Question How to switch which monitor I'm using mid-game ?

[toastedfsh]

i can't figure out how to switch to the application on my second monitor mid-game without minimising my game. I am also using gsync. also on my new Asus ROG Strix XG27ACS monitor I turned on HDR for that monitor in Windows settings and now I can't access colour settings or vivid pixel.
Is there any way around that ?

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Does Win key + Shift + left or right arrow work? Otherwise I'm not sure if it's possible exactly.

As for the monitor. Most are like this. If you have HDR on, the other options cannot be used because they would be interfering with each other. Another example is if you use Adaptive Sync, then you cannot use MPRT. Limitations of the tech.

 

[Ralston18]

Just to be clear about the setup:

Dual monitors. Game on one monitor and some application on the other monitor.

And the requirement is to toggle between monitors - correct?

What projection mode ( WIN + P) is being used?

PC screen only
Duplicate
Extend
Second screen only

Are you able to get to the GPU's control panel by right clicking an empty area of the desktop and select "Show more options" via the drop down menu?

After selecting/clicking "Show more options" a new menu should appear that lists, by name, the GPU's Control Panel.

Check the configuration settings.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Yeah, I'm not entirely sure myself.

I read it as being to 'throw' the active window from one monitor to the other (in this case being the game window), but I don't get the idea of why they would want to do that. If they were different monitors and different refreshes, I think that would cause even more problems.

Maybe your reading of it is the right angle.

 

[toastedfsh]

yeah my monitors are different refresh rates, all i want to do is be able to have say discord on one screen and switch between my game and that application without it minimising

 

[lordmogul]

all i want to do is be able to have say discord on one screen and switch between my game and that application without it minimising

Play in window mode.

When you run something in exclusive fullscreen, it is exactly that, exclusive.
If you want to move between it and something else, you can't run it in exclusive fullscreen. So any type of window mode is necessary. Either by a "classic" window, or stuff like a borderless, maximized window.