I have a gaming pc that i had a friend build me(i know nothing about pc stuff) and as i'm sitting here playing Tomb Raider, i notice it has 3D. Is there a way to get it in 3d with just a 3d tv as that is where it is connected to? I don't have a 3d graphics card i don't think. But, isn't there a way for my 3d tv to do it on its own?
So basically all i can do is have the tv convert it 2d-3d? Weak. How do i know if my card is 3d capable?
I haven't really looked into it much, but I don't think a graphics card has to do much to "support 3D." For 3D gaming, all it is doing is producing twice the frames (one frame for each eye). So you'll need a card that can essentially handle doubling its output without affecting gameplay much (i.e., if you're getting 20 FPS without 3D, you probably won't want to turn on 3D), but I'm not sure there is any special hardware/software it needs (well...maybe updated drivers/DirectX support, but should have that anyway). PS3 and 360 GPUs both do 3D IIRC, and they're 2005/2006 GPUs that probably weren't really designed specifically to support 3D gaming. I've never once really tried to setup games for 3D (don't even have a monitor/TV that supports 3D), so I might be wrong, but that was the impression I got.
I haven't bothered trying to make my PC do 3d for gaming, but here is some info I found on the topic: http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-system-requirements.html http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/amd-hd3d/Pages/how-to.aspx
I have a 1080i Sony TV from around 2006, and when I bought Gran Turismo 5, I tried changing the settings in the game to 3D, but the game said: "testing... testing... your TV does not support it" so I gave up on ever being able to see 3D through my PS3. Now, on my PC... that's a different question. What's a quick way to test it on maybe YouTube or a site with a program that has a legit test?
I just updated my graphics card and on the list of components updated and installed- it says "3D Vision Driver installed"
Did you download a new graphics card?!?!?! :grin: SRSLY, how do you 'update' it? Don't you mean you installed/added? AND, don't be lying, you knew you were watching 3D gay pr0n, not no Tomb Raider, man.
Sounds like your card is ready then, and it is an Nvidia brand. According the info here you also need the Nvidia 3d vision kit with the glasses, windows vista or 7 (8 probably works too), and one of the TV's, monitors or projectors listed on their site as being compatible.
Just go to the website of your graphics card brand and look up drivers. Ok, so i'm at the NVIDIA control panel and it has: 3D settings -Adjust image settings with preview -Manage 3D settings -Set PhysX Configuration Stereoscopic 3D -Set up stereoscopic 3D What do i do?
But, i have an LG 3d. It is a passive 3d. Meaning it doesn't use those shutter 3d glasses that active 3d tvs use. Its just regular 3d glasses. And i have Windows 8.
Probably Set up stereoscopic 3D. I think the other 3D option is talking about 3d graphics (i.e., polygons and stuff), though I might be remembering wrong. I don't really know what kind of glasses setup you'd need. Though if you monitor and card support it, it should be obvious as to whether the game is in "3D mode" I'd think (maybe you can't see it right, but that's just a problem with glasses).
Like I said, I haven't tried to get 3d PC gaming to work, but based on the info I see on their page it looks like your computer does require the glasses even if your TV normally doesn't. Look at the "SUPPORTED 3D HDTVs" tab on the page I linked and if your model isn't on there then it isn't supported. There is a good chance your passive 3d tv is not compatible with the PC gaming 3d technology in your computer.
Well basically. I can take the PC and move it over to my other 3d tv that uses active 3d and has shutter glasses in order to see if it works on that.
DUDE. You don't need to quote the entire long post from someone... when you're answering them. Just address them and answer their question, like so: "morpheus: well, basically. I can take the PC..." (it saves on server space in this BBS). Back to our thread: do you have the glasses or does the monitor/TV not need the glasses? Check that.
It looks to me like you need these specific Nvidia glasses, along with a TV listed on their website as being compatible.
OK, read into this some: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/369648-33-nvidia-vision-cheap#t2783474 Sounds like you only get the glasses for 3D monitors (the ones on their website I presume). Although I'm not sure they're really needed for that (I'm sure Nvidia just wants people to buy them, thinking they're needed, but they're only needed for "optimal 3D" or some buzzword like that I bet). For 3DTVs, you use the same glasses that came with the TV (or that you use with it), but you have to pay for some kind of software from Nvidia I think (3DTV Play). AMD's solution is apparently a little more open, and I think you can even use it with Nvidia cards (just needs to support latest DirectX versions). I'm kind of reminded why I never really bothered to get into this...
Hmm. When i set up stereoscopic 3d, i passed the 3d tests. Everything worked just fine in 3D. I want to try 3D first with 2k13. But there is no 3D option like there is with the console version. Played with my tv settings and switched 3d to Frame Sequential and it is in 3D. It looks amazing when still. But, as soon as everything moves, it becomes dizzying. Checker Board 3d, Top &bottom, side by side don't do anything. Let me go check with Tomb Raider which actually has 3d settings in game.
