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From: Carlos Simmerling (carlos.simmerling_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Aug 27 2018 - 10:32:30 CDT

Hi John,
I have the Nvidia LCD glasses with external emitter connected to the
quadro, and 2 Benq XL2720T LCD panels that are 3D vision capable.
thanks!
Carlos

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 11:22 AM John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Carlos,
> I completely understand wanting to have some proof that Windows 10 will
> actually work right with a current GPU before spending $$$$ on one. I'm
> hoping
> someone can describe their (hopefully very recent) experience with Windows
> 10
> and the NVIDIA stereoscopic display hardware. If nobody else replies,
> then I will
> have to see if I can come up with a Windows 10 test machine I can put a
> recent
> Quadro into and test it myself, but I'm juggling a lot of balls presently
> so it may
> take me a while to have a chance to do this. Just out of curiosity, what
> kind
> of display hardware are you using? Is this one of the Acer 3-D LCD
> panels, or do you
> have one of the external NVIDIA emitter boxes w/ glasses, and a particular
> stereo-capable LCD panel? We've got some of the Acer displays here, so
> that's
> probably what I would have to test with.
>
> Best,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 11:20:02AM -0400, Carlos Simmerling wrote:
> > thanks John,
> > Reading posts from a search it looks like there might be some general
> > issues with OpenGL stereo support in Windows 10, so I hesitate to buy
> a
> > newer card and have the same problem. I'll try what you suggest and
> roll
> > back my driver, but I can't go back from WIndows 10 unfortunately.
> > Does anyone have Nvidia 3D Vision working under windows 10?
> > thanks
> > Carlos
> > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 11:10 AM John Stone <[1]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Carlos,
> > Ā This strikes me as a driver bug.Ā
> > The OpenGL quad-buffered stereo code in VMD hasn't changed in quite
> a
> > while, and it
> > had been working fine on Linux and Windows in all of the previous
> > testing I've done.
> >
> > The NVIDIA 3D vision test programs are written using Direct X rather
> > than OpenGL,
> > so the fact that they work okay means that at least the hardware is
> > working,
> > but I think that the OpenGL part of the driver stack must not be
> working
> > correctly.Ā
> >
> > The Quadro FX 5800 is now a very old GPU (GT200 architecture) that
> is no
> > longer
> > supported by the current NVIDIA drivers, which I'm guessing you're
> > already keenly aware
> > of.Ā This makes our options somewhat limited and cumbersome.Ā My
> > suggestion would be
> > to cycle through the last few driver versions that support
> > GT200-architecture GPUs
> > in general, or the FX 5800 explicitly, and see if you can find one
> that
> > works correctly.
> > This isn't a fun process, but if you want to keep using that card,
> that
> > is likely
> > the best option.Ā
> >
> > Perhaps if we're lucky, another Windows user with GT200-based GPUs
> can
> > comment about
> > what driver versions work for them on Windows 10 w/ stereoscopic
> > displays.Ā
> > Let's see if anyone else can comment on their recent experiences
> here.
> >
> > Best,
> > Ā John Stone
> > Ā [2]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 09:26:35AM -0400, Carlos Simmerling wrote:
> > >Ā Ā hi all, I have an Nvidia 3D vision setup including the LCD
> > shutter
> > >Ā Ā glasses, 3D vision monitor, emitter and quadro card. It
> should
> > all work
> > >Ā Ā fine with VMD, and the Nvidia 3D setup wizard tests do work
> fine
> > for me.
> > >Ā Ā This also used to work in VMD when I used windows 7 on this
> PC.
> > Now,
> > >Ā Ā however, when I select quad buffered stereo in VMD I get
> only a
> > single
> > >Ā Ā image (very slightly shifted from the image with stereo
> off).Ć*Ā
> > My quadro
> > >Ā Ā fx 5800 drivers are up to date (342.01). VMD seems to
> recognize
> > the setup
> > >Ā Ā (see below). Any suggestions?Ć*
> > >Ā Ā thanks!
> > >Ā Ā ) VMD for WIN32, version 1.9.3 (November 30, 2016)
> > >Ā Ā Info)Ć* [1][3]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > >Ā Ā Info) Email questions and bug reports toĆ* [2][4]
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >Ā Ā Info) Please include this reference in published work using
> VMD:
> > >Ā Ā Info)Ć*Ā Ć*Ā Humphrey, W., Dalke, A. and Schulten, K.,
> `VMD -
> > Visual
> > >Ā Ā Info)Ć*Ā Ć*Ā Molecular Dynamics', J. Molec. Graphics 1996,
> > 14.1, 33-38.
> > >Ā Ā Info)
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > >Ā Ā Info) Multithreading available, 8 CPUs detected.
> > >Ā Ā Info) Free system memory: 2047MB (100%)
> > >Ā Ā Info) OpenGL renderer: Quadro FX 5800/PCIe/SSE2
> > >Ā Ā Info)Ć*Ā Ć* Features: STENCIL STEREO MDE CVA MTX NPOT PP PS
> > GLSL(OVFG)
> > >Ā Ā Info)Ć*Ā Ć* Full GLSL rendering mode is available.
> > >Ā Ā Info)Ć*Ā Ć* Textures: 2-D (8192x8192), 3-D (2048x2048x2048),
> > Multitexture
> > >Ā Ā (4)
> > >Ā Ā Info) Spaceball driver not installed.Ć*Ā Spaceball interface
> > disabled.
> > >Ā Ā Info) No joysticks found.Ć*Ā Joystick interface disabled.
> > >Ā Ā Info) Dynamically loaded 75 plugins in directory:
> > >Ā Ā Info) C:/Program Files (x86)/University of
> > >Ā Ā Illinois/VMD/plugins/WIN32/molfile
> > >
> > > References
> > >
> > >Ā Ā Visible links
> > >Ā Ā 1. [5]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > >Ā Ā 2. mailto:[6]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
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> > [7]http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Phone:
> 217-244-3349
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> >
> > References
> >
> > Visible links
> > 1. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 2. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 3. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > 4. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 5. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> > 6. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > 7. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> > 8. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
>
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