Full screen games

[Howard Brazee]

Sometimes I like to run a full screen game. Normaly my computer is
at 1024 x 768 pixels, with a tool-bar on the right side of my Windows
XP desktop.

Yesterday, I started a game, and it set my settings to a setting which
doesn't work with my computer - everything gets shaky and hard to
read. The worst thing is, when I quit, the settings did not revert,
and I had to do it by hand. This was a very, very expensive game my
daughter bought me for Christmas (she probably doesn't call it a game
Wild Devine is more mystical for her).

Other games will reset correctly, often bunching stuff inward, as the
only indication that resolution was temporarily changed.

Many games have problems when my cursor is to the right - flickering
in my tool-bar into existence.

I've had a bunch of hardware faults that my shop can't trace down, so
I think I will switch video cards between two of my computers, seeing
if that might show me something.

But what do people do to resolve full screen game problems?

 

[Bob I]

I would suggest you disable autohide for the task bar. It may be that
the video card is marginal for that particular game. Contact game vendor
support to see if their FAQ supplies any insight as to the issue.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Howard

Some games are very fussy re. the type of video card in use.. check the game
website for info on what hardware is required..

 

[Howard Brazee]

I would suggest you disable autohide for the task bar. It may be that
the video card is marginal for that particular game. Contact game vendor
support to see if their FAQ supplies any insight as to the issue.

I've never enabled autohide for the task bar. The only time I don't
see it is when I am running a full-screen game.

 

[Malke]

Sometimes I like to run a full screen game. Normaly my computer is
at 1024 x 768 pixels, with a tool-bar on the right side of my Windows
XP desktop.

Yesterday, I started a game, and it set my settings to a setting which
doesn't work with my computer - everything gets shaky and hard to
read. The worst thing is, when I quit, the settings did not revert,
and I had to do it by hand. This was a very, very expensive game my
daughter bought me for Christmas (she probably doesn't call it a game
Wild Devine is more mystical for her).

Other games will reset correctly, often bunching stuff inward, as the
only indication that resolution was temporarily changed.

Many games have problems when my cursor is to the right - flickering
in my tool-bar into existence.

I've had a bunch of hardware faults that my shop can't trace down, so
I think I will switch video cards between two of my computers, seeing
if that might show me something.

But what do people do to resolve full screen game problems?

You need to solve the hardware issues. Your video card could be going,
or other components failing. You should definitely check on the game
mftr.'s website for patches, FAQ's, system requirements re video cards,
etc. But until you get the hardware problem fixed, any workaround is
just going to be temporary.

Malke