Games feel sluggish in fullscreen compared to windowed

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Headglitch123
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Games feel sluggish in fullscreen compared to windowed

Post by Headglitch123 » 23 Jan 2022, 21:04

As the title says ^

Games feel sluggish in fullscreen compared to fullscreen borderless/windowed.

Even apex legends feels way smoother in windowed :o

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Re: Games feel sluggish in fullscreen compared to windowed

Post by sherifmagdy32 » 24 Jan 2022, 07:28

I would suggest trying disabling full-screen optimizations in these games by right click properties compatibility tab then ticking the disable fullscreen check box if still feels the same then I suggest trying to disable MPO check the link for how
link: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/thre ... po.289163/

Headglitch123
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Re: Games feel sluggish in fullscreen compared to windowed

Post by Headglitch123 » 24 Jan 2022, 11:11

sherifmagdy32 wrote:
24 Jan 2022, 07:28
I would suggest trying disabling full-screen optimizations in these games by right click properties compatibility tab then ticking the disable fullscreen check box if still feels the same then I suggest trying to disable MPO check the link for how
link: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/thre ... po.289163/
Tried them both already.

But i could try it again. Didn’t really focused on the mpo disabled regedit “tweak” if it makes any difference in smoothness. I’ll keep u updated

But isn’t fso good to leave it at default?

Headglitch123
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Re: Games feel sluggish in fullscreen compared to windowed

Post by Headglitch123 » 24 Jan 2022, 13:54

Also whats the best nvidia driver?

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Re: Games feel sluggish in fullscreen compared to windowed

Post by monarch10969 » 26 Jan 2022, 23:05

Hey there man, regarding this I actually experience this in Valorant when running it in fullscreen mode I notice some line tears and when I change it to windowed fullscreen mode it feels better, smoother and no more linear tears. I dont know also the reason why it happens.

I'm using a 144hz TN Panel monitor and am hitting 250+ fps in normal matches so fps is not a reason I think. Also disabled freesync or any vsync options. Already tried disabling and enabling fullscreen optimizations but the issue still persists.
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Re: Games feel sluggish in fullscreen compared to windowed

Post by InputLagger » 27 Jan 2022, 11:36

monarch10969 wrote:
26 Jan 2022, 23:05
Hey there man, regarding this I actually experience this in Valorant when running it in fullscreen mode I notice some line tears and when I change it to windowed fullscreen mode it feels better, smoother and no more linear tears. I dont know also the reason why it happens.

I'm using a 144hz TN Panel monitor and am hitting 250+ fps in normal matches so fps is not a reason I think. Also disabled freesync or any vsync options. Already tried disabling and enabling fullscreen optimizations but the issue still persists.
Try change scaling options in nvidia cp with force override tick

Headglitch123
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Re: Games feel sluggish in fullscreen compared to windowed

Post by Headglitch123 » 27 Jan 2022, 14:13

InputLagger wrote:
27 Jan 2022, 11:36
monarch10969 wrote:
26 Jan 2022, 23:05
Hey there man, regarding this I actually experience this in Valorant when running it in fullscreen mode I notice some line tears and when I change it to windowed fullscreen mode it feels better, smoother and no more linear tears. I dont know also the reason why it happens.

I'm using a 144hz TN Panel monitor and am hitting 250+ fps in normal matches so fps is not a reason I think. Also disabled freesync or any vsync options. Already tried disabling and enabling fullscreen optimizations but the issue still persists.
Try change scaling options in nvidia cp with force override tick
Why should u tick the override thing on? Explain please

monarch10969
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Re: Games feel sluggish in fullscreen compared to windowed

Post by monarch10969 » 27 Jan 2022, 19:28

InputLagger wrote:
27 Jan 2022, 11:36
Try change scaling options in nvidia cp with force override tick
Hi there sir! Actually Mr. ReaINC answered this on a similar post I made. Btw I'm using an AMD GPU, RX 5700. So as explained by Mr. ReaINC, when using windowed mode it will automatically force the program to have vsync on. As advised he made me enable AMD's own version of vsync, "enhanced sync" and true enough all my queries were answered. The tearing I noticed and motion blur I noticed was gone and it was relatively smoother now.

The only thing why I didn't turn on vsync and freesync because I was playing competitively and vsync and freesync as explained by others, introduces input lag. Please correct if I still have misconceptions. Thank you!
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Re: Games feel sluggish in fullscreen compared to windowed

Post by pox02 » 27 Jan 2022, 20:30

disable mmcss

sc config MMCSS start=disabled
sc stop MMCSS

to revert

sc config MMCSS start=auto
sc start MMCSS
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