Full Screen Issues

**BrokenApe** · 02-11-15, 09:13 PM

After installing the new SSD everything downloaded and played fine however this time around the game refuses to go to Full Screen Mode and glitches horrendously, it does work in borderless or windowed but not full screen and the performance in either is horrid.. I've tried full reinstalls, repair installs, reloading the driver, disabling origin in game and several other bits and pieces.. any ideas what I'm missing that's causing this?

**deputyfestus** · 02-11-15, 09:25 PM

what ssd did you get cause I'm getting weird artifacting since I installed a new Intel that I didn't have with my Plextor.

**BrokenApe** · 02-12-15, 06:25 AM

Samsung 850 EVO 250 Gig and it's just with bf4 which is the weird thing every other game/program still seems to work fine *scratches head*

**deputyfestus** · 02-12-15, 06:39 AM

Yeah bf4 only as well.

**Allane** · 02-12-15, 08:23 AM

Fullscreen Problem!! - Forums - Battlelog / Battlefield 4

This thread suggests that the Samsung Magician utility is the problem in BrokenApe's case. For DeputyFestus, the other posts in the thread suggest that there are other third party programs that mess up BF4 when it's fullscreened like TeamViewer. I would use the Test Range to see which program is causing the issue.

EDIT: No full screen without black screen since patch - Answer HQ

One other possible explanation is the DPI scaling from Windows, as explained in the thread above in the highlighted post. Seems BF4 doesn't play nice with DPI settings higher than "Normal"

**BrokenApe** · 02-12-15, 04:43 PM

Hrmm, Magician eh? Allright anyone here with a Samsung drive know if it causes anything screwy to shut that off for a bit? I can't find anything in the documentation for Samsung magician that says either way that it has to be on constantly while the PC is on

**Viktor_Olin** · 02-12-15, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by BrokenApe

Hrmm, Magician eh? Allright anyone here with a Samsung drive know if it causes anything screwy to shut that off for a bit? I can't find anything in the documentation for Samsung magician that says either way that it has to be on constantly while the PC is on

Close it. No issues that I've experienced.

And Magician has never interfered with BF4 for me.

**BrokenApe** · 02-13-15, 07:27 AM

*nods* Confirmed BF4 runs super smooth afterwards and no issues with it being turned off, I DID try and contact Samsung through their website to ask.. but once you select the product their website is glitched and won't let you select the topic.. *grin*