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yaggaz
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Wednesday, January 06, 2021 3:35 AM (permalink)
 
Is there any reason I would just want Fullscreen and not the setting Fullscreen and Windowed?
 
Giving Fallout 4 a second playthrough and noticed that the only way to get it to use G-sync was a few tweaks and to change the settings in nvidia panel to "Fullscreen and Windowed."     The problem is this is a universal setting and not something you can apply to each individual game.   
 
So my first question is, is there any downside to "Fullscreen and Windowed" as a universal option?
 
Is there anyway in the customised game settings to have it on just for the games that require it? Thanks
 

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    Re: Fullscreen vs Fullscreen and Windowed mode settings for G-sync Wednesday, January 06, 2021 2:29 PM (permalink)
    Some people have reported that windowed G-sync has caused them to see flashing or flickering. So, if you see problems with flashing or flickering in some game/application which you are unable to run fullscreen for whatever reason, the option to exclude windowed mode is provided.

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    Re: Fullscreen vs Fullscreen and Windowed mode settings for G-sync Wednesday, January 06, 2021 7:01 PM (permalink)
    Thanks for the clarification.  I never understood the difference but then that is probably because I haven't experienced those issues.
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    Re: Fullscreen vs Fullscreen and Windowed mode settings for G-sync Thursday, January 07, 2021 6:55 AM (permalink)
    ty_ger07
    Some people have reported that windowed G-sync has caused them to see flashing or flickering. So, if you see problems with flashing or flickering in some game/application which you are unable to run fullscreen for whatever reason, the option to exclude windowed mode is provided.



    Thank you.   I do have very sensitive eyesight and score 20/20 on my vision tests and I have to admit there is something odd happening in the bottom quarter of the screen that almost looks like a tear, but nowhere near as bad as the tears with sync off.
     
    But still much better than with the Fullscreen setting only.

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    Re: Fullscreen vs Fullscreen and Windowed mode settings for G-sync Wednesday, January 27, 2021 4:09 AM (permalink)
    Thanks for the good tips guys. Can't wait to try out these windowed modes with my new monitor.


     

     
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    Re: Fullscreen vs Fullscreen and Windowed mode settings for G-sync Wednesday, January 27, 2021 1:58 PM (permalink)
    I've found some games will not run higher than 60FPS when running in a borderless window. Other games will run fine, some will flicker, etc. it's really a crapshoot. Test out in both configs to see what works best for what game.



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    Re: Fullscreen vs Fullscreen and Windowed mode settings for G-sync Thursday, January 28, 2021 6:01 AM (permalink)
    Rather than using the Nvidia Control Panel, you should be able to set the "Window Mode" within each individual application's settings which will be preserved between executions.
     
    In most circumstances:
        "Fullscreen Exclusive" will provide the best performance, granting the application complete control over the display and disabling other background applications/processes
        "Borderless Windowed" provides more flexibility for accessing concurrent applications, especially in multi-monitor setups, but may decrease performance as background applications/processes are allowed to continue running
     
    https://game.info.intel.com/gaming-access/should-you-use-fullscreen-or-borderless-windowed-mode
    https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/windowed-fullscreen-borderless-modes/
    https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/demystifying-full-screen-optimizations/
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