Samsung Odyssey 3D - G90XF Megathread

[VR_Nima]

This is the thread for the Samsung Odyssey 3D model G90XF PC monitor. This is a high-end 4K 165 hertz IPS-LCD monitor that has the world’s best glasses-free 3D display.

Base Specs

• Resolution: The Samsung Odyssey 3D delivers a sharp 3840x2160 (4K) resolution.
• Refresh Rate: Samsung Odyssey 3D is 165hz.
• Response Time: <1ms response time.
• 2D Viewing Angle: Due to being an In-plane Switching (IPS) LCD, the Odyssey 3D has a super wide viewing angle, nearly encompassing the full 180 degrees both vertically and horizontally without noticeable dimming or color shifting.

3D Specs

• Glasses-free: You see stereoscopic 3D, glasses-free, instantly when viewing supported 3D content. This is enabled through a polarized switchable lenticular optic in front of the display.
• Head-tracked 3D: Monitor tracks your head to enable a wide field of view / viewing angle in 3D. The downside is that 3D only works for one user at a time. It locks onto whichever person is detected being closest to the display. This is the best head-tracking ever in a consumer 3D device.
• Switchable: Unlike many other 3D displays, this one is fully switchable, meaning you get full resolution and full frame rate in 2D mode. The 3D features don’t negatively impact your 2D experience.
• 3D Resolution: You get 1920x2160 per eye, which is on paper a full 2x the pixels of a 1080p HD resolution display per eye. But for some content your perceived resolution will be lower, and for some content it will be higher. It depends on whether the content was optimized for the display or not.
• 3D Refresh Rate: Unlike old 3D tech like 3DTVs which cut your refresh rate in half, this display gives you a full 165 hertz refresh rate fully accessible in 3D.
• HDR: HDR is available in 2D, but there is currently no HDR available in 3D, which is unfortunate. Maybe Samsung will enable it in a future update.
• 3D Brightness: This is a next-generation glasses-free 3D display, so unlike older 3D devices, the image in 3D mode is equally as bright as it is in 2D mode.

3D Drivers

• Reality Hub: Samsung Reality Hub is the driver, runtime, and software launcher that enable stereoscopic 3D on the Odyssey 3D. You can get Reality Hub directly from Samsung's website or from the Microsoft Store. The Microsoft Store version has an auto-update feature. Ensure Reality Hub is downloaded before trying to enable 3D.

Official Hardware Requirements

• CPU
• Intel: Samsung says “i7 or Higher”, which doesn’t really mean anything. If you find an i3 or i5 that works or an older i7 or i9 that doesn’t, please comment on this thread.
• AMD: Ryzen7 1700X or later.
• GPU
• Nvidia: RTX 3080, 3080-Ti, 3090, 3090-Ti, 4070, 4070 -Ti, 4070-Ti Super, 4080, 4080 Super, 4090, or better
• AMD: Radeon 6900 XT, 6950 XT, 7900 XT, 7900 XTX, or better
• RAM
• 32GB or more of DDR5-5600 or faster
• PCIe
• PCIe 5.0
• OS
• Windows 10, 64-bit, Version 22H2 or newer

This is what Samsung says is officially supported as the min spec for 3D. But unofficially, we’ve found a lot of other hardware that’s weaker than what’s listed works perfectly fine. If you’re having issues getting the monitor to work and you have the supported hardware, make sure you have a supported HDMI or DisplayPort cable plugged in, as well as ensure the USB cable between the monitor and the computer is plugged in as well. 3D can NOT work without the USB connection! You must also select the port you wish to enable 3D mode for within the monitor OSD.

AI 3D Conversion Hardware Requirements

• All other min specs are the same for AI 3D Conversion, except for GPU. ONLY Nvidia is supported, and only select 3000-series and 4000-series cards will work.
• GPU
• Nvidia: RTX 3080, 3080-Ti, 3090, 3090-Ti, 4070, 4070-Ti, 4070-Ti Super, 4080, 4080 Super, 4090. If you find one of these cards doesn’t work or a model outside of these does, please post your exact model in this thread.

Reality Hub 3D Games

• The First Berserker: Khazan
• Lies of P
• Stray
• Dragonball Z: Kakarot
• Little Nightmares II
• F.I.S.T.
• SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
• Wigmund
• Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition 
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition 
• Disney Epic Mickey Rebrushed
• The Smurfs - Dreams
• PALWORLD

Make sure to post you questions, experiments, mods, findings, pictures, and all other Odyssey 3D content here!

[Yaaami]

I have same issue, and didn't get any solution on this, could you help to pin me if you got issue fixed? thx in advance. 

[Andydxgame]

I'm in exactly the same position. Except for the hub, nothing works. The software is absolutely terrible. I only got it this morning but I'm already considering sending it back, I've been pulling my hair out all day. Lies of P doesn't even work in 3D and that's supposed to be one of the supported games!

[VR_Nima]

What graphics card are you using? Are you launching Lies of P through the Odyssey 3D Hub? Is the game detected as installed in the Odyssey 3D Hub? What happens when you launch it? Does the overlay pop up or anything? When you go full-screen on videos, do you get the overlay pop-up asking if it's SBS or to do conversion?

[Yaaami]

I did get the overlap pup-up, and I choose the 2D, since I'm watching a 2D video, and nothing happens, and I tried the sbs also, nothing happens neither.

[greg8]

I hope the development team can add an option or shortcut key option to bring up the AI option again rather than it only coming up once when you first start the application in full screen mode.    The option often appears briefly then disappears and its gone for good if you hit the escape key.   Only way to bring it up again is completely restart the application.  Thanks!

[VR_Nima]

That's a really good point. I think they designed that feature primarily for photo and video conversion, and probably didn't realize a ton of people would be interested in it for video games too.

If the content you're trying to convert is a game running in SBS mode, I strongly recommend you look into 3DGameBridge to force the game to render in the native 3D of the monitor rather than to use the on-screen SBS conversion from Samsung (which takes a large performance hit).

[Beausoleil]

Similar to some people posting above, I just received the monitor and, although the 3D works when I launch games from the Odyssey 3D Hub (sometimes...) it refuses to work for video or 3D conversion - the fullscreen button prompts do nothing when I click on them. Been getting Samsung technical support for hours and hours, with no solution being provided... My PC is well within spec, very disappointed with the monitor so far

[VR_Nima]

Which graphics card model are you using?

[VirtualDavey]

I read the recommended specs, but am curious about this statement found therein: "But unofficially, we’ve found a lot of other hardware that’s weaker than what’s listed works perfectly fine."

Would my PC specs be adequate for use with this monitor, mostly for 3D games and conversions of 2D games to 3D?:

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 CPU @ 4.00GHz 4.00 GHz

Ram 32GB 3200 MHz

In the manual, under recommend specs for gaming it doesn't recommend a specific GPU like it does for Video content (3D video conversion & side by side video conversion) instead of recommending a GPU for gaming it states "Performance is dependent of computer game content. It depends on the complexity of the game and the required computer resources (e.g., Khazan, Lies of P).

I'd love to purchase one of these monitors, but due to the high price I want to be 100% sure I can get my monies worth.

[VR_Nima]

I can't 100% guarantee it'll work, but yes, I've seen people with 3050ti cards say it works for them.

The AI features obviously won't work, but games should run perfectly fine in 3D. Feel free to buy it from Best Buy where they allow returns if it doesn't work for you.