I just bought an Asus N6800XT and i noticed that it supports dual VGA
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.
"Bob Loblaw" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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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.
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>I just bought an Asus N6800XT and i noticed that it supports dual VGA >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. >> 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 cockpit controls. In sports games like
baseball, one main and the other a bird's eye view that shows the entire
ballpark. Neat.
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:53:21 -0800, "Alai" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>Yes, they're really nice for graphic editing applications. For games, I
>don't know of any that supports it.
MS FS2004 supports multiple monitors. You can also buy software that
allows you to stretch a game across multiple monitors.
Anything you want.
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
"Bob Loblaw" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>I just bought an Asus N6800XT and i noticed that it supports dual VGA >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. >Bob Loblaw wrote:
I have two monitors setup, and I use the 2nd one for Ventrilo when
gaming, and the Windows Task Manager just in case I have a problem. I
also have DirecTV pumped through my ATI X800XT All-In-Wonder card, so I
can set it up to display television while I'm working on my primary
monitor. Right now I have my ViewSonic P95f 19in CRT as my primary, and
an old Gateway 17in EV700 CRT as my secondary. However, what I'd like
to do is get a VESA compliant 14 - 15 in LCD monitor and hook it up on
an adjustable arm so I can move it around.
--
Scott B. Husted
http://www.Husted.cc
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> I just bought an Asus N6800XT and i noticed that it supports dual VGA > 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. > >Bob Loblaw wrote:
One output is attached to my 21" crt and the other to my 42" plasma
which is upstairs. The plasma is a clone of the desktop and we watch
recorded tv and movies and play mp3s while we are upstairs in the living
room. I use a bluetooth keyboard and mouse to interact with computer.
I could play games upstairs I suppose but haven't really ever tried it.
R
