

I tried the registry fix in this thread but no change there, DX12 mode is still not true exclusive fullscreen.

Both things are distracting as heck but for different reasons, even though input lag is generally lower in DX11 I still get lag on my inputs from the stutters so theres that too. DX12 fixes a lot of that and frametimes are much smoother overall but now I have the added lag. Play in DX11 would be the best thing to do ofc but the thing is that DX11 constantly has not-small stutters (which show as large frametime spikes on the RTSS overlay, sometimes 80ms) as I pan the camera and move through the world. I'm playing on controller but I can double check by moving the mouse and seeing there is a noticable increase in lag there too. The game already has quite a bit of general lag on movements and attacks, that + playing at 30hz means that the extra lag from DX12 pushes it over the edge of what is tolerable and makes aiming the bow feel really bad. I set the game to exclusive fullscreen and disabled FSO on the exe, in DX11 this results in true exclusive fullscreen but in DX12 I can never get that working, its always this new fangled Windows interfering fullscreen afaik (its a borderless window is what I know). or maybe it already should be and I'm doing something wrong. Sorry if this is too old a thread to bump but I'm having this issue in Kena: Bridge of Spirits just now and wondered if there was a way to make the input lag the same as DX11. Kill windows explorer via task manager when u boot the game up and then when u need to use it again, open task manager, and create new task explorer.exe Is there a way to force DX12 into fullscreen exclusive?


Running in DX12 borderless mode also create some other issues such as input delay, stuttering and Freesync not working in those games I've tested despite having overall framerate improvement. But with DX11 mode + FSO disabled, the watermark will be completely overlapped by the game and thus not showing. I can tell because the "Activate Windows" watermark will be displayed on the bottom right of my screen. Disabling FSO does not work as they still run in fake borderless window fullscreen mode. I've tested DX12 mode in Metro Exodus, Remedy's Control, Gears of War 5 and Warhammer 2 Total War. However, this only works in non-DX12 games. You can still make them run in fullscreen exclusive by disabling "Full Screen Optimization" on each process. Microsoft defaults all games installed on Windows 10 run in fake-fullscreen borderless window mode.
