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    loose performance by cloning screen?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mechrock, Dec 3, 2008.

  1. mechrock

    mechrock Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you loose performance by cloning your screen and playing a game?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhcyI3-sBCY

    A video of me playing Crysis on my friends projector. This is why I'm wondering because I want to know if I'm loosing performance by doing this?
     
    mechrock, Dec 3, 2008
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Shouldn't make a difference, it's only rendering the image once, but sending it to two locations. If it makes a difference it is very very small.
     
    Hep!, Dec 3, 2008
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    Using clone mode keeps both ATI and nVidia cards in single display performance mode, so it shouldn't make any difference. Never has for me..
     
    unknown555525, Dec 3, 2008
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  4. mechrock

    mechrock Notebook Evangelist

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    Okay thanks for the help. I kinda wish that was not the case, but oh well.
     
    mechrock, Dec 3, 2008
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