NVIDIA VCQFX550PCIEPB User Guide - Page 56
nView Span Modes vs. Dualview Mode Features, nView Vertical Span mode
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Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings spanned display surface, which is useful when viewing items that are wider then a single display. • nView Vertical Span mode allows you to extend the Windows desktop across two displays vertically. In this mode the two displays combine to form a tall, spanned display surface, which is useful when viewing items that are taller then a single display. nView Span modes supports the "video mirror" feature, where you may want to dedicate an application to one of the two displays or run the application across both displays. Examples include entertainment applications, digital video editing, and DVD playback. For details, see "Using Full Screen Video Settings" on page 128. Note: Windows NT 4.0 Multiview mode does not support the Video Mirroring feature. nView Span Modes vs. Dualview Mode Features nView Horizontal and Vertical Span mode support and functionality include the following: • DirectX or OpenGL applications in Span modes are fully accelerated. • In nView Span mode, your Windows desktop is "stretched" or "spans" all of your displays. In Span mode, Windows treats the multiple displays as a single "logical" display connected to your computer --- the real "physical" displays are combined together to give you this "logical" display. Figure 4.11 shows an example of running Span modes under Windows XP with both of the two displays set to 1280x1024 resolution. In this configuration, Windows recognizes only a single display running at 2x1280x1024 or 2560x1024. • The key point to remember when running nView Span modes is that Windows does not detect that you have two displays connected - as far as it is concerned, you have an oversized display. This is the reason that you cannot use different bit depths or resolutions per display. Note: This also results in nView Span modes being slightly faster than Dualview mode because Windows only has to manage one display instead of two. • Under nView Span modes, Windows "stretches" the background wallpaper out to cover your large "logical" display and it stretches the taskbar out to fill your large "logical" display, as shown in Figure 4.11. If you maximize an application, the application will be maximized to fill the large "logical" display screen - i.e., both displays. 56 User's Guide