Multiple displays

[Harudath]

Hai all,
I just got my new 22" monitor today (very chuffed :D) and I wanted to put the other one to use... But I wanted to know if it was possible to set up my monitors so that I can do one thing on one screen then move to the other screen and do something else. So far with the nVidia control panel all I've been able to do is split it so that they have half an image each, or they both do exactly the same thing. Any halp?
Thanks in advance
*salutes*

[NiGHTS]

'UltraMon' is your new best friend.

[Harudath]

Thanks :D I'll go look into it now

[Harudath]

Hmm, it won't detect my old monitor. I've done what it told me to do to get it to detect it but it still won't :( And I can't find where to set it to "Independant Display Mode". Yes, I've googled it.

[NiGHTS]

No idea on that one, it's always just worked on my setups. I didn't need it to find anything, including my 10 year old CRT.

[Harudath]

Your 10 year old CRT is probably more reliable than my 2 year old ProView TFT

[Harudath]

After doing some reading, several sites have said I need 2 Video Cards.... If one card has two slots then that's fine, right?

[DanG]

are you using a current nvidia driver? I'm running 2 screens off my video card and have them set up as indepandant screens, right now I have a tv show playing through VLC on one screen and a web browser and nero going in the main screen.
Just start the nvidia control pannel and run the multiple display setup wizard.

[Harudath]

It's working now, although when I try to use a full screen application on one and MSN on the other the MSN screen goes spazzy :S Drivers are up to date. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

[dvlhntr]

I am running a dual headed display on both a 6600GT and 8500GT (each drives 2 displays, they are the same displays but that is a different story(one dual DVI, one dual VGA).

w/ just the nVidia driver.

does windows identify them as two discrete displays?

under the nVidia control panel there is an option for "Dual view" where each displayed is configured independently from the other. it can be annoying to get this option to appear as sometimes it gets hidden due to current video settings...


this assumes that the cards are dual dvi/vga.

[Leonardo]

No, you don't need two video cards. Your friend gave you bogus, uniformed advice. You just need the right drivers and a card with two video ports that the drivers support. I'm using an Nvidia 7600 at work and run different apps on two different monitors. And WOW, what an efficiency it brings to work and office applications! Sorry, I don't remember which brand and model of 7600 it is.

[Harudath]

Cool, I'm running a 7600GT. if I run WoW fullscreen on one, the mouse can' move from one screen to the other, it gets stuck on the fullscreen app. Is there a way round this?

[Harudath]

bleh, and now when I run Black & White the game crashes when I open it because it doesn't know which screen to go to

[Your Amish Daddy]

No, WOW locks the mouse to it's fullscreen with a hardware cursor. You'd have to alt-tab to get to the other desktop's content which would minimize the game. Why don't you just play it in a window then?

[Harudath]

I am now, but I can't do that with other games and I was wondering if there was a way around it

[Your Amish Daddy]

There isn't in my experience

[Harudath]

Hmm, okay. Thanks anyway :P but if anyone else knows I'd appreciate the info

[NiGHTS]

Pretty sure there isn't.

[Harudath]

Hmm, okay, I'll give up on that one then :P

[Thrax]

I am now, but I can't do that with other games and I was wondering if there was a way around it

Most games support windowed mode, it's just a command line switch.

[Harudath]

Well, I haven't found them yet :P

[Thrax]

Google. No, seriously.

[Harudath]

Whenever I google stuff it takes me days to find what it is I need to find because it's so full of irellevant crap. Asking you learned people is far easier for both of us, if I was to google it, after asking, I'd then fail and come whining back here again anyway :P I'll take a look but be prepared :P

[mas0n]

Setting WoW to run in a Window is as simple as checking a box under display options.

In order to multi-task while gaming, etc I just have two computers and a KVM switch, but don't use the Video portion of it. I have 2 monitors on one PC and 1 monitor on the secondary PC. Press "Scroll Lock" twice and I'm over on the third monitor (second PC). The second PC runs things like mIRC, torrents, allows me to surf the web while gaming without alt-tabbing ... you get the idea.

[Harudath]

Yeah, I know how to windowed mode WoW :P I've played it for over 2 years now... But I'm talking about games like Medieval Total war (modded it to play windowed now :P) And Black & White

[Leonardo]

if I was to google it, after asking, I'd then fail and come whining back here again anywayPerhaps, but that attitude will ensure a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[Harudath]

Mm, aye, I know sorry. Was kinda having a really bad day >.<

[Leonardo]

Was kinda having a really bad dayThat is allowed. Rule 27b(14). ;)

[Black Hawk]

That is allowed. Rule 27b(14). ;)

I thought that was "Don't leave the porn out"? ;D

[Harudath]

I'm so confused >.< And I left my rulebook at home too :S