System lagging when game is inactive(fullscreen)

[Frozthax]

Hello! Quick question because im lost.

I just disabled fullscreen optimisation for ffxiv - in the official forums here this is advised incase you have stutters here and there because this is what I am experiencing.

Yet, after doing this, my game in fullscreen now is set to 144FPS while i set my monitor itself to 120hz.
To top it off, ingame I set the fullscreen res to 1440p 85FPS to lower the gpu usage. (yet it remains 144fps)
ps: while i enjoy 144fps ofc, i do want to stream too. Having my GPU take 99% utilisation because of this wont go well with streaming at all.

Another thing I noticed, even if I would end up limiting the FPS with nvidia for example, i noticed when the game goes inactive(not focussed but typing on discord or opening documents, doesnt matter) that it takes over the FPS from the inactive fullscreen game. so 17FPS on second monitor.
Yet if i disable the "limit fps when client inactive" and the game stays on 144fps for example, then my second display has no issues and will be just smooth
But I want my gpu to be able to rest.

Additional info - My pc was erased and reinstalled about 2 weeks ago.
GPU scheduling is turned on.
Gsync is turned on.
Drivers fully up to date from nvidia.
Vsync turned on in Nvidia control panel.
Monitor is set to 120HZ and second display is set to 60HZ (to devide it properly if needed)
However, turning back on fullscreen optimisation, gets rid of the lagging issue on the rest of the system.

to add to this, If I'd go in window mode and say, cap it to 60fps (options: none > 120 >60 > 30) then it wouldnt be 60 at all, but more like 54 or 49 or 67.

I hope you all can help me a bit here.

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[Arrhin]

Have you tried borderless windowed? Anyways the frame caps in FF are just fractions of your monitors max, and external framerate limiters don't work on FF properly, or at all.

[Frozthax]

I'd like to be able to use my gsync for the smooth framerates. IF i use borderless, it wont feel as smooth. Thank you though.

[Frozthax]

Bump - Hope a support advisor can help with this.

[Frozthax]

Any help?
Borderless is also stuttery.

[Darneltia]

Greetings fellow Eorzean. We apologize for the frustration this issue is causing.

The issue might be related to a confliction of various features that are enabled or possibly a program running in the background. Have you tried turning off various features such as Hardware accelerated GPU scheduling off or vsync off to see if that has any influence? Additionally, please run Windows Update and download and install all recommended and optional components. If you have any additional programs that may be used in regards to any hardware acceleration for Nvidia and the like, please try uninstalling/disabling them for testing. Additionally, please try doing a Windows Clean Boot and only allowing the base Windows components and game to run at launch.

Lastly, have you tried disabling/unhooking your 2nd monitor and only running the game on one monitor to see if the issue stops or not? Please let us know the result of these tests.

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