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Posted by TV Slug on February 27, 2006, 1:56 pm
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>> I should be getting the Tecra A7 widescreen. ATI X1600 card.
>> I want to get a second monitor with ordinary 15" XGA, 1024 X 768
>> screen. I want this for 4:3 uses.
>> I want to play some older games on this, including DOS games.
>> I have found on the ATI pdf file that any attached monitor is
>> the secondary monitor. It looks as if this is fixed.
>
> This is from the X1600 pdf file:
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> "Note: When you use multiple monitors with your card, one monitor
> will always be Primary. Any additional monitors will be designated
> as Secondary."
>
> Not necessarily referring to a laptop and not really clear.
> Would clone mode solve everything? I can just ignore the monitor
> I don't want then.
>
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>> My question is if I run a game that uses the 'whole' screen,
>> can I get it to run in the second 1024 X 768 monitor.
>> It probably won't be in a window I can drag across.
>> I was assuming I would start a program in the second monitor
>> and it would run there.
If you know you are about to run something that you want to force to the
external screen, you can change your video settings (via settings, hard
keyboard shortcuts, or using a hotkey) to swap in the external monitor as
the primary display.
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