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just set the game to windowed borderless or windowed if thats not an option and youll be fine

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Hello guys! Im going to buy a new monitor today! So im just wondering if i can setup a dual monitor connection and play games on the primary monitor and just browse on the second (chrome, windows programms etc) 

Windows version: 8.1

Gpu: Msi Gtx 750ti Gaming Oc 2GB

Thanks in advance :)

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Yea you can,running the same setup as well,AND with a 750Ti!

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Just now, johnpathia21 said:

Hello guys! Im going to buy a new monitor today! So im just wondering if i can setup a dual monitor connection and play games on the primary monitor and just browse on the second (chrome, windows programms etc) 

Windows version: 8.1

Gpu: Msi Gtx 750ti Gaming Oc 2GB

Thanks in advance :)

Yup running that at home right now. Works great for games like heavily modded minecraft where you can have the FTB wiki up to look at. one thing to not is that some full screen games will minimize when you click out but come back fine. 

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Would suggest to play borderless in most games, it helps when you alt-tab.

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8 minutes ago, johnpathia21 said:

Hello guys! Im going to buy a new monitor today! So im just wondering if i can setup a dual monitor connection and play games on the primary monitor and just browse on the second (chrome, windows programms etc) 

Windows version: 8.1

Gpu: Msi Gtx 750ti Gaming Oc 2GB

Thanks in advance :)

I run that same setup. Actually, we have the same graphics card as well. Im running 2 1080p monitors like that.

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6 minutes ago, SirDucksallot said:

Yea you can,running the same setup as well,AND with a 750Ti!

May I ask how you managed to configure it?

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just set the game to windowed borderless or windowed if thats not an option and youll be fine

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Just now, johnpathia21 said:

Alright guys thanks! Does anybody know how to Configure it? Ive no idea how to set this up

 

Plug in 2nd screen,go to your desktop,right click,''Screen Resolution'' and then assign a number to the monitors(should do it by itself) and then choose ''Extend These Displays'' on the ''Multiple Displays'' tab.Cheers!

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I have a 750ti and I gotta say it works. Some games handle fullscreen differently. 

Darkest Dungeon acts like a borderless window in fullscreen.

Rocksmith 2014 totally minimizes when you leave the window.

 

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7 minutes ago, DaltonM said:

I have a 750ti and I gotta say it works. Some games handle fullscreen differently. 

Darkest Dungeon acts like a borderless window in fullscreen.

Rocksmith 2014 totally minimizes when you leave the window.

 

Blade and soul does the same, but there the "fullscreen" option is just borderless.

May be the case there to?

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