nvidia 3d Card

[silverfoxxxx]

Looking at going for nvidia 3d and was wondering what card i would need to run a 1080 display in 3d, i read that running in 3d halves your fps if this is true will a 560ti not cut it in modern games?, will a 570 be the better option or do i need more power??

 

[cmndr_andi]

Aye, I would go with at least a GTX 570 if you want to run 3D and turn the settings up reasonably high.

It is also worth having a look at this overclocked, custom cooler GTX 480 SOC. This is a bit cheaper than the GTX 570 and a fair bit more powerful.

 

[Mojo]

yep, running 3d cuts your fps in half as the video output is split between the polarising effects of the 3d glasses' lenses over each eye. With such a large performance hit with 3d, minimum framerates are much more of a consideration (they'll be more noticeable) and the 560, whilst a nice card, just doesn't have the raw grunt to keep the minimum framerates up the way a 480 or a 570 does.
A heavily overclocked 560 might be able to run some games with some eye candy turned down, but I would definitely suggest a 480/570/580 over it.

I would recommend a Gigabyte gtx480 as it stands. The same price as a 560 and a fair bit faster. Avoid the reference models though, they are very hot and very loud.

 

[silverfoxxxx]

How about sli, is it worth going down that route or is that an expense for not a lot of gain over a single gpu?
I'm not after outstanding fps, just playable will be fine.

 

[Mojo]

How about sli, is it worth going down that route or is that an expense for not a lot of gain over a single gpu?
I'm not after outstanding fps, just playable will be fine.

SLI is certainly an avenue worthy of exploitation. You could buy one 560 now, see how it runs in 3d (experience with it is of course subjective, one person's playable framerate is another person's slideshow) and if you can't get along with it you can get another one, and two 560s will certainly charge through most things in 3d. As always though, it depends on whether your motherboard/PSU can support it. What kit are you running at the moment?

 

[Kurisu Makise]

I would recommend a Gigabyte gtx480 as it stands. The same price as a 560 and a fair bit faster. Avoid the reference models though, they are very hot and very loud.

wouldnt the op be better off buying a reference 480 then sticking on a zalman vf3000 cooler because from what im rading theres lots of problems with that gigabyte card.

 

[tonyt3rry]

Dont think id want to game in 3D the cinema gives me a headache. main reason I wont buy a 3DS

 

[ewarwoowar]

I have a gtx580 msi twin frozr which handles 3d very well!

I can run metro 2033 in 3d on DX11 but with medium textures at between 45-60 fps.
Fps drops don't seem all that bad when in 3d.

Also the cinema 3d is different to nvidia 3d. Nvidia is more a depth thing. More like looking into a box with different layers of scenery as the cinema 3D is more "pop out the screen" kind of 3d.

N3D doesn't hurt my head at all as you have complete depth control so you can set it just to your own liking.

 

[tonyt3rry]

I might give it a try if a store has demo units.

 

[ewarwoowar]

Only place i've ever seen 3D gaming in store was in an Uk Best Buy store