3D glasses: Nvidia vs ATI and do they work?

psycocommy

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Jul 29, 2003
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I've been browsing around ebay and have seen a few different pairs on sale:
E-dimensional, elsa revelator, and PNY

Out of the three, it seems only E-dimensional supports non-nvidia cards, but even in their case, it looks like they are highly optimized for Nvidia, especially because Nvidia has their own stereo drivers, while ATI doesnt.

Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone has ever used these? If so, does the effect really work? Is it a gimmick thats fun to look at but useless, or can you actually play your games with these? The reviews I've seen online seem pleased.

Secondly, if you have used them, was it with an Nvidia card, or somethign else? I'm planning to upgrade from my Geforce3 Ti 200, and was about to buy a Radeon 9700 np or pro, but if these glasses really do work well, and there's a significant difference between how they work on Nvidia vs ATI cards, that might alter my decision. Thanks.

 

Viper96720

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Jul 15, 2002
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Yes they work. Get a monitor with a really high refresh rate. Otherwise you may not like it after awhile. Imagine two identical images slightly transparent overlayed on each
other slightly separate. The glasses has shutters that opens and closes at whatever the refresh rate is. Then the two separate images looks like one giving the 3d effect.