9800 Pro Query

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I have a friend who, like me, has a 9800 Pro ... he asked me today,
if he purchased a second monitor, could he have both monitors connected
(one over DVI and the other analog) ... and when he loaded a 3D game
have it load on one monitor while still maintaining a usable desktop on
the other monitor?

I speculated that when the 3D app was loaded, the second monitor
(assuming the app doesn't support MMD) would just go black ... still
requiring an ALT + TAB to return to desktop. But, I really don't know.
Googling didn't turn up anything. Any thoughts or first hand
experience?
 
mhicaoidh said:
I have a friend who, like me, has a 9800 Pro ... he asked me today,
if he purchased a second monitor, could he have both monitors connected
(one over DVI and the other analog) ... and when he loaded a 3D game
have it load on one monitor while still maintaining a usable desktop on
the other monitor?

I speculated that when the 3D app was loaded, the second monitor
(assuming the app doesn't support MMD) would just go black ... still
requiring an ALT + TAB to return to desktop. But, I really don't know.
Googling didn't turn up anything. Any thoughts or first hand
experience?
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Well the secondary display operates either in clone mode or as part of
an extended desktop. The 3D acceleration on the primary display could -
in some cases - run over to the extended desktop, but you can't run a 3D
app on one and a Windows desktop on the other. The hardware can't
separate processes to that degree.


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Um, I can do it with any Direct3d app. It's OpenGL apps that have problems
with dual displays.
 
Taking a moment's reflection, Doug mused:
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| Um, I can do it with any Direct3d app. It's OpenGL apps that have
| problems with dual displays.

So, you are saying that, when you load a D3D game, you get the game
on one monitor ... and the other monitor maintains a fully operational
2D desktop display?
 
Yes, absolutely! I've never had any problems having my desktop on one
display (the secondary) and playing a D3D game on another.
 
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