G74 Asus 3D Vision/ 3DTV PLAY

I can't seem to get any real answers from the crappy Asus ROG forums and that site is always down lately.
No trying bash Asus but the members do a better job of resolving issues and questions there than the actual paid staff.
Unacceptable!

I own a G74S with the 3DTV Play tag on it.
It came with no 3d glasses though.

I noticed in the start tab I have an option to enable or disable 3d Vision.
Why do I have this option? Does it even work?
I have no 3d stereoscopic options in my Nvidia control panel.

What exact 3d capabilities does my laptop have?

Do I need to buy Nvidia's $40 software on the driver site?

Do i need to buy a 3d LCD or can I just go buy the glasses?

I was looking at the Asus VG278H to buy if I do need an LCD anything better?

 

It seems that you have 3D Vision capable graphic card but not actually on the notebook, what it means, it means that you may watch 3D movies on the 3D TV because most probably your screen 50-60 hz so not possible 3D of course. for the TV you need software and 1.4 v HDMI connection.

so, briefly, you need 3D screen first if you dont see any 3D logo near the notebook cam because not computer only graphic card supporting 3D unfortunatelly for the marketing business they are selling like that

 

Hi. I'm planning to buy the Asus g74. I have a question is every g74 capable of outputting a stereoscopic 3d signal even if its without the 3d screen? Because 3d on the laptops screen is not that important to me as outputting the signal especialy via the VGA (maybe I could use a HDMI->VGA converter). I need it for a projector ( Optoma ML300). It is capable of pc 3d so a 120Hz signal via VGA. I would mostly use it for 3d in my bedroom. Would be cool on a 50" screen (max for this projector and 3d, normal picture up to 160"!!). If anyone has any experience please share.

 

2 things reflect whether you can use 3d. The monitor normally will need to have at least 120hz and the second factor is going to be the potency of your video card.

 

My 3GB 560m GTX is more than enough.
The asus asus vg278h is 120hz.

 

You would have to use a HDMI 1.4a output in order to actually use the 3D. I'm not sure how well this would work. I can test this as I have both of these units in the shop.

 

Can you pretty please?

 

Sure!

Worse case scenario you would need to purchase the NVIDIA 3D vision kit. I'm not sure if 1.4a will trip the VG278H built in emitter

 

HDMI to VGA and 3D sounds so hard,,, because a huge data you transfer with HDMI 1.4 " and 1.4 is the key for 3D " and actually data bandwidth even depends cable to cable,,,
so if the notebook itself " screen I mean " does not support 3D in any case Gseries Asus with GTX 5..M / 4..M series GPU will support 3D externally but with VGA I dont think so!!!

people should look for purchasing the notebooks as 3D itself or supporting 3D,,, this is generally faced problem G7 series,,,
Nvidia GPU will support 3D via HDMI for sure but for notebook itself 120Hz screen is minimum required,,,

 

3D won't work on analog outputs like VGA.

If you wanted to use 3D on a projector you'd need to purchase a 3D ready one. (Acer makes a wonderful sub $600 3D projector)

 

Hi!

I didn't have time to try this at the shop so I did it at home.

The G74SX will work with the ASUS VG278H. HOWEVER!

It can only run through 3D TV Play. This means you will be limited to ONLY 720p.

Please note that the laptop display MUST be disabled for this to properly work

ALSO! You shouldn't have to purchase 3D tv Play software because you are using the built in emitter with the monitor

Here's some more info on 3D TV play:

3DTV System Requirements

NVIDIA 3DTV Play Compare

Here's a photo of the setup working ( Please ignore the crappy quality )

http://i44.tinypic.com/1z52ob4.jpg

Please let me know if you have any other questions

 

Damn only 720P that sucks!
So what 3d LCD will do 1080?
Thanks alot man!

 

None.

You would have to purchase the 3D sku of the g74SX in order to get true 3D vision.

and it would ONLY work on the internal display

:/

 

Awww damn.
I'm bummed out.

 

Honestly?

I couldn't tell the difference between Just Cause 2 on 3D TV play vs 3D Vision2

I played about 20mins of the intro in both 3D tv Play and then in 3D Vision2 and the ONLY time I noticed anything was during the beginning when you were free falling out of the plane. The 3D TV play had more ghosting compared to the 3D vision2 but it wasn't show stopping.

 

1080P and 3D almost impossible,,, even with PS3 because it means that 1920*1080*2 " 2 picture will be rendered " so as you can see most of the PS3 game also 720P because of the frame issue, even drawing of the 1920*1080 is to hard hz will decrease and if you get this as 3D yes maybe you can get 3D picture 1-2 fps

 

By 3D TV Play you mean a HDMI and/or VGA connection? Because the 720p resolution is a max what the porjector I had in mind will accept.

 

The problem for me (more precisely my Wife ) is the size of the projector. The optoma one is really small. Do you think that a HDMI to VGA converter could work?

 

Ok so if I get the Asus get the 1.4a HDMI cable?

 

HDMI 1.4a ONLY. Make sure that your projector supports this!

No. It's still analog

Yep!