Has any of you worked with
dual monitor set up?
(ie two (say 19")monitors connected to
the same system (video card)
only one mouse, keyboard, system,
but 2 monitors
)
This gives you lots of real estate.
If any of you have worked with dual monitor
setup-s how does this compare with a 21" system,
from a usability perspective?
thanks
-koshy
Works great, but there are some issues, depending on the card. It doesn't even have to be the same card - you can add a PCI card.
You can put one program (a web tutorial for instance or some reference images) on one screen and work with your main program on the main screen. Ot put all the detachable palettes on the other screen. 21 inch is just a bigger monitor, that's all.
I use Dual Monitors and it is a dream. Not just for the 3D work I do in Lightwave, but everything from Internet browsing to Photoshop work, etc.
The only downside is that Win2K doesn't natively support OpenGL on the secondary monitor. For example, I would have liked to open LW Modeler on one monitor and Layout on the second. Can't do it.
However, I can open all of the various toolbars, dialog type boxes (graph editor, etc.) and put all of them on the right-hand monitor.
I never want to go back to a single monitor again!
Jeffrey
Wouldnt your video card be a factor on whether opengl is supported on both monitors? Are the opengl results the same for a dual head vs agp pci combo?
bacon