Full screen vs windowed mode performance difference..

[Poss]

<p>I don't recall there being such a big difference running in windowed mode than fullscreen.. Back when I stopped playing fullscreen and started playing in windowed mode, probably 2 years ago or so, I recall there was not really any performance hit.. Now when I check, I get at least 10fps more when I go fullscreen than when in maximized window mode...</p><p>Can any dev comment on why this is?</p>

[Zadig]

<p>heh i crash to desktop when I try to run fullscreen. its making me not even want to play the game.</p>

[GekkodaWhite]

<p><cite>Possom wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I don't recall there being such a big difference running in windowed mode than fullscreen.. Back when I stopped playing fullscreen and started playing in windowed mode, probably 2 years ago or so, I recall there was not really any performance hit.. Now when I check, I get at least 10fps more when I go fullscreen than when in maximized window mode...</p><p>Can any dev comment on why this is?</p></blockquote><p>I get a little worse then that in windowed mode.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p><cite>Possom wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I don't recall there being such a big difference running in windowed mode than fullscreen.. Back when I stopped playing fullscreen and started playing in windowed mode, probably 2 years ago or so, I recall there was not really any performance hit.. Now when I check, I get at least 10fps more when I go fullscreen than when in maximized window mode...</p><p>Can any dev comment on why this is?</p></blockquote><p>That is how it should work.</p><p>You should reclaim FPS when switching to Full Screen mode as the desktop and everything involved doesn't have to be drawn.</p>

[Tigress]

<p>that's interesting.  i cannot run in full screen mode.  my mouse disappears. that happens on both of my computers.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p><cite>Tigress wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>that's interesting.  i cannot run in full screen mode.  my mouse disappears. that happens on both of my computers.</p></blockquote><p>Give the DX9 update a shot, perhaps both PC's are using an older revision.  DirectInput, a function of DirectX, controls your input devices while in the game.</p><p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=3b170b25-abab-4bc3-ae91-50ceb6d8fa8d" target="_blank">[DX9] June 2010</a></p>