Background Application Max Frame Rate | Best Nvidia Control Panel Settings for FPS
This Background Application Max Frame Rate Best Nvidia Control Panel Settings for FPS gaming tutorial/guide shows the best tips and tricks for using this Nvidia setting to reduce your GPU resources when you alt + tab out of games. This tutorial was made with low end, mid range and high end Nvidia RTX PCs and Windows gaming laptops in mind.
Background Application Max Frame Rate sets the maximum frame rate that the GPU will render a game or 3D application running in the background. It works best when you set your game to Borderless Windowed instead of Exclusive Fullscreen.
Typical Usage Scenario:
User runs a game, switches to a different app for some time without closing the game and wants to reduce power consumption or fan noise by capping frame rate.