Any way to streatch a game across 2 monitors?

MadSkillzMan · 09-19-04, 11:12 PM

Hey guys. i have a SiS xabre 400. not the best of cards, but im onlyinterested in running quake 3. i have dual monitors. Usually one i setup with trillian or whatever and my main is quake. However, this card is not picky about which is the main. If i set my secondary to main, it runs quake just fine, same with videos. Actually my main is the secondary monitor...so anyways...id like to run quake streatched acros both monitors, for 1 big one, but i dont know what to do. is there some generic program i can get? i dont know if ultramon will handle this....

Thanks in advance guys.

whoever · 09-20-04, 03:06 PM

I have a 5700 with duals black dell 17inchers, I have the same Q, my other screen sleeps out when playing games, but for C&C generals it would be sweet to pull a wide.

Voltron · 09-20-04, 03:14 PM

I've tried it before, never could get it to work. I don't think there is a way. I remember a question like this comming up and someone said something about a Matrox card could do it or you had to have two cards.

whoever · 09-20-04, 04:13 PM

Matrox hu? To bad those suck.

Yuriman · 09-20-04, 08:14 PM

With 2 monitors, your aimer would probably be right in the middle. That would be quite hard for me. I know the matrox parhelia supported 3 monitors, which was sweet back in teh day.

Chowdy · 09-20-04, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Yuriman

With 2 monitors, your aimer would probably be right in the middle. That would be quite hard for me. I know the matrox parhelia supported 3 monitors, which was sweet back in teh day.

If only Nvidia or ATi bought matrox out, so that we could have awesomely performing triple monitor cards

Quailane · 09-20-04, 10:11 PM

You could add a pci 5200 ultra, 256mb mem and 128-bit mem bus. That coupled with a GOOD agp videocard might give the performance needed to run a game on 3 monitors without matrox, and be able to actually play. Anyone remember that issue of maximum pc with the comp on the back inside cover that ms flight simulator computer with about 9 or so monitors and a bunch of comps all linked together?

MadSkillzMan · 09-20-04, 10:44 PM

i found a how to on the matrox card...i realized that just now though, the crosshair would be in the middle...there is a mod in the quake config...

ive seen with ibooks and macs, u add the other monitor, and it like doenst stretch, it extends it....so like for me, id see things on my left, and my HUD would be my main monitor (the right)

MLMIB · 09-20-04, 11:13 PM

it is something in software(it's not just adding a second video card) sry though, I dunno what the trick is

Droban · 09-21-04, 12:29 AM

See what would be awesome is 3 monitors, because then you would have the main monitor in the center, and then side views or other wanted info or screens on the outside 2.

MadSkillzMan · 09-21-04, 06:27 PM

its some adaptor for mac ibooks too....u just stick this plug on the VGA port...and it does the rest for u

l3ored · 09-23-04, 01:09 AM

BAM!

however... thats probably more expensive than a few monitors and extra video cards. lower res too (i think). i'd still spooge myself if i had that though

MadSkillzMan · 09-23-04, 11:13 AM

lol damn thats sweet...only i heard using PC's on plasma TVs is bad because if things stay in the same place for a matter of minutes they burn into the screen....(the HUD would probably do it) thats still sweet lol.

i think ill just stick with building a projector and playing quake on my ceiling

09-19-04, 11:12 PM	Thread Starter #1
MadSkillzMan Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cleveland OHIO	Any way to stretch a game across 2 monitors? Hey guys. i have a SiS xabre 400. not the best of cards, but im onlyinterested in running quake 3. i have dual monitors. Usually one i setup with trillian or whatever and my main is quake. However, this card is not picky about which is the main. If i set my secondary to main, it runs quake just fine, same with videos. Actually my main is the secondary monitor...so anyways...id like to run quake streatched acros both monitors, for 1 big one, but i dont know what to do. is there some generic program i can get? i dont know if ultramon will handle this.... Thanks in advance guys. __________________ Mian rig 2 x Dual G5 1.8ghz @ 29C :eek: 3gb ram 2x160GB Sata 1x250GB IDE ATI 9600, dual monitors - 19" AOC LCD's, 42" RCA Plasma! OC'ed Super Drive (8x SL to 16x DL, i heart firmware flash) Backup Rig: 4 x Dell Optiplex G270 2.8ghz HT 1Gb ram iPod Touch 3.1.2 Jailbroken! OSX 5.8 Last edited by MadSkillzMan; 09-19-04 at 11:15 PM. Reason: my spelling abilities are terrible tonight.
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09-20-04, 03:06 PM	#2
whoever Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Orange County	I have a 5700 with duals black dell 17inchers, I have the same Q, my other screen sleeps out when playing games, but for C&C generals it would be sweet to pull a wide.
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09-20-04, 03:14 PM	#3
Voltron Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: At the Party!	I've tried it before, never could get it to work. I don't think there is a way. I remember a question like this comming up and someone said something about a Matrox card could do it or you had to have two cards.
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09-20-04, 04:13 PM	#4
whoever Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Orange County	Matrox hu? To bad those suck.
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09-20-04, 08:14 PM	#5
Yuriman Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The OCFORUMS	With 2 monitors, your aimer would probably be right in the middle. That would be quite hard for me. I know the matrox parhelia supported 3 monitors, which was sweet back in teh day.
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09-20-04, 10:11 PM	#7
Quailane Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Who stole my white stars?	You could add a pci 5200 ultra, 256mb mem and 128-bit mem bus. That coupled with a GOOD agp videocard might give the performance needed to run a game on 3 monitors without matrox, and be able to actually play. Anyone remember that issue of maximum pc with the comp on the back inside cover that ms flight simulator computer with about 9 or so monitors and a bunch of comps all linked together? __________________ I DRIVE A HYUNDAI AND I'M PROUD OF IT!
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09-20-04, 10:44 PM	Thread Starter #8
MadSkillzMan Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cleveland OHIO	i found a how to on the matrox card...i realized that just now though, the crosshair would be in the middle...there is a mod in the quake config... ive seen with ibooks and macs, u add the other monitor, and it like doenst stretch, it extends it....so like for me, id see things on my left, and my HUD would be my main monitor (the right) __________________ Mian rig 2 x Dual G5 1.8ghz @ 29C :eek: 3gb ram 2x160GB Sata 1x250GB IDE ATI 9600, dual monitors - 19" AOC LCD's, 42" RCA Plasma! OC'ed Super Drive (8x SL to 16x DL, i heart firmware flash) Backup Rig: 4 x Dell Optiplex G270 2.8ghz HT 1Gb ram iPod Touch 3.1.2 Jailbroken! OSX 5.8
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09-20-04, 11:13 PM	#9
MLMIB Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: new jersey	it is something in software(it's not just adding a second video card) sry though, I dunno what the trick is __________________ "I named the mold in my toilet Albert. He lived there for five years; until I got a girlfriend and cleaned my room." -curtis1552
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Droban Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Chicago	See what would be awesome is 3 monitors, because then you would have the main monitor in the center, and then side views or other wanted info or screens on the outside 2. __________________ Intel 3770K @4.7GHz, 16GB Patriot Viper DDR3 1600 (11-13-11-30) @2133Mhz, Asus Z77 Sabertooth, EVGA GTX 680 SC Signature, Acer HN274H, 2x Samsung 830 128gb in RAID-0 Yamaha 6.1 HTR-5660 4xHarman Kardon 6 Inch Bookshelfs 1xHarman Kardon Dual 5 inch Center 1xVelodyne CHT-10 Sub
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09-21-04, 06:27 PM	Thread Starter #11
MadSkillzMan Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cleveland OHIO	its some adaptor for mac ibooks too....u just stick this plug on the VGA port...and it does the rest for u __________________ Mian rig 2 x Dual G5 1.8ghz @ 29C :eek: 3gb ram 2x160GB Sata 1x250GB IDE ATI 9600, dual monitors - 19" AOC LCD's, 42" RCA Plasma! OC'ed Super Drive (8x SL to 16x DL, i heart firmware flash) Backup Rig: 4 x Dell Optiplex G270 2.8ghz HT 1Gb ram iPod Touch 3.1.2 Jailbroken! OSX 5.8
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09-23-04, 01:09 AM	#12
l3ored Member Join Date: Apr 2004	BAM! however... thats probably more expensive than a few monitors and extra video cards. lower res too (i think). i'd still spooge myself if i had that though
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09-23-04, 11:13 AM	Thread Starter #13
MadSkillzMan Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cleveland OHIO	lol damn thats sweet...only i heard using PC's on plasma TVs is bad because if things stay in the same place for a matter of minutes they burn into the screen....(the HUD would probably do it) thats still sweet lol. i think ill just stick with building a projector and playing quake on my ceiling __________________ Mian rig 2 x Dual G5 1.8ghz @ 29C :eek: 3gb ram 2x160GB Sata 1x250GB IDE ATI 9600, dual monitors - 19" AOC LCD's, 42" RCA Plasma! OC'ed Super Drive (8x SL to 16x DL, i heart firmware flash) Backup Rig: 4 x Dell Optiplex G270 2.8ghz HT 1Gb ram iPod Touch 3.1.2 Jailbroken! OSX 5.8
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