Help with Dual Display Please!!!!

[Blunham]

I have tried running a dual display recently as I play EVE Online a lot and want to do other stuff while it is going. I know that the game is fairly graphic intensive but i would have thought that with the specs of my PC it would not cause a problem but as soon as I enable the second monitor everything just slows to a snails pace. The CPU runs at 100% in the task manager and as soon as I turn it off the game runs fine, and likewise, if I end the game the dual display runs fine.
Is it a case of I've got to live with it or buy a bigger PC? I really thought it this should be enough though???

Any advice would be highly appreciated!!!

Martin

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Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) MEDIONPC MS-7012
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7012
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 09/29/2003
Drives Memory Modules c,d
160.03 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
111.44 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

CD-ROM Drive
SONY DVD-ROM DDU1612 [CD-ROM drive]

Brother DCP-110C USB Device [Hard drive] (8 MB) -- drive 5
Medion Flash XL CF USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 1
Medion Flash XL MS USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Medion Flash XL SM USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
Medion Flash XL MMC/SD USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
ST3160021A [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 3JS1JEJE, rev 3.04, SMART Status: Healthy 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 128 MB
Slot 'A1' has 4096 MB
Slot 'A2' is Empty
Slot 'A3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes


c: (NTFS on drive 0) 80.05 GB 43.29 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 73.70 GB 66.00 GB free
e: (FAT32 on drive 0) 6.28 GB 2.14 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Martin 13/09/2005 17:55:18 (admin)
Me 13/09/2005 09:56:07 (admin)
Owner 13/09/2005 15:39:33
Victoria 03/09/2005 12:20:01 (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator never (admin)
ASPNET never
Guest 03/09/2005 10:18:56
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never

DISABLED Marks a disabled account; LOCKED OUT Marks a locked account

Brother DCP-110C Printer on USB001
Brother DCP-110C USB Printer on USB001
Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX:
PaperPort Color Printer Driver on BIPORT
PaperPort Mono Printer Driver on BIPORT
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] RADEON 9800 PRO [Display adapter]
RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary [Display adapter]
hp f1703 [Monitor] (17.1"vis, s/n CNCGW0Q206, June 2003)
Mitsubishi NFK9905 [Monitor] (17.2"vis, s/n 110114165, October 2001)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D2
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D4
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D7
Intel(R) 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24DE
Intel(R) 82801EB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 24DD C-Media AC97 Audio Device
MEDION (7134) WDM Video Capture
MEDION TV-TUNER 7134 MK2/3
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Communications Other Devices
Creatix V.9X DSP Data Fax Modem


1394 Net Adapter
PRISM 802.11g Wireless Adapter (3890)
primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.2.2 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.2.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.2.1
Physical Address: 00:60:B3:94:5B:F9
VIA Rhine III Fast Ethernet Adapter
Dhcp Server: 192.168.2.1
Physical Address: 00:0C:76:73:4E:54

Networking Dns Server: 192.168.2.1
VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
USB Human Interface Device
Brother DCP-110C USB
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
HID-compliant mouse
USB Composite Device
USB Mass Storage Device (2x)
USB Printing Support
USB Root Hub (5x)

 

[SOcRatEs]

Hello! Welcome to TechSpot

Huh, can I suggest a copy of Everest Homeit's free, it's difficult to make out your sys info.
I think you may be ram starved, otherwise you system should handle this better.
G'Luck and Post back

 

[Blunham]

Hope you can work something out from this;

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name MEDIONPC (Main PC)
User Name Martin

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Name MSI MS-7012 (Medion OEM) (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale i865PE
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (09/29/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary (128 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 9800 PRO (128 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (R350)
Monitor HP F1703 [17" LCD] (CNCGW0Q206)
Monitor Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 92 [19" CRT] (110114165)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Intel 82801EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Disk Drive Medion Flash XL CF USB Device
Disk Drive Medion Flash XL MS USB Device
Disk Drive Medion Flash XL MMC/SD USB Device (7 MB, USB)
Disk Drive Medion Flash XL SM USB Device
Disk Drive Disk drive (149 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive Brother DCP-110C USB Device
Optical Drive CD-ROM Drive
Optical Drive SONY DVD-ROM DDU1612 (16x/40x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 76340 MB (41240 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 70284 MB (62947 MB free)
E: (FAT32) 5989 MB (2043 MB free)
Total Size 149.0 GB (103.7 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Network Adapter PRISM 802.11g Wireless Adapter (3890) (192.168.2.2)
Network Adapter VIA Rhine III Fast Ethernet Adapter
Modem Creatix V.9X DSP Data Fax Modem

MEMORY READ:
P4 3000 MHz MSI MS-7012 (Medion OEM) i865PE PC3200 DDR SDRAM 2591 MB/s
MEMORY WRITE:
P4 3000 MHz MSI MS-7012 (Medion OEM) i865PE PC3200 DDR SDRAM 1072 MB/s
LATENCY:
P4 3000 MHz MSI MS-7012 (Medion OEM) i865PE PC3200 DDR SDRAM 2.5-3-3-8 124.6 ns

 

[SOcRatEs]

Ah much better

Well I don't think it's the amount of ram then...
hmmmm?