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Chapter 4 Using nView Multi-Display Settings 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. Figure 4.11 Multiple Displays in nView Horizontal Span Mode Display 1 Display 2 Taskbar is stretched across displays. Background is stretched across displays. • 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. 53 Quadro Workstation User's Guide