The possibilities of dual monitors with games

[Skiz]

I was told a long time ago that I couldn't play games spanned across a dual monitor set-up, but I found this pic yesterday that proves otherwise. Is this something that DOOM3 has started or does this guy have some additional hardware that has enabled this or what?



http://img146.exs.cx/img146/5112/dual1801fpdoom3oo.th.jpg (http://img146.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img146&image=dual1801fpdoom3oo.jpg)

[DarthInsinuate]

i would have thought it could be done by the drivers, just treating the two screens as one and using a wide resolution - that picture looks awful though, its all stretched

[Skiz]

I think you're on the right track with the drivers.

I found this (http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/forum/messages.asp?Topic=4537&tmpl=UltraMon) on the Ultramon forum but I'm not sure what the ATI Catalyst Control Center is.

Can anyone elaborate?

[Livy]

comes with the ati driver package.

[Skiz]

comes with the ati driver package.

I got that much... :dry:

But what exactly needs to be done? From what I gather, I need to go to the ATI website and obtain an updated driver for my video card that will allow me to span the game onto both monitors. Then I need to locate the ATI Catalyst Control Center (wherever the heck that is), and open the display wizard within it and adjust the settings accordingly.

What folder should I download that updated driver to?

How do I locate the ATI Catalyst Control Center?

[lightshow]

I have a Gefore fx5200. I just the s-video out plug it into a rca adapter, then plug it into my tv. Tell my card to do horizontal span and I'm set. Though I havn't really tried it for PC games, usually use do consol

[peat moss]

I got that much... :dry:

But what exactly needs to be done? From what I gather, I need to go to the ATI website and obtain an updated driver for my video card that will allow me to span the game onto both monitors. Then I need to locate the ATI Catalyst Control Center (wherever the heck that is), and open the display wizard within it and adjust the settings accordingly.

What folder should I download that updated driver to?

How do I locate the ATI Catalyst Control Center?


Right click on desktop go into display/settings.

When you download a new driver, it makes a new folder under C:/ ATI/support . :)

Link: http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040902/ati-catalyst-03.html

[Bowen747x]

i believe all you need is 2 video cards one for each monitor, then to choose a resolution thats designed for widescreen, but personally i wouldnt do that unless i had like 4 grand to waste on my pc

[Snee]

You don't need two vid cards :rolleyes: just the one with more than one output.



I don't know how many games there are that will support that ratio tho'.

I usually just cloned the first screen when I was playing games back when I used two screens, and when I did it was just 'cos I sometimes had an audience (younger sibling(s)) who was/were looking at the other screen.

[numba1xclusive]

That first pic was nasty, I'm happy with 1,lol
:D

[sparsely]

I'd rather just get one long monitor :\
that big bar in the middle would drive me nuts.

[Skiz]

yeah, I got to thinking about it an since all I play are FPS's, I don't want a bar in the middle where I'm tryin to shoot. Although it's probably not as bad as most dual screens. I have almost the exact same monitor setup as that guy. I have one 18" Dell LCD and one 19" Dell LCD