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  • chunky_cheese
    FFR Player
    • Jul 2004
    • 1736
    #1

    Dual Screen Help

    Hello people of FFR! I was wondering if you technical fellows could help me out with my little problem here. I have two monitors hooked up to a GeForce card, and I have nview.

    heres my problem: I play fullscreen games on one monitor, and I have msn conversations on the other, but when I go to click on the msn conversation window, the full screen application minimizes itself creating a great deal of lag and missed gaming time. Is there anyway that I could prevent the game from minimizing while still having conversations?
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    • chunky_cheese
      FFR Player
      • Jul 2004
      • 1736
      #2
      Re: Dual Screen Help

      *bumped*

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        • Squeek
          let it snow~
          • Jan 2004
          • 14444
          #3
          Re: Dual Screen Help

          No, you can't.

          In my experience with two monitors, this has always happened and as far as I know, there is no solution outside of windowing the game.

          Try googling it, though. I don't even know where to begin on what search terms to use, so good luck.

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            • OrganisM
              FFR Player
              • Oct 2006
              • 2644
              #4
              Re: Dual Screen Help

              Why don't you just window your game and size it to one of your monitors?
              .

              Originally Posted by jewpinthethird[link]:
              "If you get stung by enough bees you turn into a bee,
              because the venom gets into the blood stream which
              spreads bee DNA throughout your entire body...
              changing your genetic structure into a bee's.

              Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way."

              Originally Posted by               MrRubix[link]:
              "Do you basically bukkake-paint your walls every time you jack it?"

               Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz[link]:
              "My pity-sex depreciates at a rate of 5% annually."

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                • g4z33b0
                  Banned
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 2618
                  #5
                  Re: Dual Screen Help

                  Window it, like they said.

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                    • Squeek
                      let it snow~
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 14444
                      #6
                      Re: Dual Screen Help

                      Because windowing a game makes it run slower. Also, a lot of games can't be windowed.

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                        • Biff_tech
                          so the 17 ate the 12 eh.
                          • Oct 2004
                          • 826
                          #7
                          Re: Dual Screen Help

                          Originally posted by Squeek
                          Because windowing a game makes it run slower. Also, a lot of games can't be windowed.
                          like??
                          CLICK \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/

                          Sig by Darkmonkey AKA Clowd

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                            • g4z33b0
                              Banned
                              • Mar 2006
                              • 2618
                              #8
                              Re: Dual Screen Help

                              Maplestory

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                                • Squeek
                                  let it snow~
                                  • Jan 2004
                                  • 14444
                                  #9
                                  Re: Dual Screen Help

                                  Originally posted by Biff_tech
                                  like??
                                  Useful post.

                                  Like roughly 90% of all fullscreen games. First person shooters, real-time strategy, mmos, the works.

                                  I'd wager to say 99% of all fullscreen games, when run windowed, run significantly slower.

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                                    • OrganisM
                                      FFR Player
                                      • Oct 2006
                                      • 2644
                                      #10
                                      Re: Dual Screen Help

                                      Let me put it this way: If you're that interested in chatting while you play, why are you worrying about the performance hiccups?

                                      Uhh, gimme specs of your card and monitors, and I'll think for a moment, but you're pretty much stuck as I understand it.
                                      .

                                      Originally Posted by jewpinthethird[link]:
                                      "If you get stung by enough bees you turn into a bee,
                                      because the venom gets into the blood stream which
                                      spreads bee DNA throughout your entire body...
                                      changing your genetic structure into a bee's.

                                      Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way."

                                      Originally Posted by                                       MrRubix[link]:
                                      "Do you basically bukkake-paint your walls every time you jack it?"

                                       Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz[link]:
                                      "My pity-sex depreciates at a rate of 5% annually."

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