Multimonitor G-Sync issue?

[MooMoo444]

Hey guys, just after a bit of feedback.

I like to watch Twitch streams on my second monitor while gaming, and it used to work flawlessly. Since upgrading to a monitor with G-Sync, I'm finding whenever I have a game running on the first monitor, the second one goes very laggy and juttery, sometimes even the sound lags on it. The first one with G-Sync runs flawless as it should however.

Since the only thing I have changed is G-Sync, I have to assume this is the culprit, but I'm wondering if this is normal behavior? Does GS not behave well with multi monitor? Anyone else experience similar?

Posting it here rather than the monitor section as I feel more people would be able to relate here.

 

[Rroff]

What settings are you using for multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration and power management mode in the nVidia control panel?

You might also have to play around with the G-Sync Fullscreen or Fullscreen and Windowed mode and/or try running games in exclusive fullscreen or borderless window mode.

 

[MooMoo444]

To be honest I couldn't tell you off the top of my head regarding the control panel/power management. I usually play borderless window so I can swap to the other monitor easily. I do know that GSync is set to function for both fullscreen and window however.

 

[andybird123]

check what rroff said, also try turning off gsync altogether in nv control panel and see if that fixes it - sometimes when you change hardware things go odd and the thing you think it might be isn't direclty responsible, see if it still does it when you disable gsync

googling, it seems a lot of people have had the same issue and some reported back that if they stopped using chrome on the 2nd monitor other browsers viewing video didn't have a problem?

 

[smogsy]

i ran 3 gsync monitors from one card. no real issues

one monitor was gaming
second monitor was youtube
third monitor was stats.

the only time youtube lagged/stuttered was when game was on load screen or launching a large game.

if you set gsync to window mode, it might cause this issue as Nvidia is trying to adjust the refresh rate/trick it for the windows Desktop Management engine to refresh faster. set gsync to fullscreen & retest

 

[MooMoo444]

check what rroff said, also try turning off gsync altogether in nv control panel and see if that fixes it - sometimes when you change hardware things go odd and the thing you think it might be isn't direclty responsible, see if it still does it when you disable gsync

googling, it seems a lot of people have had the same issue and some reported back that if they stopped using chrome on the 2nd monitor other browsers viewing video didn't have a problem?

Interesting.. I am using Chrome currently. I shall try some of the suggestions above as well as a new browser. Thanks all.