NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround eyes-on, triple the fun

What's better than gaming on one 3D screen? Gaming on three, of course. We're no strangers to NVIDIA's 3D Vision along with the Acer and Alienware displays, but the company has unveiled its 3D Vision Surround capability at CeBIT that lets you play 3D games on three 1080p 3D displays simultaneously. Yeah, it's as crazy as it sounds -- we got to throw on a pair of the glasses and it's one seriously panoramic and immersive experience. What won't be as pleasing is how much a set-up like this will cost you -- you'll need three 3D screens, and a rig with an GeForce GTX 480 SLI configuration or higher (the desktop we saw had two GeForce GTX 280 GPUS). NVIDIA will officially launch the whole platform along these new GeForce GTX 480/470 GPUs later this month.Thinking about digging into your savings? Maybe the video after the break will put an end to your wavering.

NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround

[Nithin Posted Mar 6th 2010 1:53AM]

It seems the GTX480 would required a 600PSU, so expect a room heater with a dual gpu version of the 480.

@fel : The setup is a SLI of GTX 480.

[Worldctzen Posted Mar 6th 2010 1:59AM]

Was this running on Win7? 3D is nice, I just want triple monitor spanning back (without having to buy new displayport monitors for ATI EyeFinity).

[VeeDee Posted Mar 6th 2010 2:24AM]

The only thing I hate about active shutter 3D is that the picture is really dark. It kills the brightness.....

[karangamar Posted Mar 6th 2010 4:33AM]

gah! we've been very subtly Rick-rolled.

"we're no strangers to-"

[t2af Posted Mar 6th 2010 4:59AM]

why can't we make a rig like this :

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/diy-vr-game-gun-packs-built-in-motion-tracking-optional-mullet/

but attached to some projector glasses .. with the accelerometer mounted on the head... as good as VR no ?

[Groveking56 Posted Mar 6th 2010 6:04AM]

This is so cool!!!

[gohilurvish Posted Mar 6th 2010 2:34PM]

Oh come on guys... You think if ATI does 3D then they'll be able to push FPS to this level. Moreover what about those screen borders which are not being taken care in ATI drivers...

Does anyone have figures that 3display Eyefinity with single GPU can run crisis at playable FPS???

[fel Posted Mar 6th 2010 3:44PM]

@gohilurvish
a 5870 could certainly run crysis on 3 displays, just not at max settings. You have to realize 3 x 1920x1080 is a HUGE amount of pixels to push.

[gohilurvish Posted Mar 7th 2010 1:47AM]

@fel That is what I am trying to say here. People are excited about 1 card driving 6 display. Yes, it is good for productivity purpose, but looks lame for gaming purpose. One who spend tons on display would not want to play with non-enthusiast settings.

Though NVIDIA's approach of 2 cards for 3 display is a bit more but it helps keeping FPS good for huge resolution.

[Tueksta Posted Mar 6th 2010 4:56PM]

What about Headtracking? I want headtracking! :D

[augus7 Posted Mar 7th 2010 6:51AM]

get a life

[brilliantboy Posted Mar 7th 2010 1:45PM]

It all just seems a bit....pointless, to me.

[n1hmrd Posted Mar 7th 2010 2:10PM]

hmmm ,pc is better,console is better ,PC is Better!!,,,,,,Console is better....we are now a due a PC IS BETTER!! bring on the good times !!!

[agungindragunawan Posted Mar 7th 2010 2:18PM]

thanks this info