Dual Monitors Different Resolution

[TechnoDread]

Hi All,

I have recently upgraded my old 17 inc LCD monitor to a 20 in Dell and have been pleased with my purchase. The problem I have is that I was running a plasma screen as my secondary display via s-video, this is no longer working as it was ;o(

My previous monitor resolution was a 17" running at 1024x768 and this just managed to fit on my plasma (I have a Panasonic 37" running at 852 x 480 VGA Resolution), however with the new monitors resolution running at 1680 x 1050 I only see a small amount of the desktop on my plasma???. I have tried various configurations with no joy.

I am running XP Home, with an ATI Radeon 9250 Graphics Card.

I suppose my questions are, can I have 2 different Resolutions running from the same graphics card ? or will I need to get another graphics card to support this ?

Are there any third party applications or setting's that I need to tweak to allow this to happen?

I have tried a few but none have had the desired results.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

TD

 

[cavemanoc]

You should be able to do this as standard.

Right click on the desktop - Settings - then just click on the monitor you want to change and you can set whatever resolution you like. Just make sure you haven't spanned the image.

 

[TechnoDread]

I have tried this and many other configurations.

If I extend my desktop onto the plasma, I can only see a small amount of desktop area and no applications unless I drag them over.

If I clone the main display onto the plasma, I can see the application, but not the whole screen area.

Like I say it was working like a dream untill I increased the resolution of my main monitor???

It's driving me mad, now and I am sure it is very simple to sort out...

Cheers

 

[ins0mn1ac]

Use Ultramon you can set profiles per screen and have w/e res on each, ace program.