I am now officially confused.

I selected a passive Radeon HD5450 1GB graphics card because its spec sheet seem to suggest it would deliver 3D bluray and I selected PowerDVD 10 because Cyberlink's BD 3D Advisor said my system would deliver 3D from 3D bluray discs (confirming my choice in graphics card).

But it doesn't. The only 3D blu ray movie I have is the complimentary copy of Monsters vs Aliens that came with my 3D Samsung TV. This disc is fine on my standalone 3D blu ray player. But with PowerDVD 10 its not 3D just overlapping images when using 3D shutter glasses, and the playback is very jumpy and quickly teh audio and video is completely out of sync.

I was on the verge of buying a Radeon HD 6870, but then I saw a post on this forum where a member can get 3D over a 5450 card ...

So I'm seeking any other experience out there with this card and 3D blu ray through PowerDVD 10 Ultra Mk II - does your system work? what's the quality like? what are the tricks and critical settings?

Thanks very much

My HTPC has the following spec:

m/b - gigabyte P55A-UD 4P;
CPU - Intel Core i3 530;
RAM - Kingston 2x 1333MHz DDR3 DIMM;
HDD - 4x WD Caviar Green 2TB 3.5" SATA in a RAID 5 bootable array;
VGA - Asus EAH5450 Silent/DI/1GB3;
Audio - Asus Xonar Essence ST;
TV tuner - AverMedia Twinstar (3D capable);
o/d - Samsung SH B083A blu ray combo drive;
Power supply - Seasonic X750;
o/s - W7 64 bit Home Premium;
Media software - PowerDVD 10 Ultra II, J River Media Center 15; AnyDVD HD
Case - OrigenAE S16V with iMon IR remote control and iMedian HD media center (not using this media center);
HDTV - Samsung c7000 3D LED
Cables - HDMI 1.4 for video to HDTV