What do you prefer? 3D or 3 Monitor gaming?

.Max. · 17 Apr 2011 at 19:33

Hey, just wondering, what do you prefer, 3D Gaming with the Nvidia 3D vision kit / ATI HD3D or a 3 monitor setup using Eyefinity/Surround

The main reason for this is to decide what to go with, ATI for 3 monitors or go for Nvidia for some 3D gaming which I'm tempted by, but 3 monitors sounds awesome, Haha thanks

Edit: Hmm... No poll option... Ah well.. Post 'em

Phatzy · 17 Apr 2011 at 19:54

3 monitor set up

Alasdairhurst · 17 Apr 2011 at 20:04

why not both?

I prefer 3 monitors - you get a load more screen space - 3d is too much of a gimick at the moment.

.Max. · 17 Apr 2011 at 20:14

Alasdairhurst said:
why not both?

I prefer 3 monitors - you get a load more screen space - 3d is too much of a gimick at the moment.

Haha

Because I can't SLI Nvidia cards for 3 screens

Plus that'd be so demanding on the gpu's haha

Awesome thanks guys, I'll wait for a couple more opinions before i decide

{SAS}TB · 17 Apr 2011 at 20:20

Im loving my 3 monitor gheyming - not tried 3D

.Max. · 17 Apr 2011 at 20:37

Sweet

Thanks Also... Hate to take my own thread off topic.... But to you.. What looks nicer, The MSI 6950 (The white one) or the Asus 6950 (Black & Red), Haha I can't decide Also... is the MSI one metal like the Asus?

Alasdairhurst · 17 Apr 2011 at 20:41

depends on what your colour scheme is in your case.
i have the red/black HIS one and it looks really nice and neat. I want to get a custom cooler for it but i dont want to expose the PCB..

old gamer · 17 Apr 2011 at 20:58

3 monitors, wearing the glasses would get on my nerves

gareth170 · 17 Apr 2011 at 21:26

KelDG · 17 Apr 2011 at 21:35

Everyones choice will be different here but asking me that question is like asking me
Which do you prefer, a headache or motion sickness. Tho if i was forced I would probably take some motion sickness tablets and go tri monitor.

shuzzbutt · 17 Apr 2011 at 22:23

i'm planning on getting 3d. I just love what it does for the cockpit view in nfs:shift & would love to play shift and fva in 3d not to mention I'm a big ssf4 fan so would love to play the forthcoming AE in 3d too

Gerard · 17 Apr 2011 at 23:07

Alasdairhurst said:
why not both?

Be harder to run, 3 monitors already puts an immense slap onto framerates, 3d just give another performance penalty. Ive eyefinity and i enjoy it, wouldn't mind trying 3d at some stage, though probably not in 3 screen mode.

.Max. · 17 Apr 2011 at 23:34

KelDG said:
Everyones choice will be different here but asking me that question is like asking me
Which do you prefer, a headache or motion sickness. Tho if i was forced I would probably take some motion sickness tablets and go tri monitor.

Thanks everyone

I guess Ill go with the black Card then and go for 3 monitors

Cheaper for me too seing as I already have 2 exactly the same, although ones being ussed as a tv

Ladiesman417 · 18 Apr 2011 at 07:06

none of them!! 30" will be the best

RedStarRiot · 18 Apr 2011 at 09:03

Ladiesman417 said:
none of them!! 30" will be the best

You can see more with the 3 screens, give more immersion

rippling · 18 Apr 2011 at 09:23

3D i got the vision kit 3 months ago and tbh it is great , playing batman AA is Amazing you can feel like you can reach into the screen and touch everything !
Arma 2 gives great sence of depth
BFBC2 again great
But i will warn you that if your a fps extremist ie kills count etc , 3d puts you at a disadvantage as aiming is harder , but more life like.
As for comments that the glasses are annoying i dont have a problem , the nvidia ones are amazingly light, and comfy.
having said that i wear safety glasses all day at work , so maybe i am used to it .
Oh and comments that its a pain to set up are pure crap if putting on a pair of glasses pushing one button is a pain then maybe you have a severe problem of cant be assed

ebilcake · 18 Apr 2011 at 09:36

3D monitor, but only to use 120hz, 3D gaming sucks and the resolution would too high with a three monitor setup.

eyetrip · 18 Apr 2011 at 10:29

Would love to try 3D, but only just recently had to buy monitor and as there were no 27" 3D monitors, have stuck to conventional monitor. Plus the const would be extrotionate for me as I have an ATI card, so would have to get Nvidia and 3D kit

Would also love to have tried Eyefinity, but I also game a lot on console, so my console gaming would have been limited to a smaller screen as 3 large monitors would have been out of question

Oh well, might consider getting just a Nvidia card and trying the 3D vision discover for 3D on the cheap. That way would only need to change GPU. Or wait and see what the new Samsung monitors bring to the table 3D-wise.

djkav · 18 Apr 2011 at 10:57

3D for me. I don't have the room for a 3 monitor set up, also the bezels would annoy me

I downgraded from a 24" 60hz to a 23" 120hz which was only £170 del. I may get a 27" 1080p when they become cheap enough, but the 23" will satisfy me for now.

3D gaming is nice, I mainly play RTS and MMO. Also being able to watch 3D movies is a bonus too.

Arcane · 18 Apr 2011 at 12:17

3D all the way, it's completely reignited my interest in gaming, it looks stunning. Until Bezel less monitors make an appearance I wouldn't consider multi monitor setups, I'd rather have a large single one for fps.