Dual Monitor Setup Help

[topslop1]

I have an Lg 20'' LCD hooked up to DVI and I have a 17'' CRT hooked up as well into the same videocard (7800gs). Now, when I try to do the horizon span option I get a funky resolution. How can I have my native 1680x1050 on the LCD and then something like 1024x768 on my CRT? The way Nvidia sets it up is that I have a very smushy view on my LCD and then an incredibly high resolution on my CRT.

Help needed!

Also - I downloaded Ultramon and it only detects the one LCD monitor.

 

[sisq0kidd]

You don't want to span the resolution accross the monitor then.

What you want to do is extend to the next monitor without spanning.

 

[Lonyo]

Dual view mode. It allows 2 different lots of settings.

Go Properties -> Settings -> Advanced -> Geforce 7800GS -> Desktop Management (the main section) -> Display Wizard.
Then you enter the "NVIDIA Multi-Display setup wizard".
Click Next -> Custom Setup -> Choose a primary (probably the LCD) -> Dual View -> Choose your settings (res/refresh rate), then complete the set up.
I believe it should work, although I use 2x17" LCD's at the same settings.

 

[topslop1]

It only shows 1280x1024 as my highest screen resolution for my LCD... which is again incorrect. Hmm

 

[Capt Caveman]

Do you have your LCD driver installed and working?

 

[topslop1]

Yes. Both monitors are coming up as their respected selves. There is no "plug and play" monitor - only branded Viewsonic, LG.

 

[sisq0kidd]

Originally posted by: topslop1
It only shows 1280x1024 as my highest screen resolution for my LCD... which is again incorrect. Hmm

Are you sure you don't have them reversed?

As in looking at the wrong monitor and associating it to the wrong monitor preference? That's what happened to me.

Make sure you're identifying the monitors correctly.

 

[topslop1]

Here.. take a look yourself

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/topslop1/Hereis.jpg

I did identify the monitors - I selected the LG as the primary and then when I go to select the resolution - the picture is what happens.

 

[topslop1]

anyone?

 

[Tifosi248F1]

I found that dualview is the best mode to use when you have 2 different types of monitors. I've got my 20" NEC LCD as my primary, running at the full res and my 19" CRT running at my custom res. Set up the nview mode and then go with the normal settings. Do whatever the dialogs say and restart. When you get back in to windows, use the display properties as if you had one monitor and click on each monitor in the thing and use the slider to select your resolution. It *should* work. I can't think of any reason it isn't. Did you do a re-install of the forceware drivers? Starting from scratch might help if you havn't already tried it.

 

[topslop1]

Instead of having two selectable resolutions under the display - it has only one thats at a real high 2480 by something something and when i change it it changes both monitors in unison.

Edit - getting out of nvidia's software and trying to detect monitors and then going through window's extension of the view not a span horizon did the trick - thanks all for helping out.

 

[Asharus]

Related topic:

Is there anyway for me to change my external display as the primary monitor?

I'm using a Dell E1505 w/ X1400 ATI video card. I'm attempting to run WoW on my main screen which is a 19" LCD, and have my extended display as the laptop LCD so i can have IE, Windows, etc. on that.

I can't change the external to be primary because it's grayed out....

Any ideas?

 

[n7]

I don't believe you can for laptops.

I should test it on my notebook, but i have GMA900 graphics, so it wouldn't really answer your question anyway.