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XxKrazymagicxX
4 years ago

Re: PSA: Use fullscreen mode, not borderless (performance issue)

@5moothassWallaceI am running the steam version. I have ran the game in windowed, borderless, and in fullscreen. I have not seen the behaviour you mention here. Ive never had a game drop its FPS by half just going to borderless. Every instance Ive ever seen this occur it was due to refresh rate / vsync type issues, where the game was being artificially capped by some process while in window mode. The fact that you say 60fps is telling. 60FPS would be one of those expected capping points where a vsync issue would be at play.

Have you verified the monitor is in fact running at 144hz in the control panel?

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  • 5moothassWallac's avatar
    5moothassWallac
    4 years ago

    Digging around everywhere but I'm not seeing anywhere where a configuration would be causing this specifically with BF2042. Works fine in Sea of Thieves, BF4, PUBG.

  • XxKrazymagicxX's avatar
    XxKrazymagicxX
    4 years ago
    @5moothassWallace Yea everything you have there looks good. Could be a bug with the game for sure. I see you run a 3 monitor setup. Have you tried, just to test it, if you unplug all the other monitors if it changes anything? I would try all of those types of things. I can verify though that I run a 2 monitor set up and I do not have this behaviour.
  • 5moothassWallac's avatar
    5moothassWallac
    4 years ago
    Ok, it appears that the dynamic resolution scale option only works in fullscreen mode, and that's what was boosting my framerate in fullscreen mode. Disabling it yields the same framerate between borderless and fullscreen mode, so that must be it. I guess I'm satisfied with my current performance with the assumption that it'll only improve going forward.
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    XxKrazymagicxX
    4 years ago
    @5moothassWallace Thanks for following up with this. I felt strongly something else had to be at play. Im glad you noticed this.

    I would still recommend fullscreen. Some games do perform best in fullscreen (though the FPS change wouldnt be noticable) but the main reason most people, competitively atleast, suggest full screen is because of how it can affect input lag. Full Screen is the best bet to ensure best performance and lowest input latency.

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