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blanky12!
17-01-2009, 10:58 AM
So i have the DVI connect + the blue connector (forgot name) in my GFX card, wondering, if i post another monitor in my DVI port, would that be a dual screen or is there something else which I have to do to make ti a dual screen?

Cheers.
N!ck
17-01-2009, 11:10 AM
So i have the DVI connect + the blue connector (forgot name) in my GFX card, wondering, if i post another monitor in my DVI port, would that be a dual screen or is there something else which I have to do to make ti a dual screen?

Cheers.

Just plug it in then tick a check box and drag a slider on display settings and you're away.
rnix
17-01-2009, 11:17 AM
Just plug it in then tick a check box and drag a slider on display settings and you're away.


Cause i have a CRT port [i think it is] on my comp and then another one on my graphics card, if i plugged two different monitors into each thing would it put the same thing onto both monitors?? Sorry i think thts the same wht he asked but he said the DVI slot =]
scottish
17-01-2009, 11:40 AM
Cause i have a CRT port [i think it is] on my comp and then another one on my graphics card, if i plugged two different monitors into each thing would it put the same thing onto both monitors?? Sorry i think thts the same wht he asked but he said the DVI slot =]

I'm assuming you mean VGA?
blanky12!
17-01-2009, 11:56 AM
Alright, got my monitors working :)
rnix
17-01-2009, 12:00 PM
I'm assuming you mean VGA?


No its like this.
CRT - [blue plug]
S-OUT - [black circle]
DVI - [long black plug]
mb-group.net
17-01-2009, 12:06 PM
No its like this.
CRT - [blue plug]
S-OUT - [black circle]
DVI - [long black plug]

The blue plug is VGA. CRT is a type of monitor (the ones with the big backs to put it simply).

The black circle is S-Video out.
rnix
17-01-2009, 12:09 PM
well what i wrote is what is next to the plugs.
N!ck
17-01-2009, 12:27 PM
well what i wrote is what is next to the plugs.

You can convert DVI to VGA, but it doesn't matter now, he's sorted it :).
Ardemax
17-01-2009, 03:25 PM
So you have two monitors, right?
And do they show the same thing?
N!ck
17-01-2009, 04:10 PM
So you have two monitors, right?
And do they show the same thing?

You can do that with them if you wish.
blanky12!
17-01-2009, 04:17 PM
http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/90262631c9ca14fIMG_0290.JPG
quite insane :)
N!ck
17-01-2009, 04:48 PM
http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/90262631c9ca14fIMG_0290.JPG
quite insane :)

Now get UltraMon. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/
Ardemax
17-01-2009, 06:55 PM
Oh! So your mouse appears on the 2 screens?

woah, that's clever
So you can have them, have the same thing on each screen?
blanky12!
17-01-2009, 11:06 PM
Now get UltraMon. http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/
What does that do?
Technologic
17-01-2009, 11:22 PM
What does that do?

Allows you to stretch the taskbar across both monitors, have different backgrounds for each monitor and other stuff




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Use that serial code
blanky12!
17-01-2009, 11:39 PM
Hmm, cheers mate! + rep

This is pretty sound :).
blanky12!
18-01-2009, 05:13 PM
right, i wanted to dual to do this:

I want to play a game on one screen, msn, etc on the other? Can this be done?
Technologic
18-01-2009, 05:14 PM
Not in vista. Support for dual screen gaming is a pile of ****
blanky12!
18-01-2009, 05:18 PM
Not in vista. Support for dual screen gaming is a pile of ****
ah right, what can I do to do it? or i cannot do anything regardless.
Technologic
18-01-2009, 05:20 PM
I'm not sure if there's a way to do it. All i know is you can use dual monitors in things like flight simulator
N!ck
18-01-2009, 05:20 PM
As far as i know, when you game full screen the mouse becomes locked to that screen until you exit.
blanky12!
18-01-2009, 05:25 PM
As far as i know, when you game full screen the mouse becomes locked to that screen until you exit.
horrid, what can I do in flight simulator?
scottish
18-01-2009, 05:53 PM
As far as i know, when you game full screen the mouse becomes locked to that screen until you exit.

yh or alt tab

windowed games/non full screen better :P
Technologic
18-01-2009, 06:24 PM
horrid, what can I do in flight simulator?

When playing you can open a new window and drag it across to the second monitor. So you can have a cockpit view + outside view.
Ardemax
18-01-2009, 07:24 PM
sorry that im asking questions in your thread, but its pointless making my own.
can this be done with laptops?
you know, a laptop to another monitor?
blanky12!
18-01-2009, 07:29 PM
sorry that im asking questions in your thread, but its pointless making my own.
can this be done with laptops?
you know, a laptop to another monitor?
i think so, yes.

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