Watching 3D Movies with AMD Card on Nvidia 3D Vision Display

[JayBob]

Hi there,

I have recently purchased a new monitor, Asus VG248QE.
I own an AMD Card(6950) so I know that I cannot run games in 3D, but I was wondering if its possible to watch 3D Movies.
I have a test file which is Side by Side and have downloaded Stereoscopic player.
I also have a pair of cheap LG passive glasses and the 3D vision 2 active pair(for when I upgrade my GPU to Nvidia).

Is there any way I can watch a 3D movie with this setup? If not, is there something I am missing?
Or is it simply not possible to watch 3D movies until I upgrade my GPU to Nvidia?

Thanks.

 

[JayBob]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1661978/ultimate-gaming-solution-amd-users-vision-monitors.html

Thanks Ninja I have already seen that thread but the method hasn't worked for anyone else and the op has not replied for a long time.
I don't think it ever worked, I wish it did because I could play 3D games as well, but don't think it's possible. Movies I'm not sure about though. Probably something simple but I've got no idea.

 

[bystander]

The 3D vision capable monitors without the emitter built in, will not work with AMD, possible hacks not included. However, there are a few 3d vision monitors with built in emitters, that can through their HDMI port. This is usually done as a way to use DVD players in 3D. The Asus VG278H is one such monitor. The BenQ xl2420TX is one as well, if I recall right.

 

[JayBob]

The only real solution is to buy an Nvidia card, unless you feel like searching Google for hours on end and finally finding a solution that may or may not work and that's after a lot of troubleshooting to determine whether or not it's even feasible. I had thought this hack had been ironed out early last year, but I guess I was wrong

Haha yeah I've already done the Google thing, it's been very frustrating :0

 

[JayBob]

The 3D vision capable monitors without the emitter built in, will not work with AMD, possible hacks not included. However, there are a few 3d vision monitors with built in emitters, that can through their HDMI port. This is usually done as a way to use DVD players in 3D. The Asus VG278H is one such monitor. The BenQ xl2420TX is one as well, if I recall right.

Thanks bystander, I had come across people getting the movies to work but there was not enough detail given as to why. So I basically have the wrong Monitor and need one with a built-in emitter. It has HDMI but no emitter
Seems silly that if I buy a 3rd party emitter it doesn't work but oh well, don't know enough about it I guess.

So now I don't know whether to fork out for a new GPU(having a 2GB 6950 makes it seem a bit unnecessary atm) or try to swap this Monitor for a passive 3D display compatible with AMD.
The latter might not even be possible(with the store) and won't give me as good quality 3D, but at least I could get an IPS with much better PQ.

Thanks for your help!