Introduction

Nvidia Geforce GTX and RTX graphics cards allow you to use a feature called Surround to group multiple graphics card outputs into one seamless spanned display. Nvidia Quadro cards call this feature Mosaic which has slightly different benefits and use cases.

Nvidia Surround

When using Nvidia Geforce graphics cards, you will need to set up Nvidia Surround to use desktop applications with SimVisuals 2.
Right-click on the desktop and click NVIDIA Control Panel, otherwise, open the start menu and search for NVIDIA Control Panel.
Under 3D Settings, click Configure Surround, PhysX
Click the checkbox Span Displays with Surround, then click Configure.

Note: There may be some apps that Nvidia Control Panel requires you to close before proceeding, once you have closed the apps, click Continue.
Select the Topology that your projectors are laid out in, this is represented by rows and columns. In our example, we have two projectors side-by-side, 1 row with 2 columns, 1 x 2.

Next, select the checkboxes next to the displays/projectors that form a part of your overall system. In the resolution section, attempt to select a multiple of your projector’s native resolution. In our example, the projectors are 1920×1200, we have 2 columns, the native resolution is 3840×1200.

Drag the displays so the numbering matches the identifiers shown across each projector.
Click Enable Surround.

Note:  In some cases, Nvidia Surround will select a default resolution which may not be native for your projectors and you may not have any other options in the dropdown box, we can resolve this issue in the following step.

Now that surround is enabled, there should be more options in the dropdown box, if not, click the +/- button next to the dropdown. Select your projector’s native resolution multiple, and use the right arrow button to add it to the Active list.

You should now be able to select the native resolution for your projectors, then press Apply.

Tip:  If the apply button is off the screen and you can’t reach it, press Alt + A on the keyboard.

Maximising windows across the entire display

By default, when you press the maximise button on any window with Surround enabled, it will only maximise to the size of one projector.

To have windows maximise to the full size of your screen, Click Desktop > Surround Displays > Maximise Windows Across All Displays

Nvidia Mosaic

When using Nvidia Quadro graphics cards, you will need to set up Nvidia Mosaic to use desktop applications with SimVisuals 2.
Right-click on the desktop and click NVIDIA Control Panel, otherwise, open the start menu and search for NVIDIA Control Panel.
Under Workstation, click on Set up Mosaic

Click Create new configuration

Note: There may be some apps that Nvidia Control Panel requires you to close before proceeding, once you have closed the apps, click Continue.

Select the Topology that your projectors are laid out in, this is represented by rows and columns. In our example, we have two projectors side-by-side, 1 row with 2 columns, 1 x 2. Then press Next

Next, select the checkboxes next to the displays/projectors that form a part of your overall system. In the resolution section, select the projector’s native resolution. Then click Next

Drag the displays so the numbering matches the identifiers shown across each projector, then click Apply
Once you have confirmed that the settings have applied correctly, click Finish, then close Nvidia Control Panel.

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