FPS Boost is a new Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X feature that will increase the frame rates of older backwards compatible videogames.
While this display setting will make these games run smoother, it may come at a sacrifice of lower visual fidelity (such as a lower resolution). Not to mention that increasing the frame rate may cause bugs and glitches.
To find out how you can disable FPS Boost for a single game, you can check out this step-by-step guide from Seeking Tech.
1. To begin, turn on your Xbox Series S or Xbox Series X console if you haven’t done so already.
2. Next, you need to open the “Guide” menu, which you can do be pressing the Xbox button on your Xbox Series controller.
If you have a hard time finding it, the Xbox button is in the top-middle part of the controller. It has an Xbox logo and should be lit up.
3. Once you got to the “Guide” menu, navigate down and then select (with the A button on the controller) the “My games & apps” option.
4. In the next screen, you need to select the “See all” option.
5. Once you get to the new menu, you need to first select the “Games” option on the left column.
6. On the right side of the same menu, you should see the currently list of games you currently have installed on your Xbox Series S or Xbox Series X system.
Navigate over to the game that you want to disable FPS Boost for.
7. With the game in question highlighted, press the Menu button on your controller.
If you have a hard time finding the Menu button, it is the small button with the symbol that features three horizontal lines.
8. If done correctly, you should open a small pop-up menu.
Here, you need to select the “Manage game and add-ons” option.
9. In the next menu, you need to select “Compatibility options” from the left side.
10. In the “Manage – Compatibility options” menu, you should see the “FPS boost” setting for that specific game.
If the box next to the setting is checked, then that means that the game is currently using the frames boosting feature. If that is the case, simply select the “FPS boost” setting to clear the box and disable it for that specific game.
If you see the “FPS boost” greyed out with an unchecked box, then it indicates that the game does not support the frames boosting feature.
How to re-enable FPS Boost on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X
If you want to re-enable FPS Boost for a game on your Xbox Series S or Xbox Series X console, you need to do the following:
1. Turn on your Xbox Series S or Xbox Series X game console.
2. Press the Xbox button on your controller to launch the “Guide” menu.
3. Select “My games & apps.”
4. Next, select “See all.”
5. In the new menu, select “Games” from the list of options available on the left column.
6. On the right side of the same screen, hover over to the game that you want to re-enable the FPS boost feature for.
7. With that game highlighted, press the Menu button on your Xbox Series controller.
8. In the pop-up menu, select “Manage game and add-ons.”
9. In the new game-specific menu, select “Compatibility options” on the left side of the screen.
10. In the next screen, you should see the “FPS boost” setting.
If the box next to this setting is unchecked, then it indicates that FPS booster is currently disabled for that individual game. You simply need to select “FPS boost” to check the box and enable that feature.
If the “FPS boost” setting is greyed out and can’t be selected, then the game doesn’t support the frames boosting feature.