Windowed vs. Full Screen

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Kirby

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Discussion starter · #1 · Jul 12, 2002

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Quite a wierd question...

Do you perfer running a game in Windowed view or Full Screen view?

 

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#2 · Jul 12, 2002

depends...
if I'm testing I prefer windowed....
If I really want to relax and play a game for a while I'll prefer fullscreen

 

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#3 · Jul 12, 2002

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most of the time i use fullscreen,exept when im using a emu
that i never used before in case something happens...

 

Kellicros

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#4 · Jul 12, 2002

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Play all of my games in full screen mode, can't stand windowed games.

 

Prafull

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#5 · Jul 12, 2002

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When I play games I use fullscreen mode.

When i test things I use windowed mode.

 

Esturk

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#6 · Jul 12, 2002

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Why play something in a small windows when you can have it Full Screen?

 

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#7 · Jul 12, 2002

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full screen for me... i prefer that since, i dunno. it just looks better with the whole game rather seeing the whole game (smaller view) and windows xp together ._.

 

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#8 · Jul 12, 2002

Originally posted by Esturk17
Why play something in a small windows when you can have it Full Screen?

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GBA would be a good reason to run in a window...

 

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Getting a real GBA would be a good reason to play GBA too.

 

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#10 · Jul 12, 2002

you don't say. =P

 

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#11 · Jul 12, 2002

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I prefer Full Screen Mode because I like it better than Windowed. But when I am testing a game, changing settings, I usually use windowed mode.

 

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#12 · Jul 12, 2002

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I use fullscreen because i like it more than windowd..........

 

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Full screen requires less processing and it focuses my whole screen on that one thing (need to stay focused!)

yes testing things is better windowed, or if I happen to be busy or am using cyberpad (no in game GUI chat in cyberpad... so I use AIM or a messenger of some sorts)

 

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#14 · Jul 12, 2002

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i prefer to play in fullscreen.

 

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#15 · Jul 12, 2002

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For casual gaming I use windowed, for serious gaming I use fullscreen.

 

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#16 · Jul 12, 2002

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Play my PC games in fullscreen, play my emulators in windowed.

Playing windowed is handy for me to switch between the emu and a spreadsheet to record scores (EA Hockey) and fights (Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premier)

 

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#17 · Jul 12, 2002

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i like to play in full screen

 

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Discussion starter · #18 · Jul 12, 2002

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I love Windowed. It shows me the clock so I don't overplay

 

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#19 · Jul 12, 2002

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Originally posted by slimshady165000
I love Windowed. It shows me the clock so I don't overplay

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Play Full screen.. Then buy a cheap 5 dollar alarm clock and set it beside your monitor..

BTW.. The next version of glide64 will have a little time stamp on the lower right of the screen.. For those of you without a cheap alarm clock..

 

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Discussion starter · #20 · Jul 12, 2002

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I have better uses for 5 bucks. Like 5 Mountain Dews , hmmmmmmmmmm
And second of all, you can minimize windowed games easier