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From: Deepangi Pandit (dnp5_at_njit.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 20 2010 - 09:39:38 CST

Hi John:
Thank you for your explanation. I am just curious, is there anyway I
could make current card Quad-Buffered enabled? In the sense can
current card be set to read in quad-buffered mode.

Best,
Deepa

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:57 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>  At the present time, NVIDIA only supports quad-buffered stereo
> (as is needed for VMD and similar apps) on their Quadro line of GPUs.
> The GeForce GPUs are only supported for full-screen stereo gaming
> with OpenGL, windowed display modes such as are used by VMD require
> Quadro GPUs.
>
> Cheers,
>  John Stone
>  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 06:32:04PM -0500, Deepangi Pandit wrote:
>> Hi:
>> I would like to view 3D Stereo on VMD 1.8.7. Please suggest what
>> setting do I need to make to do so. Below are the relevant system
>> details
>>
>> 1. OS: Windows 7
>>
>> 2. Monitor:Samsung Syncmaster 2233RZ 22in 3D Gaming LCD
>>
>> 3. Card: EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB PCIe w/Dual Link DVI
>>
>> 4. Glasses: NVIDIA 3D Vision Glasses
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Deepa
>
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