3d montior questions

DooMeR · 18 Jul 2011 at 13:38

I plan to invest in a 3d monitor and 3d vision soon before i do i have quite a few questions.

The 120mhz refresh rate. Its my understanding to get the most out of the monitor you enable vsync. Does this mean i have to be able to run games at 120 fps to feel the benfit. Most of the games i play i can run at that speed but there will be some that i cant.

Also enabling vsync does it add laggy feeling u get on some games or is that something you aviod on 120mhz

Not been able to run the games at 120 fps have any effect on the 3d effect. Can you still get a good 3d effect without vsync or 120 fps.

Does having the 3d monitor allow me to watch 3d movies and tv or is the 3dness soley limited to pc games.

And lasty the extra glasses are expensive could i use a pair of glasses you get from the cinemas or does it have to be the nvidia ones.

no_1_dave · 18 Jul 2011 at 14:49

DooMeR said:
I plan to invest in a 3d monitor and 3d vision soon before i do i have quite a few questions.

The 120mhz refresh rate. Its my understanding to get the most out of the monitor you enable vsync. Does this mean i have to be able to run games at 120 fps to feel the benfit. Most of the games i play i can run at that speed but there will be some that i cant.

Also enabling vsync does it add laggy feeling u get on some games or is that something you aviod on 120mhz

Not been able to run the games at 120 fps have any effect on the 3d effect. Can you still get a good 3d effect without vsync or 120 fps.

Does having the 3d monitor allow me to watch 3d movies and tv or is the 3dness soley limited to pc games.

And lasty the extra glasses are expensive could i use a pair of glasses you get from the cinemas or does it have to be the nvidia ones.

You dont need vsync enabled and no, games dont need to run at 120hz and it wont effect 3D effect. Cinema glasses are different

DooMeR · 19 Jul 2011 at 14:07

Awesome thanks for the info.

topdog@OC · 20 Jul 2011 at 05:31

3D vision locks in at 120Hz w/vsync for games, regardless of whether you have vsync on or off by other means. The framerate you get is, like with all PC game playing, variable up to the max though. There's no additional or noticable stutter imposed by this compared to normal, just whatever performance payload there is from any given title for enabling stereo3d mode.

You could watch 3d movies, say on youtube, 3dvision live site, or downloaded ones using software like the stereoscopic movie player (or nvidia's that gets installed), however, to play back 3d bluray disc content you would need a player/software capable of reading the discs. That typically costs a fair wack for the time being.

DooMeR · 20 Jul 2011 at 07:59

Thanks for the extra info gonna buy today i think hoping a monitor will come on sale

Really looking forward to it sounds awesome and a lot of the games i play are in the good to Excellent rating.

Oh and final question in terms of being competive in online gaming first person shooters mainly, i am guessing the 3d effect can be a distraction and is better turned off , or is it something u can get used to.

Aedus · 20 Jul 2011 at 08:58

For competitive gaming you're going to want to take advantage of the 120Hz, not the 3D aspect of the monitor.

DooMeR · 20 Jul 2011 at 09:00

Yeah thats what i figured i heard the depth of the 3d can make it harder for competive gaming.

SkeeterUK · 20 Jul 2011 at 10:38

Personally id buy one of them 50" plasma 3d tvs, i cant see monitors being worth 200-300 quid for such a small display. For the tech i think the tvs are better spec or well the way the are advertised they look better spec shall i say.

The only reason to get a small screen is if you dont have 500 quid for a 50" 3d tv (duno if u still need nvidia stuff) or like to sit close to a screen but if i had a 50" i wouldn't need to be near as i could see everything a few meters away i would imagine.

no_1_dave · 20 Jul 2011 at 15:01

DooMeR said:
Thanks for the extra info gonna buy today i think hoping a monitor will come on sale

Really looking forward to it sounds awesome and a lot of the games i play are in the good to Excellent rating.

Oh and final question in terms of being competive in online gaming first person shooters mainly, i am guessing the 3d effect can be a distraction and is better turned off , or is it something u can get used to.

FPS games, 2D
All others, 3D

topdog@OC · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:41

FPS single player games, 3D

The 'non-pro gamer' downsides to 3D are the following:

- Performance hit

- No benefit/difference really from playing @ 60Hz on a regular monitor in terms of FPS and input lag type areas

- HUD elements and gun scopes are among the artifacts in auto-3D conversion techniques that can occur, which can make it harder to aim. 3D vision has it's own 'depth sensitive laser crosshair' thing but then this adds to the first problem listed, performance, and you can't always turn off the in-game crosshairs which creates weird clutter on-screen

These things being what they are, I wouldn't put anyone off doing 3D for single player jaunts through games, when it works well, it simply makes them incomparably better. Admittedly the only shooter style games I've really tried since getting 3D were quite well attuned to the tech anyway (Crysis 2 and Dead Space), but having done so, I would have to be paid to ever play them in 2D. Oh I replayed Mirrors Edge in 3D too, though it's not a shooter or a competitive game per se, add that to the 'will never in 2D' list as well