Dual monitor problems with games

[snowpenguin]

So I got my EVGA 8800GT a while ago, and I'm having problems.

When I try to play certain games, they have trouble with the two monitors. World of Goo seems to try to pcik which one, and it goes back and forth forever until I ctrl+alt+dlt and end it. I think I'm having a similar problem with the bioshock demo on steam as well.

Any idea what's causing this?

Is there a program kind of like parallels for mac that will let me run the games (fullscreen) in a window that I can move around? I'd set the games to windowed mode, but the problem is, I can't even start them to do that, and WoG has no windowed mode.

 

[epicelite]

I think you can start any program windows if you put something like -windowed in the target box in the shortcut.
AFTER THE QUOTES

 

[snowpenguin]

What.

 

[epicelite]

1)Right click shortcut for gaem and select "properties"
2)Locate box with text title "TARGET"
3)At the end of the text and AFTER the " mark add -windowed
4)????????????
5)PROFIT!

 

[snowpenguin]

-applaunch 7710

This is what is after the " on the bioshock demo.

And this error showed up after I did what you said to the world of goo icon.

Exception: Access Violation (code 0xc0000005) at address 0049D6EB in thread 884
Module: WorldOfGoo.exe
Logical Address: 0001:0009C6EB

0012FA90 0049D6EB 0001:0009C6EB WorldOfGoo.exe
Params: 00000024 00000320 00000258 00000016

StackWalk failed (error 299)

EAX:00000000 EBX:00000000 ECX:671288C6 EDX:0068DC00 ESI:015D9650 EDI:0012FC80
EIP:0049D6EB ESP:0012FA94 EBP:015D9650
CS:001B SS:0023 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00210216

Windows Ver: NT 6.1 Build 7600

And "Failed creating the direct3d device"

 

[epicelite]

Well *Can'tSayThisOnTV* I dunno then.

 

[patience]

Hi,
What kind of cable are you using?
I like to hook my Asus up to my Vizio for gaming, and was having similar issues. It took a little tinkering, but open the NVIDIA control panel, it helps configuring resolutions, what is showed on which screen, allows you to change which is the primary monitor etc.

 

[Mako321]

cable doesn't make a difference if the video card is inside the pc.

 

[Jidan]

cable doesn't make a difference if the video card is inside the pc.

God forbid it be on the outside of the pc...

 

[hailrazer]

Its built for Microsoft Windows Vista – Fourth generation GPU architecture gives Windows Vista users the best possible experience
with Windows Aero 3D user interface.

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