At its annual CES press conference, Nvidia announced a new high-end display technology catered towards its enthusiast consumer base and aimed directly in the face of its competitor AMD.

The new stereoscopic 3D experience will allow owners of the upcoming high-end card to connect up to three monitors together and play games in 3D with stunning peripheral imagery and resolution. Not surprisingly, Nvidia calls it 3D Vision Surround, and what greater time than CES 2010 to announce a technology that will compete directly with EyeFinity and with the hearts of many impatient enthusiast consumers.





We were able to experience the technology in action over at Nvidia’s CES booth, where three 24-inch monitors are connected in ultra-wide landscape mode with the new Avatar game running in 3D Vision Surround. The drivers need significant improvement, however, as the game was only able to run at around 24 – 30fps judging by the collective opinion of several gamers nearby. Nvidia just told us that the cards behind the demo were two GTX 285 and not GF100 as we originally though so the technology looks backward compatible. 




It is absolutely clear to us that 2010 is going to be the year for 3-Dimensional home entertainment and commercial use. Geforce GF100 high-end desktop graphics cards are still on target to ship in late Q1, and it’s only a matter of time before reviewers will be able to provide performance comparisons against AMD’s Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5970.