what should i do?

daven1986 · 17 Aug 2006 at 21:09

Hi,
i have decided to buy a 19" widescreen monitor and i am unsure what to do with my current 17" lcd.

2 options:

1) sell to my dad
2) keep it

how much do you guys use your 2nd monitor?
also i have an opteron 146 can i play a game (yuris revenge) while watching a video on the other monitor?
can i do anything with the 2nd monitor while in game?
is a 6800 good enough for 2 monitors?

thanks

daven

Kreeeee · 17 Aug 2006 at 21:28

I use my 2nd one all the time, for the net during film/360 use and as a junk screen when browsing the web (MSN, temp probes etc)

daven1986 · 17 Aug 2006 at 22:13

hmm i still dunno if it is worth it though, as i have a single core cpu things are limited.

ChoÞÞer · 17 Aug 2006 at 23:19

hmm
sell it 2 your dad

daven1986 · 17 Aug 2006 at 23:27

that is what i am currently leaning towards!!

Kreeeee · 18 Aug 2006 at 06:39

daven1986 said:
hmm i still dunno if it is worth it though, as i have a single core cpu things are limited.

So do i, causes no problems at all.

daven1986 · 18 Aug 2006 at 07:42

oo excellent, can you do stuff on the 2nd monitor while playing games?

thanks

daven

Kreeeee · 18 Aug 2006 at 07:54

daven1986 said:
oo excellent, can you do stuff on the 2nd monitor while playing games?

thanks

daven

With certain games but most games lock the mouse to the gaming screen so you can only view the second monitor and not move your mouse onto it.

ChoÞÞer · 18 Aug 2006 at 09:12

on some games you can get your mouse on 2nd, but as soon as you click some think, its minimize's

Kreeeee · 18 Aug 2006 at 09:29

ChoÞÞer said:
on some games you can get your mouse on 2nd, but as soon as you click some think, its minimize's

You need to run windowed mode... or get a 360

Tetras · 18 Aug 2006 at 12:25

Can't you keep it for awhile when you get the new one to see if you like having two screens? Or am I being silly?

fish99 · 18 Aug 2006 at 14:01

daven1986 said:
hmm i still dunno if it is worth it though, as i have a single core cpu things are limited.

Have you been watching a certain ad on tv where they claim you can now do more than one thing at a time on your PC thanks to dual-core?

daven1986 · 18 Aug 2006 at 18:39

no, that ad is just foolish. what i am talking about usually requires dual core (gaming and watching a video) just wondering if it is possible on single core.

daven

taz488 · 18 Aug 2006 at 19:35

as someone else sed, use 2 monitors for a while n see if you need it, if not the sell. simple as.

daven1986 · 18 Aug 2006 at 19:39

will do

thanks

fobose · 20 Aug 2006 at 10:25

daven1986 said:
no, that ad is just foolish. what i am talking about usually requires dual core (gaming and watching a video) just wondering if it is possible on single core.

daven

I have a single core Intel P4 3.2ghz and I was playing Flatout 2 on 1680x1050 resolution whilst watching Rambo II on my other monitor, Rambo did seem slightly jerky at times.

However having a secondary monitor is always very handy, as some people have said using it for junk/msn, and if you use a tool called "ultramon" you can switch stuff (etc msn, IE) across to the other monitor with a binded key.

daven1986 · 20 Aug 2006 at 11:23

that ultramon sounds good, i will check it out. as has been said, i will give it a go with 2 and if i like it then it stays!!

thanks

daven

fobose · 20 Aug 2006 at 11:26

Once you start using dual monitors you wont want to go back to one, and I bet you will end up buying anotehr 19" widescreen to match!

daven1986 · 20 Aug 2006 at 12:31

im already thinking about it!!!!!!!