NVIDIA Corporation
57
Chapter 4
Using nView Multi-Display Settings
Figure 4.11
Multiple Displays in nView Horizontal Span Mode
• Under Windows XP/2000, you can run nView Span modes with more than two
displays. For example, if you are using a Quadro NVS-based graphics card to
which you have four displays connected, you can have two sets of two spanned
displays.
If you are using a Quadro NVS-based graphics card, refer to the document titled
“
NVIDIA ForceWare Driver for Windows Using nView MultiView Modes with NVIDIA
Quadro NVS-based Graphics Cards
”
Using Horizontal & Vertical Span Modes
Note:
Span modes do not work if you have only one display attached.
In Span mode, the Windows desktop area is spread across both displays. 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 display, 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 computer’s analog display 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.
Display 1
Display 2
Background
is stretched across displays.
Taskbar
is stretched across displays.
nViewGuide_.book Page 57 Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:14 PM
