Just sitting here all alone..My new puter arrives this Monday....With SLI 8800GTSWhat would I need to do to run both so I can use one just for guages and such?Is their any software that is necessary to do this and where do you get it?Then do you just drag the guages across to the second monitor or what?Thanks....

Hello, Plug in your new Video card, attach both monitors to the card (you need an adapter for the 2nd plug but it will be in the box of the new card, I hope). after boot secte desktop properties and adapte and activate the monitor, resolution , ...Do not forget to check the setting of the display in fs9 or FSX;I use only window mode . After you "undock" the FS window to the monitor you want.Hope it helps

Thanks....Anyone else have suggestions?Thanks....

Have a look at the pictures that I posted in Word Not Allowed's thread titled "Yoke Thoughts." You may be able to arrange your monitors like this for a windscreen view above your panel if you wish.As mentioned above, the first step is configuring Windows. In Display Properties insure that both monitors have the "Extend my desktop . . ." checkbox checked. Then bring up flight sim in widowed mode, right click on any panel(s) you wish to move, and select "Undock." You can now move the panel(s) to the other screen.After the panels are arranged, then I suggest that you try both windowed and full screen modes to see what works best. For me FS9 works best in windowed mode an FSX works MUCH better full screen. (The pictures referenced above are FSX full screen.)R-

>>Anyone else have suggestions?You also might consider using the 2nd monitor to hold charts and approach plates...if you are into using those...But as far as configuring and setting it all up, it's done via your display settings in Windows, and is pretty self-explanatory at least with nVidia cards.RhettAMD 3700+ (@2585 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2gb Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8 (1T), WD 150 gig 10000rpm Raptor, WD 250gig 7200rpm SATA2, Seagate 120gb 5400 rpm external HD, CoolerMaster Praetorian

My guess is that multiple views might look odd with varying resolutions. I suspect setting resolutions the same in Control Panel/ Display is the appropriate choice. At least that's what I do with two 19 CRTs and a 17 LCD.With different size mons, views can be corrected by zooming up the smaller. Use the ratio of the diagonal measurement to determine the amount of zoom. My 19CRTs actually have an 18" diagonal (they are old!). So 18/17=1.059 So the smaller LCD is zoomed to 1.06 .Let us know how it goes!Alex reid