Hello,
I'm a bit confused and need some advise please. I dont know if my PC can output 3d to my TV or not?
I have this system:-
i7 920 (@3.6Ghz)
Rampage Extreme II motherboard
6Gb of Ram (not sure what type)
Sapphire HD5870 x2 (in crossifre)
A 27inch monitor (connected via DVI cable)
and a 50inch plasma tv (connected via cheap no name brand HDMI cable I got for about £7.00, 3 years ago)
I normally use a monitor to watch shows and play games but I just got a tx-P50ST50, it is a 50inch Panasonic Plasma tv.
Link for some specs is here:- http://www.trustedreviews.com/panasonic-tx-p50st50_TV_specs
I had to send off for the the active 3d glasses so have not been able to test the 3d yet.
Anyway, all of my input for the TV comes from an HDMI cable from my PC. The 2D (the main reason I got it) is amazing. But there are 3 films I would like to watch in 3D and also a 3D documentary about plants.
When I get my active lenses 3D glasses I have two options I think:-
1) I can play a standard 2D movie or show and press the 3D button and the TV itself will make it look a bit 3D. I doubt I will use this option much if at all.
2) I can buy a blu-ray player for my PC, put a film in (lets say Avatar as everyone uses it to test their new tv out) and then what would happen?
Would the graphics card know it was a 3D blu-ray and then send out the correct signal? Or do I have to tell it that its an active 3D glasses tv rather then passive?
Or will the HD5870 simply not be able to do it?
If not then what is the best graphics card from under £450 that is awesome for gaming, will work for the 3D movies on my TV and has 3Gb of on-board memory? (I play ARMA II a lot and need as much memory for texture as possible) Also the card would have to be quicker then my 5870x2 set up.
Not sure if you need this info but I do not use the HDMI cable for sound (i have a separate sound card) and I do not wish to play games in 3D.
Any info and suggestions are welcome. Assume I know very little.
thank you for reading.
I'm a bit confused and need some advise please. I dont know if my PC can output 3d to my TV or not?
I have this system:-
i7 920 (@3.6Ghz)
Rampage Extreme II motherboard
6Gb of Ram (not sure what type)
Sapphire HD5870 x2 (in crossifre)
A 27inch monitor (connected via DVI cable)
and a 50inch plasma tv (connected via cheap no name brand HDMI cable I got for about £7.00, 3 years ago)
I normally use a monitor to watch shows and play games but I just got a tx-P50ST50, it is a 50inch Panasonic Plasma tv.
Link for some specs is here:- http://www.trustedreviews.com/panasonic-tx-p50st50_TV_specs
I had to send off for the the active 3d glasses so have not been able to test the 3d yet.
Anyway, all of my input for the TV comes from an HDMI cable from my PC. The 2D (the main reason I got it) is amazing. But there are 3 films I would like to watch in 3D and also a 3D documentary about plants.
When I get my active lenses 3D glasses I have two options I think:-
1) I can play a standard 2D movie or show and press the 3D button and the TV itself will make it look a bit 3D. I doubt I will use this option much if at all.
2) I can buy a blu-ray player for my PC, put a film in (lets say Avatar as everyone uses it to test their new tv out) and then what would happen?
Would the graphics card know it was a 3D blu-ray and then send out the correct signal? Or do I have to tell it that its an active 3D glasses tv rather then passive?
Or will the HD5870 simply not be able to do it?
If not then what is the best graphics card from under £450 that is awesome for gaming, will work for the 3D movies on my TV and has 3Gb of on-board memory? (I play ARMA II a lot and need as much memory for texture as possible) Also the card would have to be quicker then my 5870x2 set up.
Not sure if you need this info but I do not use the HDMI cable for sound (i have a separate sound card) and I do not wish to play games in 3D.
Any info and suggestions are welcome. Assume I know very little.
thank you for reading.