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Daavee
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany11 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-28 09:41:48
July 28 2010 09:41 GMT
#21
Switch in the Graphic options from "Fullscreen" to "Windowed Mode (Fullscreen)".
This should solve tabbing problems as mentioned above.
Juvator
Profile Joined July 2010
Netherlands199 Posts
July 30 2010 17:28 GMT
#22
daamn this is horrible :s they really gotta fix this problem.. it takes about 2 minutes before I get back into the game after alt tabbing ... during beta this was instant.
this makes no sense.. all the setting are the same as they were during beta, I got a fast computer, 5850hd OC`ed, i7 920 OCed to 3,5ghz, 6gigs triple channel ddr 3 ram.. my screen res is the same as the game res 1920x1200.

do you guys think this will be fixed ? I will turn it on windowed mode for now.. but whats the difference between that and full screen then ?? it must be in some way less then normal full screen right ?

I just wanna get everything out of the game that I can so having to degrade because some bad coding or whatever by blizzard is not cool at all.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Vlad.
Profile Joined May 2010
Netherlands23 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-30 18:29:37
July 30 2010 18:29 GMT
#23
On July 28 2010 18:41 Daavee wrote:
Switch in the Graphic options from "Fullscreen" to "Windowed Mode (Fullscreen)".
This should solve tabbing problems as mentioned above.

This!

People do not really seem to read this thread, it has been mentioned several times already :S .Alt-tabbing is nearly instantaneous when using Windows (Fullscreen).

Edit: @Juvator: Windowed (Fullscreen) provides the exact same gaming experience as Fullscreen.
Juvator
Profile Joined July 2010
Netherlands199 Posts
July 30 2010 18:37 GMT
#24
allright thanks for clearing that up vlad, I shall be running it on that then.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
ClanOverdosed
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
691 Posts
July 30 2010 19:23 GMT
#25
I got this problem too, on the other hand I'm grateful because a friend of mine can't even alt+tab or his sc2 will crash
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SONE
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada839 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-30 19:27:00
July 30 2010 19:26 GMT
#26
When i had my 4870 playing COD4 awhile back and other applications, I noticed the alt-tabbing back in was really slow too. Right now I'm with Nvidia and I have no problems, but seems kind of unfortunate that ATI still has this problem with some users

EDIT: Window Max is NOT the same as fullscreen. It'll give you the freedom of tabbing, at the cost of performance.
eNtitY~
Profile Joined January 2007
United States1293 Posts
July 30 2010 20:38 GMT
#27
It does take a lot longer now ~_~~~~~

I don't like using windowed fullscreen
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Bob300
Profile Joined April 2010
United States505 Posts
July 30 2010 20:54 GMT
#28
I have a 5850 and it takes like 2 minutes to make it alt tab back into the game.
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Marradron
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Netherlands1586 Posts
July 30 2010 21:10 GMT
#29
On July 31 2010 04:26 SONE wrote:
When i had my 4870 playing COD4 awhile back and other applications, I noticed the alt-tabbing back in was really slow too. Right now I'm with Nvidia and I have no problems, but seems kind of unfortunate that ATI still has this problem with some users

EDIT: Window Max is NOT the same as fullscreen. It'll give you the freedom of tabbing, at the cost of performance.


well for those with overpowered cards like dual ati raedon 5850 preformence isn't mutch of an issue.
SONE
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada839 Posts
July 30 2010 21:16 GMT
#30
I didn't say it was, I was saying that the statement : "Windowed (Fullscreen) provides the exact same gaming experience as Fullscreen." is not true. There is a performance hit, it is not the same at all.
Marradron
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Netherlands1586 Posts
July 30 2010 21:22 GMT
#31
On July 31 2010 06:16 SONE wrote:
I didn't say it was, I was saying that the statement : "Windowed (Fullscreen) provides the exact same gaming experience as Fullscreen." is not true. There is a performance hit, it is not the same at all.


Everything is the same, your frame rate might drop a little bit. The difrence however between 60 and 55 doesnt matter mutch anyways. For me it didnt since it was capped at 60 anyways.
SONE
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada839 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-30 21:24:05
July 30 2010 21:23 GMT
#32
That is not the same, since when does 60 = 55?
Inkarnate
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada840 Posts
July 30 2010 21:24 GMT
#33
SONE is correct Marradron.
Marradron
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Netherlands1586 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-30 21:33:50
July 30 2010 21:29 GMT
#34
On July 31 2010 06:24 Inkarnate wrote:
SONE is correct Marradron.


I am not the one who claimed it was the same. I'm just saying who cares

edit: if you're referring to my last point. GRAPYICLY it is the same as in colors, contrast and such.
SONE
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada839 Posts
July 30 2010 21:33 GMT
#35
On July 31 2010 06:22 Marradron wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2010 06:16 SONE wrote:
I didn't say it was, I was saying that the statement : "Windowed (Fullscreen) provides the exact same gaming experience as Fullscreen." is not true. There is a performance hit, it is not the same at all.


Everything is the same


Whatever though, if you can survive the hit, which varies on different machines, then why not. You still shouldn't have to resort to playing in this mode and taking a hit on performance especially if your computer is more than capable to run SC2 on the highest settings, and cannot alt tab in fashion.
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
July 30 2010 21:37 GMT
#36
On July 27 2010 19:27 furymonkey wrote:
Anyone noticed the slow alt tabness with StarCraft 2 Retail? It takes me good old 15 seconds on a fast performance PC.

It used to be fine on Beta, where it only took a second max. Now everytime I alt tab to window, I need to wait good old 15 seconds staring at the black screen.

Anyone else has this problem? And has anyone found the cause or solution?

I had this problem. I dont anymore. My desktop now has the same resolution as sc2 and alt tab is a breeze. One time when I exited sc2 my resolution was changed to the same as sc2 and I never bothered to change it back.
Psychopomp
Profile Joined April 2010
United States237 Posts
July 30 2010 21:54 GMT
#37
It was fine for me during beta. Now it never even comes back.
BeMannerDuPenner
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Germany5638 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-30 22:00:39
July 30 2010 22:00 GMT
#38
On July 28 2010 18:41 Daavee wrote:
Switch in the Graphic options from "Fullscreen" to "Windowed Mode (Fullscreen)".
This should solve tabbing problems as mentioned above.



+1

really the fullscreen "windowed" mode is amazing. i can read TL while obsing , while waiting for the rocks to die in marine arena etc etc without any lag,delay or problems.

best "window" mode ever :D
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Noxie
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2227 Posts
July 31 2010 02:20 GMT
#39
Heard some of the ATI cards have this problem.. but if you have not already done so setting your resolution to windows (full screen) will make it a lot easier to alt tab.
Mobius
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1268 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-31 03:41:21
July 31 2010 03:40 GMT
#40
omg doublepost fail
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