4 LCDs, 1 PC - Part 3

Discussion in 'Software' started by dlb, Nov 29, 2009.

  1. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    Part 2 of this thread can be found here. I have spent lots of time researching apps that will allow the user of a 4 LCD 'cube' to be able to move the mouse vertically from LCD1 to LCD3 (for example), or diagonally from LCD2 to LCD3 (for example). LCD1 is the primary display (obviously), and if we want to drag a window to LCD4, we have to drag through the far right edge of LCD2 which 'wraps' to the far left edge of LCD3. and then continue across LCD3 to LCD4. It's a pain-in-the-a**. It would be freakin' beautiful if we could just go diagonally from LCD1 to LCD4, or even vertically to LCD3 and then across to LCD4. Anyway- I've done lots of research, and of the approx 4 apps I've found, none of them clearly state anything close to "you can move vertically and diagonally between individual displays". Also, it seems that UltraMon is very popular for multiple display support, but it's not compatible with Windows 7 (which we are running). So- here's a picture of our set up, just for reference:

    http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7841/lcdconfig.jpg

    And here's a list of links to the different apps I've found for multiple displays:
    http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/
    http://download.cnet.com/Multi-Monitor-Mouse/3000-2072_4-10657306.html
    http://www.cinemassivedisplays.com/CineMatrix.php
    http://www.cinemassivedisplays.com/cinemastery.php
    http://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm
    http://www.digitaltigers.com/zenview-manager.asp
    As you'll see, their doesn't appear to be any freeware available for this type of scenario, but that doesn't really matter. Freeware would be nice, but we're willing to buy some software if it gets the job done.

    Any suggestions, comments, advice, or input will be greatly appreciated!! Thanks.

    [dlb]
     
    Last edited: Nov 29, 2009
  2. collinsl

    collinsl MajorGeek

    what gpus are you using?
     
  3. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    System specs: 2 x Geforce 9500GT 512mb PCIe; 3gb DDR2-800; 2 x 500gb SATA HD in a mirrored RAID; Win7 32bit Home Premium.
     
  4. collinsl

    collinsl MajorGeek

    Isn't there a component in nVidia's desktop manager for this kind of thing?
     
  5. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    Not that I'm aware of. There's plenty of appearance-type settings in the NVidia Control Panel and Desktop Manager for screen orientation, screen rotation, configuring which screen is LCD1, LCD2, etc.. but nothing for mouse movement between screens, unless I'm overlooking something, but I've taken a good look at each available option and haven't seen anything.
     

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