OK.. I have an old card GTX8800 card with two DVIs out

 

I just connected two 24" dell (1920X1200) monitors.

 

when I try to combine em as one wide monitor using nvidia I am only getting 3200 X 1200 instead of 3740 X 1200

 

I am using the D-sub instead of the DVI cable.. is that the problem?

 

Manny

OK.. I had to set the right resolution in FSX and it came out good. I got the important stuff working.. the VC looks awesome now in 2 X 1920 X 1200. :)

 

But for some reason in Win XP the desktop doesn't seem to have the right resolution...I think.

 

Manny

so am I reading you right then? You can run FSX across BOTH in one wide monitor using the latest NVidia drivers?

I have a very old driver. I have not updated my nvidia driver in over 2 years. LOL . I have no issues... so why fix something when its not borken?

 

And yes.... you should be able to hook up two Widescreen 24" monitor as one wide monitor. (Provided your video card has two video out) Its awesome for me with just 1 issue

 

1) When I am approaching to land in no wind condition (My heading is dead on with the runway), the run way is split between two monitors. A minor issue

 

2) The aircraft is split in two screen in spot view (which I reall don't care about)

 

Manny

hmmmm, hadnt thought about that part....I guess I could move the windows around to make the PIC on left screen and Co-Pilot on right....something else to consider. :)

so am I reading you right then? You can run FSX across BOTH in one wide monitor using the latest NVidia drivers?

 

You can get this OS native continuous two screen view with XP, but not with Win 7.

 

gb.

You can get this OS native continuous two screen view with XP, but not with Win 7.

 

gb.

 

WOW! Really! Who would have thought!

 

Thanks for that important information. Now, why would they go and do that? why would they remove that option from win 7.

 

Yeah.. I am running xp.

 

Edited to add:

 

But what is this then?

 

http://windows.micro...ltiple-monitors

Windows 7 makes it easy

 

 

When you plug two monitors into a desktop PC or one monitor into a laptop, Windows 7 should automatically detect each new monitor and provide you with multiple display options. You can choose to:

• Extend your displays. This spreads your desktop over both monitors and lets you drag items between the two screens. This is how most people use two monitors, and it's the default setting.
  
• Duplicate your displays. This displays the same desktop on both monitors. For a laptop, this is the default setting. This is useful if you're giving a presentation with your laptop connected to a projector or large monitor.
  
• Show your desktop on only one monitor. This is most commonly used with a laptop if you might want to keep your laptop screen blank after you connect to a large desktop monitor.
  

To find these options, click the Start button , click Control Panel, type display in the search box, and then, under Display, click Connect to an external display. For more information, see Move windows between multiple monitors.

WOW! Really! Who would have thought!

 

Thanks for that important information. Now, why would they go and do that? why would they remove that option from win 7.

 

Yeah.. I am running xp.

 

Edited to add:

 

But what is this then?

 

http://windows.micro...ltiple-monitors

Windows 7 makes it easy

 

 

When you plug two monitors into a desktop PC or one monitor into a laptop, Windows 7 should automatically detect each new monitor and provide you with multiple display options. You can choose to:

• Extend your displays. This spreads your desktop over both monitors and lets you drag items between the two screens. This is how most people use two monitors, and it's the default setting.
  
• Duplicate your displays. This displays the same desktop on both monitors. For a laptop, this is the default setting. This is useful if you're giving a presentation with your laptop connected to a projector or large monitor.
  
• Show your desktop on only one monitor. This is most commonly used with a laptop if you might want to keep your laptop screen blank after you connect to a large desktop monitor.
  

To find these options, click the Start button , click Control Panel, type display in the search box, and then, under Display, click Connect to an external display. For more information, see Move windows between multiple monitors.

 

Hi Manny.

 

You are correct in saying that you can extend your desktop and many applications across multiple monitors with Windows 7. In fact I am running three Dell 24" off two GT 8800 with windows 7 and it works great.

 

However with Win7 you can only configure these monitors separately, as independent monitors, each with it's own resolution even when you have the extended desktop function on. So you could not set your two Dells to a combined 3740x1200 with Win7.

 

Many applications know how to get around this. With say Windows Photo Viewer you can drag a window across two or three monitors and get a huge picture correctly proportioned.

 

FSX, showing it's age again, does not recognize the extended function. It only recognizes the independent screens. In FSX Settings each monitor will be listed separately, each with it's own resolution option.

You can have multiple views on these monitors in FSX but you will never get a single view greater than the maximum resolution of a single monitor.

So you can have say a separate VC view on each monitor and line them up so they look something like a sinlge continuos view but you can not have a true 3740X1200 view.

 

Of course this is without the newer Eyefinity and nVidia Surround tech. These work because they are "fooling" the OS and FSX into thinking there is one huge monitor.

 

gb.

gb,

 

Have you tried two monitors as one big window instead of three (the two from one single card). I know you would NOT be able to do 3 monitors with two 8800 cards.

 

Manny

Manny even with two monitors on the one card the same limitation applies as per my above post.

 

gb.