Games that Support Dual-Head Setups?

Milo_Mindbender writes "It seems like almost all the new high-end 3d cards now support dual-monitor operation as a matter of course. I'm wondering if the game savvy people out there can recommend games (Linux or Windows) that have special features or modes for playing on a dual monitor system. I seem to remember seeing at least one C&C like game awhile back that let you have two views on the world (one on each monitor), there must be a few more that take advantage of this. Anyone know of any good ones?"

Comments

Winamp?

[ClioCJS]

I've wondered the same. What I want is a dual-head winamp for playing mp3s:

I'd like to put the standard windows desktop + winamp window with title information on my monitor (so people can see what is playing), while having my visualization plugin on my 2nd monitor (my 36' TV).

THAT WOULD BE IDEAL

but NOOOOOOOO... Of course I can't do that. PFFT

Why?

[WiKKeSH]

A major disadvantage in a 3d shooter would be that your crosshair would overlap on either screen.
This would make it very difficult to aim at your enemies.

In a RTS, the plastic around the screen would bother me too much to even consider it.

The only good option would be using this for an RPG. YOu could have the main screen where you play the game (real-time, not turn-based, of course) and save the 2nd screen for spellcasting and inventory.

All in all, the idea of 2 screens just wouldn't work for most games. :/

Matrox has been doing this for quite some time

[Stone Rhino]

They have a large list of games with dualhead support-not all of them simply wrap your display. Serious Sam (and the second encounter) allows two players to use the same computer by giving them independent displays, while Dogs of war allows you to view the battle from a distance while in close on the other. So not only has this been around for quite some time, it also has plenty of current games out for it. This is in addition to the triple monitor support (surround gaming) which was mentioned earlier.

Flight Simulator 2002

[cheezerman]

MS Flight Simulator 2002 with three monitors is as close as you can get to flying the real thing on a PC.
You can have either the left-front-right display setup, or you can have one monitor showing an outside view and another showing the instrument display.
At least Microsoft knows how to do *something* right.

Re:3 monitor

[Merlin42]

Just watch out when doing 'multi-pipe', things can get nauseating real fast. If the monitors do not update in unison then the 'jitter' can be disconcerting enough to cause nausea. This is well documented with profesional flight sims. This is why many profesional($$$$) cards come with genlock connectors that force all the monitors to refresh simultaneously.

the thickness around the monitors...

[Ecko_viLAn]

I would love dual display for anything..to bad bryce 5 won't do dual display..mummble.. But the only thing that alot of gamers are still bugged about is the border or thickness around the monitor that would make the seperation of the two screens to far apart, my 19inch monitor's border is almost 2 inches! and getting another one would just be a b**ch because there would be almost a 4 inch gap to deal with. anyone know of any monitor brands that have the smallest broder? I think if makers started to get em down to half a inch, then that would be hella nice.

Chris.

Doom!

[qurob]

We did this once....just to see if it worked. It required 3 PC's on a LAN, and you started each computer up with a different command line option...Doom FAQ or a README.TXT from 1994, anyone?