Dual 24" Centering issue.

HatMan · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:30

Hi All,

Having just bought another monitor, I find that the options are less than ideal. I am most liklely missing something, so I thought I'd ask.

Pair of 5870's in Xfire. Both monitors connected via DVI to the PCIe slot 1 card. Latest CCC. I like the idea of the taskbar going from one monitor to the other and like having a 3840 x 1080 background. However anything I open is slap bang in the middle. Useless as there is a pair of bezels in the way. CCC doesn't seem to have the option have the long strandling taskbar, the 3840 background but apps etc opening on one monitor. Instead half is on one and half on the other. Outlook, Internet etc are all useless like this. What can I do about?

Many Thanks

Orcvader · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:56

Use them in extended mode, and use Ultramon?

http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/

Can extend the taskbar across both screens and have a single picture span over both, while allowing programs to maximise on only one screen instead of both.

TAC4U · 13 Mar 2012 at 22:26

Or install the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, which offers improvements to multi-monitor support. I'm using it as my primary operating system and the compatibility is excellent.

HatMan · 13 Mar 2012 at 23:07

Hi and thanks for the input. OK am using Ultramon and it does everything I want. Having said that it's still $40. Is there not something similar that costs less. I will gladly buy it if that's the only app out there, but dual screens is hardly rocket science. Thanks

Orcvader · 13 Mar 2012 at 23:55

Well there's also AMD's Hydravision but personally I don't really like it. You go into Eyefinity mode and then set up "grids" on the desktop. But it doesn't truely maximize the application to the full screen, it kinda... resizes it to fit the entire screen. You can have a go at it yourself though if you want: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/hydravision.aspx

HatMan · 14 Mar 2012 at 09:57

After reading some reviews I have bought UltraMon.

Thanks everyone for helping.