Using Two Monitors With Your Gainward Display Adapter (Nview Function) - Gainward GeForce Series Quick Start Manual

USING TWO MONITORS WITH YOUR GAINWARD DISPLAY ADAPTER (nView function)

Many nView enabled display adapters also have the ability to run two VGA monitors simultaneously, provided
they are both DDC2b compliant. All new monitors are DDC2b compliant. If you have an older monitor, please be
sure you check your monitor's technical documentation first.
The nView feature is implemented in two ways:
1. The "Extended Desktop" mode: In this mode, the Windows desktop is shared between a primary display
and a secondary display, enlarging the usable desktop area. Both, resolution and color depth, can be set
independently from one other.
2. The "Cloned Desktop" mode: In this mode, the original Windows desktop from your primary VGA display
is replicated onto the secondary VGA display. The secondary display may have a resolution equal to or less
than that of the primary display. If the resolution on the secondary display is less than its original, a panning
mode can be enabled to allow full access to the entire desktop on the secondary display.
Extended Desktop
To enable the Extended Desktop function, open your Display
Properties Settings page, and right-click on the second monitor.
A pop-up menu will appear next to the mouse pointer on your
desktop. Choose "Attach", and then click on "Apply". The second
monitor will come on now, and display the same desktop
background picture as your first monitor.
When you click on the second monitor in your display properties
settings page, you can adjust the desktop resolution as well color
depth.
To disable the Extended Desktop function, open your Display
Properties Settings page again, and right-click on the second
monitor. From the pop up menu, please select "Attached" and
click on "Apply". Your second monitor will turn off and Windows'
desktop will be returned into its original state
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Cloned Desktop
To enable the Cloned Desktop function, open your Display Properties Settings page, and click on "Advanced...".
Click on the "nView" tab. Click on the "Clone" tab and then on "Apply" to have your changes take effect. Your
secondary VGA display will now come "alive" and display an exact replica of your primary VGA display.
By default, the panning mode is enabled. This is a useful feature if your secondary (clone) display has a lower
resolution than the primary display. This way you can access every item on your Windows desktop by moving
your mouse in the respective areas.
If you need your secondary monitor to be "stationary", you can click on "Disable auto-panning on clone device
(viewport lock)". This is useful if you need a zoomed preview screen.
Instead of cloning your desktop onto a second monitor, you can opt to span your Windows desktop over two
monitors, either vertically or horizontally. This means that Windows will have one single, large desktop shared
over two monitors.
To disable clone or spanning mode, simply click on the "Standard (nView disabled)" radio button, and then on the
"Apply" button. Your secondary monitor will go dark again, and Windows will be back in its normal, single desktop
mode.
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