It happens all the time. You change your multi-monitor configuration in some way and now there is a window unreachable off the side of the screen. Way out in right field your Skype buddy list is napping, or even your web browser. This is because applications try to be intelligent and remember [...]
Jun
28
Throw out your KVM’s, Synergy does it right. Part. 1
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Part 1 – Basic Usage
I took some time out of my busy schedule to take the latest version of Synergy for a spin and I was pleasantly surprised that free software could get this good, but it is still not perfect.
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different [...]
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Today’s Rig is brought to you from the guys at QJ.Net Gadget News Looks like thy have a friend who shares our passion of desktop real estate. Check out the 3rd photo for his Apple Cinema Displays that make up his desk.
We didn’t believe it at first. But when we got to his [...]
X-Bit labs is reporting that nVidia is prepping to release a “Hybrid SLI” setup to save power. According to the story, it will allow the system to intelligently switch from powerful GPU’s when doing serious rendering work, then when just casually surfing the web and sutch it will switch over to a on board GPU [...]
FiringSquad has a nice video card review for anyone who cannot decide on whether they want to go with two GeForce 8800GTS’s running in SLI or a single 8800GTX.
At my preferred resolution of 1920×1200 their benchmarks show the following FPS:
Call of Duty 2 GTX:56 2xGTS: 67.2
Half Life 2 Lost CoastGTX: 88.8 2xGTS: 110.
Company [...]
You know you want it, the Triple Head2Go promises all the gaming delight of fantasy, too bad you don’t have $300 lying around. Enter SoftTH aka Software Triplehead. SoftTH is developed by Keijo “Kegetys” Ruotsalainen a 22 year old who hails from Finland, Kegetys feels your pain.
SoftTH allows using three monitor “triplehead” with Direct3D 8 [...]
If you are trying to get Aero working in Windows Vista then I recommend you make sure you first meet all the Requirements for Aero. If your pretty sure you do then you may like to know that in short you can only use video cards that share the same driver. Mix and [...]
Realtime Soft maker of UltraMon recently announced UltraMon™ 3.0 Beta 1 (3.0.0) with support for Windows Vista.
UltraMon is a well known application for adding all those little things to make Multiple Monitors more user friendly. Maximize to entire desktop, move to other monitor, and diffrent wallpaper on each monitor are some of my favorites. After [...]
The site was down momentarily tonight for its first update. I also took the liberty to apply a new (more complete) theme. As much as we all loved the Vista theme there was no hiding its major drawbacks, missing components, and leftover art from whatever theme it was hacked out of…
The new theme, [...]
This is the rig that really expanded my mind from “Dual-Monitor” to “Multi-Monitor” back before I even had my own first Dual-Monitor Rig. Steve Ferris, knowing no limits back in March of 2002 unveiled to the gaming community something that would never be forgotten. Using 9 PC’s running Windows 98SE, 13 [...]
Jun
20
Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition offers cool new feature.
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Late last month Matrox started shipping the Digital (Read DVI) versions of their TripleHead2Go product. Normally I’m not a fan of a product that simply spans one image across multiple displays, productivity better gained with multiple separate desktops, but the effect of a larger monitor cannot be ignored. But the Digital version [...]
Jun
20
And the winner of The Most Unique Use of a Projector goes to…
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My friend over at DNDNerd.com stumbled across a really cool new use for digital projectors. By projecting maps downward onto a table, tabletop gamers are able to blend technology with old school gaming for interactive maps that can preform a plethora of new ability’s over using large sheets of paper. Hiding traps, [...]
I had to start”Rigs” off with a bang, so I bring you this mammoth:
The guys over at the elitetrader.com forums don’t F. around! This sexy 3×8 LCD setup appears to be running multiple instances of the same app, but each display is watching a unique stock. If you recognize this rig and have [...]
Jun
20
Ubuntu 7.10 plans to give users some Dual Screen relief.
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Ubuntu fans might not have to continue to rewrite drivers to get Multiple Monitor goodness in the future, according to a post to the Ubuntu mailing list. Sebastian Heinlein writes about improving the user interface for dual monitors, and provides screen shots of 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) while asking for feedback. Support for different [...]