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FPS when running a secondary screen?

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Say you are running 2 screens, both 1920x1080 res. One is primary screen that you for instance use to game in full screen windowed and the other a secondary screen that you could use for a few applications such as your browser, iTunes, youtube, facebook etc. How much fps will you lose in game when running that secondary screen with some normal use (not an extra game or heavy 3D applications or anything)?

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There is basically no drop at all if there is nothing graphically intense on the second screen, just something like a music player or skype or a browser window.

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No drop at all if its just browsers/applications.

I have browsers, VLC and other crap open on my other monitor all the time.

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Its not going to be terrible I have my system with 2 monitors (soon three maybe) the second one is not 1080p but i lost fps i just bought a gtx 650 to power it (and fold...) When nothing was running i only lost about 3-5 fps but when running i lost more. You will likely lose only like 5 fps or so.

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iTunes used to destroy my system when I had two monitors. I now use Foobar2000 and I'm never looking back. Most applications however draw very little performance away, say 1-5FPS depending on game/system.

 

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Its not going to be terrible I have my system with 2 monitors (soon three maybe) the second one is not 1080p but i lost fps i just bought a gtx 650 to power it (and fold...) When nothing was running i only lost about 3-5 fps but when running i lost more. You will likely lose only like 5 fps or so.

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When you have a youtube video or something like that running while playing I find my game to stutter slightly at times, but as long as it's nothing animated I fell and measure no difference

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Not so much it could be noticable. Though I don't run anything graphically intense on 2nd screen. Just TS3, browser, IRC and OpenHWmonitor.

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