S-3D solution for MultiSOCKET mainboard - OS & compatibility
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:15 pm
Hello guys,
I'm not a totally beginner in S-3D but I'm still not really experienced. My previous system was not very well set for S-3D (low performance & unsupported main OS);
as I have to begin recognizing, my new system - which I thought to be a good choice for S-3D - isn't such well suited either.
I've choosen a bunch of hardware I always dreamed of - but I got in great trouble with it. All problems seemed to be solved yet, except the main issue: setting up a powerful S-3D solution!
My current system overview (the important things):
CPU: 2x Dual Core (= 4 cores, 2 Sockets -> this produces OS issues!)
GPU: 1x GTX285 (Important: 1 PCI-E x16 free for another (graphics-)card - I'll need a second one for multi monitors (NOT S-3D - only desktop))
OS: w2k server, winXP Pro available
I hardly had to accept that - from what I heard and tried - it's impossible to set-up a S-3D environment with this config. I should have informed me earlier ... such a ****!
Key issue is that I need current revision drivers from NVIDIA with stereo support for my GTX285 which doesn't work on w2k (only normal 3D until revision 197.45 works) and third-party software doesn't run on that OS either.
Cause of the multi-socket board, only MS server systems are compatible if I want to use all processors. I like the smallness and efficiency (-> smartness) of w2k as well as the lacking of activation (this is important for me, because I'm a really "hardware modifying and changing freak" - I need a configuration change every week ... otherwise I'll be sad), so w2k server was a cheap and evident solution, I thought.
Now I'm fustrated that my visions become illusions ... my S-3D is still as far away as with my old computer which is blasting his last power away for a website flash-animation. Only NoScript and Flashblocker make surfing barely sufferable. So, key issue is:
How do I have to modify my system for a powerful S-3D solution?
Both new hardware and/or new software (OS) is intended, but keep in mind that the overall GPU performance should be superior or equivalent to a G80.
A maximum reachable compatibility should be achieved, because I run many older simulations (this is the main field of application). A S-3D OpenGL support is not necessary but desired (most sims work with Direct3D). I've affinity to modding if I have an instruction for that - so if there is a tricky solution: Give it to me!
Important: The choosen S-3D technology is a CRT & Shutter combination - cheap and effective! No more ambitions ...
Would have had the originally planned GPU setup with two G92b in SLI mode better chances? I had to abolish that cause of shortness of supplies. But as I read even a G80 needs driver revisions which have not a w2k or XP compatible 3D Vision counterpart.
I've heard that the last winXP compatible S-3D setup would be with the 7900GTX. Does this apply also to w2k (which is nearly (unfortunately only nearly) similar to XP)? If yes (or with a few dll-mods), a SLI config could be a solution, couldn't it?
Please help, I NEED S-3D, I've been waiting for so long ...
I'm not a totally beginner in S-3D but I'm still not really experienced. My previous system was not very well set for S-3D (low performance & unsupported main OS);
as I have to begin recognizing, my new system - which I thought to be a good choice for S-3D - isn't such well suited either.
I've choosen a bunch of hardware I always dreamed of - but I got in great trouble with it. All problems seemed to be solved yet, except the main issue: setting up a powerful S-3D solution!
My current system overview (the important things):
CPU: 2x Dual Core (= 4 cores, 2 Sockets -> this produces OS issues!)
GPU: 1x GTX285 (Important: 1 PCI-E x16 free for another (graphics-)card - I'll need a second one for multi monitors (NOT S-3D - only desktop))
OS: w2k server, winXP Pro available
I hardly had to accept that - from what I heard and tried - it's impossible to set-up a S-3D environment with this config. I should have informed me earlier ... such a ****!
Key issue is that I need current revision drivers from NVIDIA with stereo support for my GTX285 which doesn't work on w2k (only normal 3D until revision 197.45 works) and third-party software doesn't run on that OS either.
Cause of the multi-socket board, only MS server systems are compatible if I want to use all processors. I like the smallness and efficiency (-> smartness) of w2k as well as the lacking of activation (this is important for me, because I'm a really "hardware modifying and changing freak" - I need a configuration change every week ... otherwise I'll be sad), so w2k server was a cheap and evident solution, I thought.
Now I'm fustrated that my visions become illusions ... my S-3D is still as far away as with my old computer which is blasting his last power away for a website flash-animation. Only NoScript and Flashblocker make surfing barely sufferable. So, key issue is:
How do I have to modify my system for a powerful S-3D solution?
Both new hardware and/or new software (OS) is intended, but keep in mind that the overall GPU performance should be superior or equivalent to a G80.
A maximum reachable compatibility should be achieved, because I run many older simulations (this is the main field of application). A S-3D OpenGL support is not necessary but desired (most sims work with Direct3D). I've affinity to modding if I have an instruction for that - so if there is a tricky solution: Give it to me!
Important: The choosen S-3D technology is a CRT & Shutter combination - cheap and effective! No more ambitions ...
Would have had the originally planned GPU setup with two G92b in SLI mode better chances? I had to abolish that cause of shortness of supplies. But as I read even a G80 needs driver revisions which have not a w2k or XP compatible 3D Vision counterpart.
I've heard that the last winXP compatible S-3D setup would be with the 7900GTX. Does this apply also to w2k (which is nearly (unfortunately only nearly) similar to XP)? If yes (or with a few dll-mods), a SLI config could be a solution, couldn't it?
Please help, I NEED S-3D, I've been waiting for so long ...