I just talked to the NVIDIA pre-sales people and they told me that this driver (195.22 beta) should work with 120Hz lcd monitors together with Nvidia 3D vision kit on a quadro graphics card.
Ajit B. ----- Original Message ----- From: Yong Y Wang <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009 4:53 pm Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] [COOT] 120hz LCDs and coot stereo To: [email protected] > Does anyone know if this beta driver > ( works? > > Yong > > > > > [email protected] > Sent by: CCP4 bulletin board <[email protected]> > 12/17/2009 03:39 PM > Please respond to > [email protected] > > > To > [email protected] > cc > > Subject > Re: [ccp4bb] [COOT] 120hz LCDs and coot stereo > > > > > > > I got the information from a supplier that there is a beta driver from > nvidia that supports the 120Hz LCD with nvidia stereo glasses. I have > not seen it myself but we have a demo scheduled in January. > > Alexander > > -----Original Message----- > From: CCP4 bulletin board [ On Behalf Of > David J. Schuller > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 6:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] [COOT] 120hz LCDs and coot stereo > > My current understanding is that > > 1) The new 120Hz LCD monitors are not compatible with the old goggles. > Something about the type of polarization used for the shuttering effect. > So if you were going to try out one of the new 120Hz monitors (~ $400) > you might also want to spend on the nVidia glasses and emitter kit (~ > $200) > > 2) The 120 Hz LCDs are not supported under Linux drivers by nVidia at > present. Whether it might actually work or not, I can't say. I am > encouraged by the mention that the nVidia emitter can accept a signal > from the mini-DIN stereo port on some Quadro cards. > <> > > 3) As someone mentioned already, the Zalman LCD monitors, which are not > 120Hz and do not require goggles, but have diminished resolution, are > currently supported. > > > Cheers, > > > -- > ======================================================================= > You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that > you're a fool. - Wonko the Sane > ======================================================================= > David J. Schuller > modern man in a post-modern world > MacCHESS, Cornell University > [email protected] > > > On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 11:09 -0500, Michael J Miley wrote: > > I have a linux workstation with a nvidia quadro graphics card and > > matching emitter/lcd glasses setup from realD. It is very hard to find > > > CRTs that are able to support the high refresh rates needed for > headache > > free 3D viewing. The old SGI one I have is terrible, as it flickers > bad > > in 3d mode. > > > > My question is can i use one of these new 120hz LCD monitors with > the > > above setup for coot. Basically just switch out the crt for the LCD. > Has > > anyone tried this? > > > > I am aware that these monitors with a non-quadro nvidia card plus > the > > nvidia emitter/glasses setup will not work with coot. But i think > the > > reason is that the drivers for these non-quadro cards do not support > > > true quad buffered stereo. > > > >
