Watch closely before you buy! Announced 3D-connectors may be missing in the retail version!!!
For infos on (VESA) miniDIN-3 connectors click here
Missing the Wicked3D and ELSA boards? Well, they don't have a 3D-connector. The job is done by an external VGA-pass-through cable or controller.

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
	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
	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:
 

Jazz Outlaw3D (V2200)
QDI Vision 1 AGP (V2200)
Canopus Total3D 128 V (Riva 128)
Jazz Adrenaline Rush3D (Voodoo Rush)
Deltron Technology - Real Vision Flash AT3D Rush (Voodoo Rush)
I-O Magic Corp. - Magic Rush 3D (Voodoo Rush)
all 3DFX Voodoo Graphics & Voodoo 2 add-on boards

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.