How to fix FPS drop error when playing games on Windows 10, 11

When the Windows 10 operating system was released, there was a lot of controversy surrounding the issue ” Using Windows 7 or Windows 10 is better for gaming”.

However, according to a simple philosophy “matter always moves and develops”, I think that new things will always progress and develop more than old things.

The same goes for Microsoft, I think MS will improve it, not retrograde Windows, that’s why Windows 10 until now I still think is the best version of Windows for playing games.

The concept of FPS drop, also known as lag, is no longer strange to gamers. Today I will show you a few tricks. Fix FPS drop error when playing games most effective. If you are interested, you can try the methods below.

#1. Eliminate objective factors

Make sure your computer has a strong enough configuration or at least meets the minimum requirements set by the game publisher such as RAM capacity, CPU speed, graphics card. graphics and accompanying technologies, internet connection quality, etc. before solving the problem.

If your computer has a low configuration and you want to upgrade it to play games, you can take a look at the instructions on how to upgrade computer hardware that the blog shared with you before, or if If you are planning to build a computer to play games, take a look at this article!

#2. Turn on Game Mode on Windows 10, Windows 11

Windows 10 Creator onwards is considered optimal for gaming experience with features Game Modeyou can enable this feature right in the settings.

Perform:

Please right click on the button Start (or press the key combination Windows + X ) => select Settings

Select the cell Gaming => Select card Game Mode => in box Use Gamemode put aside ON as shown below.

Read more: Fix error of not being able to activate Game Mode on Windows 10

#3. Turn off Game DVR

Windows 10 is also equipped with Game DVR feature, allowing screen recording while playing games, livestreaming, etc.

But it becomes a problem every time you start the game, a toolbar called GameBar (including the functions I just mentioned) also starts up, causing the problem of frame drops while playing the game. To turn off Game DVR, you perform the following steps:

Perform:

+ Step 1: Right click on the button Start => choose Settings

Select card Gaming => Uncheck the item Show Game bar when I play fullscreen games Microsoft has verified

+ Step 2: Search in Start Menu with keywords regedit => already Enter to open the Registry manager

+ Step 3: Now copy this address:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore
Read more: Trick to quickly open any path in the Registry – 1 Click

=> Then paste it into the address bar => press Enter that’s it.

+ Step 4: Right click GameDVR_Enabled => choose Modify => change the value in the cell Value data from 1 wall 0 > press OK done!

+ Step 5: Continue copying this address:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows

=> Then paste into the address bar => press Enter

+ Step 6: Right-click on the folder Windows => New =>Key => name it GameDVR

+ Step 7: Right click on the key GameDVR just created => select New => DWORD (32-bit) Value => name it AllowGameDVR

+ Step 8: Right click AllowGameDVR => choose Modify => set value in cell Value data To be 0 => press OK .

#4. Turn off FullScreen optimization

This is a function where Windows will prevent other programs from affecting the Fullscreen mode in the game you are playing (for example, an update notification suddenly pops out while playing the game, causing you to fly to the desktop).

However, it is also the cause of FPS drops when reaching some segments in the game (this happened to me), to turn off this feature, do the following:

Find the executable file (*.exe) of the game that needs fixing (Game icon on Desktop) => right-click on it => select Properties

Select card Compatibility => check the box Disable fullscreen optimizations => OK

#5. Conclusion

Okay, so I’ve shown you 4 How to fix FPS drop error when playing games on Windows 10 and Windows 11as well as how to reduce lag when playing games.

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Collaborator: Nguyen Minh Tien