2 monitor question

[Larries]

My friend has a windows application that he wants to run across 2 monitor.

I know most display cards can output to 2 monitors at the same time. Can one application span across both monitors -- i.e. partly in monitor A and partly in monitor B? (like eyefinity demo with game, but only 2 monitors and is a windows based app instead of games)? Do we need any special cards if monitor A is above monitor B?

Thanks.

 

[NoQuarter]

Yes an app can span across both monitors without anything special.

 

[wand3r3r]

When in "fullscreen mode" (the little 2 boxes icon next to the X) the app will go in one monitor. You can drag a window to fill both screens when it's not in fullscreen mode. Just make sure the screens are the same size or the 2nd monitor will be slightly misaligned and if it's a different resolution it will not scale perfectly. I'm not sure how eyefinity works but without anything like that you can size a window to fit in both. Games don't work in both by default, but I haven't tried eyefinity either.