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lidowxx · 01-31-2010, 10:01 AM

That's said, i was fiddling the graphic settings today and found my fps almost doubled

(from about 15-17 to 30-35) in windowed mode when switched from full screen mode at same resolution and settings(1920x1080, max settings,no AA). It's a pleasant surprise, of course, but i don't understand, do the two modes(windowed vs full screen) make the GPU work differently somehow?

Anyway, gonna play the game in windowed mode from now on

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lidowxx Notebook Deity Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 787 Rep Power: 10	Dragon Age-Frame rates almost doubled in windowed mode That's said, i was fiddling the graphic settings today and found my fps almost doubled (from about 15-17 to 30-35) in windowed mode when switched from full screen mode at same resolution and settings(1920x1080, max settings,no AA). It's a pleasant surprise, of course, but i don't understand, do the two modes(windowed vs full screen) make the GPU work differently somehow? Anyway, gonna play the game in windowed mode from now on __________________ Current: M17x R3: i7-2630qm / 6970M 2GB GDDR5 / 12GB DDR3 / 320GB HDD+128GB Crucial M4 / 1920x1080 G50VT-x1: x9100 3.33ghz / 9800M gs 512M GDDR3 / 4GB DDR2 / 320GB HDD / 1366x768