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« on: June 15, 2004, 09:03:13 AM »

Nowadays most videocards can handle more than one monitor. I have my tv, lcd screen and crt monitor connected and I'd like to play some games that make use of this setup.  What games could I try?
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« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2004, 09:26:39 AM »

Are there actually PC games that already support this?  I've heard of people talking about adding support for it in new games, and I know there are ways of do-it-yourself multi-monitor gaming, but I didn't know there were PC games that support multiple monitors as a regular feature out of the box.
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« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2004, 09:31:15 AM »

The Microsoft flight sims support multiple monitors.  I know there are other games out there, but I have never tried it.  It would be handy for WC3 and the like.

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« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2004, 09:49:41 AM »

Some driving games would be nice with three screens, he he he Smiley or maybe 4 with a tiny little screen on top of the main monitor to act as a rear view mirror.
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« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2004, 09:55:00 AM »

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strange. http://www.gameandwatch.com/screen/multiscreen/ the way everyone is talking, i would have thought the gameboy DS was an innovation.
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« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2004, 09:56:35 AM »

ON THE SUBJECT:
Here is a list of games that support more than one monitor.
http://www.matrox.com/mga/3d_gaming/surrgame.cfm

http://www.matrox.com/mga...dia/ut2003/l_ut2003_8.jpg
http://www.matrox.com/mga...media/mafia/Mafia_L09.jpg
http://www.matrox.com/mga...ia/nascar/nascar_L_05.jpg
http://www.matrox.com/mga...edia/nwnights/l_nwn_3.jpg
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« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2004, 11:01:11 AM »

Hmmm... Deus ex supports multiple screens. I've got that game, but never knew that.  It all looks pretty impressive, but not very convenient. Especially not for me, with 3 very different screens. Still cool though.
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« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2004, 12:52:23 PM »

I think Quake 3 supports multiple screens, I could be wrong though.

Oh, I see I am by that list  Tongue
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« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2004, 02:18:09 PM »

Anything that runs off of the Quake III engine supports multiple screens, Deus Ex included.
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« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2004, 02:50:52 PM »

But Deus Ex doesn't run on the quake 3 engine Wink
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« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2004, 04:00:03 PM »

Hmm... I always thought it was.
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« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2004, 04:39:16 PM »

I wish it was, it would make the game look a whole lot better. I believe they use the quake 2 engine, but it might also be a heavy modified quake 1 engine.

The problem with these games is that they all requre a matrox card, and I have a geforce, so I don't think it'll work. I can't even spread my desktop out over 3 screens. 2 is the maximum.
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« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2004, 08:33:58 PM »

Actually, Deus Ex used the Unreal Tournament engine, at least from what little I found by doing a google search.
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« Reply #13 on: June 18, 2004, 02:16:04 AM »

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« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2004, 07:17:47 AM »

The one with Miyamoto had me cracking up.  Pure genius.
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