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Dual Monitor on Asus GTX260 Glaciator+

Riggy

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Hi,

So I have my new monitor arriving tomorrow and I want to go with a dual monitor.

So my graphics card is a GTX260 Asus Glaciator+. One monitor will be at 1440 x 900 which is a Dell 19" and the other is a BenQ LED 24" monitor which will be set at 1920 x 1080p.

Has anyone tried this and successfully done it with the GTX260?

Could anyone see any problems that might typically occur with running two different resolutions?

Sorry if it is the wrong thread. I wasn't sure if I was to put it in eitehr Graphics Cards section or the Monitors section.
Thanks for any help.
 
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ok the short answer is that you wont be able to run your benQ at full res, the other monitor will hold you back,

in an ideal world, you would be able to set independant resolutions, to each monitor, in reality, there is usualy a compromise to be made as the card itself outputs two monitors but is in fact linked from the GPU to put it simply.

so the card will seek to find a res both monitors can use,probs 1280 x 760 or something stupid like that.

only way round it i have found is to use two cards, or two monitors wit the same res,
 
Ahh my ideal world has been ruined. Thanks for the heads up though mon.

So it looks like I will want to be buying another BenQ monitor so I can run a dual set up. I will lose the HD Res if I dual monitor with the Dell then. Not up for that!
 
to be fair 1080 on a 24 inch will matter not a jot, i could put 1400 x 900 through that and i bet you wouldnt see any differance, but i know exactly what you mean.

i would always go with higher res, and have just ordered the LED backlit BenQ 24", on the recomendation of a guy who uses 3 in eyefinity.

he came down from a 30" Dell panel, and is very impressed with the BenQ image, although he wasnt too sure about the caseing but is getting over that....he thought it looked a little cheap compare to the dell, to meall that is important is image, whoever makes it.

i currently run dual 22" Dells
 
Well I would see the difference between 19" at 1440x900 playing dvd to a 24" at 1080p playing a Blu ray wouldn't I? I hope so haha!

Yeah that is why I've ordered this monitor, it comes very recommended!
 
What? You can run both monitors on different res, I'm doing it now on a 4870 with resolutions of 1440 x 900 and 1280 x 1024, and I know the 260 should be able to do that too.
 
no idea why you're saying you can't use two different resolutions, i did it on my gtx 260 for 18 months or so with zero issues and am doing it now on my gtx 480
 
Umm.......... I would advise you don't listen to Soundood as he appears to be rather misinformed.

Pretty much any graphics card all the way back to my old MX440 (and I assume before it) could handle running two monitors at two different resoultions. I run two 1920*1200 monitors of my 8800GTX and I can quite easily turn one of them down to 1440*900 if I so wish (or any resolution for that matter) with no issuses.

The only thing I can think he means is for when your are using horizontal span (ie stretching it into one large desktop so windows maxmimise across both) in this situation they do have to be at the same res, but as you have different screens you can simply set them up in dual view where each screen is treated individually. It won't cause you any problems and it will all work fine.
 
bee said:
no idea why you're saying you can't use two different resolutions, i did it on my gtx 260 for 18 months or so with zero issues and am doing it now on my gtx 480
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of course you can use differant resolutions, that is not what i said, what i am saying is that he will have trouble setting native res on both, the 1440 x 900 will become a problem as master or slave monitor (1 or 2 monitor on Nividia)

BinnsY said:
Umm.......... I would advise you don't listen to Soundood as he appears to be rather misinformed.

Pretty much any graphics card all the way back to my old MX440 (and I assume before it) could handle running two monitors at two different resoultions. I run two 1920*1200 monitors of my 8800GTX and I can quite easily turn one of them down to 1440*900 if I so wish (or any resolution for that matter) with no issuses.

The only thing I can think he means is for when your are using horizontal span (ie stretching it into one large desktop so windows maxmimise across both) in this situation they do have to be at the same res, but as you have different screens you can simply set them up in dual view where each screen is treated individually. It won't cause you any problems and it will all work fine.
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we will see how misinformed i am tommorow when he sets up his monitors and tries to get this too work,

you have failed to understand his question, but i will piont out your mistake for you ;)

you run two monitors running 1920 x 1200, this is fine and is the native res for both, your graphics card we 'see' this and will have no problem shifting one 'down' to 1440 x 900, the trouble starts when you are using two monitors of differant native resolution.

the OP has already said he has a new 1920 x 1080 monitor coming and that his other monitor is native 1440 x 900, this is where the problems start.

he will have limited options when he goes to try and set res on both, with some kind of problem in setting both at native res.
 
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Rubbish

I'm running a 2048x1152 60Hz panel alongside a 1680x1050 120Hz - both at their own native resolutions and refresh rates with no problems, almost 0 configuration - like 2 mouse clicks.

The only thing you'd have problems with is if you tried to run both combined in one big resolution for 3D ( which nVidia have removed from the drivers anyhow :( ). In desktop its fine.
 
soundood said:
of course you can use differant resolutions, that is not what i said, what i am saying is that he will have trouble setting native res on both, the 1440 x 900 will become a problem as master or slave monitor (1 or 2 monitor on Nividia)
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all i can say is you're wrong, running 1680x1050@120hz and 1920x1080@60hz here, both are native resolutions and both run absolutely fine
 
Running a 1366x768 screen with a 1680x1050 screen at work off a GT230m. Both native resolutions, no problems.
 
soundood... have you ever tried using dual monitors? It's impossible for a monitor to hold back another, and there is no such thing as a "master" or "slave monitor", that is not how it works. Everyone here who is using dual or more monitors are running native resolutions from one card are perfectly running it fine.
 
Well, it seems Soundood has been out voted on this.

I'll be home from work at about 5, so i'll give you a low down on my results of getting a dual monitor set up going.

Don't you hate when you've got a new toy at home waiting? Makes the day drag! olol!
 
So I received the monitor today. I haven't had any problems whatsoever setting the monitors up as dual. Both set at their native resolutions and it's working brilliantly!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news Soundood, it seems you was wrong. Got it working perfectly.

Thanks for the helps guys.

Very good monitor btw guys, highly recommended!
 
InkZ said:
think he's getting confused with eyefinity?
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eyefinity and intel intetgrated GPUs can be troublesome with multiple displays with different native resolutions but with nVidia cards especially the newer ones multimonitor generally just works and intel has released updates for most of their hardware that fixes the issues.
 
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