phatazzmoose Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 hey guys, i dunno if this is possible but i hooked up a second monitor to my comp. i got the desktop to work fine on both of the comps but now i cant get any games to use both screens... the primary one shows the game and the secondary just shows the desktop extention is that even possible... to have a game use both.. or would the game have to have an option somewhere in it to enable that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch_626 Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 The game would have to have a setting for that. I have a similar setup with my 9800 pro. My primary monitor has the game but the other one just shows the regular background. Hopefully game creators will start programming for this. I think I've heard of a flight game that does this but I can't remember the name. I play EverCrack II and it sure would be handy to be able to stretch my screen over to hold the player information, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatazzmoose Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 that sucks... is the flight game the only one you know of that can do this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch_626 Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 That's what I remember. I think I saw something about it on The Screensavers on Tech TV. That was over half a year ago so I could be wrong. Go to www.thescreensavers.com and look around. There might be something in their archives. Sorry I can't be more specific. Like I said I believe it was a flight sim game and I can't stand those so I immediately dumped that info into the bit bucket. (Don't want to overflow my 2k buffer). I know EverQuest II doesn't do it and I haven't really been interested in any other games. I'm surprised that companies aren't doing this. Doom used to be able to be played on 3 monitors, well three computers actually, that were networked together many years ago. I guess you could spend your time reading boxes in the computer store and see if any support this but it definitely isn't widely done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatazzmoose Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 hmmm too bad more games dont support this... halo or farcry on two screens anyway thanks for the help stitch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viralSHARK Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 i thought of an interesting idea about using 2 monitors, i think it would be cool to to hook up 2 monitors, and have a USB mouse and keyboard hooked up so you can operate on your desktop on one screen while gaming on the other. This idea is certainly a long-shot, but what if it were possible? Sure your comp would lag a bit, but you could gaming and chat on aim on the other screen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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