Are you experiencing low FPS (frames per second) while gaming on Windows 11? It can be frustrating when your games don't run smoothly, and your experience is hindered by lag and stutter. Fortunately, there are several things you can do to fix low FPS on Windows 11 and enhance your gaming experience. In this article, we'll provide valuable tips and tricks to help you optimize your system and improve your FPS while gaming on Windows 11. We've got you covered from updating your graphics card drivers to tweaking your game settings.

Make Changes in your Windows 11 Registry Editor

In your start menu, search for regedit. Right-click the registry editor icon and select Run as administrator. We suggest backing up your current registry if you make a mistake during this tutorial. To do so, navigate to File, Export, select a location to save your backup, and click Save.

Export your current Registry Editor as a backup

Next, navigate to your registry editor and expand: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SYSTEM, and select GameConfigStore. On the right side of this window, double-click GameDVR_Enabled and change the Value Data to zero. Leave the base at Hexadecimal and click OK. When this is done, double-click the GameDVR_FSEBehaviorMode and set this value to 2.

On the same registry editor window, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\Default\ApplicationManagement and here, click on the AllowGameDVR folder. On the right hand side, double-click value and make sure to set the Value data to zero. You can now close this window and experience much more FPS and less stuttering while in-game.

Set the value of GameDVR_FSEBehaviorMode to 2

Update Device Drivers

In your Start Menu, search for Device Manager and open it up. On the window, you can expand your audio inputs & outputs, network adapters, USB connections, etc. For each category, ensure that your main device’s driver is current. Simply double-click the device you are using, in this case my headphones, and in the Driver tab, select Update Driver and then Search Automatically for drivers.

Device Manager > Audio Inputs and Outputs > Update Driver

Update Graphics Card Driver

NVIDIA graphics cards can utilize the GeForce Experience application. Click here to download the application to your system. When the download is completed, open up the application, and in the Drivers tab, select Download. This will download and install the latest GPU update and should take a few minutes to complete.

Change the Game’s Process Priority

To further increase the game’s performance on your PC, we will change the application’s priority compared to other programs running in the background. Right-click your taskbar to open up your Task Manager. In the Processes tab, right-click the game process and select “Go to details”. In the Details tab, the application should be highlighted. Right-click the game process and set the priority to high. This will allocate more resources to playing the game and should increase your performance, especially if other programs run in the background. To reduce the CPU utilization from other programs, we suggest you end some programs from running in the background, which you don't need when playing the game. Only to end programs from running, which you know won't break your operating system. You can prevent programs from starting on system boot in the Startup tab.

Task Manager > Details > Game > Set Priority > High

Delete the Windows Temporary Files

Your hard drive might be cluttered with unwanted files. These files will induce lag if not removed properly. You can delete your temporary files manually or use PC cleanup programs, such as CCleaner. These applications are usually the best choice as they will automatically keep your hard-drive clean for you. To manually delete your temporary files, enter %temp% in your taskbar search and hit enter. A new folder will open up. Make sure to delete the content of your temporary files folder. Some files will remain, so simply leave them in the folder as applications on your system are still using them.