I've just tried the new nVidia drivers 186.18 - it includes support for USB controlled 3D goggles, as well as the low-tech Red/Blue goggles that used to be distributed with magazines (TV guides, comic books etc) in the past. Check out the nVidia control panel and look for "Stereoscopy" options. The graphics are then rendered in Analyph Mode (two images overlaid).This works beautifully with FSX. You lose some sense of color, but you get a wonderful 3D feeling out of it. The effect of being in a 3D virtual cockpit is really cool. In night flying you hardly notice that color is missing. Well, not really missing, but weird looking.I case you wonder where from you should be getting 3D goggles: It appears nVidia will soon be giving some away for free. Check out their page http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d_vision_discover.html - it appears they will give out these goggles to Geforce owners soon.For ATI users, there are freeware and shareware tools that provide the same anaglyph rendering. But I think it's a nice touch that nVidia has decided to revive this feature in their drivers. It used to be a feature of older Riva 128 and Riva TNT drivers, I remember. That was 10 years ago ;)Enjoy.Christian

I've just tried the new nVidia drivers 186.18 - it includes support for USB controlled 3D goggles, as well as the low-tech Red/Blue goggles that used to be distributed with magazines (TV guides, comic books etc) in the past. Check out the nVidia control panel and look for "Stereoscopy" options. The graphics are then rendered in Analyph Mode (two images overlaid).This works beautifully with FSX. You lose some sense of color, but you get a wonderful 3D feeling out of it. The effect of being in a 3D virtual cockpit is really cool. In night flying you hardly notice that color is missing. Well, not really missing, but weird looking.I case you wonder where from you should be getting 3D goggles: It appears nVidia will soon be giving some away for free. Check out their page http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d_vision_discover.html - it appears they will give out these goggles to Geforce owners soon.For ATI users, there are freeware and shareware tools that provide the same anaglyph rendering. But I think it's a nice touch that nVidia has decided to revive this feature in their drivers. It used to be a feature of older Riva 128 and Riva TNT drivers, I remember. That was 10 years ago ;)Enjoy.Christian

Nice catch Christian-the drivers finally look like something!<edit>These are the best 3d drivers I have seen yet! Amazing! A cheap pair of $20 glasses and a whole new simming experience!

Amazing! A cheap pair of $20 glasses and a whole new simming experience!

$20 for glasses made of paper and transparent plastic sheet? what a Rip-Off ;-)Mine came with the latest c't magazine (a German publication, the best IT and computer related magazine on the German market IMHO). So essentially it was a freebie. A lead article in this magazine also pointed me to these drivers. So credits for this discovery go to c't magazine.Goeoff, try using the key-combination Ctrl-F3 and Ctrl-F4 to adjust the "depth" of the 3D effect. I see from your screen shot that things still look pretty flat. I usually with about 50% depth setting.Christian

$20 for glasses made of paper and transparent plastic sheet? what a Rip-Off ;-)Mine came with the latest c't magazine (a German publication, the best IT and computer related magazine on the German market IMHO). So essentially it was a freebie. A lead article in this magazine also pointed me to these drivers. So credits for this discovery go to c't magazine.Goeoff, try using the key-combination Ctrl-F3 and Ctrl-F4 to adjust the "depth" of the 3D effect. I see from your screen shot that things still look pretty flat. I usually with about 50% depth setting.Christian

I'll play around with the settings but perfectly happy with the above. I bought nice high quality glasses for about $20 a few years ago but stopped using cause of fps hits-but these drivers not only work great but seem to perform great.

How much is the impact of this effect on frame rates?

How much is the impact of this effect on frame rates?

I see very little hit which is surprising but I also have the sim set up for 40-60 fps. The hit might be much more noticed at lower fps.

I've just tried the new nVidia drivers 186.18 - it includes support for USB controlled 3D goggles, as well as the low-tech Red/Blue goggles that used to be distributed with magazines (TV guides, comic books etc) in the past.

Does that mean separate stereo drivers are not needed and does this work in XP too?

I see very little hit which is surprising but I also have the sim set up for 40-60 fps. The hit might be much more noticed at lower fps.

I have experimented with it quite a bit more and I have to say it is astounding. I wrote about flying in 3d a year ago-but one had to buy the drivers and the fps hit was pretty hefty.These new nvidia drivers give stunning results! I was never that excited about 3d knobs in the cockpit but this changes my opinion 180.For the cost of a cheap pair of glasses I'd run for some and get the new drivers!

Does that mean separate stereo drivers are not needed and does this work in XP too?

I guess not because I don't see any stereo options in the drivers I've just downloaded and the only XP drivers I can find on the Nvidia site are ages old.Edit: I also see that Nvidia 3d Vision only supports Vista and Windows 7. Hmmmph!

I installed the new drivers but it states that my graphics card "does not support 3D". I have 2 x 7950GX2 (quad SLI not used) and have been using them for 3D with Tri-Def 3D drivers ever since Geoffa wrote about them months and months ago. I use Vista 32 Home Prem.Any ideas as why this new driver wont work for me?

I guess not because I don't see any stereo options in the drivers I've just downloaded and the only XP drivers I can find on the Nvidia site are ages old.Edit: I also see that Nvidia 3d Vision only supports Vista and Windows 7. Hmmmph!

Bummer! At least I have 1 reason now to like Vista!

I installed the new drivers but it states that my graphics card "does not support 3D". I have 2 x 7950GX2 (quad SLI not used) and have been using them for 3D with Tri-Def 3D drivers ever since Geoffa wrote about them months and months ago. I use Vista 32 Home Prem.Any ideas as why this new driver wont work for me?

Maybe try reinstalling it? I got some strange message when I first installed it too and it didn't install. For some reason it took the 2nd time.

Bummer! At least I have 1 reason now to like Vista!Maybe try reinstalling it? I got some strange message when I first installed it too and it didn't install. For some reason it took the 2nd time.

3D is only supported for Geforce 8, Geforce 9 and Geforce 2xx series of cardsSystem Requirements (as per the nVidia site about the 3D feature):Vista or Windows 7And one of these GPUs: NVIDIA GeForce GPUs * GeForce GTX 200 Series o GeForce GTX 295 o GeForce GTX 285 o GeForce GTX 280 o GeForce GTX 275 o GeForce GTX 260 o GeForce GTS 250 o GeForce GT 140 * GeForce 9 Series o GeForce 9800 GX2 o GeForce 9800 GTX+ o GeForce 9800 GTX o GeForce 9800 GT o GeForce 9600 GT * GeForce 8 Series o GeForce 8800 Ultra o GeForce 8800 GTX o GeForce 8800 GTS o GeForce 8800 GT(I confirm it also runs on the mobile 9600M GT chip with a modded INF file to install the driver)Christian

My brain hurts from this pic. Did you change the convergence in this one? (Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6) ;-)It appears the left and right frames for the canyon and for the cockpit are both separated by quite a distance. Normally I would expect only the cockpit (near objects) to be separated. So I had to squint a little before my brain was able to adjust to it.The "best" 3D settings are very much a personal preference, I suppose.

Forgive my ignorance, but would the 3D glasses that they give you at the movies work with the new drivers too?

Forgive my ignorance, but would the 3D glasses that they give you at the movies work with the new drivers too?

I would assume so-as long as one is red and one is green..Pretty good deal and the results are amazing!

My brain hurts from this pic. Did you change the convergence in this one? (Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6) ;-)It appears the left and right frames for the canyon and for the cockpit are both separated by quite a distance. Normally I would expect only the cockpit (near objects) to be separated. So I had to squint a little before my brain was able to adjust to it.The "best" 3D settings are very much a personal preference, I suppose.

I had to reduce the pict and compress it-it looks great on the real screen..