Dual Display Nvidia : Alternate Solution

This may be old news however on the US forum there is a quote from the knowledgebase saying that the dual monitor/blacking out problem can be solved by doing this:


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I have dual monitors, use a Nvidia graphics card and I'm experiencing crashing.

We are aware of an issue with City of Heroes and dual monitors. The issue is related to a setting that can be adjusted within the Nvidia Control Panel. To resolve this, please perform the following steps:

1. Open the Nvidia Control Panel (right-click on any area of the desktop, then click on "Nvidia Control Panel"

2. Under "3D Settings" click "Manage 3D Settings"

3. Under "Global Settings" find the option titled "Multi-display/Mixed GPU acceleration" (you'll see this entire segment in the middle of the screen.

4. Set that option to "Single Display Performance Mode"

5. Click "Apply" (lower right corner of the Nvidia Control Panel)

6. Re-launch the game client

If this does not resolve your issue, please contact NCsoft Technical Support here.

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However I found this had a hit on performance and that this was a better solution:

1. Open the Nvidia Control Panel (In Advanced Mode)
2. Got to Display>Set Up Multiple Displays
3. Change the displays from Display 1+2 to Display 2+1 (for exampls Sharp + Dell becomes Dell + Sharp)
4. Make sure the display you want Windows to use as primary is still your gaming/main desktop screen.
5. Apply the changes
6. Launch City of Heroes/Villains

This works with the latest nVidia drivers for my 7900GTO. I hope it works for you.

Now to replace the Nvidia card with my ATI and see if I can do something similar there!

Thanks,
Lord Giro

For my ATI card the best solution I could find was to use Tweak CoH to set it to run in Windowed mode and then hiding the windows task bar.

It seams to work okay except for the very minor issue of the window having a title bar.

Cheers,
Lord Giro