multi-monitor gaming

[doanster]

For nVidia cards, how well does 'span' mode work?
Is it practical for gaming, or more of a distraction?

 

[imported_Kensai]

You'll only be able to game on/over two monitors if you use two consumer video cards. (I don't know about professional cards)

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: Kensai
You'll only be able to game on/over two monitors if you use two consumer video cards. (I don't know about professional cards)

I gamed one 1 GF4 Ti4400 on 1 instance of X2: The Threat using Nvidias Span mode @ 2048x768.

 

[doanster]

Originally posted by: Kensai
You'll only be able to game on/over two monitors if you use two consumer video cards. (I don't know about professional cards)

Are you sure? I know for sure that you can game on 3 monitors with one Matrox card, and read that nVidia lets you game on 2 monitors with one card with the newer driver releases. Thoughts, anyone?

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: doanster

Originally posted by: Kensai
You'll only be able to game on/over two monitors if you use two consumer video cards. (I don't know about professional cards)

Are you sure? I know for sure that you can game on 3 monitors with one Matrox card, and read that nVidia lets you game on 2 monitors with one card with the newer driver releases. Thoughts, anyone?

This has worked for years with NVIDIA's hardware span modes. Where have you been?

Of course, with only two displays, it's sort of annoying, since the 'middle' of the display is right where the break between the monitors is.

 

[doanster]

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: doanster

Originally posted by: Kensai
You'll only be able to game on/over two monitors if you use two consumer video cards. (I don't know about professional cards)

Are you sure? I know for sure that you can game on 3 monitors with one Matrox card, and read that nVidia lets you game on 2 monitors with one card with the newer driver releases. Thoughts, anyone?

This has worked for years with NVIDIA's hardware span modes. Where have you been?

Of course, with only two displays, it's sort of annoying, since the 'middle' of the display is right where the break between the monitors is.

Yea, i know about the nVidia span modes... but how about spanning across 3 monitors?
I read that nVidia spanning only works with 2 monitors 🙁

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: doanster
Yea, i know about the nVidia span modes... but how about spanning across 3 monitors?
I read that nVidia spanning only works with 2 monitors 🙁

You can't span across multiple cards. NVIDIA and ATI currently only make cards with two video outputs. Conclusions are left as an exercise to the reader. 😛

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: doanster

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: doanster

Originally posted by: Kensai
You'll only be able to game on/over two monitors if you use two consumer video cards. (I don't know about professional cards)

Are you sure? I know for sure that you can game on 3 monitors with one Matrox card, and read that nVidia lets you game on 2 monitors with one card with the newer driver releases. Thoughts, anyone?

This has worked for years with NVIDIA's hardware span modes. Where have you been?

Of course, with only two displays, it's sort of annoying, since the 'middle' of the display is right where the break between the monitors is.

Yea, i know about the nVidia span modes... but how about spanning across 3 monitors?
I read that nVidia spanning only works with 2 monitors 🙁

Oh, full screen wise.. I thought you meant running one on each screen in a windowed-ish mode.

 

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