Edward Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 DPI settings on multi monitor systems can't be set to individual monitors. When I go to: Desktop Right Click Properties Settings Monitor 1 or Monitor 2 Advanced Change DPI setting OK Apply Yes Close Yes The computer will restart and the setting will have been applied to both monitors. Is there a way to apply the settings to one monitor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 whats your set up? i have dual monitors set up, but i have never tried to mess with DPI. are you using two graphics cards or one with two outputs or one with a splitter? flatscreens or CRT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted June 25, 2005 Author Share Posted June 25, 2005 1 card (bfg 5500 oc 256 mb) with vga and svideo out one crt one 7 inch dvd player with video in adapted with a svideo to rca adapter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 bah. my experience involves two gfx cards. you sure one card can put out two different DPIs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted June 25, 2005 Author Share Posted June 25, 2005 should be able to as it can put out two different resoultions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurvKyle Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 I have a 6800gt and it can support up to 3 monitors with differing resolutions. What OS do you run? Maybe try updating your GPU's drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted June 26, 2005 Author Share Posted June 26, 2005 Resolution is not a problem it is the DPI settings I belive this may be a windows problem my vid card drivers are up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Maybe you just can't! Whether it is just you, or just in general... not sure, do you know anyone else with a similar setup you can ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted June 26, 2005 Author Share Posted June 26, 2005 No thats why I posted to this forum. I know that using normal settings I can't. I want to know if there is a way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Not that I know of. Once you spit out analog video I believe you're basically stuck in NTSC-land. It is, for all intents and purposes, standard definition television -- 480 lines of interlaced video. The computer no longer sees it as a computer monitor, per se. The best you can do is adapt the incoming video within the monitor's built-in software, if it has any (a lot of projectors have features in this area). If you have a monitor with DVI or HDMI input (e.g. an HDTV), it's a different story. But you posted you were using s-video going to composite with an adapter, so I'm assuming this is not an option. By the way, with LCD displays, resolution *is* your problem, not "DPI". You can never change the actual dots-per-inch of an LCD device. They are whatever they are. Manufacturers and driver-writers really confuse the issue by talking about "DPI" but what they really mean is resolution. Resolution can be less than a device's DPI by grouping pixels to act together as if they were a single pixel, giving you the appearance of a lower resolution than the display actually has. But resolution can never exceed the highest DPI setting of the display device. (It's a little different with CRTs, because there are no fixed pixels per se, so DPI does actually change. But it still can't exceed a maximum value for the device. So even with CRTs "resolution" is determined by the computer, and "DPI" is determined by the device.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted June 26, 2005 Author Share Posted June 26, 2005 Ok everything I have said after my first post is irrevelant It does not make a difference what setup I have. If I change the DPI settingsd for one monitor it is applied to both monitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Is there a question...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Ok everything I have said after my first post is irrevelant It does not make a difference what setup I have. If I change the DPI settingsd for one monitor it is applied to both monitors. so... havent worked with computers much? or just havent learned anything from it? any number of things can affect stuff like this. that is, assuming its not intended. it could be a compatability issue, it could be a driver issue, it could be you cant do different DPIs with one GFX card (yes, i know it can do different resolutions, which is a different setting, therefore different limitations), it could be windows isnt designed to do dual monitors very well and they didnt take that into account. with all the different things that could be causing the problem, knowing how you set it up is crucial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 I have tested various setups all with the same results two pci video cards hooked up to two vgs crt moniters and one computer appear to be incapeable of having different DPI settings as with any other dual monitor setup. I want to know if there is a way to make it so I can have different DPI settings on a dual monitor system or set something up with similar results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 have you tried any third party software, like ultramon? im using that, i dont know if it allows different dpis, because i just dont care, but it does allow a bunch of other stuff like different backgrounds on each one, different screensavers, etc. DPI might be one of the things it lets you change sepperately, im not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 Thankyou ill look into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 If you are connected via SVGA or DVI cable on each monitor, then each monitor can have a different resolution. This is a built-in function of Windows and does not require third party software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 DPI, not resolution. different settings. aaaaand you already know that... i think this post and the one above it are both pretty useless, but i cant find a delete button : P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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