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 Post subject: a question of screens
 Post Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:48 pm 
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If i had 2 monitors, when i play css what happens on the other one? would i have to play css in a window on one if i wanted to use t'other at the same time. all these questions and more.

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Simple answer Yes

But is good to have an eye on other apps like temp, messenger, task manager for HL crashes and vent

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Youn can without problems play CSS in fullscreen, on the primary screen.


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if i need anohter screen i just get me lappy out...would be nice with a KVM switch though to save having to use trackpad/cruddy keyboard

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ok, so if i had two monitors and started css, i could play it on the primary and have a desktop on t'other? and so instead of alt tab'ing i would do what? Cos oddly enough i asked someone else and they said the 2nd screen would go blank...

There must be someone on the forum with 2 monitors

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My friend has two monitors, and whenever he plays CS:S his secondary monitor goes blank...


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I have two monitors and you need to tab out of a game to use the other monitor.
F.ex in DC i have the admin tool on my secondary monitor - pretty handy :wink: :wink:

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Kaldru=GCHQ= wrote:
I have two monitors and you need to tab out of a game to use the other monitor.
F.ex in DC i have the admin tool on my secondary monitor - pretty handy :wink: :wink:


so does the desktop show on the primary monitor like if you alt tabbed with one display? or does the curser just switch to t'other display with the game still running on the primary but you can't play, just see... soo confused.

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Kaldru=GCHQ= wrote:
I have two monitors and you need to tab out of a game to use the other monitor.
F.ex in DC i have the admin tool on my secondary monitor - pretty handy :wink: :wink:


For ze 100% banning effienzy!

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it switches out of the game and to desktop, still worth it though :wink: :wink:

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You can even have the windows bar on the seconadry monitor (my crt) if the game crashes to a blank screen so you can access programs that appear under the black crashed naffed up game of cs your playing

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could you have tv/dvd running on the 2nd screen? that would be good.

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could you have tv/dvd running on the 2nd screen? that would be good.


Yes, but if it's just a normal household TV than it ges a bit blurry.

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I've been using two screens for years you can use one for viewing temps messangers and the other one for the full screen game. you can access the message screen without alt tabbing out of the game. When you do this the game will minimize.

I have tried this with four screens also with my new rig and the same applies. When I switch on sli mode though the other three screens go blank. I can choose which screen to send the sli image to including the 19" gaming monitor or the plasma screen.

I have only ever tried this with Nvidia drivers though it may be different with ATI drivers though. I wouldn't know.

The best this to do is just hook it up and try all the options.

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or just use an extra computer....

my measly thing can only just handle CSS let alone running everything else!

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