Dual monitors in games

[Hotcrazyfruit]

Hello, i recently got a second 20" monitor. (both are samsung, 2 ms. very similar in specs).
and i noticed i can not use both of them in games. IE, the resolution in game wont go past 1680x 1050, which, by my understanding, is how u get it to span onto the second monitor. Any ideas? iv got an nVidia GTX260 running latest drivers. core i7 oced to 3.6.

 

[smarteyeball]

What you'd like to do can't be done natively in Seven with an nvidia card.

You would either need to use an ATI 5xxx series card with Eyefinity, A matrox Dualhead2go adapter, or play the games in a windowed mode that is stretched.

 

[eggyuk]

I was just about to write the same thing as smartey but he beat me to it. Here's a link to a thread on the nvidia forum about it

Span games over multiple monitors - NVIDIA Forums

 

[BugMeister]

it doesn't always produce good results..
does the game you're playing have this option included..??

 

[stormy13]

What you'd like to do can't be done natively in Seven with an nvidia card.

You would either need to use an ATI 5xxx series card with Eyefinity, A matrox Dualhead2go adapter, or play the games in a windowed mode that is stretched.

Also helps if he game supports it, not many do. Good place to find out is here,

Essential Games List - WSGFWiki

 

[Hotcrazyfruit]

How convenient. i just asked for a 5850 for Christmas.

Thanks guys.