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GW2 SUPPORT: Multiple monitors?

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Taku, Mon 31 May, 2021 8:22 AM
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    I have two identical monitors, both are Dell P1913; 16:10; 1440x900. I have two video cards running them. An ATI Radeon 7470; 1GB; DVI-D as my main monitor (#1, on the right), and an onboard Intel HD 530 chipset; Total available graphics memory 4864MB; Dedicated graphics memory 1GB; Display Port 1.2 (#2, on the left) as my "Special Use" monitor. I am running Windows 10 Pro v21H1 build 19043.985 Experience Pack 120.2212.2020.0; installed on 05 APR 2021. And here's my dilemma...

    I want to run Guild Wars 2 on the left-hand monitor. It's where I play STO, CIV VI, The Sims, etc, graphics and video editing, media playback, everything that I don't do on the right. The right is where the browsing, text editing, chatting, all of the non-taxing stuff happens on the right. I work on the left and research on the right. However, because of the way I have my monitors set up, my primary monitor is on the right. Icons, calendar, clock, toolbar, system shortcuts are all on the right. But I {b]want[/b] to play Guild Wars 2 on the left -- where it should be. When I set the graphics to Full Screen - 1440x900 or Windowed Full Screen or if I maximize the windowed screen, it shifts to the right; to the Primary display. This is horrible. This is a game killer for me. I cannot play on the right hand screen.

    I have tried the "Open it and close it in the window you want to run it in" schtick, I have tried switching the primary monitor to #2, I even tried setting up GW@ to use the Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 through the Graphics Performance Preference menu. Still, when going to any Full Screen mode, it switches back to the Radeon card on the right hand monitor.

    The loading and updating window is on the right
    The login window is on the right
    The game -- in Windowed mode -- is on the left
    The game -- in Full Screen mode -- is on the right
    The closing window is on the right

    WHAT THE HELL?
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     –  Last edited by Mack; Mon 31 May, 2021 9:41 AM.
    Moved to support centre.


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    Hmm, I will have to test this when I'm home. My opposite is opposite from yours, I do everything on my right most monitor, which also is the main desktop - so I never ran into this issue in general.
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    #3
    Sounds like GW2 defaults to a dedicated GPU instead of using the "stronger" card.
    Probably makes sense considering GW2 is a few years old (pushing almost 10 years) and back then CPU-integrated cards were not able to support a graphical demanding game like GW2. This is why modern games usually have a switch in the options were the GPU in use can be changed.

    I don't have a solution for you problem except trying to switch around monitor/GPU configurations. You said you tried reconfiguring placement in Windows, but I know of at least one other game that ignores OS configurations and uses its own hardcoded settings instead.
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    #4
    What I ended up doing (for now anyway) was to set it to Windowed, place it in the left hand monitor and run the window out as far as I can. I still have the title bar, but it's where I want it and close to the size I want it.

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    #5
    Set the display where you want to "game" as main desktop. You are bound to run into this in some other games too else, eventually. Because all the browser related stuff can be easily moved across to other monitors and doesn't have any compatibility issues else.
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