Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes - Nvidia P128 - Quadro FX2000 Dual Graphic Card 8x 128MB Model OEM User Manual

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Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes
Note: Span modes do not work if you have only one display device attached.
In Span mode, the Windows desktop area is spread across both display devices.
This mode can be set for multiple categories of displays, although display
limitations may override the capabilities of your NVIDIA multi-display
graphics card. For example, if the second display is an NTSC TV monitor,
depending on the TV encoder on the graphics card, the resolution may not be set
above 800 x 600 and the refresh rate cannot be set above 60 Hz. However, the
PC monitor in such a configuration may have its refresh rate and resolution set
much higher. The desktop may be "stretched" horizontally or "stacked"
vertically, depending on user needs.
Due to operating system differences between Windows 9x and Windows NT
4.0/Windows 2000, the latter does not currently offer true multi-monitor
support for Span mode using one NVIDIA multi-display graphics card
result, the size of the actual desktop is limited to twice the smaller size of the
two displays.
Note: The desktop can be extended either horizontally
To access the nView Span modes, follow these steps:
Click the Horizontal or Vertical Span mode option on the nView Display
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Mode panel and click Apply.
Click OK and Yes when the messages appear.
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Depending on whether you have Horizontal or Vertical Span mode enabled,
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you can drag your active windows, images, or icons horizontally or vertically
to move them to the secondary display.
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Figure 7.18) or vertically
If you just switched from Standard (Dualview) to one of the Span modes,
your digital display or TV display will be activated. If needed, click
Detect Displays to enable the display devices.
If you just switched from Clone to one of the Span modes, the Windows
display on the Clone device will be removed.
1. If two graphics cards are installed, the Windows 2000 operating system does detect two de-
vices
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