Lag monster...

[JustAGuy]

Unless I've missunderstood, making DII use windowed mode automatically switches to software rendering. So you can get the same performance in full-screen by switching settings with D2VidTst.exe (DII directory).

It does indeed switch to software rendering, but I've noticed a very pronounced difference, both performance wise, and presentation wise, when running Diablo 2 in a window. The colours in full-screen mode looks a bit washed out, despite the gamma correction and brightness options. In a window, you can't even use these options, so it might look a bit dark, but still looks good. As far as performance goes, there shouldn't be any difference, but in my case, and in my experience, there definitely is. On both of my machines, the game is much more consistent (smooth) when being drawn in a window.

My desktop refresh rate is going 100 Hz, so that's why my diablo *can* reach 100 fps (it usually doesn't, though). Usually when you're in full-screen mode, you're stuck at 60 fps (usually).