Pretty straight forward question. I have 2 monitors, I want to make it stretch on both.
How do I configure this?
crossfire/sli i think
EDIT: i could be wrong.
It has to be SLI/Crossfire?
[QUOTE=BananasGoMoo;19191336]crossfire/sli i think
EDIT: i could be wrong.[/QUOTE]
Modern video cards have two dvi outputs :raise:
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Even old ones have two vga.
The monitors are connected and working, I just need it to work for games.
ATI or Nvidia?
I believe both have specific programs designed for the task.
you could play window mode and stretch it manually.
How do you stretch it manually? Because I don't think it allows you to stretch it more than your monitor's res when you set it in steam launch options.
In nvidia drives, there is an option to have the 2 monitors run in horizontal desktop mode.
I'm not sure about older atis, but the new dx11 have eyefinity.
I would play across 2 monitors but, my 24" kicks my 17" resolutions ass.
Don't play Source games, though - at non-standard dimensions games don't last long before crashing.
Why would you want to? There's this massive border in the middle of the screen so it's impossible to play anything.
Eyefinity. Otherwise you need XP, because Vista and 7 do not support horizontal spanning natively.
The only way you would play best is with 3 where you can actually see in crosshairs, etc without a giant gap
[QUOTE=Tippmann357;19193417]The only way you would play best is with 3 where you can actually see in crosshairs, etc without a giant gap[/QUOTE]
You sir, will get hundreds of agree's
[QUOTE=lemonlimecom;19193131]Eyefinity. Otherwise you need XP, because Vista and 7 do not support horizontal spanning natively.[/QUOTE]
This is the answer. You either need one of ATI's new HD5000 series GPUs which support Eyefinity technology or need to be using XP.
As others have said, gaming on 2 monitors is generally a bad idea. Fortunately, certain game types such as RTSs play quite well on dual screens. Supreme Commander even supports it natively without any need for XP or Eyefinity.
[QUOTE=ChristopherB;19195168]This is the answer. You either need one of ATI's new HD5000 series GPUs which support Eyefinity technology or need to be using XP.
As others have said, gaming on 2 monitors is generally a bad idea. Fortunately, certain game types such as RTSs play quite well on dual screens. Supreme Commander even supports it natively without any need for XP or Eyefinity.[/QUOTE]
World in Conflict supports it as well
If you use Nvidia:
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/934051/nvdia-multidisplay.JPG[/img]
Control Panel > NVIDIA Control Panel
Obviously I don't have an AMD/ATI so I can't tell you that
Half of the people in this thread don't know what they're talking about.
Try [url=http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/]SoftTH[/url].
Would setting the width and height work with -w and -h ?
[QUOTE=Sippeangelo;19210552]Half of the people in this thread don't know what they're talking about.
Try [url=http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/]SoftTH[/url].[/QUOTE]
Works best with three monitors, not two.
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;19210627]Would setting the width and height work with -w and -h ?[/QUOTE]
Some games refuse to co-operate like that. Older ones tend to work better but if you google it, alot of the newer games require you to change a config file or two.
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