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Question

Stereoscopic 3d on Gaming Laptop?

Aug 22, 2016 5:41PM PDT

Greetings,

I have a gaming laptop which has a onboard Intel GPU and a nvidia GPU. The onboard GPU prevents nvidia from giving me full GPU options(including stereoscopic 3d options.)
Is there another way for me to get stereoscopic 3d?

Thanks

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Answer
In rare cases yes.
Aug 22, 2016 5:45PM PDT

Some Dells have an external GPU option. But that's pretty rare so for all others, no.

However if you want to watch a 3D movie you could try a 3D TV then the usual 3D video player.

That is, 3D is not just the GPU but the display so I really should just write no and no and no.

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Re: In rare cases yes.
Aug 22, 2016 5:55PM PDT

My laptop happens to be a Dell i7559.

Where could I find these options?
It's not in nvidia control panel or intel hd graphics options.

I'm not looking to use modern 3d but the older stereoscopic which can be displayed on any monitor.

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Wish you had supplied the model name
Aug 22, 2016 6:04PM PDT
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Re: Wish you had supplied the model name
Aug 22, 2016 6:10PM PDT

To clarify I'm seeking a method to convert 3d games to stereoscopic 3d(blue/red green/magenta glasses.)

On a desktop this would be a non issue as nvidia provided 3d can do it.

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That is on the web.
Aug 22, 2016 7:28PM PDT

And as you should discover, nothing but dead ends.

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Re: That is on the web.
Aug 22, 2016 8:52PM PDT

You are right for the most part.
I've been searching/working on it for a few hours.
I was able to find TriDef 3d which will work for many games.

Thanks for the help.