8800 gtx sli, not working with multiple display!!!

agnes · 4 Jul 2007 at 18:52

explain please how i fix such a problem.

got a tv, using the circular connection (dont know what its called) can run it as my default, and my crt as default, but not both in unison :S

anyone heard of this?

ags

p.s. cant run it as a extended desktop either

simonnance · 4 Jul 2007 at 18:53

IIRC Sli doesnt work with multiple monitors?

Crowze · 4 Jul 2007 at 18:59

Nope doesn't work, you'll have to disable SLI to use multiple monitors.

paradigm · 4 Jul 2007 at 19:01

Correct. SLi has never had the capability to run two monitors at once.

agnes · 4 Jul 2007 at 19:18

ah, never new that

ty people

ags

agnes · 4 Jul 2007 at 19:26

kinda working.... but i now have a problem where the TV has that scroll thing to see, wont fit to screen. how do i get rid of it?

ags

agnes · 4 Jul 2007 at 21:22

anyone?

would be really appreciated.

ags

sid · 4 Jul 2007 at 21:41

agnes said:
kinda working.... but i now have a problem where the TV has that scroll thing to see, wont fit to screen. how do i get rid of it?

ags

Sounds like a Overscan problem.

trying messing around in the control panel for the graphics card. thers should be options avaliable for the tv ouput.

BTW how come you have a 8800 gtx sli but no hdtv? doesn't make sense to me.

sid

chaparral · 4 Jul 2007 at 21:47

sid said:
BTW how come you have a 8800 gtx sli but no hdtv? doesn't make sense to me.

sid

Look at his sig (21" CRT @ 2048x1536 )

sid · 4 Jul 2007 at 22:04

chaparral said:
Look at his sig (21" CRT @ 2048x1536 )

Many ppl prefer CRT for colours, etc but surely HDTVs for TV viewing is the way forward?

sid

agnes · 4 Jul 2007 at 22:18

i was trying to setup a old tv so that my mate amy and her girlfriend could watch a movie and some C&C3

ags

matt100 · 4 Jul 2007 at 22:52

sid said:
Many ppl prefer CRT for colours, etc but surely HDTVs for TV viewing is the way forward?

sid

HDTVs are bloody awful... 1366x768 iirc, I had a 32" Bravia last year and the quality was appauling, way below a crt TV.

Don't get me wrong I'm no CRT lover, I have a 2407 for my pc but a CRT for my telly.

I suppose a 1080p TV might be better but I'm still far from convinced, I used to work for sony and the whole talk there was about refresh rates and response times. The LCDs just couldn't cut it.

sid · 4 Jul 2007 at 22:58

matt100 said:
HDTVs are bloody awful... 1366x768 iirc, I had a 32" Bravia last year and the quality was appauling, way below a crt TV.

Don't get me wrong I'm no CRT lover, I have a 2407 for my pc but a CRT for my telly.

I suppose a 1080p TV might be better but I'm still far from convinced, I used to work for sony and the whole talk there was about refresh rates and response times. The LCDs just couldn't cut it.

CRTs were good for their size but large CRT screens are physcially impractical, the same goes for desktop use, hence we must compromise somewhere in the meanwhile.

sid

matt100 · 4 Jul 2007 at 23:00

sid said:
CRTs were good for their size but large CRT screens are physcially impractical, the same goes for desktop use, hence we must compromise somewhere in the meanwhile.

sid

totally agree but for watching TV I'd rather do it on a standard high res tft than a HDTV.

The res is just rubbish.

agnes · 5 Jul 2007 at 07:22

anyway, has anyone got a fiz to get the clone view to fit to size on my very old bog stndard tv? its nothing special, and i love my crt for warmthness and colour, its brilliant.

ags

agnes · 5 Jul 2007 at 20:45

anyone?

Raikiri · 5 Jul 2007 at 20:48

sid said:
CRTs were good for their size but large CRT screens are physcially impractical, the same goes for desktop use, hence we must compromise somewhere in the meanwhile.

sid

32 inch slim 1920x1080 CRT by Samsung?

That's a good compromise if you ask me.

james.miller · 5 Jul 2007 at 20:49

Raikiri said:
32 inch slim 1920x1080 CRT by Samsung?

That's a good compromise if you ask me.

if your happy with the geometry issues than go for it

Raikiri · 5 Jul 2007 at 20:51

True, it has some issues but it is a decent middle ground if you don't like TFTs but don't have the space for a CRT.

Kipper67 · 5 Jul 2007 at 20:56

agnes said:
anyway, has anyone got a fiz to get the clone view to fit to size on my very old bog stndard tv? its nothing special, and i love my crt for warmthness and colour, its brilliant.

ags

If you are cloning the display , which it seems you are, then you are trying to view a 2048x1536 sized picture through a 800x600 ( or something similarly small) sized hole.

Set them up as independant displays not the piddly little TV trying to clone the massive monitor image.

EDIT - if you don't want to do that the other option is to run your CRT at 800x600