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Significant FPS drop when twitch is on second monitor

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February 23, 2014 3:43:44 PM

I play a game called smite, and whilst playing I like to watch streams on twitch. If I pull up twitch on my second monitor I loose about 40 frames in game on the other monitor, is this normal because I feel that a 40 frame drop is pretty ridiculous for just bringing up twitch. Also if I change tab on chrome so that twitch isn't the current focused tab I regain the 40 or so frames so it is definitely twitch streams that are causing the drop.

Thanks for any help in advance.

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February 23, 2014 5:41:17 PM

SammyNib said:
I play a game called smite, and whilst playing I like to watch streams on twitch. If I pull up twitch on my second monitor I loose about 40 frames in game on the other monitor, is this normal because I feel that a 40 frame drop is pretty ridiculous for just bringing up twitch. Also if I change tab on chrome so that twitch isn't the current focused tab I regain the 40 or so frames so it is definitely twitch streams that are causing the drop.

Thanks for any help in advance.


What are your specs, and also what type of internet connection do you use (wifi or wired)?
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February 23, 2014 8:09:11 PM

DonnyTechMaster said:
SammyNib said:
I play a game called smite, and whilst playing I like to watch streams on twitch. If I pull up twitch on my second monitor I loose about 40 frames in game on the other monitor, is this normal because I feel that a 40 frame drop is pretty ridiculous for just bringing up twitch. Also if I change tab on chrome so that twitch isn't the current focused tab I regain the 40 or so frames so it is definitely twitch streams that are causing the drop.

Thanks for any help in advance.


What are your specs, and also what type of internet connection do you use (wifi or wired)?


AMD 8350 MSI GTX 670 Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0 Corsair Vengeance LP 1X8GB Corsair
750W PSU BitFenix Shinobi Western Digital Green 1TB Samsung 120GB 840
Evo BitFenix Recon Fan Controller NH-D14 Heatsink

and I am using a wired connection for the internet.
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February 24, 2014 1:44:48 PM

SammyNib said:
DonnyTechMaster said:
SammyNib said:
I play a game called smite, and whilst playing I like to watch streams on twitch. If I pull up twitch on my second monitor I loose about 40 frames in game on the other monitor, is this normal because I feel that a 40 frame drop is pretty ridiculous for just bringing up twitch. Also if I change tab on chrome so that twitch isn't the current focused tab I regain the 40 or so frames so it is definitely twitch streams that are causing the drop.

Thanks for any help in advance.


What are your specs, and also what type of internet connection do you use (wifi or wired)?


AMD 8350 MSI GTX 670 Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0 Corsair Vengeance LP 1X8GB Corsair
750W PSU BitFenix Shinobi Western Digital Green 1TB Samsung 120GB 840
Evo BitFenix Recon Fan Controller NH-D14 Heatsink

and I am using a wired connection for the internet.


sorry, forgot to mention that I needed the monitor specs too :D 

(Just need refresh rate, response time, and the type of video connection you are using)
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February 25, 2014 3:07:20 AM

DonnyTechMaster said:
SammyNib said:
DonnyTechMaster said:
SammyNib said:
I play a game called smite, and whilst playing I like to watch streams on twitch. If I pull up twitch on my second monitor I loose about 40 frames in game on the other monitor, is this normal because I feel that a 40 frame drop is pretty ridiculous for just bringing up twitch. Also if I change tab on chrome so that twitch isn't the current focused tab I regain the 40 or so frames so it is definitely twitch streams that are causing the drop.

Thanks for any help in advance.


What are your specs, and also what type of internet connection do you use (wifi or wired)?


AMD 8350 MSI GTX 670 Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0 Corsair Vengeance LP 1X8GB Corsair
750W PSU BitFenix Shinobi Western Digital Green 1TB Samsung 120GB 840
Evo BitFenix Recon Fan Controller NH-D14 Heatsink

and I am using a wired connection for the internet.


sorry, forgot to mention that I needed the monitor specs too :D 

(Just need refresh rate, response time, and the type of video connection you are using)


http://www.amazon.co.uk/ViewSonic-VX2270SMH-LED-1080p-W...

This is my main monitor and is connected via DVI

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hannspree-HE225DPB-21-5-Widescr...

This is my second monitor and is connected via HDMI
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September 3, 2014 7:50:22 AM

If anybody has come up with a solution for this, that would be faaantastic!
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September 5, 2014 3:51:14 PM

khoulle said:
If anybody has come up with a solution for this, that would be faaantastic!


Sorry for taking so long to reply. So, it turns out that Twitch streams take a lot more resources to run than you might think. There have been many cases where twitch has been referenced using more than 30% CPU power, even on an Intel i7.

The problem is that when a stream is run, it has to be refreshed constantly on your pc because it is live.

Imagine it this way:
in a standard video streaming website (youtube for example), the video is rendered ahead of time, which means that when you load the video it can simply buffer several frames ahead. However, on a live stream (twitch for example), each frame has to be buffered one at a time, which gives your CPU no breathing room.
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