3D and Lightboost questions

[Forza82]

Ok so Im kinda confused with it. This screen Asus vg248qe supports 3D Vision from Nvidea.

1. Does it also support AMD Videocards for 3D Vision? I am really interested in 3D Gaming.

2. What Videocard would you suggest for a max 400 euros?

3. Also I know of this Lightboost for playing 2D does it also work for AMD Cards?

4. Screens: IPS VS TN 144 hz? What's better for gaming? As I keep hearing that TN coloring isn't that good!

5. Also here is a link to how my computer looks so far: http://tweakers.net/gallery/554809?wish_id=509965#tab:wenslijst. It's in Dutch but I think you'll understand. Do you have any suggestions on what could be better or what could be downgraded or it is just fine?

So I plan to play on 1 3D monitor

Thanks for the help!

 

[dr.stevil]

I don't have any real experience with lightboost, unfortunately, but from what I understand, both nvidia and AMD can take advantage of it.

For nVidia, anything that is '3d vision' ready should just work. Most displays these days have emitters built in I believe. When it first launched you needed a separate USB emitter (and glasses). I'm guessing, as I haven't used it yet, that you'd need an AMD compatible emitter and glasses if you were using an AMD card (unless hacks exist to make nVidia hardware run on AMD which is quite possible).

As for the display... if you're using it for 3D more so than high refresh rates, I wouldn't suggest an IPS. The TN's suffer from poor viewing angles and generally don't look quite as good (colors and such), but their fast pixel response time AND refresh rates are needed for 3D IMO

I'm guessing, and again maybe someone else can chime in, that an overclocked IPS display would suffer quite a bit from ghosting since the pixels can't change nearly as fast as a true '3D ready' TN

the Overlord Tempest (IPS OC), for example, has an advertised pixel response time of 6ms, while the Asus you have listed has a 1ms pixel response time. If you were just using it for straight up high FPS gaming, I'd recommend an IPS 1440p panel in a heartbeat... but for 3D I believe that TN is still the best way to go.

As for GPU... that entirely depends on which resolution you decide to go with. Keep in mind though that if you want a good experience, you're going to want a GPU that can always push a steady 120+ frames per second. You can't go wrong with the new AMD gpus

 

[Forza82]

I don't have any real experience with lightboost, unfortunately, but from what I understand, both nvidia and AMD can take advantage of it.

For nVidia, anything that is '3d vision' ready should just work. Most displays these days have emitters built in I believe. When it first launched you needed a separate USB emitter (and glasses). I'm guessing, as I haven't used it yet, that you'd need an AMD compatible emitter and glasses if you were using an AMD card (unless hacks exist to make nVidia hardware run on AMD which is quite possible).

As for the display... if you're using it for 3D more so than high refresh rates, I wouldn't suggest an IPS. The TN's suffer from poor viewing angles and generally don't look quite as good (colors and such), but their fast pixel response time AND refresh rates are needed for 3D IMO

I'm guessing, and again maybe someone else can chime in, that an overclocked IPS display would suffer quite a bit from ghosting since the pixels can't change nearly as fast as a true '3D ready' TN

the Overlord Tempest (IPS OC), for example, has an advertised pixel response time of 6ms, while the Asus you have listed has a 1ms pixel response time. If you were just using it for straight up high FPS gaming, I'd recommend an IPS 1440p panel in a heartbeat... but for 3D I believe that TN is still the best way to go.

As for GPU... that entirely depends on which resolution you decide to go with. Keep in mind though that if you want a good experience, you're going to want a GPU that can always push a steady 120+ frames per second. You can't go wrong with the new AMD gpus

Thanks for your reply

Ye I like the AMD Graphic Cards but it seems that 3D is still in favor for nVidea. I don't really like using that kind of hacks.

I dont have the budget to buy an ips 1440p panel

 

[cybereality]

If you want to use the 3D on the monitor you need an Nvidia GPU. I have the 3D Vision glasses, they are very cool with the games that work. Most popular games are supported. And even if the game is not supported, you can always play in 2D at 120/144Hz, which is nice.

For GPU I would recommend the GTX 770. Should give you enough power to run most games in 3D at high settings. I would always go with 3D/high-framerate over straight picture quality. I mean IPS is great, but rarely will I look at a plant in a game and say "wow, how green that leaf looks". However, in 3D I will say " wow! that tree branch is popping out of the monitor in my face!!!!". 120Hz is also an advantage in online gaming, and just looks better in general.

So I would say get the 3D monitor and go with an Nvidia card.