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Q3 Bumping across dual displays?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:19 pm
by Foo
Got a dual monitor setup now (very nice.. 19inch TFT and 17inch high quality CRT).

The TFT is the first display (left) and the CRT is on the second DVI connector on my card (6600). Q3 starts up on the TFT and I want it to start up on the CRT. I gots no idea how to make it switch.

I've tried specifying the monitor quake3.exe should initialise in with nView, but it doesn't do shit :D

Any ideas? I can manually swap the order on the graphics card as a last resort, but having the TFT on the first connector seems 'right' for everything else.

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:25 pm
by Canis
Can you just switch the monitor connectors to make the one you want the primary display for Q3?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:34 pm
by Foo
I really didn't want to do that since for all other purposes the LCD really is my primary display and the CRT is secondary.

I've found the solution, it's setting the windows regular 'primary' display to the second monitor. The drawback is most stuff will now spawn initially on the CRT, but I guess I can put up with that.

I can finally pull 800*600@120Hz in quake without giving up my LCD \o/

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:07 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
Make the CRT your primary display and it will go to that screen,

that is the only way i know of.