Spliting Monitors

**Mcstrange** · 05-10-07, 12:44 PM

I tried to help someone get this to work with WoW a while back, I vaguely remember finding some possible apps/hacks to make this work, but dont recall ever actually having any luck. Ill try to look back on my old guild forums to see if I can link to anything.

Your best bet is probably google if it is at all possible

**nmeboat** · 05-10-07, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by wildsrv

I was curious about this also. I have two monitors and I'm running SLI also. Its annoying having to swap SLI on and off for when I game and it is getting to the point where I forget to turn it off which leaves the second monitor not in use. Then its just a wast of money...If I leave it of and game then the resolution thing comes in to play and its annoying. Were you saying that there is a program that can help this?

why are you turning the SLI off? cant you just run dual monitors from the dual heads out of the primary card? (assuming im reading you correctly, in that you have a monitor hooked up to each separate card)

**Mcstrange** · 05-10-07, 01:16 PM

with SLI enabled in the software the second monitor goes black as soon as you launch any 3d app - switch it off and let just a single card power things and both work fine.

**wildsrv** · 05-10-07, 01:34 PM

So, if I understand you correctly I can plug both monitors in the same card and still run dual monitor and it will switch to SLI when i game? I don't know how to enable this. I have nvidia 7800Gt's from EVGA. The other issue is I'm running Vista and the drivers for it are still catching up from xp. I'll have to do some searching I guess. Any one have any experience of this actually working with modern day equipment.

**nmeboat** · 05-10-07, 02:33 PM

is it just a matter of extending your desktop onto 2 monitors?

correct...you should be able to just plug both monitors into the primary, and w/in the 'display properties' settings tab, you can select to 'extend desktop' box, then check off which display is the primary (should be a 'displays' drop-down about the center), and viola, you have twice the desktop real estate. and as already noted, when you load up a game/3d app, then the secondary monitor will simply shut-off until you exit back out...i would only assume that SLI would switch as needed once you load 3d games/apps. (im still running a single lowly 6800gt, so i dont have any hands-on SLI exp., but i imagine theres not much differentiation :P ).

nvidia also has a little thing called nview, under the advanced settings in the display properties (where you can tweak the nvidia drivers a little more), that i think has extra desktop attributes to play with, in terms of dual-displays.

**wildsrv** · 05-10-07, 02:41 PM

I see what your saying but I think it won't work, I'll try and tell ya what happened.

**darkclone** · 05-24-07, 03:57 PM

Am I gonna be getting <3 for all the other links I have posted around?

<3 dude.

**Nusentinsaino** · 05-24-07, 05:57 PM

AzH is presumed shy.

**Chordata** · 05-24-07, 06:01 PM

Amoung other things. Best bet is to hide in the bushes, whack his kneecaps with a mallet, and drag him to your house. Then you can have all you want of him.

Until he makes your head explode. Seriously, I saw him do it once.