As reported by Tom’s Hardware, GeForce’s successor, the much less excitingly named Nvidia App, comes with a few default settings that can drain performance by up to 15%. The news started to spread among gaming circles earlier this week,

The site's testing with and without the Nvidia App installed confirms that, across five games running on an RTX 4060, the app reduced average frame rates by around 3 to 6 percent, depending on the resolution and graphical quality level.

The Nvidia App's lower framerates are caused by its Nvidia Overlay feature. Disabling the Nvidia Overlay in settings can restore any lost performance after installing the Nvidia App. Uninstalling the Nvidia App also removes Overlay,