Dual Monitors question

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I was thinking of adding another 24" LCD along side my other 24" LCD, but I have just a couple of questions.

I run a 8800GTX video card, would it be enough to run two monitors side by side on just one VC? Also do I need 2 VC if I want to play a game on one, and the other for web browsing, if so how does that work? Do I need two Mice? IF i'm using my Keyboard and mouse for gaming, and want to check something while playing, how does it work?

Thanks
 
Two 24" LCD can be driven by one videocard without problems.

But usually you can't really browse on the second monitor when running a fullscreen game, because the mouse is captured. A second mouse wouldn't help. Also the fullscreen-game normally minimizes when switching to another application. But you still can have a website openend and viewable on the second monitor while playing.

Running a game in windows-mode might help.
 
Yeah youll have to run your game in windowed mode to use your second monitor while gaming. You can still see everything on your second monitor in full windowed mode but you wont be able to click on anything or the game will minimize.
 
I bought a 1080p LN32A650, and I still want to keep my 24" Dell LCD close by. How woul;d I go about having my Dell on stand by when I want to play 360 or PS3 on the 1080p, which will be ,y main monitor, and switch my PC to my stand by Dell so I have my internet and Itunes and browsing right by., while gaming on my 1080P monitor?

I hope that's clear.
 
You can go to display settings, set the second monitor to main monitor and turn off the display on the other monitor.
 
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