2 displays and full screen mode

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Wondering, if you used 2 displays played a game in full screen mode how does it split the display. Does it automatcially place it only on 1 screen and have the other desktop/blank or does it split it across 2 screens? IF the latter is true, wont it look weird since the picture would be very 'long' and not tall enough.

I have an 8800gts 320mb and was thinking of getting 2x22" widescreens.
 
Most games will default to only being on one monitor. In that case, whatever was up on your other monitor would remain up. So if you had your e-mail and IM up on your other monitor, they would stay up while the game went full screen on the main monitor.

That being said, some games (like flight sims) can use both monitors. There are even others that you can force to use multimonitors. Most just use the one monitor though.

Side note: I just got 2x22" widescreens last night. All I can say is holy moley!!! 44" of goodness!
 
Another thing to mention is that if your game is up on your "main" monitor, most games (everyone I have ever come across) lock your mouse and keyboard to that monitor. So if your e-mail and IM are up on your secondary monitor, even though you can see any new messages or whatever, you can not just move your mouse to that monitor and reply. You would still have to alt-tab out of the game to allow yourself access to the other programs.
 
You can get around that limitation by playing your games in windowed mode, though it will drop your FPS some.
 
Hmm ok, and for windows? if you had 2 displays and opened internet explorer and hit full screen does it spread over both or just 1 diplay

and if just 1, how would you move it over to the other screen?

Thanks for replies!
Need to decide lol its that sale on the Acer that i saw over in hotdeals. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1195366
 
Those are the ones that I got to replace my 2 17" NECs. They are fantastic. I would highly recommend.

Check out a program called Ultramon. I would have to say that it is a must have for multi-monitor users. It will allow you to maximize a window to a specific monitor, span the window across multiple monitors, click one button to move a window from one monitor to another, etc. It also stretches your task bar to the secondary screens, and puts the tasks from each screen on the taskbar of that screen. Check it out. It is really bad-a$$.

If you were thinking of going dual-monitors, I would definitely say jump on this deal. I rarely get to spend cash on new computer stuff (I have to sell old stuff or otherwise weasel my way into getting new stuff), but this time I basically told my wife that it was too good to pass up, and I was spending the money (I had to bribe her with a new 22" too :)).
 
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