Stereo-3D-Graphics-Boards

Gfx-Boards with integrated 3D-Glasses controller

maintained by

Christoph Bungert

last update: August 4, 2002

This page is reserved for gfx-boards with on-board (!) glasses controller & connector


Apart from the boards in this chart there are many high-end graphics workstations which feature a miniDIN-3 stereo port as well. This includes workstations by SGI, SUN, DEC and HP.
Some workstations and hi-end graphics cards have an integrated sync-doubler for above-below image format.

For an up-to-date list of professional stereo-ready graphics boards please also check the StereoGraphics site.


 

 

  Board Chipset 3D Accel. RAM BUS Stereo3D- Connector 3D-Driver Bundled Glasses Extras Bundled  Software
3Dfx Banshee reference design  3Dfx Banshee Y 8/16 MB SDRam PCI and AGP VESA 
DIN-3 
    Video out  
{short description of image} ASUS V3800 TVR/Deluxe/Ultra

reviewed !

NVidia
Riva TNT2/
TNT2Ultra
Y 32 MB AGP  3.5 mm (1/4") stereo jack

(VSync detection)

ASUS universal stereo D3D driver ASUS VR100G Video in/out

comp & S-video

 
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ASUS V6600 TVR/Deluxe

reviewed !

NVidia
GeForce
Y 32 MB

SGRAM or DDRRAM

AGP 3.5 mm (1/4") stereo jack

(VSync detection)

ASUS universal stereo D3D & GL driver ASUS VR100G Video in/out

comp & S-video

VRViewer, Ulead Video Studio SE, DVD player, Drakan, Rollcage, game-demos 
Up to now (August 2002) all nVidia based   ASUS Deluxe models seem to have the on-board contr.&connector, including the latest top model V8460 Ultra Deluxe (GeForce Ti-4600) ASUS Deluxe models  NVidia
GeForce family
Y AGP 3.5 mm (1/4") stereo jack

(VSync detection)

ASUS universal stereo D3D & GL driver ASUS VR100G
California Graphics

3D Emotion

3Dfx Voodoo Rush and Alliance Pro Motion AT3D Y    PCI VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector
VESA3 BIOS calls  No Video/S-Video out non-stereo games
Canopus

Total 3D

Rendition Verité 1000 Y 4 MB PCI 3.5 mm (1/4") stereo jack LCD-BIOS, should also work with WinSPEX and some H3D titles 3D-SPEX (not to be confused with the 3D-SPEX parallel port system) 3D sound processor Descent2 (Stereo), Whiplash (Stereo), MDK OEM (Stereo)
and some 2D stuff
CyberRex

Wizard VGA  + VR Package

 ? (128bit, MPEG acc.)  ?         Cyberboy ???    
DSystems

GLadiator

Rendition Verité 2200 Y 4 or 8 MB SGRAM PCI or AGP VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector (consumer edition of board only?)
VESA3 BIOS calls  No business editon: none (?) 
consumer edition: Stereo3D port, composite Video in/out (S-Video optional), connector for opt. DVD decoder 
 
Diamond

FireGL 1000 Pro 

3Dlabs Permedia2 Y 8 MB SGRAM PCI VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector 
VESA3 BIOS calls  No    

(prototype)
Diamond

FireGL 1000 Pro AGP 

3Dlabs Permedia2 Y 8 MB SGRAM AGP VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector 
VESA3 BIOS calls  No According to the manual the stereo connector can be found on all ATX, but only on part of the NLX versions of the "Fire AGP".  
Diamond

FireGL 4000 Pro

Mitsubishi 3DPro/2mp Y 15MB display, up to 16MB texture   VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector
    integrated sync-doubler
for above-below image format
 
Dynamic Pictures 

Oxygen series

 ? Y     VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector
       
ELSA

GloriaXL

3DLabs GlintMX Y 16MB display,
up to 40MB texture 
  VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector
       
NEW (Feb'02):

Gainward Ultra 650/700/750 
XP Golden Sample

GeForce4 Y 64/128 MB VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector

(pic of reference design)
Genoa

V-Raptor 3D

Rendition Verité 2200 Y 4/8 MB SGRAM PCI or AGP VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector
VESA3 BIOS calls No Video in/out; S-Video out  
Hercules

Dynamite3D/GL

3Dlabs Permedia2 Y  4/8 MB SGRAM  PCI or AGP VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector
       
Hercules

Stingray 128/3D Model S3316TV and S3318TV

3DFX Voodoo Rush and Alliance Pro Motion AT3D Y 6 or 8 MB PCI VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector
VESA3 BIOS calls  No Video out non-stereo games

(pic of reference design)
Hercules

Thriller 3D -(old)  8 MB version

warning!

Rendition Verité 2200 Y 8 MB SGRAM PCI or  AGP VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector (on 8 MB version only!)
VESA3 BIOS calls  No Video in/out; S-Video out
(on 8 MB version only!)
games, applications (to be announced)
Intergraph

Intense 3D Voodoo

3DFX Voodoo Rush and Alliance Pro Motion AT3D Y 6 MB PCI VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector 
VESA3 BIOS calls  No Video out non-stereo games
Intergraph

Intense 3D Pro 2200

 ? Y ? MB display, 
16 MB texture optional 
  VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector
       
Intergraph

RealiZm II 3D 

 ? Y up to 32MB display,
up to 64 MB texture 
  VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector
       
Kasan

3D-VGA (prototype; not available, just a nice antique)

Tseng ET4000-W32 ? N 2 MB ? PCI 3.5 mm (1/4") stereo jack 3D-BIOS (3D-Max)      
Kasan

WinX Pro

S3 Trio 64V+ N 1 to 2 MB PCI 3.5 mm (1/4") stereo jack 3D-BIOS (3D-Max)  ?    
Kasan

WinX Perfect

Trident TGUI9682 N 2 to 4 MB EDO PCI 3.5 mm (1/4") stereo jack 3D-BIOS (3D-Max)  ? TV-Tuner, Video overlay, (videoconferencing optional)  
Kasan

WinX Perfect II

Trident TGUI9682 N 2 to 4 MB EDO PCI 3.5 mm (1/4") stereo jack 3D-BIOS (3D-Max)  ? TV-Tuner, Video overlay, remote control, (videoconferencing optional)  
NEW (12/99):

Leadtek WinFast VR300

(single VGA-out version)

SiS 300 Y 16 MB AGP 3.5 mm (1/4") stereo jack StereoD3D driver Wired Leadtek glasses ? ?
Quantum3D Raven 3Dfx Banshee Y  16 MB SDRam AGP VESA 
DIN-3 stereo3D connector
   No    

(pic of T3D) 
Zion Multimedia (Woobo Europe) Cybercard 3D - the european version of the Total3D;  never saw it on sale anywhere Rendition Verité 1000 Y 4 MB PCI 3.5 mm (1/4") stereo jack LCD-BIOS, should also work with WinSPEX and some H3D titles Cyberboy (not to be confused with the Cyberboy serial port system) 3D sound processor  

 
 











I assume all Kasan boards use interlace, while the others use page-flipping.

There are also lots of new boards with the same chipsets, but without 3D glasses connector. Some of them have the position of the connector already printed on the board but it's not equipped to save a few pennies (I'm not joking). Great! What gives a bigger competitive edge? Saving about 1 $ or stereo support? Some guys in the industry think that saving a buck is more important!!!

Hercules Thriller Warning:

I was told the VESA3-miniDIN-3 shutterglasses connector on the Hercules Thriller 8MB vanished for a S-video-in port. The pins for the shutterglasses-control-signal still seem to be on the board, so there might be a "do it yourself" solution. (Thanks to Franz-Hubertus Beck, http://fhbeck.home.pages.de )
 

These boards don't seem to have a 3D-glasses connector, despite their similarities to the boards in the chart:
 


 


Look at this pic   of the Jazz Adrenaline Rush . The Stereo-3D and TV-Out ports are not equipped. Hope that will change in the final retail version, but they are not mentioned in the press release!

Another example is the Deltron RixVision Flash AT3D Rush.

I found this layout on the Deltron page. It shows a 3D Goggle port, but the port isn't mentioned in the specs of the Flash AT3D Rush. Another case of "Yippie, we saved 99 cents by omitting those useless glasses-port!" ???

O.K: there's another reason. The glasses port wasn't ready. The VESA organisation approved it in Oct. 97.

This brings up the next big question. Can a castrated board be salvaged by adding the missing part(s) using a humble soldering iron???

Until now no Voodoo Graphics add-in board with 3D-glasses port is announced. Even the next generation 6 MB Voodoo add-in boards like MiroHiScore or Canopus Pure 3D don't seem to have one. AFAIK the Voodoo Graphics 1&2 add-on board don't support hardware page-flipping.

On the Voodoo Rush boards the Aliance chip does the job. The image is created by the Aliance chip while the Voodoo delivers the data to it.

The successor to the Canopus Total 3D the "Total 3D 128V" (Riva chip) has NO 3D-GLASSES port. Now that other companies jump on the bandwaggon this Stereo-3D-Board pioneer jumps off. What were they thinking? Looooooooosers!
 

LINKS

At the JPA site you'll always find the latest (daily) news on graphics hardware.
Dimension 3D gives the best 3D (2 1/2 D to be precise) hardware overview.
Björn's 3D-World is the source for Rendition users.
 
 


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Christoph Bungert, Germany