision 3D-Glasses
-nVidia graphicboard; GTX285 Series min. 1024MB
Additional hardware:
- Intel 2 Duo Quad Prozessor; Q9650; boxed
- 8GB DDR2 RAM PC1066
Thanks for your help from germany
Tom
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