Any advantage of Display port over DVI at all? If not then I'll just use DVI.
I'm trying to determine if I can somehow make room for a 27" screen. Not too sure if I can, but if I can fit a 27" monitor how does the Samsung S27A950D compare to other options?
I have the S27A950D on an nvidia card card atm. I can't recall all the details, but my nvidia cards 3D only works via side by side (half resolution width-wise) with this monitor. I think AMD HD3D or whatever it's called works with frame sequential (full resolution, every other image is the 3D opposite) so it's the ideal situation.
Watching videos etc. works great, but gaming with side by side isn't ideal, you lose some resolution. BFBC2 looks amazing in 3D especially in the deathmatch rounds where you are in and around buildings, but with the settings I tried (lowered details plus side by side) it compromised the quality too much, I suspect the AMD cards would look better.
It's a great monitor and image quality is good. There are a number of complaints of backlight bleeding and mine does have slight bleeding around the edge but it's literally not noticeable unless you sit on a completely black screen and look for it.
Pros.
120Hz
Size
Image Quality/Vivid (but glossy screen)
Cons.
An AMD card would be better
3D doesn't work in every game, a bit immature perhaps.
On the other hand I had a really old version of tridef 2010 or early 2011, and when trying to update it it didn't work but I found some thread somewhere where they said if you just download the latest version on top of it, it should work and it did but I haven't gone through and retested anything to see what it's fixed/upgraded.
Another thing I should note, you lose a bit of time due to 3D rendering so hardcore FPS would only be playable (competitively) in 120Hz mode vs. 3D.