I just bought the VG278HE PC Gaming Monitor.

**GasMask** · December 04, 2012, 02:03 AM

http://www.asus.com/Display/LCD_Monitors/VG278HE/

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I just bought this monitor and i was wondering if i will need an SLI setup to run 3D properly or will i just need a single card something like a gtx 660 or a gtx 670 ?

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Also will i need special glasses to view 3D movies ?.

I am going to be playing at 1920 x 1080 & 144Hz & 27 Inch Screen.

Obviously i did some research on the monitor and the panel along with its specifications which beat the BenQ series and the Samsung Series

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Thank you for the help.

**Crazyeyesreaper** · December 06, 2012, 05:30 PM

your gonna want alot of horse power

Example Elder Scrolls Skyrim using a GTX 680 Hardware Heaven got the following results.

1920x1080 Ultra Settings

Min 69
Max 181
Avg 101

1920x1080 Ultra 3D Vision

Min 28
Max 69
Avg 45

performance dropped by greater than half,

**Jaketh** · December 06, 2012, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by Crazyeyesreaper

your gonna want alot of horse power

Example Elder Scrolls Skyrim using a GTX 680 Hardware Heaven got the following results.

1920x1080 Ultra Settings

Min 69
Max 181
Avg 101

1920x1080 Ultra 3D Vision

Min 28
Max 69
Avg 45

performance dropped by greater than half,

Guess he won't be installing any serious graphic mods with 3D enabled, thats a ridiculous loss of framerate.

**Crazyeyesreaper** · December 06, 2012, 11:46 PM

well running 3D vision essentially DOUBLES the work load now take into account syncing the image for each eye etc, well you get the idea double the work and alot of extra overhead it takes its toll

**GasMask** · December 10, 2012, 08:33 PM

My fears have come true, I did not want to find this out as i already considered 3D to be somewhat less intensive however looking at them results i am quite upset that it takes so much horse power.

The only card that could allow me to game with stable rates would be a GTX 690 and the cost of this card is around £1000 for a very good one HUGE INVESTMENT!.

I would like to know a few things.

Is the 690 a worthy investment that will allow me to game for at least 3 years ?
Would you recommend instead of a 690 two 680's ?

Last one, Will the gtx 690 be able to run 3D for 3 years safely ?

Thank you i appreciate the help.

**Crazyeyesreaper** · December 11, 2012, 12:42 PM

690 is dual gpu not all games work welll with 3D in fact many games cannot be maxed graphic wise in 3D without glitches, SLI can greatly improve framerates but can also be detrimental why people insist on going 3D when its support is halfassed to the extreme is beyond me,

your better off running your games without 3D with vsync on so you get a max non tearing frame rate of 120 + compared to typical screens at 60 would give a far smoother experience.

as for 3D games over 3 year sure, if driver support stays consistent but you wont be maxing them no. Next set of consoles releases next christmas this = next jump in system requirements for PC games again. It will do it but i doubt it would last 3 years doing 3D at 1080p at high settings.

Todays top games such as Hitman Absolution already run at 30-40 fps on a single GTX 680 at 1080p WITHOUT 3D. even if frame rates were 100% higher thats still 60-80 and SLI never scales to 100%

3D vision compatibility list is here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-games.html

unless its a full 5 stars it means you will notice glitches here and there the lower the score the more problems you face.

Most games have halfassed support

example Assassins Creed games have gotten worse support over time the first game does well in 3D the rest get progressively worse

Empire Total War works great, Shogun 2 has issues.

RAGE has a 1 out of 5 score

etc it depends on the games you play older titles work better than newer titles then again the requirements to play them are also lower.

There is a reason gaming is going higher resolution aka 3 screens vs 3D

cost of a 3D monitor / tv + glasses kit i can get 3 monitors and run 5760 x 1080 etc

the market for both is so small niether company cares all that much you bought into 3D when its not ready.