Dual display question

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I posted this a while ago in the video card forums, but no luck on that one.

I currently have a 22" TN panel LCD that I am running with an 8800GTX video card, (specs for rig in sig). I want to move to a dual display setup, possibly picking up a nice 24" monitor around the holiday seasons. My questions revolve around the feasibility of this setup and gaming. I would want to game on the 24" for sure, while still being able to use the 22" for some other stuff, not really gaming related, (well maybe an occasional dual box scenario). Is the 8800GTX enough to run both monitors? What would the resolution be like? Would it be some really wacky number for the desktop like 3600 x 1200 or something? Does anyone have a setup like this currently that has some pro's and con's?
 
You would just run it as 2 completely different monitors. Plus having a second monitor does nothing to affect your gaming performance.
 
So on the 24" I would have something like EQ2 running, and on the other monitor I would have a browser and such running? That is what I am truly after. Just running the games in windowed mode or something?
 
Yeah you can do that, but the game will grab your mouse and you won't be able to actually use the other stuff, but you can look at it. Depends on the game though, and usually if you go to the menu you can move the mouse to the other monitor and use stuff.
 
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