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?