Strange situation but I would suggest to change it so that all gfx is used with the gtx880.

I have intel+nvidia desktop and no issues alt+tabbing with fullscreen mode.

Should be possible to disable the onboard gfx from bios which would then make the pc to use gtx880m only.

ZOS_HugoP wrote: »

Hi there @Docmandu‌ & @Syntse‌

We strongly recommend NOT to change your BIOS settings in any way, unless you're familiar with advanced PC maintenance and/or can get that done by a trained professional. Changing settings in your BIOS can permanently damage your machine, especially when your are trying to tweak display/graphics default settings.

As for your issue, we invite you to use the full screen border-less window mode for now, and and contact our customer support team about this issue. Make sure to provide them with a copy of your usersettings.txt file & a Game Consultant.

Hugo,

This is one of a few gpu related threads I am seeing today. A few more older ones are also posted. I see mostly Nvidia, however AMD cards are also represented.

I suspect a common root issue is creating all these problems. I noticed a long time ago on my system that launching, exiting, alt-tab, etc will cause my monitors to de-sync and re-sync as the game is entered and exited. This isnt something I see in other games. (doesnt make it wrong - just different) whatever is causing these re-sync events is likely also causing people to have GPU-Monitor issues as the re-sync may not always be perfectly successful.

Thanks

**EB**

I found a work around for anyone experiencing this.

Go to the actual game folder and find eso.exe right click it and go to properties > compatibility > then check the box and choose 'Windows 7'. The issue appears to be this particular game being run on Windows 8.1.

I have run 5 other games today without this problem, so I know it's not the O/S.


@ZOS_GinaBruno‌ @ZOS_JessicaFolsom‌ @ZOS_HugoP‌

If someone can please share this with the support team, as I still have not had any reply back here nor from my ticket submitted earlier in the day. So instead of having to jump through a bunch of hoops, i listed the work around which should help them figure out why it's happening.

I actually never, ever had an issue with this until the other day (never in my life). My onboard is set to run things that do not pertain to my games. My games, I have gone in manually and set each one to always use NVidia.

But the workaround is as I said, which means there is some sort of compatibility issue between ESO and 8.1. That doesn't mean everyone will run into the problem, that just means that it can strike at any time.

There have been a few other games that have had this issue with a respective O/S version over the years. More recently, Hearthstone has had this issue with Windows 8.1 as well after doing a little bit of searching. But it is not up to Microsoft to go and make things right with specific games when all other games work fine. It's up to the game developers when it's such an isolated issue.

So just to be clear: I have done everything from reset Graphic card settings to repair ESO etc.. It has absolutely nothing to do with how I set my Graphics card or what add-ons I use or don't use for ESO. It has to do with ESO and Windows 8.1 compatibility which hopefully they can address soon enough. There will be people who don't find this thread and run into the issue, open support tickets, and support will ask them to update drivers, etc..

Hopefully ZOS sees this thread, I've tagged them in it again.

You should be able to set the used gpu through the NVidia Control Panel's 3D Settings tab.
If still experiencing this problem.
Setting it on General Settings tab, should make it work for all.