Dual Monitors in Games?

sorn21 · 5 Mar 2009 at 20:45

Hey guys,

Ordered myself a second 2443bw today, so should be here tomorrow!
Im currently running a 24" and a 15" and I'm interested in Softh.
Has anybody succesfully got it running on a Dual Setup?
Ive tried searching for stuff but I'm drawing a blank so far

Cheers

Typhoon · 5 Mar 2009 at 23:55

Couldn't you just use horizontal span mode for 2 monitors. As the name sugguest Soft TripleHead is designed for 3 monitors.

sorn21 · 6 Mar 2009 at 00:11

how would you do that?
Yeah, I kinda thought that it was for triple monitors but perhaps could be modified to recognise 2!

Typhoon · 6 Mar 2009 at 09:19

n1blo said:
how would you do that?
Yeah, I kinda thought that it was for triple monitors but perhaps could be modified to recognise 2!

From control panel, unless you are using Vista which disabled this fuction for some reason.

Antelopethy · 8 Mar 2009 at 12:12

Don't forget that using two monitors is not a great idea for most games as the split will be right down the middle of the screen, making FPS and racing games completely unplayable, as well as most others.

herr_brush · 8 Mar 2009 at 12:38

Antelopethy said:
Don't forget that using two monitors is not a great idea for most games as the split will be right down the middle of the screen, making FPS and racing games completely unplayable, as well as most others.

Yeah thats right. Why would you want dual montiors for gaming? Three I can see being useful esp for sims.

cokecan · 8 Mar 2009 at 12:45

it's a shame that most games don't really support dual monitors

I always thought something like Command & Conquer or something would look awesome with the main game on the first monitor and maybe a map or something on the other?

Antelopethy · 8 Mar 2009 at 12:51

cokecan72 said:
it's a shame that most games don't really support dual monitors

I always thought something like Command & Conquer or something would look awesome with the main game on the first monitor and maybe a map or something on the other?

Supreme Commander does this quite well, but sadly it's the only RTS I can think of that does...

herr_brush · 8 Mar 2009 at 12:51

It would be really cool if you had a second touch screen display that had your inventory/maps etc. Then you wouldn't have to stop the action as much.

F2kSel · 11 Mar 2009 at 12:51

I tried using my Samsung TV/LCD as a second monitor yesterday but I could only use it as an extended desktop or clone. I couldn't get the game to stretch over two monitors.

Is there any trick to doing this?