There are times where we would need to go away-from-keyboard (AFK) in
games like opening a shop, having important matters to do outside of the game,
farming for valuable points that are given while being in game, or just
resting for an hour but not wanting to close the game.
At these times using the full potential power of the graphics card to get high
frame rate per second (FPS) may not matter and we could be AFK for the whole
night because we are sleeping.
Read also : Quick Access to Power Plans (Power Saver, Balanced, High Performance)
Read also : Quick Access to Power Plans (Power Saver, Balanced, High Performance)
Games nowadays have in-game settings to cap or limit FPS to match the
monitor's refresh rate but there are also games that do not have this
option.
Capping FPS here is going as low as 20fps, lowering power consumption as much
as we can. There are 2 ways you can do.
NVIDIA Control Panel
The newest update adds a new setting to the control panel. We can now set the
maximum frame rate of a game.
Rivatuner Statistics Server (RTSS)
I have always used RTSS to cap or limit my FPS during AFK. I prefer RTSS as it can be configured to start at boot and I leave the RTSS window open in the background. This way I can easily change the framerate in just seconds. You may also need to download MSI Afterburner.
Download RTSS
