Windows 10: External monitor causes frame drops

My external monitor causes frame drops every 10 seconds. It is really annoying for me cause I like to play rhythm games. I have tried a lot of things. Updating drivers, changing settings with my external monitor but nothing worked. Can someone fix it?It happens in only 1 program, geometry dash

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Frame drops while playing video on second monitor

So, this is driving me nuts. I've got a dual screen setup where I run my other 1440x900 monitor off my processor's integrated graphics. Every time I'm watching a stream or watching youtube or a movie on the second monitor, the game that's running on my primary monitor suffers a drop of 15 to 20 FPS. That is a very significant drop on a system that shouldn't be experiencing any kind of trouble with that setup by any means. Does anyone know what's causing it and how to fix it? I've got proper up to date drivers for both my GPU and Intel HD. Both processor and GPU utilization percentages and temperatures are within normal parameters.

My specs are:

• MSI Z170A Pro
  
• Intel i5 6600k
  
• GeForce 1070
  
• 16GB RAM
  

I really appreciate any help that you guys can give. Nobody deserves frame drops like these

 

External monitor blanking often

Hi,

Please answer these questions to assist you better.

• What is the make and model of your computer and external monitor?
• Have you installed all pending Windows and driver updates?
• Do you get any error message?

I suggest you to install all pending Windows updates in your PC and also update Display drivers. Follow the steps below.

Step 1: I would suggest you to check and install any latest Windows Updates available.

• Go to Start and then Settings.
• Click on Update and Recovery.
• Check for updates under
  Windows Updates.
• Restart the system and check if the issue is resolved.

Step 2: Please refer to the following Wiki article created by
Andre Da Costa on How to: Install and Update drivers in Windows 10.

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Do let us know if you still get random black screen in the external monitor. Thank you.

 

External Monitor with Quicken

Hi Mark,

It is possible that the display resolution automatically adjusts after connecting to an external monitor. For us to properly isolate this issue, we have some questions for you:

• Are you experiencing the same issue even without using the Quicken tool?
• Have you checked if the display resolution settings of the Surface device and the external monitor is the same?
• Have you tried checking for a graphics device driver update?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done to isolate the issue?
  

We're looking forward to your response.