Games stutter in Windowed Borderless with Dual Monitor Set-Up.

[sammykneen]

High guys, my games stutter in Windowed Borderless Mode when I have my CPU Dual Monitor Graphics plugged in. I have no framerate drops at all, it's just a random very noticeable micro stutter that kicks in which really ruins the experience.

I don't actually always use a second screen but I run my secondary CPU graphics into my surround sound reciever to get my sound so just unplugging it isn't really an option. :( If anyone could help me, I'd really appreciate it.

Thnaks in advance!

Asus Z97-A
i7-4790K
GTX 970
8GB RAM
Windows 8.1

[wajinshu]

Yeah.. thank god this was fixed on Windows 10. Using 353.30 drivers from Windows Update/Nvidia Website.. dunno in latest 353.50 though

[sammykneen]

Hey has anyone found a fix for this in Windows 8.1 yet? Even my games that run natively in Borderless Windowed stutter like crazy. Don't want to upgrade to Windows 10 yet...

Thanks in advance!

[Gameplay Crush]

I can't believe that such a huge issue hasnt blown up yet.
Microsoft needs to fix this windowed rendering in Win8 asap

[Philius]

I upgraded to Windows 10, but I still got the stuttering in windowed mode in GTA 5 and The Witcher 3.
My system:
ASRock Z77 Extreme 3
i7 2600k @ 4.0 GHz
GTX 970 @ 1304 MHz
8GB RAM @ 1600 MHz

[sammykneen]

Anyone ever find a fix for this? Still driving me crazy months later.

[Lazzlo]

This issue is really getting old...halp!

[sammykneen]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Lazzlo:

This issue is really getting old...halp!

Yeah I never found a fix :(

Doesn't seem to do it in Windows 10, but I don't like Windows 10, haha.

[Lazzlo]

It does. The only way around it is to disable my 2nd monitor with windows button + p and just play in full screen mode. Thing is some newer games dont even have that option. I'm looking at you BnS and the new Ghost in the Shell. Pretty lame =\

[sammykneen]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Lazzlo:

It does. The only way around it is to disable my 2nd monitor with windows button + p and just play in full screen mode. Thing is some newer games dont even have that option. I'm looking at you BnS and the new Ghost in the Shell. Pretty lame =\

No way, it does it for you in Windows 10 too!? Maybe I didn't test it enough before downgrading back to 8.1...

Yeah the issue really sucks. Nearly all the Final Fantasy games on Steam run natively in Borderless Windowed mode too with no true-fullscreen option so it's a stutterfest.

[Lazzlo]

Yea dude. Our systems are practically the same also lol. I'm planning to upgrade to a gtx 980 Ti soon so i'll let you know if that makes a difference.

[sammykneen]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Lazzlo:

Yea dude. Our systems are practically the same also lol. I'm planning to upgrade to a gtx 980 Ti soon so i'll let you know if that makes a difference.

Okay thanks! Will let you know if I discover a fix too.

[Faylo]

Opprinnelig skrevet av sammykneen:

High guys, my games stutter in Windowed Borderless Mode when I have my CPU Dual Monitor Graphics plugged in. I have no framerate drops at all, it's just a random very noticeable micro stutter that kicks in which really ruins the experience.

I don't actually always use a second screen but I run my secondary CPU graphics into my surround sound reciever to get my sound so just unplugging it isn't really an option. :( If anyone could help me, I'd really appreciate it.

Thnaks in advance!

Asus Z97-A
i7-4790K
GTX 970
8GB RAM
Windows 8.1

Not sure if I'm bringing up an old thread, but I recently started noticing his issue as well in Windows 10 and was wondering if anyone had found a fix. I also have nearly he same specs. This happens to me in a simple game like league of legends lol :(

[Wave]

Hi guys, i know im very late to the party but i found a possible fix, atleast it worked for me.
Disable Windows Aero.

[Marrizard]

I am also getting this problem and i am running on Windows 10 build 14393 happened when i upgraded to the newest AMD crimson drivers about a month ago, when they introduced relive.
any help is greatly appriciated.

[IchigoMait]

This issue happens when not using vsync, for some reason in recent years you start getting stutter when the scene moves while the camera doesn't rotate even at higher fps than refresh rate and without screen tears, basically what was happening before with standard vsync when fps was below refresh rate(that still happens, but more micro and more constant stutter compared to the non vsync usage).
Another issue with adaptive vsync, in fullscreen you can't use adaptive vsync, because it will give tearing, in some games even in borderless you'll get tearing with adaptive vsync.
Mostly though in window/bordered or borderless(done right)/fake fullscreen will have not an issue with adaptive vsync, you won't be getting those stutter anymore in game, and it turns the vsync off at full framerate. But you have to have it also enabled ingame.
If you have screen tearing issues even with vsync on, then just have to use standard, but that will give the microstutter when the scene moves, rotating the camera around won't cause it.

And all of this is on windows 7,
rant below
no reason for me to use win8(piece of garbage like winvista was), and win10 basically again winvista with it's new directx12, no reason to use win10, if you can still play any game on win7. Not to mention all the compatibility fuck ups with win10, friends can't even use any old diablo 2 patches to play the game, thus all current/old modding is broken. And to boot my motherboard is broken as fuck on win10, it gets online after installation, but when restarting or logging off and on, I can never get network drivers to work, tried multiple fixes for it without anything working, so win10 is a borked mess where it's better to start fresh and never have seen previous windowses and only with the newest hardware.