Dual Monitors: Possible to game and browse?

[CaseTragedy]

I haven't been following new developments in multimonitor support.
Is it possible now to game (opengl/d3d) on the primary and browse (+etc.) on the secondary?

Not being able to alt-tab in FFXI is annoying and I'm too impatient to wait for a hack.

 

[Mutilator]

You'd have some mad skillz if you could play a 1st person shooter on 1 monitor while you pleasured yourself with some porn on the 2nd monitor. :Q

 

[Electric Amish]

Nope. Not that I'm aware of.

That's a feature I want as well.

 

[Snapster]

Just be a true geek and have more than one computer!

 

[Anubis]

no because when you are in a game the mouse will only stay in teh game to get it out you have to "alt+tab" or "crtl+esc" to get it out

the second mon stays visiable when you in a game but you cant get to it

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Snapster
Just be a true geek and have more than one computer!

better yet

2 comps both runnin dual mon

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Snapster
Just be a true geek and have more than one computer!

I second that !

 

[CaseTragedy]

Originally posted by: Anubis
no because when you are in a game the mouse will only stay in teh game to get it out you have to "alt+tab" or "crtl+esc" to get it out

the second mon stays visiable when you in a game but you cant get to it

so the secondary display doesn't need to be disabled?
does this mean i can have a movie/tv running there? i wouldn't need to access that.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: CaseTragedy

Originally posted by: Anubis
no because when you are in a game the mouse will only stay in teh game to get it out you have to "alt+tab" or "crtl+esc" to get it out

the second mon stays visiable when you in a game but you cant get to it

so the secondary display doesn't need to be disabled?
does this mean i can have a movie/tv running there? i wouldn't need to access that.

therotically yes

ill check and see for you

im guessing if your comp can hahdle it it will wok

 

[CaseTragedy]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: Snapster
Just be a true geek and have more than one computer!

I second that !

i would if not for the fact that my true cheapo > my true geek

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Snapster
Just be a true geek and have more than one computer!

better yet

2 comps both runnin dual mon

or one with 4 monitors :Q



isnt agp2.0 supposed to be able to handle 2 agp slots?

imagine 2 matrox parahelias...

mmmmm...6 monitors.....

imagine when PCI express comes out... and cards transfer over to that. imagine say... 7 cards with dual or triple head....

14 or 21 monitors...


damn.............................

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: CaseTragedy

Originally posted by: Anubis
no because when you are in a game the mouse will only stay in teh game to get it out you have to "alt+tab" or "crtl+esc" to get it out

the second mon stays visiable when you in a game but you cant get to it

so the secondary display doesn't need to be disabled?
does this mean i can have a movie/tv running there? i wouldn't need to access that.

therotically yes

ill check and see for you

im guessing if your comp can hahdle it it will wok

diablo 2 shuts down powerDVD.

i try to game on one screen, play LOTR on the other, but it wont work.

bastards...............


that, and it significantly alters the color of the second screen when it changes it over to 256 colors.

on newer games where you use 32 bit color, that's not a problem, but on old games like diablo 2, it is a problem.

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Snapster
Just be a true geek and have more than one computer!

better yet

2 comps both runnin dual mon

or one with 4 monitors :Q



isnt agp2.0 supposed to be able to handle 2 agp slots?

imagine 2 matrox parahelias...

mmmmm...6 monitors.....

imagine when PCI express comes out... and cards transfer over to that. imagine say... 7 cards with dual or triple head....

14 or 21 monitors...


damn.............................

Calm down now.........breathe in.......and out! Your wall of monitors will arrive one day.

 

[Anubis]

umm my comp didnt wanna let me play Halo and watch TV at teh same time. but Halo was prob a bad game to test with. it might work but it will be slow cause both games and TV eat alot of CPU

also i dont know how teh vid cards GPU will take that kinds of stress

 

[gwlam12]

although this is my second visit to this thread...the second time i saw the title, i thought of "duel monsters."

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Snapster
Just be a true geek and have more than one computer!

better yet

2 comps both runnin dual mon

or one with 4 monitors :Q


isnt agp2.0 supposed to be able to handle 2 agp slots?

imagine 2 matrox parahelias...

mmmmm...6 monitors.....

imagine when PCI express comes out... and cards transfer over to that. imagine say... 7 cards with dual or triple head....

14 or 21 monitors...


damn.............................

Calm down now.........breathe in.......and out! Your wall of monitors will arrive one day.

IIRC Win XP can only support 14

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Snapster
Just be a true geek and have more than one computer!

better yet

2 comps both runnin dual mon

or one with 4 monitors :Q



isnt agp2.0 supposed to be able to handle 2 agp slots?

imagine 2 matrox parahelias...

mmmmm...6 monitors.....

imagine when PCI express comes out... and cards transfer over to that. imagine say... 7 cards with dual or triple head....

14 or 21 monitors...


damn.............................

Calm down now.........breathe in.......and out! Your wall of monitors will arrive one day.

imagine this even more..

all flatpanel monitors with little tiny .25 inch frames.


*drool*....

 

[Demon-Xanth]

It doesn't usually work because of the controls being locked to the game, I have had IRC channels open on one and game on the other. And when I need to type just alt+tab for a sec type, and alt+tab to return.

 

[CaseTragedy]

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Snapster
Just be a true geek and have more than one computer!

better yet

2 comps both runnin dual mon

or one with 4 monitors :Q



isnt agp2.0 supposed to be able to handle 2 agp slots?

imagine 2 matrox parahelias...

mmmmm...6 monitors.....

imagine when PCI express comes out... and cards transfer over to that. imagine say... 7 cards with dual or triple head....

14 or 21 monitors...


damn.............................

Calm down now.........breathe in.......and out! Your wall of monitors will arrive one day.

sure will

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Snapster
Just be a true geek and have more than one computer!

better yet

2 comps both runnin dual mon

or one with 4 monitors :Q


isnt agp2.0 supposed to be able to handle 2 agp slots?

imagine 2 matrox parahelias...

mmmmm...6 monitors.....

imagine when PCI express comes out... and cards transfer over to that. imagine say... 7 cards with dual or triple head....

14 or 21 monitors...


damn.............................

Calm down now.........breathe in.......and out! Your wall of monitors will arrive one day.

IIRC Win XP can only support 14

BASTARDS!! :|

ah well.. when pci express comes out, maybe we'll be using a better operating system.

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: CaseTragedy
sure will

:Q Damn! Though I remember that flight simulator one that was posted her ages ago, that was more!

 

[CaseTragedy]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
It doesn't usually work because of the controls being locked to the game, I have had IRC channels open on one and game on the other. And when I need to type just alt+tab for a sec type, and alt+tab to return.

I wouldn't mind alt-tab'n but FFXI crashes if you do. Sucks to be me. Oh well...I guess I'll either wait for a hot deal on a second comp--or wait for a hack.

 

[Maverick]

this is the only reason to have a dual display

unless you're trying to hack a true 128-bit encryption system using a multi-headed hydra

 

[opticalmace]

yeah, i tried to do the whole game & browse thing....the only way it could possibly work (AFAIK) at the moment is if you play the game windowed

i thought there was some awesome utility in which you could assign a key combination to make the mouse cursor swap between monitors?

 

[Norrlands]

It works. At work I have two monitors. I use both of them all day with multiple apps. One screen with my internet, and the other with work. Was great during baseball season. Had multiple gamecasts on.