After upgrading your GPU, BAR may refuse borderless fullscreen or force windowed mode. Here is what causes this and how to work around it.
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Players who upgrade their graphics card sometimes report that BAR stops respecting borderless windowed settings. The game either runs in fullscreen with long alt-tab delays or forces standard windowed mode with visible taskbars and chrome. This bug can persist across months and even years if left unaddressed.
The issue typically traces to GPU driver changes following a hardware upgrade. BAR relies on the engine's display mode detection, which reads from the new driver configuration. When the driver does not match the stored settings, the game defaults to the safest display mode rather than your preferred one.
The BAR development team tracks these issues and merges fixes through GitHub. Fix deployment speed varies depending on severity. Display bugs that block recording software or streaming setups rank higher than minor visual quirks.
Players watching YouTube BAR content often notice economy readouts in the bottom right corner of the screen. This is not launcher version dependent. A specific widget provides the display. Check the BAR widget library and enable the economy overlay widget to match what content creators show in their videos.
Creed members ensure all technical setups run smoothly before training sessions. A working display configuration and economy widget setup remove distractions during practice. The community shares widget configurations and settings that work across different GPU families.
[Crd] Creed of Champions is a great place to learn and play BAR in a friendly atmosphere. Training sessions, team gameplay, even some non-BAR stuff. Large cross section of abilities, time zones, and game mode interests.