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Re: In the market for a new monitor

From	yaugin <yaugin@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: In the market for a new monitor
Date	2011-03-29 19:22 -0700
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On Mar 29, 1:39 pm, Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com> wrote:

> How do you get on with three screens and older games? I have enough
> trouble getting old games to run on one screen sometimes but I can't
> imagine something like, say, Deus Ex knowing what the hell to do with
> three screens!
>
> If it works, it's a tempting prospect. I'd love to have that much
> screen area.
>
> --
> -Toby
> Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.

Most games aren't multi-monitor aware, they just render to the pixel
size given by the driver. It is the driver that decides which screens
to put the pixels on. Getting an old game to run on 3 screens is
usually not much harder than getting it to run at all.

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Re: In the market for a new monitor Toby Newman <google@asktoby.com> - 2011-03-29 21:39 +0100
  Re: In the market for a new monitor yaugin <yaugin@gmail.com> - 2011-03-29 19:22 -0700
  Re: In the market for a new monitor "Lou" <Nospam@nospam.net> - 2011-03-29 23:05 -0700

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