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#4062270 - 01/10/15 10:13 PM Dual Screen setup assistance required  
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ladies and gents, I have moved a second screen to my desk in order to use one for gaming and the other for browsing, sky go, netflix etc.

Both screens are 1920x1080 but are different sizes (27" and 24"). My intention was to play games on my 27" and tv etc on the 24". The 27" sits in front of me and the 24" to the left of me.

However, whenever I fire up a game it starts on the 24" on the left of me.. I cannot figure out how to get it to fire a game up on the larger screen.

I have a Nvidia GTX770 and the following is how they are set up in the Nvidia control panel... As you can see it has allocated number 1 to the 24" and number 2 to the 27". Even though I have chosen the 27" as the primary it seems to make no difference.

Any ideas?

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#4062295 - 01/10/15 11:23 PM Re: Dual Screen setup assistance required [Re: Meurig]  
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Any game in particular? Or all games?

Right-click on the Desktop, select Screen Resolution, and make sure your desired monitor is your main display. There should be a ticky box for it. That would put your Start menu bar on that screen and that should be the preferred screen for any games you start up.

I think the "primary display" feature on the GPU interface is just so that the GPU knows which screen output to prioritize.


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#4062299 - 01/10/15 11:34 PM Re: Dual Screen setup assistance required [Re: Meurig]  
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Cheers for replying Ice. Unfortunately, I have already done that. The taskbar is on my 27" screen (as it should be) but games fire up on the 24".

I have attached a screeny of the "screen resolution" screen of Win 7 and again my 27" is the main display. Still no joy.




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#4062322 - 01/11/15 12:22 AM Re: Dual Screen setup assistance required [Re: Meurig]  
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It may be a long shot but Download and run the Matrox Dualhead2go Software in their is an option to run on main display perhaps that will do the trick..

Even tho you don't have a Dualhead2go the software will still work its magic I use it for my triple screen setup altho I use NVidia surround..


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#4062355 - 01/11/15 02:04 AM Re: Dual Screen setup assistance required [Re: Meurig]  
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What games are you playing then? I remember in DCS I would have to edit some .lua file to get the game to display properly. My setup is 4 screens, but my 2nd screen (center) is 0,0 so for me to display DCS across all three primary monitors, I had to edit the file so that the display started from -1980, 0.


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#4062409 - 01/11/15 04:51 AM Re: Dual Screen setup assistance required [Re: Meurig]  
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Make the 27 inch the primary,


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#4062436 - 01/11/15 08:27 AM Re: Dual Screen setup assistance required [Re: Meurig]  
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Cheers guys. The 27" is already the primary, it is just named screen 2. In both screenshots it is confirmed as the primary (or main) screen.


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#4062440 - 01/11/15 08:37 AM Re: Dual Screen setup assistance required [Re: Meurig]  
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Magic trick number 17.

Swap the graphic cables port at the GFx card between the monitors making the 27" the number 1.
*BAM*


Flawless victory.

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#4062441 - 01/11/15 08:41 AM Re: Dual Screen setup assistance required [Re: Meurig]  
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I think I'm not as clear as I thought.

Go behind the monitors, pull out the Video Cables from the monitors socket and invert them.

That should make the bigger screen the number 1.

On the Nvidia software control panel then you invert the position of the monitors as to re-put them in the now correct order.
You'll probably need to re set the 27" as the primary.

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#4062517 - 01/11/15 02:49 PM Re: Dual Screen setup assistance required [Re: komemiute]  
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Originally Posted By: komemiute
Flawless victory.


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#4062546 - 01/11/15 04:24 PM Re: Dual Screen setup assistance required [Re: Meurig]  
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Cheers guys, however i came home from my run.. fired up wolfenstein with sky go already running on my 24" and it worked.. I have done nothing.. Strange.

Cheers lads.


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