The RSX is indeed based off the architecture of the nVidia 7800GTX albeit there are some differences.

Yes, LoT is referring to the exact same tearing we are discussing about. Most PS3 games do not even manage to get 60FPS constant, hence why game developers did not implement VSync into the game.

The tearing that most people experience in PS3 games is due to the uncapped FPS. Tearing does not necessarily mean your FPS has to be more than the RR of the display like I said before, even though on the PC, tearing seems to only happen when the FPS exceeds the RR of the display. However, on the PS3, this is not the case, even on the 360 even, it's games are hardly ever rendered at 60FPS or above, to game developers on consoles, as long as they manage 30FPS, it's smooth to them.

Check the manual/manufacturer's website/google.

Component is your only option. PS3 does not output via VGA. Using a VGA box will only make the IQ worse. Still, whatever you choose, always favor Progressive over Interlace for LCDs and Plasmas. These two panels do not display Interlaced images from the start, they display Progressive images, thus it's a better idea to set it to 720P or 1080P if available.

What is your Plasma's native resolution? If it's quite old I would guess around 1024x768 isn't it?

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Added on April 13, 2010, 1:38 pmAW2210 is the only one that has 2 HDMI and 1 DVI port. AW2310 does not have 2 HDMI ports, only 1. And rather than getting the AW2310, why not get the U2410 which has 1 HDMI and 2 DVI ports and even better is that it's not a TN panel but a *IPS panel instead, which offers better viewing angles and colour reproduction than the Alienware displays.

This post has been edited by ffrulz: Apr 13 2010, 01:38 PM

Cheap because :
1) It's a TN panel.
2) It's not using RGB LED lighting but White LED lighting which is inferior.
3) It's not LED Backlighting but Edge-lighting which will suffer from un-uniform illumination.

Your display is HDCP compliant or no?

Yes you can use that for your PS3. It has HDCP compliance. No problems there.

Very common question. It's posted in the PS3 FAQ Sticky Post #3.

Anyway, depending on your speakers input, you might or might not need an adapter.

1) Take the A/V Cable supplied with your PS3, use the Red and White for Audio. If your speaker accepts Red and White input then you're good to go, however if your speaker supports the 3.5mm Green Stereo Jack instead, then you'll need to get an adapter that'll convert the Red and White to Green 3.5mm Jack.

2) If your speakers support Optical IN, then you can use the PS3's Optical Output to get Audio as well.

EDIT: PS3 does not support USB Speakers. Only Mics AFAIK.

And also if you want your monitor to output sound, make sure it's HDMI to HDMI and not HDMI to DVI, DVI does not carry sound data only video data. So if your monitor has speakers, you'll need to follow Method 1 with the adapter.

This post has been edited by ffrulz: May 16 2010, 05:08 AM

Yes you can use both cables to get video and audio.

You can use the HDMI to DVI cable to get Video. Then use Method 1 to get Audio to your speakers.

Since your speakers are getting audio data from the Green Jack instead of USB then it'll be fine, since it's only powered by USB not driven by USB as well. There are speakers which are solely powered and gets audio data from USB only. But in your case it's different.

State out your display settings on the PS3.

720P checked? Is 1080P checked as well? What about the 720i and 1080i resolutions? Are they checked?

If you want 720P only, just check that. The rest, 720i 1080i 1080P, turn it off and see what happens. 576P cannot be unchecked so that's unavoidable.

Cheaper because it's smaller in size and also the LED Backlighting is White instead of RGB so there is no difference between CCFL vs White LED Backlighting other than power consumption differences and also possibly a more uniform backlighting provided if it's backlit rather than edge lit.

Just to correct you on a small matter, there are HD CRTs on the market before and they supported up to 1080i IIRC.

Yeap, you can't display both signals at the same time unless your display supports PiP (Picture in Picture).

No such cable and even if there is one, you won't be able to play since PS3 does not output through VGA signal. The closest thing you will get is a converter box and that will not result in a desirable picture quality compared to DVI or HDMI.

HDMI does not have a spec that outputs at 400Hz. It's just a marketing feature of your TV.

Nothing at the moment. The 400Hz is motion interpolation. For example 3D Gaming needs 120Hz refresh rate to achieve 60FPS per eye in game.

Same goes with 24Hz refresh rate for blu-ray movies, you see those 100Hz and 120Hz/200Hz mostly are used during Blu-ray movie playback.

Not really, if you watch blu-ray movies it would be beneficial to you. And also you can consider it to be future-proof in a sense.

It depends on the panel and the measurement they used. Last time they used Black to White latency now mostly they use Grey to Grey latency which explains the "faster" panels.

Then also it depends on whether the panel is a TN matrix or *IPS/*VA matrix. IPS and *VA panels tend to have slower response rates but greater colour reproduction and viewing angles.