3D gaming question

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Neutral777

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Hi,
So I've been researching the whole 3D gaming thing cause.. well cause it looks kickass. I've seen that games like Left 4 Dead and Resident Evil 5 and many others already exist in 3D. However it seems like Nvidia is leading this whole thing. Am I the only one that finds this insane ? That you MUST own an nvidia graphics card to play anything in 3D? Are there not shitloads of people out there with ATI radeon cards? So am I crazy is there a way around this to play stuff with an ATI card ? I use a Radeon HD4800 series card. Am i just doomed forever ? Or do you think ATI are working on their own drivers for it or whats the deal ? I desperatly would like to put my glasses on and start owning in 3D. So what do I have to do ?
Let me know your thoughts on this guys.
Cheers.
 
i don't know what your talking about. here are the recommended requirements for upcoming resident evil 5:

Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista
Processor: AMD Phenom X4/Intel Core 2 Quad series
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 8 GB Free
Video Memory: 512 MB (ATI Radeon HD 4800/NVIDIA GeForce 9800)
 
Destructo said:
i don't know what your talking about. here are the recommended requirements for upcoming resident evil 5:

Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista
Processor: AMD Phenom X4/Intel Core 2 Quad series
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 8 GB Free
Video Memory: 512 MB (ATI Radeon HD 4800/NVIDIA GeForce 9800)
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Ive read that online. However I think thats system requirements to RUN the game, not requirements for 3D. Take this site for example http://www.gamingbits.com/content/view/6264/2/
its clearly stated that nvidia is selling this 3D business. And ive been asking people on youtube and stuff and people keep telling me its strictly an nvidia feature and ATI wont have 3D until they make their own software for it.
 
i misunderstood what you meant by 3d games. usually people refer to games rendered using polygons as 3d. i've never heard of movie-style 3d games with goggles before. that's really interesting. so nvidia makes the goggles, "3d vision kit", but that doesn't necessarily mean that they only work with nvidia cards.

even more interesting. it looks like the glasses are wireless. look at the following article i found. i doubt many people will use these glasses for now until a few years when the price comes down (including 120hz monitors) and the technology improves:

"But even in games with an “Excellent” rating, the implementation is far from perfect. Self-shadowing and motion blur produced visual artifacts, and post-processed lighting effects didn’t render correctly with stereoscopy enabled. Many games’ crosshairs also needed to be replaced by Nvidia’s reticule overlay, which omits some features of native in-game HUDs. The simulated depth goes into the screen by default; rendered objects don’t actually fly out toward you unless developers have specifically coded the effect into the game (World of Warcraft is the only game so far that supports this feature).

But our biggest problem with 3D Vision is the cost of the experience. The $200 price tag makes the kit really only suitable for enthusiasts, who’ll also have to spend at least another $300 for one of the two available 120Hz LCDs that are compatible with the kit. Worse yet, these pricey LCDs are currently limited to entry-level 22-inch panels (1680x1050 max resolution). These compromises make it hard to justify the premium for 3D Vision, even if you’re an early adopter with unlimited funds. Until the price drops and larger 120Hz displays become available, we’re fine gaming in a mere two dimensions."

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/nvidia_geforce_3d_vision
 
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