Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 2636

to accept a monitor and the video drivers give you the option to configure a single display in "Wide" mode to encompass multiple displays. Also, because you have four PCI slots in your system, you could theoretically drive four monitors. However, in order for these cards to operate at the best resolutions, each card needs to have the same amount of video RAM (vRAM) installed. So, if your had two cards and one had 32 MB of vRAM and the other only had 8 MB, you can only configure to the highest resolution supported by the 8 MB card. Display configuration is normally done through the video drivers so you have the option to configure wider screen areas. For example, instead of configuring each display individually to 1280x1024, as described above, you would treat both monitors as a single display and configure the screen area to 2560x1024 pixels. Spanning Across Monitors Whenever, you start 3ds Max, the user interface spans across both monitors. You find yourself constantly resizing the program to fit on one screen so you can see the programs located on the other screen. This is usually a problem on systems that let you configure both monitors as one, in "Wide" mode. The utility software that loads with the graphic card manufacturer's drivers probably has a feature that forces programs to open across the entire expanse of the display. You can turn off this feature and programs will open in the last position and size you gave them. Viewport Transparency After starting 3ds Max, the user interface appears but you can see the system desktop through each of the viewports. This problem normally occurs if you have the display configuration set to either OpenGL or Direct3D and your graphics card does not completely support OpenGL or Direct3D. Video Driver and Display Problems | 7891