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  1. Paradox

    Paradox I am a gigantic asshole who loses people's hard wo

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    Does having to play empires in windowed mode or fullscreen effect anything?
    Cause I noticed a bit of fps drop in windowed mode.
     
    Paradox, Dec 20, 2010
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  2. Empty

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    Well duh. In windowed mode your PC is rendering all your background applications along with empires, as well as lowering the relative priority of the games process, making it run slower.
     
    Empty, Dec 20, 2010
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  3. LordDz

    LordDz Capitan Rainbow Flowers

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    Windowed mode allows other applications in the background to get "power" while playing the game, so yes it runs a bit slower in window mode.
     
    LordDz, Dec 20, 2010
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  4. Paradox

    Paradox I am a gigantic asshole who loses people's hard wo

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    Liked lordz's response more...
     
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  5. Empty

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    But mine is more correct.
     
    Empty, Dec 20, 2010
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  6. Trickster

    Trickster Retired Developer

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    -windowed -noborder
     
    Trickster, Dec 20, 2010
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  7. Dubee

    Dubee Grapehead

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    so the game will run smoother in full screen?
     
    Dubee, Dec 20, 2010
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    Trickster Retired Developer

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    Of course it does.
     
    Trickster, Dec 20, 2010
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  9. Dubee

    Dubee Grapehead

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    so if i run it windowed it will not run smoother?
     
    Dubee, Dec 20, 2010
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  10. Paradox

    Paradox I am a gigantic asshole who loses people's hard wo

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    Logics?
     
    Paradox, Dec 20, 2010
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  11. Dubee

    Dubee Grapehead

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    trollics
     
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  12. Paradox

    Paradox I am a gigantic asshole who loses people's hard wo

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    Dubbics
     
    Paradox, Dec 20, 2010
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  13. Brutos

    Brutos Administrator Staff Member Moderator

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    You will probably lose a bit of performance, but you can quickly alttab which negates all other possible negative effects.
     
    Brutos, Dec 21, 2010
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  14. Sprayer2708

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    Still don't get what would make me want to alttab.
     
    Sprayer2708, Dec 21, 2010
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  15. flasche

    flasche Member Staff Member Moderator

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    who said youd need to?
     
    flasche, Dec 21, 2010
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  16. Brutos

    Brutos Administrator Staff Member Moderator

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    If you don't need it play in fullscreen and use your extra 1-5% performance. I gladly sacrifice that for being able to alttab.
     
    Brutos, Dec 21, 2010
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  17. rampantandroid

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    This depends on win7 and vista vs xp. Xp will be slow. Vista and newer won't be for the most part.
     
    rampantandroid, Dec 29, 2010
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  18. flasche

    flasche Member Staff Member Moderator

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    yey for dx9 accelerated desktops, i just dont get why they dont have such neat features as HDR and POM :P
     
    flasche, Dec 29, 2010
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  19. Deiform

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    All the cool kids irc and play Empires at the same time. Alt tabbing is a must.
     
    Deiform, Dec 29, 2010
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  20. rampantandroid

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    DX9 can do HDR. You just can't get AA to go with it unless you have a newer graphics card with unified shaders (newer, meaning nVidia 8800 and up...)

    Give Far Cry 1 fully patched a go.
     
    rampantandroid, Dec 30, 2010
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