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Post Date: 2011-02-21
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    Posted: 21 Feb 2011 at 2:27pm
My DS PC is in stage 5 at the moment Big%20Smile, and I was going to have a dual monitor setup. I was just wondering if it was possible to run a game, such as WoW or SCII, on one entire monitor, then have a seperate desktop on the other, instead of having the game across both screens. I'm pretty sure it is, but as I've yet to experience a multiple monitor setup, I just wanted to make sure. I have the Dell Ultrasharp 23" IPS panels. Here's my config as well if that helps.

Specifications: 
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - HAF 922
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67-M PRO (Intel P67 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s) 
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible) 
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (80GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: X25-M MLC Edition) (Extreme Performance) 
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Hitachi/Seagate (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) 
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition) 
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Auzen X-Fi Bravura 7.1 (PCI-Express Slot Based) 
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua NH-U12P SE Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler 
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Green) 
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.6GHz to 3.9GHz
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: FREE: Hot-selling game with a NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or above graphics card 
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming USB Desktop (Multimedia Keyboard) 
Mouse: Cooler Master  Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse (High-Speed Gaming Grade) 
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty

Any advice or answers would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
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Yes, if you split them like that, you can do 2 monitors per card, I have 4 gpus, so I could have a 8 monitor setup like that, but I only use 5 of them.

Now if you wanted to have both monitors act as one, that would be a different story, just fyi.

main monitor will go to the top left dvi connection, and the other ports will be the added monitors.

You set those settings in your nvidia control panel (ncp).

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Thanks DST, ya I don't want both to act as one, def want them seperate as far as that goes. Thanks.

Plan on playing games on one then surf the web/music that type of the thing on the second one, possibly play two games at once if they can handle it lolLOL

I figured that theyd be separate but just wanted to confirm as I've never done it myself, thanks for the great advise as always.
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When you get it, if you need help let us know, all you go to do is just into windows display properties, and extend the desktop on the second monitor by choosing the option to do so. then the monitor connected to the top left dvi (main monitor) will have the full desktop, icons/shortcut, windows bar and all, and teh second monitor connected to the right dvi port will have the desktop background only, now you can drag and drop apps and etc between the two, for example surf on the main monitor, while you drag and drop a media player on to the second monitor and listen or watch video on that, so you are surfing on one and watching video on the other.

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Posts: 73 		  Quote Coronablade Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 21 Feb 2011 at 5:50pm
Ya ill def let you know if I need help at setup man, though I should be ok. Called DS today and talked to Sarah to see how my PC was common along...it should ship this week she said!!! Which means ill have it by late this week or early next...can't wait.

Once again Thx for the advice man.
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My pleasure and good luck

Sarah is great

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