# FPS drop on unfocused client **URL:** \ **Category:** General Issues\ **Created:** [February 15, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946 "2022-02-15T09:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sacu\_Shi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sacu_shi/32/454800_2.png) [@Sacu\_Shi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sacu_Shi)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/1 "2022-02-15T09:38:31Z")
Trying to use 2 clients on 2 x 4k monitors with a 1050Ti and an i72600k I get 70fps on the focused client, but this drops to around 3-4fps when I focus on the other client and vice versa… Both clients set to windowed mode, and I have read that this can cause the unfocused client to drop fps , so to use fixed windowed mode. However, when I try, each client tries to use the same monitor, instead of 1 client per monitor, requiring Alt+teb to view each client, while 2nd monitor is empty. Is there a way to have fixed windowed mode active for each client, while having 1 on one monitor and 1 on the other? The only way I know is to have both clients in windowed mode, and drag one to the 2nd monitor, as I currently have, but then I get the fps drop on the unfocused client. Have searched this subject and the fps drop seems to be quite common, and I have tried all fixes I could find other than this fixed windowed mode for each client (due to the clients both trying to use 1 monitor, as I stated). Can anyone help? Windows 11 Intel i7 2600k 512Gb SSD 1050Ti Latest NVidea drivers Latest drivers for whole PC. 2x 4k monitors, same resolution used on both. Windows spanned desktop. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Kitty\_Paws](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/small_kitty_paws/32/267673_2.png) [@Small\_Kitty\_Paws](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Small_Kitty_Paws)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/2 "2022-02-16T16:05:48Z")
disable full screen optimization. it’s some sort of windows feature that limit’s fps and/or resources on inactive clients. You can also try disable gaming mode ---
**Author:** ![Sacu\_Shi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sacu_shi/32/454800_2.png) [@Sacu\_Shi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sacu_Shi)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/3 "2022-02-18T07:48:48Z")
> [@Small\_Kitty\_Paws](#): > > full screen optimization Thanks for that. I already had gaming mode switched off. Ill try the other tweak. EDIT! PERFECT: EDIT 2 Not so perfect ☹ So, it does make both have around 50 dps, but only if in station and neither windows are focused (like, if I am focused on a browser window). Any more ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Krimson\_Serenity](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/krimson_serenity/32/384068_2.png) [@Krimson\_Serenity](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Krimson_Serenity)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/4 "2022-04-09T02:58:22Z")
Has anybody found a solution to this issue? ---
**Author:** ![Sacu\_Shi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sacu_shi/32/454800_2.png) [@Sacu\_Shi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sacu_Shi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/5 "2022-04-12T18:10:04Z")
Nope. Although, if I turn my graphics to the lowest setting ingame, it maintains the fps for both screens. So maybe my graphics card just isnt powerful enough… ---
**Author:** ![Unbearably\_Longsausage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/unbearably_longsausage/32/303843_2.png) [@Unbearably\_Longsausage](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Unbearably_Longsausage)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/6 "2022-06-15T18:49:04Z")
try this in the launcher settings uncheck enable high dpi scaling. ---
**Author:** ![TheSylance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/thesylance/32/449117_2.png) [@TheSylance](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/TheSylance)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/7 "2022-06-29T20:42:30Z")
Tried all of the options mentioned above: Nothing helped. EDIT: Updated Videocard driver, checked for win10 updates and installed them, did a filecheck of the shared cache: WORKS! ---
**Author:** ![Szpoti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/szpoti/32/272837_2.png) [@Szpoti](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Szpoti)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/8 "2022-06-30T04:36:43Z")
> [@Sacu\_Shi](#): > > 1050Ti I would say this is due to the age of your GPU. ---
**Author:** ![i\_will\_bebiomassed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/i_will_bebiomassed/32/326467_2.png) [@i\_will\_bebiomassed](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/i_will_bebiomassed)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/9 "2022-06-30T08:52:45Z")
It’s not a bug, it is intended behavior by CCP. Open your FPS monitor and it will show you a status for “FPS Throttling”. Not something a Windows option or driver update is going to fix. What you need is a program that can force specific unfocused windows to remain active without taking input events from other windows. Unfortunately, ISBoxer is the only program able to do this. If you end up getting it or have it already, the setting for this can be found under the General tab in your character set. ![ISBoxer_Toolkit_IQD57uAjsS](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/6/3/a/63a840107d3e7deaef93ab6b9f3d510fd4f72cf3.png) ---
**Author:** ![Shipwreck\_Jones](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shipwreck_jones/32/274382_2.png) [@Shipwreck\_Jones](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shipwreck_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/10 "2022-07-03T07:00:39Z")
No. I used to have no problems with a GTX 1060, but now have problems with an RTX 3060 ti (same number of clients, same settings). Thought it might be DX12, till I noticed the FPS monitor saying “Not focused” next to FPS throttling. And this is in spite of me having plenty of GPU headroom left. Anyway, I’m going to try what TheSylance said, and report back. But multiboxing is currently unplayable for me, as I’m hitting as low as **1 frame** per second on unfocused accounts. Edit: I disabled DX12 in the launcher, which dramatically reduced GPU utilization, reduced the frame rate dips to a minimum of 20fps per second, and stopped the short pause that I’d sometimes experience when giving focus to a different client. It’s now in a playable state, and good enough for me. However, I don’t remember having any framerate dips on inactive clients when I first started testing how many clients I could safely box. I dunno. Might investigate further later, but for now, I have bigger fish to fry. ---
**Author:** ![Korliko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/korliko/32/370377_2.png) [@Korliko](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Korliko)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/11 "2022-07-03T21:59:25Z")
Confirming that disabling DX12 in launcher options brings back fps for client in unfocused windows. I have 2 RTX2080 running 5 clients on 5 monitors and it was pretty much unplayable. This was really bugging me, glad I stumbled upon this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dictat\_Exterminator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dictat_exterminator/32/331881_2.png) [@Dictat\_Exterminator](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dictat_Exterminator)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/12 "2022-08-18T10:38:57Z")
You know what? That might work for you - but I have two clients running at 60fps with DX12 enabled. But I went to the evelauncher.exe, opened the Properties box, and disabled full screen optimizations. That worked perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fps-drop-on-unfocused-client/349946/13 "2022-11-16T10:39:11Z")
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