There are a lot of 3-D applications not related to gaming. Some screensavers and music plugins are fully functioning 3-D programs.

But in general, when you think of 3-D you think of gaming. From a monitor perspective, games handled absolutely great on this monitor. The images look in perspective, the colors look great and there was no lag from the monitor's refresh rate. If you have a fast PC and a good video card to go along with this monitor you will not be disappointed. When it comes to gaming, either PC or Xbox 360 games look great on this monitor especially if you can crank up your games to handle the monitor's max resolution of 1920 x 1080. This is a fully functioning full HD 1080p monitor and games look great in full HD.