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How to improve frame skipping and choppy video when viewing video in a browser while playing a game.

The cases that can be resolved with this setting may be improved by avoiding the influence of the graphics board setting on the browser playback video if the following targets and conditions are met. In other cases of insufficient computer specs, this page does not describe how to improve the situation.

Target Audience

Windows利用且つ、Nvidia Geforce RTX利用環境

Occurrence Symptoms

Frame rate drops and appears choppy when playing video in the browser at the same time as playing the game.

Occurrence Conditions

Using Nvidia Geforce RTX and using RTX video enhancement feature Video playback browser is using Chrome, Edge Symptom occurs when playing games on Geforce RTX and watching videos on Youtube, Amazon, etc. in the browser.

In some cases, when a game is in front window when using RTX features, the browser-side playback video may move choppily. This may occur when the video feature in RTX is turned on. Therefore, by changing the following settings, the browser-side playback video may be compatible with game play without being choppy.

Setup Step

There are several ways to deal with this problem, so I will write three confirmed ways.

Response Method A: Reduce the grabbing process by changing the Nvidia Control Panel settings.

  1. Open the NVIDIA Control Panel
  2. Open Adjust Video Image Settings
  3. Turn off Super Resolurion in RTX Video Enhancement

I turned off only Super Resolution because in my environment, High Dynamic Range was effective even with Merit in place.

Method B: Avoid grabbing process in browser settings.

Chrome設定変更

  1. Open Chrome Settings
  2. Open System
  3. Turn off the following items
  4. Use graphics acceleration if available
  5. Restart browser

Edge設定変更

  1. Open Edge settings
  2. Open System and Performance
  3. Turn off the following items
  4. Use graphics accelerator if available
  5. Restart browser

Response Method C Switch to CPU-based graphics processing

If there is a video output on the CPU side, it may be a good idea to use a separate monitor for video playback only and not for games. both Intel and AMD often have graphics capabilities on their CPUs. There are few models that dare to have the graphics function installed on the CPU.

For PCs equipped with a graphics board, the display port on the back of the PC often has a CPU port on the upper side of the main unit and a graphics board port on the lower side of the main unit. This can be resolved by connecting a monitor dedicated for video playback to the graphics port on the CPU. This can be done when there are multiple displays, but it is also good to use separate graphics boards to distribute the processing.