Gaming in Windowed Mode

HR4 · 04-28-12, 10:24 AM

How many play games in windowed mode. I have just tried it out for Arma 2 and it seems o.k, I don’t usually play in windowed mode, but it got me to wondering how many do or how many have tried it out...

Pandam00nium · 04-28-12, 10:36 AM

I always try to play in windowed mode if it's possible. I like the option of being able to multi-task whether it's chatting with friends or looking up specific things.

Janus67 · 04-28-12, 10:53 AM

I do for any non-fps

SteveLord · 04-28-12, 11:14 AM

FPS - No way
Shogun 2 - A must. My dad takes 10-15 minutes to take his turns!

Pvt.Dancer · 04-28-12, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveLord

FPS - No way
Shogun 2 - A must. My dad takes 10-15 minutes to take his turns!

LOL!

I Do windowed on games like Diablo and other RPG's because I'm usually watching something on netflix. though on the occasion I have played in a windowed mode in BF3 so that I could talk to a few friends on steam but that was never permanent

nasvemos671 · 04-28-12, 01:24 PM

I actually plah WoW in windowed mode, especially when I'm questing and need to check wowhead out.

BugFreak · 04-28-12, 03:07 PM

It all depends on the game for me. I play WOW in windows but BF3 is not.

Redstone · 04-29-12, 01:46 AM

windowed so I can play on the secondary monitor. MyTV

deathman20 · 04-30-12, 01:12 PM

Depends on my mood, most things is full screen. Though since some how how ever I got it setup I can run video and game full screen on both my monitors it really doesn't affect me too much.

Window mode is nice if it allows it and still gives me the performance. FPS's though always full screen no question.

merz.38 · 04-30-12, 01:13 PM

Never tried to do it, the buttons and bars around the window bug me too much.

freakdiablo · 04-30-12, 04:29 PM

Full screen on one monitor, chat/movie/whatever on the other. It's easy enough alt-tabbing around that I don't have a reason to play in windowed.

RADIO_ACTIVE · 04-30-12, 05:49 PM

^ this is what I do, never cared much for windowed mode.

Atomichearse · 05-01-12, 09:15 PM

Full Screen on everything unless it's something I'll leave idle for a while like an MMO. For most games, it's not problem to just Alt+Tab out of any situation.

JU571N · 05-02-12, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by merz.38

Never tried to do it, the buttons and bars around the window bug me too much.

More games need borderless windowed mode. It's the best of both worlds.

tom10167 · 05-02-12, 07:39 PM

I don't know about every game but on TF2 you can remove the border by just modifying the game startup in steam and adding "-noborder"

Moving the game up a few pixels works well, too.

I run every game in windowed mode. It's a lot easier. I do it with dual monitors, too. Some games don't like being tabbed out, and tabbing back in has always been a little slower than I'd like.

Cheesecraker · 05-04-12, 02:23 AM

I like to play general games in windowed mode like Oblivion, Skyrim and pretty much any slower paced games but if its online game or a faster paced game I play fullscreen.

Metlcub · 05-04-12, 08:19 AM

Only game I play in windowed mode is Everquest, and that's cause i'm 3 boxing. BF3, LOL, and any other game are FS with something up on the second monitor.

04-28-12, 10:24 AM	Thread Starter #1
HR4 Registered Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: North Wales	Gaming in Windowed Mode How many play games in windowed mode. I have just tried it out for Arma 2 and it seems o.k, I don’t usually play in windowed mode, but it got me to wondering how many do or how many have tried it out... __________________ Arma2, gaming pc1: AMD Athlon II x4 640 Propus 3.4Ghz (oc) Gigabyte tech 500gb HDD, Quad Core Sapphire HD5850 2GB Toxic Limited Edition (oc) Arma3 ready, gaming pc2 Overclocked Intel Six Core i7-3930K 4.6GHz (max) ASUS P9X79 AMD Radeon HD7970 3GB 120GB SSD, 2TB WD Caviar Black Both Windows 7 64 Bit
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04-28-12, 10:36 AM	#2
Pandam00nium Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Up in the mountains~	I always try to play in windowed mode if it's possible. I like the option of being able to multi-task whether it's chatting with friends or looking up specific things. __________________ Case: CoolerMaster HAF 912 CPU: AMD Phenom II 1090T @ 3.81GHz Mobo: MSI 880G-E45 RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB GPU: MSI 6950 1GB TwinFrozr III SSD: OCZ Vertex Plus R2 120GB // HDD: Samsung F3 1TB PSU: Corsair VX550 Heatware ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
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04-28-12, 10:53 AM	#3
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04-28-12, 11:14 AM	#4
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04-28-12, 01:24 PM	#6
nasvemos671 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Yuma, Arizona	I actually plah WoW in windowed mode, especially when I'm questing and need to check wowhead out.
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04-29-12, 01:46 AM	#8
Redstone Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Coast	windowed so I can play on the secondary monitor. MyTV __________________ CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 925 HEATSINK: Silenx Ixtrema Pro MOBO: MSI NF750-G55 HARD DRIVES: Western Digital Caviar 160GB • Maxtor 160GB Slave MEMORY: A-DATA XPG Gaming Series • DDR3-1333 • 8-8-8-24 POWER: Corsair TX650M MONITOR: Acer S231HL VIDEOCARD: EVGA GeForce 650GTX O/S: MSFT Windows 7 Pro CLUBS: Callaway X-14’s King Cobra 440cc Ping Anser 5 KS
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04-30-12, 01:12 PM	#9
deathman20 High Speed Senior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Where the Cheese Heads Live	Depends on my mood, most things is full screen. Though since some how how ever I got it setup I can run video and game full screen on both my monitors it really doesn't affect me too much. Window mode is nice if it allows it and still gives me the performance. FPS's though always full screen no question. __________________ -=The Gamer=- MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) \| i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz \| 1.3875V \| 28C Idle / 65C Load (LinX) 8Gig G.Skill Ripjaw PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 @ 1600Mhz w/ 1.5V \| TR Ultra eXtreme 120 w/ 2 Fans Sapphire 7950 VaporX 1150/1500 w/ 1.2V/1.5V \| 32C Idle / 64C Load \| 2x 128Gig Crucial M4 SSD's BitFenix Shinobi Window Case \| SilverStone DA750 \| Dell 2405FPW 24" Screen -=The Server=- Synology DS1511+ \| Dual Core 1.8Ghz CPU \| 30C Idle / 38C Load 3 Gig PC2-6400 \| 3x Samsung F4 2TB Raid5 \| 2x Samsung F4 2TB Heat
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04-30-12, 01:13 PM	#10
merz.38 Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ohio State	Never tried to do it, the buttons and bars around the window bug me too much. __________________ Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 case Asus P9X79 w/ Intel i7 - 3820 32GB Corsair Dominator 1866 MHz ram EVGA 680 GTX 2GB 2 x OCZ Vertex 2 60gb running in raid 0 2 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB running in raid 0 Corsiar TX-950w Custom Watercooling Loop Build Thread:http://www.overclockers.com/forums/s...d.php?t=701267 Macbook Air running Windows 7 64-bit
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04-30-12, 04:29 PM	#11
freakdiablo Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Here	Full screen on one monitor, chat/movie/whatever on the other. It's easy enough alt-tabbing around that I don't have a reason to play in windowed. __________________ Main: MOBO: MSI P67A-G45, CPU: i7 2600k w/ VenX (4.4ghz @ 1.33v), RAM: 2x8gb Kingston HyperX Blu Red Series DDR3 1600, GFX: Galaxy GTX670 GC, PSU: OCZ 1250w ZX, CASE: Corsair 500R, HDD: 120gb Samsung 840, Samsung 2TB EcoGreen F4 Quick, Cheap, and Dirty NAS: Sempron 140, Hyper 212+ with 800RPM Scythe Slipstreams, 4gb ram, 5x2tb Hitachis in RAID5, Seasonic SSR-360GP, Antec 300, Biostar Tpower motherboard, APC BR700G UPS, Buffalo WZR-HP-AG300H router Laptop: Lenovo Thinkpad X220 HTPC: Zotac ZBOX AD04-U w/ 4GB Samsung 1333mhz, 64GB Adata Premier Pro SP900 Sandbox: Q9550, DFI Lanparty Jr. P45-T2RS, 3GB mismatched ram, 1TB Samsung F1, Antec Neo Eco 400w, cheapo case Lanbox: APEX TX-381-C case, MSI 760GM-P34 w/ cheap MOSFET heatsinks, AMD PII 965 BE, 8gb Corsair XMS3 1333MHz, 120GB OCZ Vertex 3, CM 212 Evo, MSI 5850 OC Project 1UP Bored of games? Nothing good on internet radio or youtube? Dont waste your GHz, find them before they find us. SETI
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RADIO_ACTIVE Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sacramento, CA	^ this is what I do, never cared much for windowed mode. __________________ CPU: i7 960 @ 3.8ghz MOBO: EVGA x58 SLI RAM: gSkill - 6gigs DDR3 1600 GPU: GALAXY 2x GTX 480 SLI @ 780/1560/2012 SSD: OCZ Vertex 2 120gig PSU: Kingwin 1000w CHASIS: Antec 900 two
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05-01-12, 09:15 PM	#13
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tom10167 Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Phoenix. YOUR HAIR IS GOOD TO EAT	I don't know about every game but on TF2 you can remove the border by just modifying the game startup in steam and adding "-noborder" Moving the game up a few pixels works well, too. I run every game in windowed mode. It's a lot easier. I do it with dual monitors, too. Some games don't like being tabbed out, and tabbing back in has always been a little slower than I'd like. __________________ I7 920/4890/Raid0 x-25m/ 3008wfp + 23" lcd/blah/blah/blah It's 2010 I think we can definitely* remove all 56k warnings from thread titles* Please stop saying fleabay, worst buy, etc. :)
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05-04-12, 02:23 AM	#16
Cheesecraker Registered Join Date: May 2012	I like to play general games in windowed mode like Oblivion, Skyrim and pretty much any slower paced games but if its online game or a faster paced game I play fullscreen.
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05-04-12, 08:19 AM	#17
Metlcub Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cumming Ga	Only game I play in windowed mode is Everquest, and that's cause i'm 3 boxing. BF3, LOL, and any other game are FS with something up on the second monitor. __________________ Mobo ASRock z77 Extreem4 CPU i7-2600k @ 4.2 1.20v CPU HS/F Corsair H-100 RAM Corsair Veng 12gig DDR3-1600 GPU Asus DCII GTX570 Storage Hyper X 3k 240g , Force 3 120g, 2tb HDD DVD Samsung BD/DVD/CD Inputs Logitech G510 and G700 Sound X-fi Extreem / Sennheiser PC-350 Case Haf X Advanced PSU TT TR2 RX 750w My Heatware
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