Can you use dual monitors for gaming?

[kane]

i was just wondering how it would look like playing games on dual monitors? has anybody experinced playing games on dual monitors here and can you tell me the procedure?

[raj]

You can't use Dual Monitors for gaming, actually you can! sort of:
Firstly, playing on Dual Monitors in well, dumb! i mean, what how can somebody play an Online Match on Dual monitors! also, assume, you use a Motherboard like Jetway Twin Magic, now, the speciallty of this motherboard is, you can almost use it as a thin client, meaning add a juiocy Processor with some Ram and you have two PCs! but that's for Cafe or Cyber Institutes, who want a cost effective solution. another option and easy one, is to use a TV-Out Cable Commonly known as S-Video(It's common with even low end cards, even the GeForce FX5200 has an S-Video Out), with this cable, you can connect your Graphic Card to your TV, very simple Procedure, just connect the provided S-Video cable to your graphics card and TV, and your TV will start to act as a Second Monitor, this is where problems come! you on normal CRT TVs, they support a maximum resolution of 640x480, now we don't notice any problems while watching a Cable program or DVD, however, PC applications are optimized for High resolutions, most monitors nowadays have 1024x768 standard resolution, in this case, anyone hardly will be able to read evena text line on TV, since companies know about this, and most new High End Graphics Card from Both ATI and nVIDIA Support HDTV Output, unlike normal TV, HDTV(High Definition Tele Vision) has a very High Resolution, of 1920x1440, and thus they look even better on HDTV, especially Games, say you play a game on 7800GTX and then output to HDTV! the game will look amzing! many consoles like: PlayStation 2, XBox support HDTV Output, and almost every game that releases on them is high res capable, take XBox for example, every game released this year supports 720p(HD) Format, so if one plays them on HDTV, you wills ee the Jaggies less. also, there's some fun you can do with it, for example, we all like watching games played, how would you like if your buddy frags hell knight in Doom 3 and you're watching it on HDTV! :D i hope that answers your query.

[computer-guy]

why attach a tv cant he just attachanother monitor? two monitors instead one tv?

[raj]

Yes he can, but that Dual link is only suitable for people who use lots of Designing applications and the Desktop tend to clutter with all toolbars and windows open, for instance, one can have main designing window on monitor A while creating a pallete on monitor B! simple!, besides, a Game can't be played on Dual Monitors, that's basically stupid!:D unless oembody watches your game ons econd Monitor while you play!

[cYpHeR]

it sux....its only good wid movies

[raj]

Look into my eye(D'Oh! not that close!) and tell, you'd really like to play games on Dual Monitors? it works for Nintendo DS Because all the games are menat for Dual Screens, in Pc Gaming, this would be horrible! because one will try to keep up with both monitors, and it is not possible. you shoot via MOnitor 1 and look out via Monitor 2, now imagine doing that in Quake, CS or any other game.