BF2S Forums New 3D monitor

**LiLp-DeFiNeD wrote:

ORRR..You can spend 1/6th the price and get these,
http://www.edimensional.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=28 ($99.95)
Or the wired version
http://www.edimensional.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=29 ($69.95)

But yeah, basically what these do is they force your monitor to flash between 2 slightly different frames at high speed, then the glasses cover your eyes at the same speed. This produces the illusion of 3D, apparently it works too.

yes, I happen to own this product. While it produces a similar result, there are 2 big downsides:
1.requires a CRT monitor, preferably a 100hz refresh rate or higher for the resolution you are playing in (i know they say they support LCD as well but the catch is that by that they mean special super expensive ones that support high refresh rates, the standard LCD you find in peoples homes supports a max of 60hz. If your lcd manual says it supports 60-75hz then the last 15 hz are simply done by repeating hz 45-60, and that won't work. Does not work with LCD's.
2.Now the product killer (in the bad sense of the phrase)- it is dependent on the nvidia stereo drivers. For the stereo drivers to work their version number  MUST match up to the forceware driver.  And the latest stereo driver is several years old and will not support newer games , also nvidia series 8xxx is not supported so I had to revert back to my nvidia 6600 just to test this product out.  The new stereo drivers that were just released no longer support shutterglasses.  The native eDimensional drivers make even half life 1 run at <15 fps in places. 

so, as ridiculous as it may seem, iz3d is the best choice thus far in the world of stereoscopic gaming simply cause they actually bother to write drivers for new games and their support is excellent.  Most new games are supported and even when some games don't work, when reported in the forums, are usually supported soon after when the driver is amended.

Last edited by yuriythebest (2008-04-19 11:52:07)

prototype wrote:

do they even make decent CRT anymore ?

to test em out I bought a used 19' samsung syncmaster 957mb (100hz at 1024*768) for around 50$ from an computer games cafe.  New CRT's are very expensive & hard to find & not worth it.  Again- for playing old games and viewing stereoscopic movies and photos this solution is excellent, but not for newer games. also in all the games for some reason the top centimeter of the screen would be videocard junk which was extreemly distracting, regardless of what I tried with the drivers.  So, so sum up- the edimensional glasses are sort of like a 'demo' of what the iz3d monitor can do, sorta like seeing a boob- while a boob itself is awesome you'll be left wanting more.

If You got Vista and/or a 8 or 9 series Nvidia card You can't use the glasses from eDimensional: http://www.edimensional.com.

but You can use the monitors from Zalman: http://www.quietpcusa.com/Zalman-ZM-M22 … 65C53.aspx

or iZ3D: http://www.iz3d.com/ (this one works with ATI cards also)

If You just want to see the 3D effect in Your games You can try red/blue glasses: http://www.3d.wep.dk/quick.html
I can send You some red/blue glasses just pm me the adress.