swapping Dell 24" WS for 2x19" TFTs

[Olly]

well, I've had my dell 24 " widescreen now for about 2-3 months....an di just dont seem to be getting on with it in games.
I was thinking about 2 19" tfts instead.......trouble is I run 2 GTX's sli, I heard somewhere that you cant do dual screens with SLI ?
Also I've never done dual screens before, can you play games on one screen, or both ? Ideally I want the game im playing on one screen and just me desktop on the other......or do i just turn off dual monitors when i wanna play ?

 

[Pij]

When ive played on 2x monitors before it just blanks the second screen, so i would normally play in a 1280x1024 window (if the game supports window mode) so i could use my desktop at the same time.

 

[Olly]

yeah i didnt know if i was either, there used to be a for sale section around here but it seems to of gone !
Email sent anyways

 

[Baddass]

no selling / wanted posts outside of Members Market please. There is still a MM section, but you need 250 posts to access. It's in the FAQ if you need more details

 

[Magic Man]

There is a device Matrox do that will let you connect two monitors to a single output - the graphics card can be set to see the both as a single large display.

Not cheap, but together with 2 x 19", will still be less than a 2405.

 

[FrankJH]

or just buy a pci card and run the second monitor off that while the primary one uses SLI goodness?

 

[Messiah Khan]

Or hook up each monitor to a different card set up in SLI, but with the SLI disabled in the drivers, then when you want to play a game.. just hit a shortcut key to enable the SLI. This will then enable the SLI on the primary screen and blank out secondary screen.

 

[Magic Man]

My point regarding the Matrox unit was that few games support two distinct monitors at the same time. With this device, as far as Windows and any software is concerned, you are only using one monitor - everything is output to the one but split over the two monitors.

DualHead2Go

 

[AWPC]

well, I've had my dell 24 " widescreen now for about 2-3 months....an di just dont seem to be getting on with it in games.
I was thinking about 2 19" tfts instead.......trouble is I run 2 GTX's sli, I heard somewhere that you cant do dual screens with SLI ?
Also I've never done dual screens before, can you play games on one screen, or both ? Ideally I want the game im playing on one screen and just me desktop on the other......or do i just turn off dual monitors when i wanna play ?

Look @ these links for lots of useful hints/mods/hacks for Widescreen gaming/tweaking to get better FPS.

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/
http://forum.tigerdave.com/viewforum.php?f=1
http://toca.game-editing.net/files
http://www.tweakguides.com/

 

[Yao]

Whats wrong with it in games?

 

[Nixeh]

250 posts.. aww damnit hope i get there within the next week

 

[Pij]

urg at those vid's. i presume its not to bad as ive not seen any complaints in the 2405 thread.

 

[Olly]

thanks for those links, i'll give them a go and see how i get on !