Dual Monitors, Different Resolutions? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

MikeSty · 12-31-2006, 02:25 PM

XP SP2
GeForce 6800GT

I got a gorgeous 19in LCD for christmas, so when I got home I hooked it up + my old 17in CRT to run dual screens. The only options nVidia / nView give are Span and Clone. Clone to me is useless, and span is, well, span.

How do I get it so that I can have my 1280x1024 on the LCD on the left, and a lower resolution on the CRT on the right? I've done this before! Bah.

Thanks

Dilbert1234567 · 12-31-2006, 03:25 PM

yeah, nvidia sucks sometimes, they disable the dual view for there cheeper solutions, it is possible, but my main system is down right now and i can't check how i do it. hopefuly some one remembers how to do it with nvidia's drivers.

cyrnel · 12-31-2006, 05:16 PM

I noticed reduced multi-monitor options with their new interface and newest drivers. It wasn't the main problem I was fighting but when I switched back to FW 91.47 and "classic" controls the options returned. You might play around with those a bit. The 93.71 release has caused major grief.

Dilbert1234567 · 12-31-2006, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cyrnel

I noticed reduced multi-monitor options with their new interface and newest drivers. It wasn't the main problem I was fighting but when I switched back to FW 91.47 and "classic" controls the options returned. You might play around with those a bit. The 93.71 release has caused major grief.

Yeah, cost me 2 dead 6800 ultras; which I’ve battled with for over a month to get replaced and am still battleing.

MexicanOnABike · 12-31-2006, 08:28 PM

weird. can't you just do it in the display propreties?
right click desktop > propreties > settings tab > and then you can play around with the 2 monitor's resolution.

i'm saying this because that's what i have setup as well. 6600gt with 2 17inch. i can pick the resolutions for both independently.

MikeSty · 01-01-2007, 12:08 PM

I got it to work. The problem is that my card is unable to detect monitor #2 through my KVM switch. I have to unplug it from the KVM, plug it into the back of my comp, reboot, and then move it back into the KVM. Yeah :/

MexicanOnABike · 01-01-2007, 12:42 PM

oh that sucks.

MikeSty · 01-01-2007, 03:35 PM

Yup. Nothing is perfect, eh?

Oh well. All I have to do is just swap those real quick which isn't too much of a pain (i leave the screws loose). Now I can look at pr0n on the left while tweaking my server on the right.

edit: Mexican, your avatar = broken.

12-31-2006, 02:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	Dual Monitors, Different Resolutions? XP SP2 GeForce 6800GT I got a gorgeous 19in LCD for christmas, so when I got home I hooked it up + my old 17in CRT to run dual screens. The only options nVidia / nView give are Span and Clone. Clone to me is useless, and span is, well, span. How do I get it so that I can have my 1280x1024 on the LCD on the left, and a lower resolution on the CRT on the right? I've done this before! Bah. Thanks

12-31-2006, 03:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	yeah, nvidia sucks sometimes, they disable the dual view for there cheeper solutions, it is possible, but my main system is down right now and i can't check how i do it. hopefuly some one remembers how to do it with nvidia's drivers. __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

12-31-2006, 05:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	I noticed reduced multi-monitor options with their new interface and newest drivers. It wasn't the main problem I was fighting but when I switched back to FW 91.47 and "classic" controls the options returned. You might play around with those a bit. The 93.71 release has caused major grief. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

12-31-2006, 08:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	weird. can't you just do it in the display propreties? right click desktop > propreties > settings tab > and then you can play around with the 2 monitor's resolution. i'm saying this because that's what i have setup as well. 6600gt with 2 17inch. i can pick the resolutions for both independently. __________________ - Movie Reviews - Ratings-

01-01-2007, 12:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	oh that sucks. __________________ - Movie Reviews - Ratings-

01-01-2007, 12:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	I got it to work. The problem is that my card is unable to detect monitor #2 through my KVM switch. I have to unplug it from the KVM, plug it into the back of my comp, reboot, and then move it back into the KVM. Yeah :/

01-01-2007, 03:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	Yup. Nothing is perfect, eh? Oh well. All I have to do is just swap those real quick which isn't too much of a pain (i leave the screws loose). Now I can look at pr0n on the left while tweaking my server on the right. edit: Mexican, your avatar = broken.