Nvidia recently updated some of its clutter of PC apps, including the GPU-controlling GeForce Experience, to a single Nvidia App. And while that makes for fewer icons in your system tray, it seems the new program’s AI features are potentially harming your gaming framerates.

Nvidia's shift from GeForce Experience to the Nvidia App came with some unexpected frame rate drops. Here's how to fix them.

When the Nvidia App launched last month, it looked like a universal improvement over GeForce Experience. (Finally, no more login required for driver updates and game optimizations!) Unfortunately, it now appears that this new software has its own problems ...

Tom's Hardware noted the performance dip after reading reports of related problems around the web. 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 replacement for GeForce Experience is causing displeasure among GeForce owners due to weaker performance. Nvidia recommends disabling an AI function.

Nvidia has already isolated the issue and pointed to its overlay's Photo Mode and Game Filters components. The underlying issue is expected to be resolved in a future update as a result, but users can temporarily either turn off the overlay completely or use the following fix to eliminate the issue:

Nvidia got PC gamers a questionable holiday gift this year: worse performance in their games. That's according to testing done by Tom's Hardware, who found that playing PC games while running the recently launched Nvidia desktop app can reduce in-game frame rates by as much as 15 percent in some cases.

Turn Off the Game Filters and Photo Mode Toggle to Get Your FPS Back . Testing by Tom’s Hardware revealed that the filter overlay on the Nvidia App takes away so much performanc