Question Cannot watch video on my second screen while gaming.

[bigbrompton]

I cannot game and watch a video on my second monitor without the video stuttering and lowering quality. I game on max settings but I tried putting everything on low and still has that problem. It seems when the game is not in focus the video plays fine. I have the same issue with streaming over discord, the video lags for people im showing it to. I literally cannot do anything on my second monitor when I'm playing a game, happens to all games I play also.

Notes:
no major program running,
reset the whole pc already


Windows 11 Pro
i9 13900K
4090
32 GB ram
600 MBPSinternet speed

 

[bigbrompton]

Have you tried using same refesh rate on 2nd monitor

I have not, my second monitor is 4k 60 and my main is 4k 240

 

[XxDarkMario20xX]

Have you tried using same refesh rate on 2nd monitor also have you tried disable hardware acceleration on google chrome. Mistaken removed my comment ug.

 

[bigbrompton]

Have you tried using same refesh rate on 2nd monitor also have you tried disable hardware acceleration on google chrome. Mistaken removed my comment ug.

i tried the hardware acceleration thing on google already. but i just tried turning vsync on and seems to have fixed the problem. will update.

 

[XxDarkMario20xX]

i tried the hardware acceleration thing on google already. but i just tried turning vsync on and seems to have fixed the problem. will update.

You could try 240hz and limit it to 144hz to see if that helps more!

 

[bigbrompton]

You could try 240hz and limit it to 144hz to see if that helps more!

Vsync may have been the fix. I toggle it on and off and immediately affects the video on my second monitor. Im trying to test discord stream now and its not detecting any screens anymore. even with vsync back off.I may have to restart.

 

[Ralston18]

PSU: Make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

History of heavy use for gaming and/or video use?