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I'm not trying to be trolling, I have been loving playing 3D for years, but recently I have been forced to play in 2D because the main games I like are not well supported/designed to play in 3D, and playing again in 2D has brought me some strange feelings and doubts. First I have to say that now I love to play mainly with two games, and are multiplayer games: "War of the Roses" and "Fifa 13". And of course also other games, but only to fill gaps. War of the Roses is not well supported in 3D (shadows and HUD things bad), and even being I would probably not play in 3D because the performance lost. Fifa 13 has a good support, but I do not like to play it in 3D due to the darkening produced by the glasses (maybe acceptable in other games but not in this one) and the bothering ghosting produced by the white lines. So what is the result?... the result is that my Nvidia glasses are always on the desk but I lately never touch. I have noticed some things these days playing only 2D: 1) Playing 3D is good for me only for some kind of games, like rol games or something like that. I never play a 1st person view game in 3D, and I hardly play a sport game in 3D. I can play in 3D multiplayer games, but usually I don't do it just because the performance lost. 2) These kind of games that I like to play in 3D need to be supported well, because otherwise you really don't enjoy the game properly, and that is something that lately is becoming more and more usual. 3) You need a powerfull machine to play 3D decently. But even in that case you will play smoother in 2D because it is not the same 60hz than 120hz. 4) Does it really worth to find out a tech improvement if it is only a promisse for most games?..., I mean..., if you don't realize that 3D exists, would you enjoy playing a 2D game in the same way that you enjoy playing a 3D game now? The result of all this is that I have clear that 3D is better than 2D, it is more immersive and you feel like you are there, but it is an utopia. And maybe chasing that utopia kills the reality. The real thing is that playing 3D has some hard drawbacks: - You have to wear the big glasses. - You need to have a very good hardware. Well, this is not a problem becuase if you like games you will have it anyway. - You will play games with less smooth than you could. You can't use more than 60hz/eye. - You have to deal with ghosting. - You depend totally on Nvidia driver support, and most games have problems. - You loose the illusion when playing 2D, so if all above fails you don't enjoy the game in the same way. This is a psychological fact. So maybe the most intelligent decission is to try to forget the 3D until it is not an utopia.
I'm not trying to be trolling, I have been loving playing 3D for years, but recently I have been forced to play in 2D because the main games I like are not well supported/designed to play in 3D, and playing again in 2D has brought me some strange feelings and doubts.

First I have to say that now I love to play mainly with two games, and are multiplayer games: "War of the Roses" and "Fifa 13". And of course also other games, but only to fill gaps. War of the Roses is not well supported in 3D (shadows and HUD things bad), and even being I would probably not play in 3D because the performance lost. Fifa 13 has a good support, but I do not like to play it in 3D due to the darkening produced by the glasses (maybe acceptable in other games but not in this one) and the bothering ghosting produced by the white lines.

So what is the result?... the result is that my Nvidia glasses are always on the desk but I lately never touch. I have noticed some things these days playing only 2D:

1) Playing 3D is good for me only for some kind of games, like rol games or something like that. I never play a 1st person view game in 3D, and I hardly play a sport game in 3D. I can play in 3D multiplayer games, but usually I don't do it just because the performance lost.

2) These kind of games that I like to play in 3D need to be supported well, because otherwise you really don't enjoy the game properly, and that is something that lately is becoming more and more usual.

3) You need a powerfull machine to play 3D decently. But even in that case you will play smoother in 2D because it is not the same 60hz than 120hz.

4) Does it really worth to find out a tech improvement if it is only a promisse for most games?..., I mean..., if you don't realize that 3D exists, would you enjoy playing a 2D game in the same way that you enjoy playing a 3D game now?

The result of all this is that I have clear that 3D is better than 2D, it is more immersive and you feel like you are there, but it is an utopia. And maybe chasing that utopia kills the reality. The real thing is that playing 3D has some hard drawbacks:

- You have to wear the big glasses.
- You need to have a very good hardware. Well, this is not a problem becuase if you like games you will have it anyway.
- You will play games with less smooth than you could. You can't use more than 60hz/eye.
- You have to deal with ghosting.
- You depend totally on Nvidia driver support, and most games have problems.
- You loose the illusion when playing 2D, so if all above fails you don't enjoy the game in the same way. This is a psychological fact.

So maybe the most intelligent decission is to try to forget the 3D until it is not an utopia.

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#1
Posted 01/27/2013 01:14 PM   
I'm quite happy with Helix mods, and don't find the FPS drop to be that significant in the majority of titles, just use FXAA over MSAA and problem solved. I don't really see ghosting at all other than in high contrast areas, and I actually like wearing the glasses, since they block out ambient light and let you just see the screen. Only thing that annoys me is when a game has alot of things going on close to the screen, so you cant top out the convergence like you should be able to. Also some games for me just die in terms of FPS when going in 3D, dropping settings doesn't boost it. You sacrafice alot but its well worth it in my books.
I'm quite happy with Helix mods, and don't find the FPS drop to be that significant in the majority of titles, just use FXAA over MSAA and problem solved. I don't really see ghosting at all other than in high contrast areas, and I actually like wearing the glasses, since they block out ambient light and let you just see the screen.

Only thing that annoys me is when a game has alot of things going on close to the screen, so you cant top out the convergence like you should be able to. Also some games for me just die in terms of FPS when going in 3D, dropping settings doesn't boost it. You sacrafice alot but its well worth it in my books.

#2
Posted 01/27/2013 05:37 PM   
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