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gtx 460 3d 1.4 hdmi ?

gbaromman

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does this support the 1.4 hdmi cable for 3d and what monitor is good for 1.4 cable as im kinda sick and tired of using my benq monitor and 2 cables for 3d
 
According to Nvidia the GTX 460 has HDMI 1.4a

Click on the Features tab in this link and scroll down.

Fully integrated support for HDMI 1.4a including GPU accelerated Blu-ray 3D4 support, xvYCC, deep color, and 7.1 digital surround sound including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. Upgrade your GPU to full 3D capability with NVIDIA 3DTV Play software, enabling 3D gaming, picture viewing and 3D web video streaming. See www.nvidia.com/3dtv for more details.
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Do you already have the GTX 460 and Benq 3D monitor?

You should just be able to connect the two together with a dual link DVI cable.
 
gbaromman said:
yea but dual link dvi are a pain and ilike to run 2 monitors one with only dvi so id like a new mon with the 1.4
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Now I'm confused.

Why is dual link DVI a pain?

DVI and dual link DVI cables are basically the same apart from the dual link cable might be slightly thicker as it uses more connections.
 
HDMI 1.4a is only suitable for movies.
It will provide a max of 1080p at 24fps (per eye) in 3D. Or 60 fps (per eye) at 720P

The whole hdmi spec is outdated, as is displayport. Neither can currently support high res at high fps. (it's the chipsets that deal with the data/standards rather than the cables)

To conclude use dual link Dvi.

*disclaimer I may be wrong, but doubt it*
 
Blackbadger said:
HDMI 1.4a is only suitable for movies.
It will provide a max of 1080p at 24fps (per eye) in 3D. Or 60 fps (per eye) at 720P

The whole hdmi spec is outdated, as is displayport. Neither can currently support high res at high fps. (it's the chipsets that deal with the data/standards rather than the cables)

To conclude use dual link Dvi.

*disclaimer I may be wrong, but doubt it*
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Actually, Displayport is easily the best (the latest one, 2.2 I think) and carries more bandwith than DVI-D

HDMI<DVI-D<DP 2.2

Only reason HDMI is used is because DP missed its chance years ago to go mainstream and HDMI took it. DP is free of royalties and carries more bandwith, it's just that all monitors wih DP are really expensive. There's no point using it if nobody can afford DP devices.

T conclude, DVI is better, I can't understand how it is a pain really
 
Are you sure ? - I have a system here with a 280GTX connected via 1 Dual link dvi to a 1080p 3D screen, Plus a 1650 screen connected via a single link dvi. There is no fiddling, no extra cables needed.

Maybe the OP misunderstands what a dual link dvi cable is ? and thinks it needs 2 cables ? The name is slightly misleading I guess - sorry if this is not the case.

It's just the amount of wires/connectors in the cable allowing it to carry more data.

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gbaromman said:
if i want to run 3d and a second mon i can only run 3d as it takes 2 dvi leads for 3d thats why its a pain
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Just to clarify.

Dual link DVI is not 2 dvi cables.

It's a single cable which just uses more connections on the graphics card and monitor as in the image Blackbadger posted.

As far as I'm aware, other than DisplayPort, dual link DVI is the only connection which can do 120Hz at 1920x1080 resolution.
 
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