Good morning,Hopefully some FSX users can help me. I'm running FSX on my 22" 1680x1050 monitor and I have a 2nd Samsung 20" running at 1600x900.Because I use other programs while playing Flight Sim like web,email, fsc etc, I play FSX in window mode and get roughly 20-30fps with addon scenery and aircraft like Quality Wings 757.For example I was flying around the Fly Tampa Scenery, Ultimate Terrain X USA & QW 757 in window mode with bad weather was averaging 20fps looking at the airport; as soon as I switch to full mode I get 47fps with FPS locked at 60fps.I believe that I read somewhere that if you buy a DVI-USB adapter FSX will recognise my 2nd monitor and allow me to run other programs on it, is this correct? Is there any other solution to this problem?Any ideas?Cheers,

Good morning, Hopefully some FSX users can help me. I'm running FSX on my 22" 1680x1050 monitor and I have a 2nd Samsung 20" running at 1600x900. Because I use other programs while playing Flight Sim like web,email, fsc etc, I play FSX in window mode and get roughly 20-30fps with addon scenery and aircraft like Quality Wings 757. For example I was flying around the Fly Tampa Scenery, Ultimate Terrain X USA & QW 757 in window mode with bad weather was averaging 20fps looking at the airport; as soon as I switch to full mode I get 47fps with FPS locked at 60fps. I believe that I read somewhere that if you buy a DVI-USB adapter FSX will recognise my 2nd monitor and allow me to run other programs on it, is this correct? Is there any other solution to this problem? Any ideas? Cheers,

I have pritty the same monitor setup. One shows FS and the other anything else like Plan-G.What grafic card do you have? If you have a second video out at you gfx card, just attach the new monitor to it and you´re good to go.

Doesn't that graphics card have a second output? Upon further research it does! His hardware is in his signature. As stated, hook up that second monitor, activate it through the graphics card control panel and off you go.

Doesn't that graphics card have a second output? Upon further research it does! His hardware is in his signature. As stated, hook up that second monitor, activate it through the graphics card control panel and off you go.

There´s a signature... Oh yes, that had been my fault!

You probaby could use Vsync if I am not wrong.

What would the vsync option do in this instance?

It is meant for the refresh rate as you probably using full screen and jumping to a windowed mode you need to just try Vsync under fsx.cfg and see if it helps.

Why not try the video card control panel?

I think the OP is asking if there's a way around the black second monitor when running FSX in full screen mode. The answer is no. If you wish to use the second monitor for anything other than panel gauges, you must be in windowed mode. and Vsync has nothing to do with this. Vic

Oh it was for using the second display sorry did not read and understand the post clearly.

I think the OP is asking if there's a way around the black second monitor when running FSX in full screen mode. The answer is no. If you wish to use the second monitor for anything other than panel gauges, you must be in windowed mode. and Vsync has nothing to do with this. Vic

Second monitor is blak when flying FSX in full screen? On my system I can fly FS9 in full screen an th second monitor shows the desktop. Don´t know whether this is different in FSX.To the OP: Did you set "extend Desktop to both screens" in the control panel?

Second monitor is blak when flying FSX in full screen? On my system I can fly FS9 in full screen an th second monitor shows the desktop. Don´t know whether this is different in FSX.To the OP: Did you set "extend Desktop to both screens" in the control panel?

Yup - works fine in FS9 - they changed it in FSX. Vic

All, We don't even know if the OP has the second monitor hooked up to his FSX computer yet.

I have the same problem. At the moment on my 24" monitor I have FSX windowed. On my 22" monitor I have Plan-G running. Is it not possible to have FSX full screen without the second monitor going black so I can continue to run Plan-G? Some people seem to be having trouble understanding the OP's question.

The only way to run a second monitor in FSX and be able to see the desktop to run other programs is in 'windowed' mode. Some have found that setting the FPS to unlimited AND moving the taskbar to the second monitor greatly improves their performance. If you have a second computer the other option is to run the other programs on it, using either Simconnect or FSUPIC.