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gregjkm   05-25-2009 at 01:13:41 AM

I have two displays that both very well look nice in windows 7, but the main problem i have is for gaming. I cant figure out how to turn off either of the displays. All up to date drivers ATI Radeon 4870 GPU. The normal display properties don't have an option for disabling a display, ATI Catalyst Control Center also does not have an option for me to do this.

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Scotteq   05-26-2009 at 04:29:56 PM
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I'm a little confused why you would you want to do that... Pretty much defeats the purpose for having two monitors at all.

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gregjkm   05-27-2009 at 01:32:16 AM
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Most games do not work well with dual displays, and it allows me to crank up the settings to max for most every game. I just want to be able to turn off the second display at will.

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Oakley707   05-27-2009 at 01:56:35 AM
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Right click on the desktop and click on the screen resolution option. Then select either monitor and go to the Multiple Displays pull-down. Simply select "Show desktop only on 1". Make sure you identify the monitors first so you disable the correct monitor. This should do what you are asking. For some reason the new CCC for Win 7 doesn't have the option to disable it within itself. Let me know if you wanted to do something else...

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Scotteq   05-27-2009 at 02:14:11 PM
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gregjkm wrote :

Most games do not work well with dual displays, and it allows me to crank up the settings to max for most every game. I just want to be able to turn off the second display at will.



<shrug> Dual Monitors work perfectly well on my comp, at all settings, with all my games...

But yah - What Oakley said..

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gregjkm   05-28-2009 at 02:45:15 AM
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oakley- that did it for me thank you, still getting used to the new set up since i completely skipped vista all together

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