Background pic for dual monitors??
 

Any good source for them?
And is there anyway to strectch one big pic across 2 monitors (2560x1024) or have 2 different desktops????

I have different desktop backgrounds on mine

how do u set them to be different?

How'd you do that? I'd love to have different backgrounds.

If you own dual monitors.. I'm fuckin' jealous! :thumbsup

i'm guessing you need a special video card to have dual monitors?
if so, can you recommend a reasonably priced one?

go to your desktop and right click on the monitor you want to change

then select settings and change it

I use a Geforce 4 Ti4200 with 128megs of ram onboard

it has a VGA and a DVI output, i grabbed a DVI to VGA adapter at fry's and hooked up the 2nd monitor to it

how much does something like that cost?

I think the GeForce can be found for around $120 now and the DVI adapter was $19 at fry's

I have the same card, and only can get the same background on both monitors.


Do you have any detailed instructions on changing the 2nd monitor?

2 samsung 17s lcd :)

loving it.

Well how does three make you feel?

http://www.mrpheer.com/triple.jpg

I've got dual 19" LCDs on one machine and dual 17's LCDs on my other. I can't imagine working with one monitor any more

You don't need a dual headed video card to use two monitors. Just drop in an extra video card. Keep in mind that the first PCI slot may not be usable if the AGP slot is used. Other than that, I've run with as many as 4 video cards in one computer, on both Windows & Linux.

photoshop 2 backgrounds together

I have the Matrox Parhelia card - it supports three heads.

I bought a 21.3" LCD but for some reason it didn't get along with the two 21" Sony's on my desk so I returned it. I don't know why, and didn't have time to figure it out. But I couldn't live without two monitors. I look forward to not being able to live without three monitors. I'll use one for work, one for GFY, and one for ICQ.

Looks like I was mistaken

the background that had loaded is 2560x1024

I tried a different one and it put the same image on both screens

Hmm, I don't get the option to choose which monitor I want to set my desktop for :(

Use the Barbi twins :)

Dual displays is the way to go . .you can do it for about 100$

If you use photoshop or Vegas (or premiere) . .it is an absolute must.

have a look around on the net, there are sites with backgrounds made for dual monitors

same card. does the trick:thumbsup

I've got two going... I don't know how I did it without any more!

Here's a couple links for wallpapers:
http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/mpages/2x_1.shtml

http://www.digi-hound.com/wp/index_e.html

http://wallpaper.deviantart.com/dualdisplay/

I've been thinking about dual monitors recently, but didn't know if it was worth it or not. You folks with multiple monitors, do you run multiple machines as well, or not? I'm just trying to figure out the right combination...

I used to either use a nice scenic panorama, or some images from nasa's site (nice and big).

Now I just use a different background on each monitor.

MrPheer I have 2 monitors, one of them is the same as yours. I have to get another, it rocks :thumbsup