philip lelyveld The world of entertainment technology

5May/12Off

Is the glasses-free 3D laptop ready for prime time?

... The 2012 update to the Qosmio F755 fares a good deal better. Its 3D Blu-ray player app felt snappier, the optimal viewing angles are still very narrow, but discs of 3D movies such as "Avatar" and "Tron: Legacy" presented themselves well.

Even more exciting, thanks to new Nvidia drivers, games now work in 3D, to a point. While nearly every PC game I tried worked in 3D, the lower-end Nvidia GeForce 540 GPU prevented most games from having playable framerates in 3D (performance was much smoother with the 3D effect turned off).

That's a real shame, as an autostereoscopic 3D gaming laptop could be a fun splurge for gamers.  ...

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