ASUS VG248QE -- Need help understanding the 3d capabilities

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I have a ASUS VG248QE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236313

I'm trying to figure out its 3d capabilities and am slightly confused. Based on what I have read online the best bet is to pick up a Nvidia 3d vision 2 kit (I do have a 3d vision capable GPU -- GTX 460 SE). Apparently the asus does not have an emitter in it, so I need that (part of the kit) for any true 3d gaming. Would I be able to do anything with just the glasses and no emitter? Under my nvidia control panel there is an option to enable stereoscopic 3d..what is that compared to the 3d I'd get with the nvidia 3d vision? Or is that what I would be enabling once I get the kid?

EDIT: Also, under my monitor options the NVIDIA LightBoost is grayed out..I understand I'll be needing this..why might it not be selectable?

If someone could lay it out for me in a nutshell it would be appreciated.

Thanks!
 
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cookybiscuit
You need both the emitter and glasses, the emitter sends out an IR signal to the glasses telling them when the monitor is refreshing, so they can black out the correct eye on the correct frame, with just the glasses they wont even turn on. The 3D option you currently have is '3D Vision Discover', its an anaglyph (red/blue cardboard glasses) tester, pretty crappy but something to mess with if you are interested.

Lightboost will be supported, but Nvidia thinks they are funny and like to make things difficult for people so its locked out. Lightboost is enabled through the monitor OSD when 3D is active so don't worry about it, but if you want to use it in 2D mode (less blur, but destroyed colours and brightness) then you can use this...
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You need both the emitter and glasses, the emitter sends out an IR signal to the glasses telling them when the monitor is refreshing, so they can black out the correct eye on the correct frame, with just the glasses they wont even turn on. The 3D option you currently have is '3D Vision Discover', its an anaglyph (red/blue cardboard glasses) tester, pretty crappy but something to mess with if you are interested.

Lightboost will be supported, but Nvidia thinks they are funny and like to make things difficult for people so its locked out. Lightboost is enabled through the monitor OSD when 3D is active so don't worry about it, but if you want to use it in 2D mode (less blur, but destroyed colours and brightness) then you can use this. http://www.blurbusters.com/zero-motion-blur/lightboost/

You'll also need this to fix broken 3D games should you get a 3D setup, barely any games work in 3D without a fix. http://helixmod.blogspot.co.uk/
 
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Cookybiscuit hit all the big relevant points.

You won't be able to use the active shutter glasses without the emitter, but the kit comes with a pair of glasses so you should be fine. Stereoscopic Vision is the vision you're going to want to use when you play games in 3D, and Lightboost will turn on automatically for that.

Also, helixmod is awesome.
 
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The monitor *only* officially supports Nvidia's 3D vision. Getting it to work with AMD's HD3D is spotty at best, to my understanding. There's some other threads here on TH about it, but, I honestly would refer to AMD's supported monitors page if you really want to do 3D with your Radeon.

http://support.amd.com/en-us/recommended/hd3d-displays
 
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