Playing games on my TV.

[slipd]

Hey guys,

I’ve got my TV wired up to my pc via a regular vga cable (which still looks great btw!) and I use it sometimes as my monitors ‘overflow’ and for viewing artwork/slideshows at a distance etc.

But now I’d really like to start using it for gaming

I’ve got dual view or whatever setup through the ati software – I have a 512 MB 2900xt, but my monitor is setup as the primary display and my icons are right where I want them. Is there anyway I can play games through my tv without have to set that as the primary display? I don’t really want to do that because my 22” monitor has a much higher res

Are there any other settings I can tinker with in the ati software – I don’t really want to try anything until I know roughly what I’m supposed to be doing…

Cheers,

SW.

Edit: Is it also worth me getting a dvi to hdmi cable to use between my pc and tv – would I notice that much difference? The picture looks great as it is now

 

[mattyg]

I dont believe there is i used to just right click go in to propertys change to primary play game then when done do it in reverse. i did have the res. set up differently on both screens

 

[slipd]

I’ve just ordered a hdmi to dvi cable in anticipation of the games I’ll be enjoying over the festive period on my hd tv

I’ve still not looked into how I’m actually going to go about doing it yet tho… Are’t these hdmi/dvi cables sort of like usb – plug n’ play etc?

What sort of setting up am I going to have to do through my graphics card?

Cheers,

SW.