Problems with 5760 x 1080

VaYooper

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I've tried a few other forums, hopefully someone here can help me. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

I've built my retirement computer for gaming and a dozen other pursuits, and I'm not happy with the way Windows 8 works on my 3 1920 x 1080 monitors.

If I configure my 2 x EVGA GTX690's to treat the 3 monitors as one 5760 x 1080 monitor for gaming, when I use another application and maximize the application, it stretches across all 3 monitors. I have to manually resize the window.

When I had Windows 7 installed on the computer for a brief time, when I maximized an office application in 5760 x 1080 mode, it would maximize into a single monitor (a 1920 x 1080 workspace within the 5760 x 1080 virtual monitor.) After installing Windows 8 (clean install) it would only maximize into the entire workspace.

Using the NVIDIA control panel to toggle between the 2 modes is not quick, and often requires a reboot.

Is this something I have to live with, or am I missing something basic.

Thanks for any help.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel i7-3930K
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage IV Extreme
    Memory
    64GB Corsair Vengeance
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x EVGA GTX690 Quad SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 x ViewSonic VA2703
    Screen Resolution
    5760 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    1 x Plextor 512MB
    1 x Seagate Barracuda 3 TB
    8 x Seagate Barracuda 2 TB / RAID 5 / LSI MegaRAID 9261
    PSU
    Enermax 1200W
    Case
    Mountain Mods Extended Ascension
    Cooling
    Corsair H80i
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Razer Naga 2013
    Browser
    IE 11
    Antivirus
    McAfee
It must be something with settings, but it seems to work great, as it should : you configure your 3 monitors as one, so when you open maximized application, it opens in that one virtual monitor (3 real monitors), it doesn't really matter what you open, game, office program... So i would suggest to search, if its possible to set different modes for separate applications.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ljkhlj
Startas,

Thanks. I would just accept the situation and live with it if I hadn't seen it working differently in Windows 7. At least it seems to remember my reduced window size for most applications when I reduce it.

Different modes for different applications is a little cumbersome with the current NVIDIA drivers.

Thanks for the response.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel i7-3930K
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage IV Extreme
    Memory
    64GB Corsair Vengeance
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x EVGA GTX690 Quad SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 x ViewSonic VA2703
    Screen Resolution
    5760 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    1 x Plextor 512MB
    1 x Seagate Barracuda 3 TB
    8 x Seagate Barracuda 2 TB / RAID 5 / LSI MegaRAID 9261
    PSU
    Enermax 1200W
    Case
    Mountain Mods Extended Ascension
    Cooling
    Corsair H80i
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Razer Naga 2013
    Browser
    IE 11
    Antivirus
    McAfee
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