   Changing nVidia display on the fly?
  I have an nVidia 6800 in my computer, and a Magnavox LCD TV as a monitor.  In "Magnavox" mode (using the "PC In" port on the TV) I can't play Battlefield 2.  But if I use the dongle to hook my 6800 to the S-Video port on the TV, I can.  S-Video is a little fuzzy for word processing and web surfing, though.  So in order for me to play Battlefield 2, I have to shut down, switch the plugs, and start up again, then repeat the process when I'm done with the game.Is there a way for me to keep both plugs in the back of the card, and tell my 6800 which one to use without going through the whole chore of changing cords?Edited for crappy typos[Edited by - Iron Chef Carnage on December 28, 2005 1:30:21 PM]
  I'm assuming that our TV has a DVI or VGA in. You should talk to their support to find out what's going on; going straight to the source is the best option. I'm currently speaking to Westinghouse about relatively the same thing.   ;  Thanks.  I dont' know much about the hardware, but I'm guessing it's VGA (The trapezoidal thing with 14 pins in it).   ;  Could this be a problem with primary displays? I'd imagine that BF doesn't want to run on anything other than the primary display (the S-Video out) but that normal windows stuff can run on all displays (including the non-primary DVI).   ;  A moot point. The latest version of nView allows you to set primary and secondary display to any inputs.Do you have two inputs or three? I know some 6800's have VGA, DVI and S-Video-- sometimes dual DVI. (A DVI plug looks like a rectangle with a crapload of pins and a cross-shaped thingy on the side.) Not that it helps you... I'm just curious. Well, that and any self-respecting LCD TV should have DVI in.Otherwise, um... increase the text size? No, seriously, there's no reason why BF2 wouldn't work with a VGA plug in the TV. Can you be more specific?   ;  Are we sure he has actually set the DVI to be the primary display then? Since the OP only swaps between them during a reboot, he could have both outputs active at any time, but just be using the one currently plugged in...   ;  Aha.  I figured it out.  I was paranoid about leaving both plugs in the card,and couldn't figure out why I didn't have the "nView" feature the tutorial showed.  Lo and behold, when I tried it with both cables attached, it worked just like the pictures said it would.Thanks for the characteristically helpful responses to my characteristically dopey question.Now, a quick follow-up:If I get the cable to hook my computer to the HDTV ports rather than the S-Video ports, will the picture be sharper?  S-Video is fine for shooting people and flying a jet, but there's enough text in BF2 to make me wish I could read the chat log more clearly.EDIT:  Never mind.  It turns out that I can switch nView modes agains once BF2 is running.  There's just a moment during its startup that trips over my TV.  Once it's up and running, I'm good to go.[Edited by - Iron Chef Carnage on December 28, 2005 2:29:11 PM];  Double-posting is gauche, I know, but I have another related question, and I want to bump the thread without enticing those who ignored it before to read it this time.I got the component cables (red/green/blue) and hooked up my card, and the HD view is very, very blue.  It's like grayscale, but , you know, bluescale.  Is there a reasonable explanation for this?  It's definitely prettier than S-video, as far as sharpness goes, but it's just so dang blue.   ;  Trust me, it'd be much more convenient to investigate into why the TV can't play BF2 through the VGA port. I wouldn't recommend using component, composite or s-video through the monitor (unless strictly for DVDs and such).   ;  I blame EA for the BF2 problem I have.  It actually runs just fine, but it won't load in VGA mode.  Once I start it up in "TV" mode using either S-Video or HD settings on the TV, I can alt-tab back to the nVidia control panel and put it into "MAGNAVOX" mode, then alt-tab back to BF2 and play beautifully in 800x600.  There's just one moment in the BF2 startup when it tries to switch to 1024x768, and my TV doesn't support it.  When I command it to start in a window, I actually get this error message:Quote:BF2 ErrorDebug assertion failed!Version: 1.1.255-356.0 Build date: 2005-11-9 12:30Module: RendDX9File: D:\DiceCanada_Xpack_Patch\Code\BF2\RendDX9\VideoOptions.cppLine: 234Text: Unknown DynamicOption value 1024x768Current Confile:But if I use a different mode to cross that barrier, and then switch back, it never gives me a hard time.  Oddly, the only other software that behaves this way is the nVidia demos from their site (Like the Nalu mermaid animation).  Again, I can bounce back and forth and sidestep the error.  Bizarre.  All my other games work fine.It looks to me like EA (or Dice or whoever) just didn't put in support for the unlikely event that someone would try to play BF2 on a screen that actually can't be switched to 1024x768.  It's not an intro movie, since it's between the login screen and the main menu that it crashes.  Besides, I tried removing the opening movies anyway.  No luck.But fooling with it got me interested in the video adapter dongle thing, and so I got the component cable, and found it to be wicked blue.  Anyone know anything about that?  I have no sound in S-Video or HD mode (unless I wear headphones), so I won't actually be using either mode much, but I always like to learn something about technology.   