Gaming on dual screen.

[2FAST]

i am using a external monior plug to my laptop using VGA cable. the external monitor is the primary and laptop screen is the secondary act as extended desktop. i have two questions.

how do play games using both screens to hav a wider field of view, for example racing games? wat software shld i use and how?

then for some games such as command and conquar generals, when i play on the external monitor, when i move the mouse around the cursor will go over to the secondary monitor. For most of the games the cursor will be restricted to primary scrren when i play game at full screen, but for some it cant, what can i do? (other than using only one monitor...)

[RockmasteR]

Hello 2FAST

here is what I found about your question:

If you want a dual monitor setup you can use a VGA splitter to have a second monitor but it will only show the same image on both monitors, here are some examples of VGA splitters from Monoprice. If you want to have different content on each monitor than you will need to get another graphics card for your computer. Hopefully you will have another PCI slot for that other graphics card and if not you can also purchase a single graphics card with dual VGA ports which will also allow you to display different content on each monitor.

[2FAST]

Originally Posted by RockmasteR

Hello 2FAST

here is what I found about your question:

hey thanks.

im using laptop so i dun think got place for another graphic card. lol and vga splitter? but if showing same image on both monitors then wats the use of dual monitor setup? hahaha thanks anw =)

[treasurehunter1]

There are some software which divides the screen into 2 half one on primary and other on secondary. You should try them they are not freeware. Mostly are expensive.

[pat mcgroin]

Here is a link that could answer many questions.
I think where you will have trouble is with the fact that you are using a laptop and they traditionally do not have powerful video setups.
If you want to see the images at a decent resolution you will basically have to double the resolution and through either software or hardware that image is split to be shown on the 2 screens.

http://www.multi-screens.com/

[2FAST]

thanks people =) guess is not so practical for me to hav kinda of setup to play games on dual screen hahaha

[Mcninjaguy]

Dual video cards can't display tow different images as you would need tow different computers to do that.

Two video cards can only increase performance and only some games like Supreme commander allow you to do this properly. It all depends on the game itself.

[Tiber Septim]

What graphics card are you using? With Nvidia drivers you can simply set it to span the image across both screens, however most games won't work like that.
Like Ninja said, depends on whether the game supports it or not.