Overlapping Windows...Bad?

[Aldercy]

I'm dual-boxing at the moment and my monitor is really not a good size/shape for having both toons showing at the same time. I originally tried both screens in maximizer at full resolution (which had worked previously for me with keyclone) but I had issues with pipping with that set-up. Now I have one main screen at full size (i.e. the toon I'm currently focused on) and the second screen is tiny and in one corner. Normally this second screen is hidden, but occasionally it likes to stay 'on top', but I've just moved my addons so that they are not obstructed by the second screen.

This doesn't seem to be causing me any performance issues, pipping is reasonably quick etc, my comp is decent spec (but nothing super) and running xp.

Not sure if your just replying to the OP or if you've read the follow up posts, but I did clear this issue up by correcting myself (being the person that the OP originally quoted) and explaining that the issue I was talking about had to do with multi monitor configurations. It's also been explained that you may not notice much of an issue with window overlay; it could only be a few frames gain. If things are running fine as they should be in a two box setup with a reasonable system then you really won’t miss it at all. This does becomes a bigger issue however when you move to 5 boxing from one rig and your trying to push every last bit of performance from your system. It’s likely that the OP will not experience much gain at all on his rig, however the poster that my original comment was for had been running an absolute minimum system and needed to get every last bit of performance even with duel boxing.

- Aldercy