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Graphics and video
Resolutions
Video settings
- Field of view (FOV)
- Windowed / borderless fullscreen
- Anisotropic filtering (AF)
- Anti-aliasing (AA)
- High-fidelity upscaling
- Vertical sync (Vsync)
- Frame rate (FPS)
- High dynamic range (HDR)
- Ray tracing (RT)
- Color blind mode
Hardware
For a list of games, see List of games that support windowed.
Key points
- Can often be toggled with Alt+↵ Enter in supported games.
- Windowed mode keeps custom color profiles in use for games.
- Seamless task switching with no risk of crashes or freezes with a minor loss in performance.
- Eliminates screen tearing on Windows due to Vsync being applied over any windows by default.[1]
- Some games do not have a native windowed mode; specific workarounds may be required.
- Games using Mantle don't work with AMD CrossFire while running in windowed mode.[2]
Windows
DxWnd
- Actively developed and supported, includes many configuration options.
- Great for Win 95/98 like games such as StarCraft, Diablo, and Quake; many presets are included.
- Automatically applies any configurations while the program is running.
- Slightly unintuitive interface, the in-game performance might get worse.
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3DAnalyze
- Includes simple option to force windowed mode.
- DirectX 8.1 and 9.0 supported; compatibility is not well documented.
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D3DWindower
- Allows to store multiple configurations at once.
- Cumbersome to use, has fewer configuration options.
- Not maintained, may not work with some games.
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Mouse locking
- Certain games do not lock the mouse inside the actual window, this can result in some rather annoying behaviour on multiple screens.
Cursor Lock
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Special K
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Clip Cursor
- Allows locking the cursor to any running applications.
- Program doesn't see windows that were opened subsequently.
Borderless Gaming
- Global hotkey (Scroll lock) for locking the cursor.
- Lacks automatic cursor lock during game focus.