Eyefinity+Crossfire

[Sushicat89]

Alright so I want to get myself a second monitor  for various reasons including having say a game and a website opened at the same time. I currently have a crossfire rig and I was thought(confirmed by the internet and my own tests), that I will only be able to use both cards to the max potential if my game is on full screen. So my question is, if I'm playing a game on my main monitor and have something else on my second monitor, is it considered to be "fullscreen" or will I have to use both screens(which is not very convenient) to be able to use both cards at their fullest? 

[79wjd]

Wait what 

 

If youre not doing something intensive on the other monitor it won't affect performance more than an fps or two. 

 

The difference between Fullscreen and windowed/borderless windowed is that one "stops" background programs, while the latter doesn't. 

[Toddwjp]

it will be fine, it will full screen on one screen.

[Altecice]

no it will fullscreen on one monitor and the other monitor will turn black and wont be usable.

 

Yes you are correct xfire only kicks in when its fullscreen.

[Sushicat89]

no it will fullscreen on one monitor and the other monitor will turn black and wont be usable.

 

Yes you are correct xfire only kicks in when its fullscreen.

So basically if i want to play and browse at the same time, I'll have to set my game to borderless windows, correct? 

[Altecice]

So basically if i want to play and browse at the same time, I'll have to set my game to borderless windows, correct? 

 

yep but then you wont have crossfire.

[Sushicat89]

yep but then you wont have crossfire.

Well, this sucks:/ Thanks for the answers!