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N V I D I A D i s p l a y P r o p e r i t e s
U s e r ’ s G u i d e
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 9
x
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
1
. As a
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 (
through
and
).
To access the nView Span modes, follow these steps:
1
Click the
Horizontal
or
Vertical Span
mode option on the nView Display
Mode panel and click
Apply
.
2
Click
OK
and
Yes
when the messages appear.
•
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.
3
Depending on whether you have Horizontal or Vertical Span mode enabled,
you can drag your active windows, images, or icons horizontally or vertically
to move them to the secondary display.
1. If two graphics cards are installed, the Windows 2000 operating system does detect two de-
vices
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