General questions about Aero

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ciopenhauer
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General questions about Aero

Post by ciopenhauer » 20 Nov 2014, 23:37

What are the effects of enabling or disabling Aero in Windows 7? Is there a difference for Windowed games or Full screen games? Is there a difference in input lag?

The ufo test doesn't go over 60 fps with Aero disabled, is this just a browser thing or would games also be stuck at 60Hz refresh rate if Aero is disabled?

flood
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Re: General questions about Aero

Post by flood » 21 Nov 2014, 05:14

aero doesnt affect fullscreen games

windowed games and borderless fullscreen games have more input lag with aero due to vsync. actually the entire desktop is laggier by two frames :P. just drag an icon around on the desktop and note how far it lags behind the cursor when you have aero on

testufo cant detect the refresh rate without aero

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