tRidiot
09-04-2009, 01:45 PM
Ok, I used to have nView Desktop Manager from nVidia, but apparently somewhere in their driver updates they took it out and it doesn't look as if it's coming back. Can't seem to find anywhere to DL nView, either. So what I'm stuck with is nVidia Control Panel, which doesn't quite have the same functionality.
Equipment -
WinXP quad-core with 2gigs of RAM
EVGA 8800gtx video card, dual DVI outputs
Panasonic 54G10 plasma connected with DVI->HDMI cable
Here's the problem:
New plasma won't configure independently from the 24" LCD computer monitor. It wants me to set them up as a large desktop spanning both displays, which I most certainly don't want!
While my monitor will do 1920x1200, I want my TV to do 1920x1080... now, my parents have a similar setup, but are running their displays independently through nView, with a 19" widescreen and their 52" LCD. The desktop is extended onto the 52", but the whole desktop isn't stretched.... is this making sense? They can drag items onto the 52" where they will maximize to fill the screen, or drag them onto the 19" where they will do the same. I would like to have this ability, but with nVidia Control Panel, the monitors HAVE to be tied together into one display, so maximizing fills both screens at once! Not a good way to watch a movie or something. :( Also, the TV cuts the edges off everything top and bottom, since it's 1080 and not 1200. My parents' TV when controlled by nView Desktop Manager has a setting to shrink the display to move everything within the field of view... can't do that with nVidia Control Panel.
Surely someone here uses either another program for this function or can point me in the direction I need to go... spent a lot of time on Google last night and never found when nView Desktop Manager was removed or how to get it independently. :(
Suggestions?
Thanks!
Equipment -
WinXP quad-core with 2gigs of RAM
EVGA 8800gtx video card, dual DVI outputs
Panasonic 54G10 plasma connected with DVI->HDMI cable
Here's the problem:
New plasma won't configure independently from the 24" LCD computer monitor. It wants me to set them up as a large desktop spanning both displays, which I most certainly don't want!
While my monitor will do 1920x1200, I want my TV to do 1920x1080... now, my parents have a similar setup, but are running their displays independently through nView, with a 19" widescreen and their 52" LCD. The desktop is extended onto the 52", but the whole desktop isn't stretched.... is this making sense? They can drag items onto the 52" where they will maximize to fill the screen, or drag them onto the 19" where they will do the same. I would like to have this ability, but with nVidia Control Panel, the monitors HAVE to be tied together into one display, so maximizing fills both screens at once! Not a good way to watch a movie or something. :( Also, the TV cuts the edges off everything top and bottom, since it's 1080 and not 1200. My parents' TV when controlled by nView Desktop Manager has a setting to shrink the display to move everything within the field of view... can't do that with nVidia Control Panel.
Surely someone here uses either another program for this function or can point me in the direction I need to go... spent a lot of time on Google last night and never found when nView Desktop Manager was removed or how to get it independently. :(
Suggestions?
Thanks!