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    Windowed mode DESTROYING Frame rate?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Phase, May 23, 2015.

  1. Phase

    Phase Notebook Evangelist

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    So if I play a game like battlefield in windowed mode and have facebook or skype or whatever open to the side, my frame rates dip like crazy or never hit 60 fps. I use afterburner and it'll tell me only 50 percent of cpu and like 40 percent of my GPU is being used. even the clock speeds are a bit lower. I don't get it. it has less to render on a smaller screen now.

    back when i had a normal i7 laptop with just the hd 4000, i would put bf3 in window mode and make it smaller and my fps would skyrocket. fullscreen is what killed them. now it's the other way around. i used to be able to skype friends and multi task while playing battlefield 3. now when i do it with battlefield 3 and 4 and any game, the games lag.

    i feel like i'm repeating myself a lot, but why would getting a dedicated gpu hurt performance compared to when my old system had an igpu?

    is there a fix to make the gpu use up to 100 percent?
     
    Phase, May 23, 2015
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  2. LanceAvion

    LanceAvion Notebook Deity

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    Hmmm that is rather odd. What are the full specs of your current system vs your old one?


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    LanceAvion, May 25, 2015
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  3. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I just tried BF4 windowed mode and worked fine for me. I'd say try a different driver.
     
    HTWingNut, May 25, 2015
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  4. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    This is weird.. Shouldn't happen.. What driver are you using etc?
     
    TomJGX, May 25, 2015
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  5. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Likely a driver issue. Revert and clean install.
     
    J.Dre, May 25, 2015
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  6. Phase

    Phase Notebook Evangelist

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    it's suddenly working. weird....
     
    Phase, May 25, 2015
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  7. D2 Ultima

    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    BF4 has problems with windowed/borderless windowed sometimes. I know for a fact that I can get a +30fps boost going from borderless to fullscreen. Windowed mode should give a little bit more fps, but nowhere near the amount you should have for a 720p window (as the window is not adjustable in size).
     
    D2 Ultima, May 26, 2015
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