How to Set Steam Game FPS Limits

Do you find the Steam games you’re playing not only laggy but CPU and GPU stressingly overheated? It’s because your game is running at a higher frame rate than your system can handle. However, you can easily solve this issue simply by limiting your FPS in Steam games. Read our today’s blog, to do this.

Steam Games How to Limit FPS

There are several methods that you can use to limit FPS in Steam games:

Method 1: Utilizing Steam Properties

There is a custom fps limit feature in Steam’s launch option feature. Here’s how you can use it:

• On your Desktop, go to this Steam app’s Library section.
• Limit fps for the game you want to, select by right-clicking on it.
• Click on Properties.
• In the launch option field type ‘fps_max {desired fps}’.
• When you’ve noted them, click on the cross icon to apply changes.

Now we will limit the FPS only to the value added already.

Method 2: RivaTuner Statistics Server utilization

This is one of the easiest ways to limit fps on your games. To use this:

• Download and install the RivaTune Statistics Server on your Desktop first.
• After installation, the RivaTune Statistics Server is launched.
• Then, click on the Add option and then click on Browse.
• We move to the location of the game’s executable file ( often .exe.).
• Next to the Framerate limit optios, you will enter your desired FPS value in the input field.

From now on you can play your game within the specified value that you have entered in the RivaTuner Statistics Server.

Method 3: Nvidia control panel is used.

If you have got a Nvidia Control Panel you don’t need any third-party apps to limit the frame rate.

Here’s how It works:

1. Click on M etech Nvidia Control Panel app.
2. Click on Manage 3D settings from 3D Settings. Next, select Global Settings.
3. Second, you need to find and double-click on the Max Frame Rate option so it’s active.
4. Change the frame rate setting or write in the FPS value.
5. Lastly, click on OK.

Limiting FPS does improve the performance?

Yes, you can limit your FPS and it will make your performance better not to mention CPU bottlenecking. Capping FPS (frames per second) for the game can mean that the graphics card neither has to work as hard, nor as fast to render each frame. This will make things in your program much more responsive and smoother. However, if you set the framerate too low, games become unplayable. Also, the fps limit has a different effect for different computers.

Why You Should Limit FPS on Steam?

Limiting FPS on Steam can be beneficial in several ways including:

• Reduce power consumption and heat generation: That decreases the power and heat generation of your GPU. Systems where power efficiency is critical will benefit from it.
• Reduce screen tearing: It also helps prevent screen tearing problems since it limits FPS with a monitor’s refresh rate, which is caused by the problem that the frame rate is greater than the refresh rate when the frame rate is higher than the refresh rate.

• System resource allocation: Since you don’t need high FPS, limit it to free some system resources so you can complete non-game tasks. This makes working so much more efficient and leads to better systems performance and smoother completion of work tasks. Additionally, it can aid with frame rate stabilization, to improve the overall game experience.
• Improve consistency: Limiting FPS helps you to give a more consistent gaming experience.