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IcedNeo
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Posted - 2005.11.12 11:26:00 -
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My graphics card supports dual monitors, as i am sure many eve players also can.
I think it would be a great idea if CCP were able to allow eve to support an optional second monitor, then organising the UI of eve would be alot easier. For example, at the moment, i have to open the market screen and all of my chat windows on top of the playing enviroment, and when i am talking all i can really do is stay in the station otherwise i could get pod killed out in 0.0 space by having all the windows for chat in the way. If we were able to put the chat windows etc on a second monitor it would greatly improve what we could do with the game.
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Cuisinart
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Posted - 2005.11.12 21:58:00 -
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signed
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Action without vision is a nightmare |
Spy4Hire
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Posted - 2005.11.12 22:32:00 -
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I run dual monitors - both are currently analog - without too much of a problem except when I try to run EVE on two monitors. Running mail, browser, and other functions on the second monitor works fine while I have one or three instances of EVE on the primary.
If I try to move an EVE client to the second monitor causes all hell to break loose while the card (128m ATI Radeon 9200) tries to split its EVE graphics between two monitors. Is it something resident in the video client/drivers, or just some EVE code causing these problems I have no idea at all. Generally running a client on both monitors causes the client on #2 to crash while the client on #1 drops framerate to like... 1 frame per 3 seconds.
Also... what's with the sound issue? Sound lags the absolute heck out of Eve.
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Joerd Toastius
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Posted - 2005.11.12 22:55:00 -
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I don't believe ATI dual-output cards support 3d on both monitors at the same time
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Maya Rkell
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Posted - 2005.11.13 01:06:00 -
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Windows dosn't support it.
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mythconception
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Posted - 2005.11.21 15:57:00 -
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I have managed to get 2 eve accounts to work on two monitors at the same time....sort of. the problem that I am running into is that if I can only have one account up on screen at a time. if I have account 2 up then account 1 minimizes and vise versa. also if I have account 1 or 2 opened and do anything with the other monitor (etc. web brows or anything) then it will minimize eve on the other screen. I run media center with the ati x700 graphics card. any suggestions on how I can run both accounts opened at the same time on two monitors?
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Joerd Toastius
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Posted - 2005.11.21 16:47:00 -
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 Originally by: Maya Rkell
Windows dosn't support it.
Ah, gotcha
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NaitSaiht Sabes
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Posted - 2005.11.23 22:08:00 -
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Originally by: mythconception
I have managed to get 2 eve accounts to work on two monitors at the same time....sort of. the problem that I am running into is that if I can only have one account up on screen at a time. if I have account 2 up then account 1 minimizes and vise versa. also if I have account 1 or 2 opened and do anything with the other monitor (etc. web brows or anything) then it will minimize eve on the other screen. I run media center with the ati x700 graphics card. any suggestions on how I can run both accounts opened at the same time on two monitors?
Window mode works with both clients "maximised", but then you have the problem with the crashes and framerate mentioned before... but you can try this option.
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A'mish Revolutsnaya
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Posted - 2005.11.24 03:31:00 -
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I run it on two displays in window mode daily. sound is my only problem and I understand that it is consistant with everyone anyway. Nvidia 6800GT two 18" lcd displays and the most important thing, If I run it single desktop it works fine. need to set the window size to 1280X960 in my case for the game to have enough room for the taskbar to not interfere with the game also it MUST be set to horizontal span and not dual view. Duel view causes nasty lag to the point of unplayablity. Intending on upgrading my machine though so can have four lcd displays this winter during my upgrade madness (tax return).
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Elberet
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Posted - 2005.11.25 01:26:00 -
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Originally by: Maya Rkell
Windows dosn't support it.
I'm not 100% sure if Windows (or rather, DirectX?) allows a single 3D plain to span multiple monitors, but I know from experience that nVidia cards have no problem at all running two separate 3D applications with full hardware acceleration on two different monitors at the same time.
The heavy frame rate degradation observed when moving EVE to the secondary monitor or running a second 3D application on it is a problem that is directly related to ATI's less-then-optimal video card drivers.
I'm usually a big fan of ATI because their cards - usually - offer the same performance for less money (but mind you, I never buy the current top-end cards. I'm running an X800 right now.), but the immense driver issues I and friends have observed really make me consider deserting to the nVidia faction. 
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Dark Big
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Posted - 2005.11.25 06:59:00 -
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know i don't do this but i have a friend that does.
from what he told me a few days ago.
you have to go to your grafics setting in eve and select the driver you are using.
when you have one moniter it only shows one when you have two it will have 2 drivers listed (like ati 9200 and ati 9200 2)
when he gets on tomorrow i'll ask him
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Elberet
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Posted - 2005.11.26 01:07:00 -
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I don't think Eve has such an option - at least I haven't found it yet, and yes, I've visited the "prefs.ini guide" in that other forum before. (You can make some amazing screenshots with FSAA, btw.  )
Back to topic: I suspect what he meant was going to Windows' display settings and making the other monitor Windows' default display. That will move the desktop items and start menu (and probably some windows) around, but apparently the ATI driver will keep the (now secondary) monitor 3D-enabled, letting you play EVE there and keep working on your main monitor.
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Joerd Toastius
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Posted - 2005.11.26 13:45:00 -
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Press esc, go to graphics options, change your primary display driver. It's there alright :)
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