How to setup up dual screen?

Masterdeadly · 20 Oct 2012 at 17:43

Hello guys,

I'm really eager to go towards a dual monitor setup but I need some advice. I've no experience with doing it so how would I go about doing it? I currently have a single 21.5" LG monitor but I think I'll opt for buying two new 23"/24" monitors.

So my question in a nutshell is:

How do I go about setting up dual monitors?

Can you recommend two 23" or 24" monitors for me with a budget of £150 each?

Thanks guys.

Masterdeadly · 20 Oct 2012 at 18:25

Eames said:
Just plug them in and go to the display options on your OS and make sure the mode that stretches the view is enabled.

You want the stretch mode on so you don't simply have two monitors displaying the same image.

So do i need something like a DVI splitter to connect them both?

Masterdeadly · 20 Oct 2012 at 18:39

Thanks Surveyor so i'll connect one monitor with DVI and the other with HDMI. Will I be able to play two games at once, one on either monitor? Also I'm running on XFire so will I be able to utilize both?

Masterdeadly · 20 Oct 2012 at 18:49

martinoheat said:
how would you control them?
you could have two games open; one on each screen, but to play on it it needs the mouse + keyboard to control it, which obviously only controls one at a time.

Well say if I'm playing on Fifa on the left hand screen, waiting for my friends to get online to play clubs or something, I can just move my mouse over to the right hand monitor and play Football Manager whilst I'm waiting.

Masterdeadly · 20 Oct 2012 at 19:15

Surveyor said:
I've really no idea how that would work

You could possibly start two different games on different screens but for CrossFire to work you have run the games full screen (not windowed) so I don't know how you'd select which game was active.

Maybe someone has tried it and can advise you further.

Ok fair enough, what about pairing each monitor to a separate card. Do you know if that would work?

Masterdeadly · 20 Oct 2012 at 20:12

Surveyor said:
You're taking me out of my comfort zone here.

It might work for running a separate game on each but then you wouldn't be able to use the cards in CrossFire.

Ok thanks a lot for your help Surveyor, if anyone reading this has any experience with playing 2 different games on 2 monitors then please let me know

Masterdeadly · 22 Oct 2012 at 17:44

I usually always run games like Football Manager in windowed mode so this could possibly work, thanks for the insight guys.