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992 Appendix B: Troubleshooting 3ds Max
Thiswarningdialogusuallyappearsifyouhave
several programs, that heavily impact the v ideo
memory of your graphics card, running and you
have the 3ds Max interface maximized or stretched
to cover most of the display.
Your quicke st options for bypassing this warning
are as follows:
• Shut down some of t he other progr ams that are
concurrently running with 3ds Max.
• Reducethesizeofthe3dsMaxinterface.
• Reconfigure 3ds Max to use a different display
driver.
Dual-Monitor Configuration
Many board manufacturers are building graphic
cards that support multi-monitor configurations.
The cards might advertise hardware features
like “Dual Head” or “Mu lti-Head” that
have two monitor ports built into them.
Other manufacturers choose to handle dua l
configuration through video drivers that let you
configure your system display in “Wide” mode.
Here are the deta ils of w hat you need to watch out
for when configuring a multi-monitor system.
• Hardware “Dual Head” Solution
Many newer video cards offer this hardware
solution for setting up a dual-monitor system.
These graphic cards are usually AGP cards and
have two monitor ports. Since these boards
have two ports and your system has only one
AGP slot, you can only drive dual monitors.
After installing the card and drivers, you want
to follow the manufacturer’s instructions for
configuring your system. Configuration is
done through y our system’s Display Properties
dialog > Sett i ngs panel.
You are presented with a diagram for each
monitor and you can set the resolutions
independentlybyselectingamonitorand
adjusting t he screen Area slider. You will also
often find utilities included with the drivers that
enable special features for the graphics card.
Thedisadvantagetothisconfigurationisthat
one monitor is a primary while the other
secondary, so performing some tasks can
only be done on applications positioned on
the primary monitor. For instance, if you use
screen-capture software, you can have that
programopenonthesecondarymonitor,but
if you w ant to capture an image, you can only
capture images of applications that are located
on the primary monitor.
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