Looking at super inexpensive entry into S3D gaming
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:33 am
Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster.
I've always been interested in S3D gaming and have really ramped up my self education lately. I started my attempt to enrich my gaming experience with a set of anaglyph glasses. The effects were cool when they worked, but couldn't stand the colors. Recently I tried the cross-eyed method and that's really cool and lighting the fire to try and find a solution. I can get my eyes to see the 3D, but it still takes a long time for my focus to adjust and I haven't been able to keep locked with moving pictures along with only being able to hold focus for a few minutes.
So in my continued efforts to 3D game for cheap, found a new eDimensional set on ebay for $35. Don't know which version of hardware it is. I'm sure I can track down a CRT monitor that will fit the requirements of 85mhz+ and don't mind the room it will take up as I have a corner desk. I am only looking at older games right now like Oblivion, Half Life 2, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and Counter Strike Source.
So my question is, can the edimensional glasses still be used for those games and what would I need in terms of drivers? I still have an old iz3d 1.12 zip from when I tried the anaglyph glasses or should I try and track down a 1.13 RC? Would the tridef drivers work going forward (lots of searches and I couldn't find any current info if they would work with the eDim or not)?
Things financially have been tight for years around here so I really am just trying to skate by. My PC is a dog and in need of replacing, but don't see that happening any time soon either. here's my specs:
E5200 @ 3.6ghz
4gb DDR2 800 Ram
9600GSO (this was a placeholder card after my 4850 took a dump a while ago and haven't had the funds to do a proper replacement.)
Win7 Home
A few upgrade options that might get me by, there is a Q9550 on craigs here for $75. That, an SSD, and new GPU might be enough of an upgrade (waiting till black Friday) to get me by for another year or 2 considering the age of the games I play. I just want to see them in 3D.
Or if there are any other suggestions for cheap solutions, I'd love to hear them. Been looking at Cybers parallax barrier, but finding reasonably price supplies in small quantities seem to be an issue.
I've always been interested in S3D gaming and have really ramped up my self education lately. I started my attempt to enrich my gaming experience with a set of anaglyph glasses. The effects were cool when they worked, but couldn't stand the colors. Recently I tried the cross-eyed method and that's really cool and lighting the fire to try and find a solution. I can get my eyes to see the 3D, but it still takes a long time for my focus to adjust and I haven't been able to keep locked with moving pictures along with only being able to hold focus for a few minutes.
So in my continued efforts to 3D game for cheap, found a new eDimensional set on ebay for $35. Don't know which version of hardware it is. I'm sure I can track down a CRT monitor that will fit the requirements of 85mhz+ and don't mind the room it will take up as I have a corner desk. I am only looking at older games right now like Oblivion, Half Life 2, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and Counter Strike Source.
So my question is, can the edimensional glasses still be used for those games and what would I need in terms of drivers? I still have an old iz3d 1.12 zip from when I tried the anaglyph glasses or should I try and track down a 1.13 RC? Would the tridef drivers work going forward (lots of searches and I couldn't find any current info if they would work with the eDim or not)?
Things financially have been tight for years around here so I really am just trying to skate by. My PC is a dog and in need of replacing, but don't see that happening any time soon either. here's my specs:
E5200 @ 3.6ghz
4gb DDR2 800 Ram
9600GSO (this was a placeholder card after my 4850 took a dump a while ago and haven't had the funds to do a proper replacement.)
Win7 Home
A few upgrade options that might get me by, there is a Q9550 on craigs here for $75. That, an SSD, and new GPU might be enough of an upgrade (waiting till black Friday) to get me by for another year or 2 considering the age of the games I play. I just want to see them in 3D.
Or if there are any other suggestions for cheap solutions, I'd love to hear them. Been looking at Cybers parallax barrier, but finding reasonably price supplies in small quantities seem to be an issue.