outputs. Is the second one merely a clone of the first one or could it be
used for something interesting?
I'm thinking that a second smaller monitor could be used for the mirrors in
a racing game or for a radar screen in a flight sim.
I'm thinking that a second smaller monitor could be used for the mirrors in
a racing game or for a radar screen in a flight sim.
Lots of graphics cards have dual monitor outputs these days. Many are
VGA(analog) and DVI so you can connect a CRT or LCD monitor.
I have two LCD monitors side by side (one on the VGA and the other on the
DVI output. I can select to have both monitors show the same thing (not sure
why I would though) or set the second monitor as an extended screen and have
the desktop across both of them. This can be useful for things like to have
a picture for editing on one screen and the editing menus on the other
screen.
To use it for games it would have to be supported by the game and I don't
think there are many that do.
Yes, they're really nice for graphic editing applications. For games, I
don't know of any that supports it. But it'll be really cool if they do for
some games like FPS, where on one screen you have the main screen, and the
other has a moving dot(player) on automap. In flight sims, you can have
main view, and the other on***pit controls. In sports games like
baseball, one main and the other a bird's eye view that shows the entire
ballpark. Neat.
I use the secondary display to a 19" widescreen sony LCD I have mounted to
the wall. During leisure time, I have TV up there. During work, I have my
call tracking system up there.
-Larry
> I'm thinking that a second smaller monitor could be used for the mirrors in
> a racing game or for a radar screen in a flight sim.
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Scott B. Husted
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> I'm thinking that a second smaller monitor could be used for the mirrors in
> a racing game or for a radar screen in a flight sim.
I could play games upstairs I suppose but haven't really ever tried it.
R