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Hello!

I was wondering if 2 people could play on 1 pc, like, have 2 different monitors and one person can play a game on that monitor but the other person can play something else on the other monitor with each having their own mouse and keyboard.

Sorry if I'm giving a bad example.

 

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Yes you can, my brother and I used to game on a single PC but the configuration was slightly different, one would use the monitor keyboard and mice on a game while the other would play another game on a TV hooked up to the PC using a Xbox 360 controller.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

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3 minutes ago, Vod said:

Hello!

I was wondering if 2 people could play on 1 pc, like, have 2 different monitors and one person can play a game on that monitor but the other person can play something else on the other monitor with each having their own mouse and keyboard.

Sorry if I'm giving a bad example.

 

Well, 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXOaCkbt4lI

I got a ps5 and a pc pretty ballin

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This^^

Screwdriver specs: Long, pointy. Turns things. Some kind of metal.

 

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1 minute ago, star_pilot475 said:

Well,

Just now, Lord Mirdalan said:

This^^

This is through virtualization which becomes required if you'll scale past two, but only 2 players/games at once can be done natively simply by booting both games, setting one to continue running even if loses focus and then sign which peripherals the game is supposed to use, it's easier if you go with the gamepad on one and keyboard/mice on the other.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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38 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Yes you can, my brother and I used to game on a single PC but the configuration was slightly different, one would use the monitor keyboard and mice on a game while the other would play another game on a TV hooked up to the PC using a Xbox 360 controller.

i was actually thinking of doing the same but my brother would play on an monitor 

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2 minutes ago, Vod said:

i was actually thinking of doing the same but my brother would play on an monitor 

you can do that with vms and device passthrough, or do it with multipoint.

 

but its probably cheaper and easier to build 2 cheaper pcs.

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