3D PC Gaming on a Samsung HL67A750

For any 3D TV, all you need is Nvidia's 3D TV Play.

Unfortunately you didn't need the 3D Vision kit at all, all you need is the $40 3D TV Play download. I'm not sure exactly what the problem is, but it sounds like you're trying to use the Nvidia glasses and emitter, when you need to be using only the TV's glasses. The Nvidia glasses/emitter are meant for certified monitors/projectors. With a 3D TV, all the PC needs to do to put out a 3D signal. The TV, not the PC, handles the glasses.

EDIT: Actually, I see your Samsung is a DLP rear projection TV? In which case, it might require an adapter as well to act like a 3D TV if you don't already have one.
Edited by Airion - 9/27/12 at 7:44pm

I don't get it. I was under impression that I only need a 3D TV, 3d glasses (It'll be either sammy 6710 or Philips 5507 in my case) and to activate the 3d option in the game?
So we need some dedicated software as well for outputting 3d signal for gaming?

thanks.

If you have an Nvidia card, you need Nvidia 3D TV Play.
If you have an AMD card, a small selection of games support 3D with no special software, but for everything else you need Tridef DDD.

So basically the signal goes thrue this software and is "changed". Does this affect performance or is there some problems involved?
I have GTX570 and play on 1080p resolution. I play FPSs.

I don't like having this kind of software's cos It's one more link in a chain where problems could occur. basically me using 3d in games/movies is what is pointing me toward getting sammy 6710 and not Philips 5507 cos with sammy you get goggles and with Philips you don't.

cheers.

In the case of Nvidia, the "software" is just the driver itself, and it render games natively in 3D. It's not that there's any conversion going in. However, as rendering twice as many images, there is necessarily a performance drop. Also due to bandwidth limitations of HDMI, you're limited to 720p at 60fps or 1080p and 24fps. There can be some problems in games where elements don't render correctly in 3D. Sometimes user mods fix these issues.

Whou, I can’t play on 1080p resolution above 24FPSs?? The game will be limited by maybe VSYNC?? There’s no way I’m gaming on a resolution different than 1080 wich is my native one, at least for now that my GPU is more than enough to run everything maxed out.
If it is so, that’s the 3d killer for me. Please confirm this for me and this afternoon I’ll decide finally to get 6710 or 5507.
I knew there’s a catch to all this 3d gaming stuff. It’s not worth it if the above statements are correct.

Thank you for all the info.

The limit isn't vsync, or the PC, it's just that the current version of HDMI can't pass that much video data. It's too bad, but that said, 720p 3D is nothing to scoff at, and quite unlike 720p 2D. Afterall, you're seeing two different 720p images at once, each with a unique view of the scene. Personally I think 720p 3D is much better than 1080p 2D, but it does come down to personal taste as they each have their advantages. 1080p 2D offers more fine detail thanks to the smaller pixels. 720p 3D offers more unique details, as each eye is getting details that the other eye can't. And, obviously, it's 3D instead of 2D, which is an improvement besides all that. In any case, they're both roughly the same number of pixels, 1080p 2D is 2 million pixels, 720p 3D is two different 1 million pixel images.

1080p 3D does exist though, you just can't get it yet on a standard 3D TV. There are computer monitors that allow that resolution (by using dual DVI instead of HDMI).

Nvidia 3D TV Play doesn't support checkerboard. I've heard there's a hack out there to enable it somehow, but basically, no. I'm pretty sure you would need the HDA-1 adapter for your TV.

I have the Samsung HL61A750 and an HTPC with Nvidia GPU and 3D vision kit, all have to do is load a game up and works perfect (in checkerboard ) no need for 3Dtv play or anything else, just the latest NVidia drivers. when you install the drivers run through the 3D set-up it might not let you pick your DLP for your display but pick red and cyan as your viewing mode, that's ok just continue with set-up, when its done go to your desktop right click select NVidia control panel select stereoscopic 3D on the left side then select set up stereoscopic 3D check the box enable stereoscopic 3D then under Stereoscopic 3D display type select Generic 3D DLP HDTV and hit apply at the bottom. Hope that helps, good luck, peace. DLP is the only way to go!

The 201s arrive and I watched Avengers in 3D. It looked fantastic especially for a post conversion job. The glasses are great - nice and light - and fit over my regular glasses with no problem.

I'll tackle getting my games to run in 3D on the TV over the weekend as time permits.