One or two Computers?

[Joerg]

Hi,

i want to play/level 2 characters together.

Can you tell me what is easier

- to setup
- to play

Using one or two computers?

Thanks!
Joerg

[MiRai]

One computer.

[Joerg]

With 1 or 2 Monitors?

[Khatovar]

I use 2 monitors, but when I play, I use 5 toons, Pidgin for chat, have a browser open and my media player. A second monitor for just two toons is useful if you already have the extra monitor, but one works just as well.

[Joerg]

Is it a problem when the 2 monitors have different resolutions (i have a 24" (2540x1440) and a 22" (1900x1080))?

[RSM72]

With a static configuration (toon A on screen 1 and toon B on screen 2 all the time) there is no problem. If you want to switch the toons around between both screens it depends on the tool you intend to use.

[Catamer]

since you are only going to be playing two characters you don't even need that great of a PC or video card.
I would use one monitor because it's a pain to move your mouse to the alternate screen.... I doubt you will do that too much but still. Depending on the software you use it may be easier to use one monitor where you can instantly click on the other character and make it the largest part of the screen. ISBoxer and keyclone let you do that where there is a main sized part of the screen and smaller alternates with switching between them, I'm sure some of the other software does too.

[EaTCarbS]

If you have 2 screens - use them. If not, it isn't a big deal.

Even if you have both wows on one screen, you can have your interwebz open on the other.

[Apps]

since you are only going to be playing two characters you don't even need that great of a PC or video card.
I would use one monitor because it's a pain to move your mouse to the alternate screen.... I doubt you will do that too much but still. Depending on the software you use it may be easier to use one monitor where you can instantly click on the other character and make it the largest part of the screen. ISBoxer and keyclone let you do that where there is a main sized part of the screen and smaller alternates with switching between them, I'm sure some of the other software does too.

I think this is great advice.

One so so computer can handle two wow clients, even with one monitor.

[Lyonheart]

I had been using two screens per PC-Per 5 accounts for a few years ( so when i was 10 boxing i had 4 screens ) And i never thought I would be happy with a single screen. But now that I am playing on a laptop in a small room with limited room for extra monitors, I have now changed my mind. With video overlays I have zero need to look over at another screen. I stack my wow clients at full resolution and use 4 tiny video overlays in the lower corner of my screen and love it!

Even when I build my next PC i will just get a single 30inch screen.

[Joerg]

Thanks everybody.

So i will start with one screen.
I will use ISBoxer and Jamba.

Hopefully the setup isn't difficult.
I want to play, not to setup...:-)

[Apps]

http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=36955

so far, you got a decent start with your choices...

[MiRai]

Is it a problem when the 2 monitors have different resolutions (i have a 24" (2540x1440) and a 22" (1900x1080))?
You already said you were going to go with the single monitor route but, I thought I would mention this anyway
in case you eventually move to a two monitor setup. Using monitors at different resolutions forces Fermi nVidia
cards to never go into an idle state so they're always sucking power 24-7.

[Joerg]

I started a 4-Team-Boxing...:-)

A Warrior, Shammy, Druid and Warlock...

So i can level 4 Toons to Level 80 at the same time...

Hopefully that works...;-)