my game feels smoother in windowed mode, why?

#1

yahoo

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since I felt that my game wasn't "smooth" in fullscreen, i decided to switch to windowed to see if it helps and it actually did. why? isnt fullscreen supposed to be better when it comes to input lag and stuff?

#2

All_Over_RS

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maybe you dont like the lag-free snappiness of fullscreen mode

#3

Included_Middle

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Windowed mode can enable vsync making the game smoother but increasing input lag.

#4

yahoo

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no its not vsync, its still off.

#5

Included_Middle

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I'm not 100% sure but i think windowed mode adds a windows vsync not ingame vsync, so checking things like mat_vsync won't tell you wether vsync is on or not.

see: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/3cpbqr/windows_10_forced_vsync/

I'm not 100% sure but i think windowed mode adds a windows vsync not ingame vsync, so checking things like mat_vsync won't tell you wether vsync is on or not.

see: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/3cpbqr/windows_10_forced_vsync/

#6

sage

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buttery smooth double-buffer windows vsync
its like enabling vsync in drivers, it wont show in game settings

#7

gedu

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if the vsync theory fails, don't you by chance have desktop set to higher refresh rate than tf2?

#8

Citric

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When I upgraded to a 144hz monitor, I was getting terrible screen tearing until I changed to borderless windowed. I'm not sure if there's any added input delay, but if there is I can't perceive it.