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    Help with gaming on multiple displays, please

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Certifried, Jan 24, 2009.

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    Certifried Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just bought an Alienware M17 with the ATI Radeon HD 3870. I'm running with my Dell 2405 as the second monitor, it is set to 1920x1200. I'm trying to get Warhammer: Online to run on the Dell vs. the Laptop monitor, but the best I can get is 1680x1050. Everytime I make a video setting, WAR goes back to "display #1" which is my laptop. I am using windowed mode.

    If I set WAR to 1920x1200, windowed, show frames, then it pops over to display #1 and I cant see the frames or click "move" to move it to the 2nd (Dell) monitor! Any suggestions on how to force WAR to the 2nd monitor (Dell) at full resolution?

    (Windows Vista, btw. Catalyst control center for the ATI)
     
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    eh, never mind. Got it sorted out for now. Had to make the Dell the main display, then set up some profiles for when it's not connected.
     
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