Gaming On Multiple Monitors

[The Doc]

Anyone know if there's a way to display your game across two monitors and if so how do you do it?

 

[Disarray]

It depends on the game, what you want it to look like and what equipment you currently have.

 

[The Doc]

What I currently have is in my signature. I'm currently running two BenQ FP91G+ 19" LCD monitors.

 

[The Doc]

Anyone know how to get it working ?

 

[inotocracy]

If you have an Nvidia card go into your display properties and set the displays to a horizontal span then you should be able to span your games across.

 

[The Doc]

If you have an Nvidia card go into your display properties and set the displays to a horizontal span then you should be able to span your games across.

I was able to get it working using the "Clone" option.

 

[The Doc]

If you have an Nvidia card go into your display properties and set the displays to a horizontal span then you should be able to span your games across.

I tried using the horizontal span option and I was unable to use both displays; however if I clone the desktop then I'm able to get it working.

 

[Diablo2K]

I think it has more to do with the game than anything, MS Flight Sim has had multi monitor support for a long time, I have seen it running on 4 screens but I think it can do even more, Most other games only support a single monitor. I think I have seen Quake 4 spanned across multiple monitors but dont know how they did it.

 

[inotocracy]

Cloning is going to just that, clone the image. It won't allow you to span across, if select span it creates one virtual monitor that games should be able to recognize. After that its really up to the game's support, I run CS:S and HL2 fine at 2880x900.

 

[Puterguru]

Cloning is going to just that, clone the image. It won't allow you to span across, if select span it creates one virtual monitor that games should be able to recognize. After that its really up to the game's support, I run CS:S and HL2 fine at 2880x900.

You run HL2 on two monitors? I didn't know that game supported that.

 

[The Doc]

You run HL2 on two monitors? I didn't know that game supported that.

I can run Doom 3 on two monitors, but I have to clone the desktop in order to do so. I will try to run half-life 2 in HS mode and see what happens.

 

[modding_JunKy]

i have a pic at home of MS flight sim.. if its not on my sata2 hdd (dont have a system that supports sata right now im building a new rig so had to sell the gamer) i will have it up if not i will serch for the pic online and post it the guy has like 14 screens with flight sim... its awsome

and id like to fun games on 3 moniters i am running sli cards in the system im building

 

[A2TheRizzo]

You mean THIS pic?? =P

 

[Puterguru]

You mean THIS pic?? =P

Man that's awesome.

 

[The Doc]

Hmm I should be able to view a DVD movie in horizontal span mode across both displays correct?

 

[inotocracy]

You run HL2 on two monitors? I didn't know that game supported that.

It supports widescreen resolutions, you just need to setup your monitors correctly. Clone mode will NOT span your monitors, you need to set horizontal span. I'll take a picture of it in action with my phone tonight and post a picture tomorrow morning (my dock is at work).

 

[The Doc]

It supports widescreen resolutions, you just need to setup your monitors correctly. Clone mode will NOT span your monitors, you need to set horizontal span. I'll take a picture of it in action with my phone tonight and post a picture tomorrow morning (my dock is at work).

Clone mode works nicely for games that do not span well across two monitors. Clone mode is nice, but spaning is where it's at.

 

[inotocracy]

Sorry it took so long, woke up a tad late today Pics as promised, sorry for the crappy quality but its a phone not a camera

 

[Hatchet4015]

How do you aim? Isn't your crosshair in the middle where to two monitors meet? That would just bug me.

 

[mavalpha]

...and therein lies the beauty of Matrox's Surround Gaming concept...

 

[inotocracy]

How do you aim? Isn't your crosshair in the middle where to two monitors meet? That would just bug me.

I dont, its just fun to see. The monitor's bezel makes it suck, but it is cool to try. As the poster above mentioned (surround gaming) a 3 monitor setup would be more ideal.