Can you remove the caps lock?
Can you remove the caps lock?
When using windowed fullscreen mode, you experience high frame rates but still feel like you're seeing around 60fps. This seems to be a common trade-off for the convenience of switching monitors. There appears to be no straightforward fix, and it's not uncommon to notice differences between windowed and fullscreen performance. Your setup with a high-refresh-rate monitor and gaming PC suggests you're getting the most out of your hardware, but the perception of lower frame rates in windowed mode is typical.
i7-3820 running at 4.4GHz – thought it wasn’t important, but added it to the discussion thread.
The CPU plays a role in handling multiple tasks. Running a borderless windowed game doesn't fully utilize the CPU since it operates similarly to other open programs. It's different from giving the CPU top priority, which happens when running in fullscreen and allows it to use more processing power. Generally, a stronger CPU leads to better performance with windowed games.
Hey James, welcome to the forum! If you'd like your answers to stand out, just quote the specific post you're referring to—just press the small arrow under each post. Regarding your question: your game shows a FPS cap of 120 yet only displays 60. That seems confusing. You mentioned vertical sync, but haven't you checked that yourself?
Thanks for the advice! The game's maximum cap is 200, but I'm only getting around 120fps. Switching from borderless to fullscreen makes it feel much smoother and lets me see all 120fps. VSync is off, which caps my FPS at 60 even though my monitor and Windows are set to 165. Updated August 3, 2016 by Trog
It sounds confusing. I’m not very familiar with this, but maybe removing and readding the graphics card drivers could help.
I've experienced a few clean reinstalls recently, but they haven't fixed the issue. It seems like I'm consistently seeing fullscreen FPS rates while using windowed borderless mode.
Checked the details and noticed NVidia supports V-sync within the Control panel as well. Look at that section to confirm its status.