For example, you can set up Windows for multimonitor support, but if you want additional features such as bezel compensation (which lines up pixels on bezel boundaries to create a seamless image), you should use the graphics control panel. You’ll still want to use the graphics control panels to deal with GPU-specific settings. In contrast, if you handle the operation through Windows, the behavior will remain the same. Sure, you could work in the GPU control panel instead, but if you ever changed graphics cards later on, you’d need to learn a new control panel. Use Windows system controls for basic settings: If all you need to do is set the resolution for one monitor, work from the display control panel built directly into your operating system.
Before plunging into control-panel specifics, we should review two important guidelines that everyone ought to follow.
