AMD 3D Monitor / TV

[Snokio]

Does anyone know if the LG DM2780D that is currently half price on ebuyer will display 3D with the ATI 6790 gaming wise?

[T-Bag]

My parents have a passive LG 3DTV like this only bigger. Basically the 3D works by sending two side by side images, when you select the 3D mode (either side by side or upper and lower) the TV merges the frames. So it doesn't need any active glasses etc etc. I can't see why it wouldn't work with any graphics card providing you could get the output into the right format (eg either 2 1920x540 images or 2 960x1080 images). I've no idea how you would do that though...just that if you sent the signal over HDMI in that format there's no reason it wouldn't work as that how it works with a 3D sky box.

This: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004V4G95Q/ref=asc_df_B004V4G95Q6997502?smid=A1D24MP37JR7K&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22218&creativeASIN=B004V4G95Q is an officially supported monitor.

It's the same resolution, same 3D technology so it looks promising...having said that I've no idea if it would work or not...

[Chaosphere]

Just from my experience with nVidia 3D...

I would avoid a TV, and go for a monitor. If you use a TV, you can only display 3D in either 1080p 24FPS or 720p 60FPS, as the HDMI cables do not support 60Hz 1080p. Now, the problem isn't with the cable bandwidth, but with modern TVs. Most TVs just aren't built to display 60Hz 1080p 3D content (as 3D blu rays are all 24Hz). Maybe in the future that will change, but for now you're stuck with 720p really, as 24FPS just doesn't work. Don't get me wrong, games still look great in 720p in 3D, but 1080p is a noticable step-up.

(This problem will be the same with an AMD card as it is due to the TV/HDMI not the GPU or PC itself).

Monitors escape this problem by using 2 DVI inputs to carry the signal, but for this you obviously need a monitor designed with this in mind! You cannot use dual DVI cables with TVs, sadly.