Dual Monitor question

Bigbaddie · 03-15-12, 09:25 PM

So i'm running a GTX560 448 Cores. Wondering if i could run a dual monitor setup gaming on one and browsing the web/watching videos on the other?

TIA

thideras · 03-15-12, 09:31 PM

I'm doing that as I type this post. Games that run fullscreen you will not be able to do this with as it will minimize the game if you select another window. You could watch a video, since that doesn't require interaction once playing.

Bigbaddie · 03-15-12, 09:45 PM

Hmm so im guessing that you need to use window mode then.. Might work out thanks.

thideras · 03-15-12, 09:48 PM

Windowed or Fullscreen windowed. The latter looks like fullscreen, but you can do whatever you want with other windows. That is what I use for Rift/WoW.

Neuromancer · 03-15-12, 10:13 PM

How do you do the "full screen windowed"?

Mpegger · 03-15-12, 10:15 PM

Game has to support it, though there is a program that is supposed to force other programs (games) to display in full screen window mode, even borderless. It doesn't work with every game though, so a huge YMMV is to be said about it. Tried it once for a game I wanted to run full screen window borderless and it didn't work. I'll see if I can find it, as I did download it a long time ago. Not sure if it been updated at all since then.

Neuromancer · 03-15-12, 10:27 PM

I just run full screen and alt+tab out of the game when i need to access second game.

Really handy on modern warfare single player on the parts of the game where you cant do anything for a few minutes. You just have to wait till the action starts. (Program continues to run in background and I can hear it so I know when to alt+tab back to it).

Note that SOME games, on Nvidia will blackout the second monitor. I dont know why, I just recently switched to using my 580 instead of my AMD card.

Bigbaddie · 03-15-12, 11:01 PM

****.. Im just wondering if my card can suppot it. I heard about the blacking out of second monitor so thats why i was curious.

\dev\goat · 03-15-12, 11:08 PM

if you play games like rift/wow/eq that support fullscreen-windowed mode, its a joy being able to watch tv/movies/youtube/ocforums on the second monitor. Or look up the quest youre on, or space out and let your group wipe cause youre reading about earwax on wikipedia.

Even if you cant use it during a couple of the games you play, its totally worth having dual monitors. You wont go back to single monitor afterwards

Neuromancer · 03-15-12, 11:30 PM

I use dual monitors ALL of the time. Not just gaming. Im playing modern warfare 1 right now its running in the background during that long car ride after the prolouge

But I run multiple browsers tabs, IM, Media player, and a handful of other apps

03-15-12, 09:25 PM	Thread Starter #1
Bigbaddie Member Join Date: Jan 2012	Dual Monitor question So i'm running a GTX560 448 Cores. Wondering if i could run a dual monitor setup gaming on one and browsing the web/watching videos on the other? TIA __________________ CPU: Intel i5 2500k MOBO: Asus P8Z68 V-Pro/ Gen 3 RAM: 8GB (4x2) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz GPU: ASUS GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores SLI PSU: 760W Seasonic x760 Gold HDD: 120 GB Corsair Force GT SSD ; 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green Case: Corsair Carbide 500R OS: 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium
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thideras Banned Neckbeard Moderator Premium Member #3 Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Dakota	Windowed or Fullscreen windowed. The latter looks like fullscreen, but you can do whatever you want with other windows. That is what I use for Rift/WoW. __________________ Desktop: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H \| 3570k 4.6 GHz \| 32 GB GSkill Ares \| GTX 570 \| 180 GB Intel & 2 TB total \| Arch Linux and Windows 7 Main server: 37 TB raw disk \| 2x Opteron 6134 \| Asus KGPE-D16 \| 48 GB RAM \| LSI 8708EM2 \| CentOS 6.2 VM Server 1: Dell R510 \| 2x E5645 \| 128 GB RAM \| 4x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) VM Server 2: Dell R710 \| 2x E5645 \| 288 GB RAM \| 8x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) "That's not overkill, or a lot. That's just thiderastic." -txus.palacios Current projects: Rackmount Overkill (New) \| 30/45 hard drive server Articles: Rack Mounting 101 \| Dell Perc 5/i Throughput Benchmarks Past projects: Software RAID \| The Dragon Case My Website *Want to talk directly to all* the moderators at once? Call the Mod Hotline!**
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Neuromancer Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tau'ri	I just run full screen and alt+tab out of the game when i need to access second game. Really handy on modern warfare single player on the parts of the game where you cant do anything for a few minutes. You just have to wait till the action starts. (Program continues to run in background and I can hear it so I know when to alt+tab back to it). Note that SOME games, on Nvidia will blackout the second monitor. I dont know why, I just recently switched to using my 580 instead of my AMD card. __________________ Naval training is to be a Fireman a Plumber a Cop/Soldier and a Medic. Then you learn your rate. There is no 911 in the middle of the ocean. If your boat catches fire you put it out or you die.
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Bigbaddie Member Join Date: Jan 2012	**.. Im just wondering if my card can suppot it. I heard about the blacking out of second monitor so thats why i was curious. __________________ CPU: Intel i5 2500k MOBO: Asus P8Z68 V-Pro/ Gen 3 RAM: 8GB (4x2) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz GPU: ASUS GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores SLI PSU: 760W Seasonic x760 Gold HDD: 120 GB Corsair Force GT SSD ; 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green Case: Corsair Carbide 500R OS:** 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium
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Neuromancer Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tau'ri	I use dual monitors ALL of the time. Not just gaming. Im playing modern warfare 1 right now its running in the background during that long car ride after the prolouge But I run multiple browsers tabs, IM, Media player, and a handful of other apps __________________ Naval training is to be a Fireman a Plumber a Cop/Soldier and a Medic. Then you learn your rate. There is no 911 in the middle of the ocean. If your boat catches fire you put it out or you die.
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