2 Screens and games

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Hi guys, i have a Dell 2407 and an old 17 crt and a HIS ATI x1900XT G card.

ive got the latest drives for everything.

When i play a game in windowed mode the game goes down to like 1 fps from 50 when i have the mouse on the main screen, but if i put the mouse on the other screen the fps goes back up. its fine if im not in windowed mode, but that means i cant use the other screen...

I only wanted the other screen to watch films, or for Vent and surfing etc.

Is there anyway i can sort this out?


Thanks in advance.

 

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start the movie on the second monitor then start the game? i dont think you can surf and play as you have to move focus from the game.

daven

No, for example if im playing wow, i can put it in windowed mode and move the cursor over both screens (the game is only on 1 screen). But, if the mouse is on the main screen, the game is unplayable, however if i move the mouse onto the other screen (with nothing or say an IE window on) then the game runs fine. i dont even have to alt tab or anything its just moving the mouse.

 

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because what if i want to pause or stop the film i cant, or if im on vent how can i switch channels, and if i need to look something up on thotbott or something for wow i cant....

It does work, i jsut dont understand why my fps drops to 1 when i have my mouse on the main screen.

 

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The specs ok i think

its an AMD X2 3800+
1 gig of Geil Golden Dragon
ATI X1900XT
2 Raptors in Raid

and as i say the game runs fine if i have the cursor on the left screen, its when i move it to the main screen the FPS drops.