Two Monitors for gaming?

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I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming. That
kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
practical in any way?

RT

 

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"RT" <someone@who.com> wrote in message
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>I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming.
>That
> kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
> practical in any way?
>
> RT
>
>
>


The game has to support it, if not doesn't it stretch on frame across 2
screens?

 

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Not that I know of. Apart from the odd flight sim I don't know anything
that does.

Civilian_Target

RT wrote:
> I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming. That
> kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
> practical in any way?
>
> RT

 

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kaydigi wrote:
> The game has to support it, if not doesn't it stretch on frame across 2
> screens?

Nope, if the game doesn't support it, one monitor will just be blank.


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RT proclaimed...

> I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming. That
> kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
> practical in any way?

Only one game springs to mind which incorporated it and that was 'Wild
Metal Country' which was a tank game[1]

A trite game, rolling over hills and blowing your mates up. Nothing else
I'm aware of.

[1] WMC was a fantastic LAN game and me and some mates had some
hilarious moments playing that. If you get the chance. Check it out
multi

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On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 20:16:45 GMT, "RT" <someone@who.com> wrote:

>I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming. That
>kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
>practical in any way?
>
>RT
>

Surround gaming at Matrox lists quite a few games.

http://www.matrox.com/mga/3d_gaming/surrgame.cfm

 

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"Civilian_Target" <tadhgp@bigfoot.com> schreef in bericht
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> Not that I know of. Apart from the odd flight sim I don't know anything
> that does.

Well, I played Return to Castle Wolfenstein once with three monitors. It
probabley can work with two, but it won't be nice, since you aim would be on
the edge of the screen.

>
> Civilian_Target
>
> RT wrote:
>> I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming.
>> That
>> kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
>> practical in any way?
>>
>> RT

 

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"RT" <someone@who.com> wrote in message
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> I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming.
That
> kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
> practical in any way?
>
> RT
>
>
>


two monitors are pretty much useless for most games. Especially shooters
like half-life. With two monitors, your targeting reticule and what you are
shooting at will be between the monitors where there is no display, not a
good thing. Matrox was on the right track with three monitors, it's just a
shame that the parhelia had no power for gaming.

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<Hanging.out@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 20:16:45 GMT, "RT" <someone@who.com> wrote:
>
>>I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming.
>>That
>>kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
>>practical in any way?
>>
>>RT
>>
>
> Surround gaming at Matrox lists quite a few games.
>
> http://www.matrox.com/mga/3d_gaming/surrgame.cfm
>
as long as you have a parhelia gfx card.

 

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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:12:06 -0000, "Martin Pick"
<mpick@mpick.karoo.co.uk> wrote:

>
><Hanging.out@aol.com> wrote in message
>news:n2p601pqe8po1h20ivjv81uufqv1gufko8@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 20:16:45 GMT, "RT" <someone@who.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming.
>>>That
>>>kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
>>>practical in any way?
>>>
>>>RT
>>>
>>
>> Surround gaming at Matrox lists quite a few games.
>>
>> http://www.matrox.com/mga/3d_gaming/surrgame.cfm
>>
>as long as you have a parhelia gfx card.
>

Can't believe it only works with just this card.

Wouldn't it work with any multi-monitor system?

 

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Civilian_Target wrote:

> Not that I know of. Apart from the odd flight sim I don't know
> anything that does.

http://www.matrox.com/mga/3d_gaming/surrgame.cfm

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On 2005-02-04, Strider <email.given@thepoint.youasknice> wrote:
> RT proclaimed...
>
>> I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming. That
>> kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
>> practical in any way?
>
> Only one game springs to mind which incorporated it and that was 'Wild
> Metal Country' which was a tank game[1]
>
> A trite game, rolling over hills and blowing your mates up. Nothing else
> I'm aware of.
>
> [1] WMC was a fantastic LAN game and me and some mates had some
> hilarious moments playing that. If you get the chance. Check it out
> multi
>

I have WMC (got it free with my TNT2). It's a good game, kind of slow
and abstract.

How does it work with two monitors then?

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On 2005-02-03, RT <someone@who.com> wrote:
> I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming. That
> kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
> practical in any way?

I played Unreal Tournament with two monitors. Make a window, drag it
across both screens.

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"Strider" <email.given@thepoint.youasknice> wrote in message
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> RT proclaimed...
>
>> I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming.
>> That
>> kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
>> practical in any way?
>
> Only one game springs to mind which incorporated it and that was 'Wild
> Metal Country' which was a tank game[1]
>
> A trite game, rolling over hills and blowing your mates up. Nothing else
> I'm aware of.
>
> [1] WMC was a fantastic LAN game and me and some mates had some
> hilarious moments playing that. If you get the chance. Check it out
> multi

Wow, not heard of that one in a while - I bought it for a fiver at
Toys'R'Us(eless) a few years back, and had a lot of fun with it, in a lonely
sort of way... (and guilty too - I should have been working)

But never tried it across a network - might have to do that, since I have a
network here at home - cheers!

 

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"Toby" <google@asktoby.com> wrote in message
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> On 2005-02-04, Strider <email.given@thepoint.youasknice> wrote:
>> RT proclaimed...
>>
>>> I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming.
>>> That
>>> kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
>>> practical in any way?
>>
>> Only one game springs to mind which incorporated it and that was 'Wild
>> Metal Country' which was a tank game[1]
>>
>> A trite game, rolling over hills and blowing your mates up. Nothing else
>> I'm aware of.
>>
>> [1] WMC was a fantastic LAN game and me and some mates had some
>> hilarious moments playing that. If you get the chance. Check it out
>> multi
>>
>
> I have WMC (got it free with my TNT2). It's a good game, kind of slow
> and abstract.
>
> How does it work with two monitors then?
>
> --
> Toby.
> FT: 250 DK Bongo Stars
> FT: 500 GBA SP Stars

 

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"Toby" <google@asktoby.com> wrote in message
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> On 2005-02-04, Strider <email.given@thepoint.youasknice> wrote:
>> RT proclaimed...
>>
>>> I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming.
>>> That
>>> kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
>>> practical in any way?
>>
>> Only one game springs to mind which incorporated it and that was 'Wild
>> Metal Country' which was a tank game[1]
>>
>> A trite game, rolling over hills and blowing your mates up. Nothing else
>> I'm aware of.
>>
>> [1] WMC was a fantastic LAN game and me and some mates had some
>> hilarious moments playing that. If you get the chance. Check it out
>> multi
>>
>
> I have WMC (got it free with my TNT2). It's a good game, kind of slow
> and abstract.
>
> How does it work with two monitors then?

I remember you could use two joysticks with it (one for each tank tread I
think)

 

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On 2005-02-16, Nick <nick@yourstuff.com> wrote:
> "Toby" <google@asktoby.com> wrote in message
> news:slrnd16tmb.akf.google@ID-171443.user.uni-berlin.de...
>> On 2005-02-04, Strider <email.given@thepoint.youasknice> wrote:
>>> RT proclaimed...
>>>
>>>> I will be moving to two 19"LCD's at work for GIS work and programming.
>>>> That
>>>> kinda started me thinking about gaming. Does anyone use two and is it
>>>> practical in any way?
>>>
>>> Only one game springs to mind which incorporated it and that was 'Wild
>>> Metal Country' which was a tank game[1]
>>>
>>> A trite game, rolling over hills and blowing your mates up. Nothing else
>>> I'm aware of.
>>>
>>> [1] WMC was a fantastic LAN game and me and some mates had some
>>> hilarious moments playing that. If you get the chance. Check it out
>>> multi
>>>
>>
>> I have WMC (got it free with my TNT2). It's a good game, kind of slow
>> and abstract.
>>
>> How does it work with two monitors then?

Did you send without writing an answer?

Incidentally, look:
http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/
You can download WMC for free!

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