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Tom's Hardware Reviews Multi-Display Gaming

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the getting-just-a-little-crazy dept.

MikShapi writes "Most gamers out there today own a dual-head graphics card (most of us completely neglecting the second port), and games such as X2 are offering support for this already (at least on nVidia cards, due to the "span" driver feature). Tom's Hardware did a nice rundown on the technology, complete with screenshots and benchmarks."

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  1. Cool. Now to get some money... by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm sure that having a second monitor to provide extra game info is probably way cool, especially with games like flight sims and driving sims. But how many people really have two monitors?

    My desk is not that big and because I care about resolution and sharpness I run a large 19" CRT. There simply isn't room on the desk for a second CRT.

    Not to mention that extra monitors are quite pricey. I love games and gaming, but I can't see myself forking over several hundred dollars for the purpose of playing a game. At least if I were a graphic designer I could make money with the second screen, but gaming is only a money pit.

    No second screen for me, I guess, no matter how cool it would be. :-(

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  2. Why? by clifgriffin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My experience with dual monitors has showed me its use for multitasking, but I can't think of anything more horrid than trying to span a game across it.

    Even my multitasking ends up dividing entertainment from work... My GAIM windows and media players go in monitor 2 while my real work stays in number one.

    I just don't see how that would be any fun.

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  3. Re:Cool. Now to get some money... by kfg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How much does a set of graphite shaft golf clubs cost? For that matter have you checked out the price of balls lately? Nevermind greens fees.

    What does a single Orvis or Sage flyrod cost, never mind your reel, line, flies and wading equipment?

    I've got several hundred dollars into just the radio gear of my R/C racing car, and it's another fourty bucks in tires every few times I race it. Not to mention entry fees.

    Computer gaming is actually relatively cheap if one runs a generation or so behind the curve. Used 17" CRTs are about fifty bucks.

    I'm a notorious cheap ass bastard who enjoys squeezing life out of as little money as I can. I'm a luftmensch. But I work to buy things I want and enjoy. A good book. A game. A nice flyrod. A Campy grouppo. Whatever.

    Life is a money pit. I'm going to do what I can to enjoy it and use what little money I have in that pursuit.

    I work to live, not live to work.

    KFG