Discord Slowing Down GeForce Graphics Cards, NVIDIA Shares Fix

Owners of GeForce graphics cards should be wary of running Discord while they’re gaming, as the latest version of the popular chat app appears to have introduced an unwanted feature: slowing down NVIDIA GPUs. As confirmed in a new support document by NVIDIA, graphics card memory clocks will not reach full speeds when Discord is open in the background. While a fix won’t be pushed to PCs via an over-the-air update until a later date, affected users can address the problem immediately by following NVIDIA’s instructions below.

From an NVIDIA support post:

Issue: After a recent update to the Discord app, users may notice that the graphics card memory clocks will not reach full speeds when launching a game.

Solution: A fix will be pushed to users PCs via an over the air update at a later date. If you do not receive the update or if you wish to apply the fix manually, you may do so by following the instructions below:

1. Click here to download the NVIDIA program GeForce 3D Profile Manager.
2. Open the GeForce 3D Profile Manager.
3. Click on the button Export SLI Profiles.
4. A file explorer window will pop up. Select a location to export and save the NVIDIA Profiles text file.
5. Open the text file saved in step 4 using Notepad (or any program that does not automatically apply formatting).
6. Perform a search for the section “Discord”. Add a new line and type Setting ID_0x50166c5e = 0x00000000 as shown in the screenshot.
7. Save the edited NVIDIA Profiles as a txt file.
8. Go back to the GeForce 3D Profile Manager and click on the Import SLI Profiles button.
9. A file explorer window will appear. Select the updated “NVIDIA Profiles.txt” file and then click on the Open button.
10. Once completed, you may close the GeForce 3D Profile Manager application.

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