Interestingly, we have both systems working in our lab. Our old station is 7 years old with FX3700, view sonic monitor and 3-pin stereo emitter. My new one has K5000 and VG278HR, which just requires a pair of nVidia shatter glasses. Hope this helps. Aidong
On Apr 2, 2015, at 7:20 AM, Andreas Schenk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thank you Kay for contacting the info site. The new categories are definitely more helpful.
> And thank you Lukasz, for the info about the FX3700.
>
> Best,
> Andreas
>
> On 04/01/2015 03:57 PM, Lukasz Salwinski wrote:
>> On 04/01/2015 12:31 PM, Kay Diederichs wrote:
>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:04:31 -0400, Andreas Schenk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/25/2015 18:10, Kay Diederichs wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:16:55 -0400, David Schuller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You could check the nVidia page of officially supported displays. It
>>>>>> includes a search tab so you can check for "Built-in Emitter."
>>>>>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-displays.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Performing that search brings up 5 contenders. Good luck finding any of
>>>>>> these products still for sale.
>>>>> Unfortunately, this NVidia page has not been updated for years.
>>>>>
>>>>> The qualifier "3D-fähig (aktiv)" at http://www.heise.de/preisvergleich/?cat=monlcd19wide&xf=5848_3D-f%E4hig+(aktiv)#xf_top should indicate a built-in emitter, but I looked at some of the descriptions of these 11 monitors and was unable to confirm that they indeed have a built-in emitter. So one has to research every specific case.
>>>>>
>>>>> I changed the wording on the wiki page.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kay
>>>>>
>>>> I went through the specs for the monitors on the Heise list, and none of
>>>> them seems to have a built in emitter compatible with Nvidia 3D Vision
>>>> 2. It looks like it is a bad time to buy a 3D monitor. At this point it
>>>> might be easier to just go for a Quadro with 3-pin connector.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Andreas
>>>>
>>> I asked the company who runs the price info site to check their assignments, and they fixed the categories: http://geizhals.eu/?cat=monlcd19wide now has a "inkl. 3D-emitter" attribute. This currently only returns the Asus 278HR which can only be bought in Poland, or through EBay.
>>>
>>> The cheapest current Nvidia Quadro with (optional?) 3-pin DIN Stereo connector (needed for Linux) is the K4200 (http://www.nvidia.de/object/quadro-desktop-gpu-specs-de.html) which starts at ~ €700.
>>>
>>> best,
>>>
>>> Kay
>> FX3700 is the oldest Quadro model with 3-pin DIN Stereo connector that is
>> supported by the current nvidia drivers. it can be bought on ebay
>> for about $30-$40. works fine with coot/pymol.
>>
>> lukasz
>>
>>
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