NVIDIA 3D Vision Driver 197.45

Version: 197.45
Release Date: 2010.04.13
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows Vista, Windows 7 32-bit
Language: English (U.S.)
File Size: 16.3 MB
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Release Highlights

Updated April 16, 2010: The release notes had an error which listed the ViewSonic PJD5112 as a supported 3D projector in this driver release. That projector is not supported in this driver release. It will be suppprted in a future driver release.

Note: You can only install this driver if you have the installed the latest GeForce Graphics drivers v197.45.

New Features

  • Adds support for LG W2363D 120Hz LCD display.
  • Note: If you are a GeForce GTX 480/470 owner and are trying to enable 3D Vision, please download the 197.41 GeForce graphics and 3D Vision drivers.
  • Fixes a problem with ViewSonic projector timings for models PJD6210-3D, PJD6220-3D, PJD5351 and PJD5111
  • Updated driver to now include support for ViewSonic projector models PJD6381, PJD6211, PJD6221,PJD6241
  • New 3D Vision game support
    • Alice in Wonderland
    • StarCraft II Beta
  • Updated 3D Vision game support

Installation Instructions

  1. Download the NVIDIA 3D Vision driver
  2. Remove all old GeForce 3D Vision drivers as outlined in the Quick Start Guide.
  3. Ensure you have the latest GeForce Graphics driver v197.45 installed
  4. Launch the NVIDIA 3D Vision driver file by double clicking on it
  5. After the driver is installed, the 3D Vision Setup Wizard will automatically launch and guide you through setup of your 3D Vision system.

Supported products

Minimum system requirements

  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista 32-bit/64-bit or Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2 CPU or higher
  • 1GB of system memory. (2GB is recommended)
  • 100 MB free disk space

NVIDIA 3D Vision-Ready displays devices

NVIDIA GeForce GPUs

  GeForce 400 Series GeForce 300 Series GeForce 200/100 Series GeForce 9 Series GeForce 8 Series
3D Gaming Desktop
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 470		 Desktop
GeForce GT 340
GeForce GT 330
GeForce GT 320		 Desktop
GeForce GTX 295
GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 275
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GTS 240
GeForce GT 140 		Desktop
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX+
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9600 GT		 Desktop
GeForce 8800 Ultra
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce 8800 GT
3D Applications Desktop
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 470  		 Desktop
GeForce GT 340
GeForce GT 330
GeForce GT 320 		Desktop
GeForce GTX 295
GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 275
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTS 250
GeForce GTS 240
GeForce GT 140		 Desktop
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX+
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9600 GT  		 Desktop
GeForce 8800 Ultra
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce 8800 GT
3D Pictures Desktop
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 470		 Desktop
All GeForce 300 series 		Desktop
All GeForce 200 series 		Desktop
All GeForce 9 series		 Desktop
All GeForce 8 series
Blu-ray 3D playback * Desktop
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 470		 Desktop
GeForce GT 340
GeForce GT 330
GeForce GT 320 		Desktop
GeForce GT 240		    
3D Movie file playback Desktop
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 470		 Desktop
All GeForce 300 series 		Desktop
All GeForce 200/100 series		 Desktop
All GeForce 9 series		 Desktop
All GeForce 8 series
* Blu-ray 3D playback requires a compatible Blu-ray 3D software application such as Cyberlink Power DVD 10.

NVIDIA Quadro GPUs
For information on NVIDIA® Quadro® professional stereo support click here.

Supported Microsoft DirectX® Games
View the complete list of certified games

3D Picture Viewing

  • View, edit and save 3D pictures with the 3D Vision Photo Viewer (included with 3D Vision driver). For more information, please consult the user guide.
  • Supported 3D picture file formats

3D Movie Playback

  • Supports 3D movie viewing using
  • NVIDIA 3D Vision Video Player Overview
    • General Features
      • Supports Video for Windows (*.avi), MPEG-1 (*.mpg) and Windows Media (*.wmv, *.asf) format
      • Supports Windows Media Dual Stream files
      • Supports separate left/right files
      • Digital Rights Management (for stereoscopic Windows Media files only)
      • Playback of any other format supported by third party DirectShow decoders
      • Windows Media 7.1 and 5.1 multichannel audio decoding
      • Windows Media streaming
      • 3D-DVD playback 1
      • Live playback from capture devices (TV card, DV camcorder, ...)
      • Built-in video library stores settings for each movie
      • Retrieves data from stereoscopic metadata servers
      • Import and export of stereoscopic metafiles
    • Supported stereoscopic video layout
      • Monoscopic
      • Interlaced (Field-Sequential)
      • Side by Side
      • Over/Under
      • Multi-View (Tiled)
      • SIS Attachment

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