NVIDIA App Adds GPU Priority Tool
NVIDIA App version 11.0.9.585 introduces a tool that divides GPU computing time between a foreground program and background tasks.
Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Computers
NVIDIA released NVIDIA App version 11.0.9.585 with a graphics card application prioritization tool in the Advanced tab of System Settings. The tool controls how GPU computing time is distributed between a foreground program and background tasks.
Why it matters
The update expands user control over GPU hardware resource management in the NVIDIA App. It gives users a way to direct more processing capacity to the program they are actively using.
The default allocation is 80% of GPU resources to the active window and 20% to background processes, adjustable through four predefined profiles or a manual slider. The source does not report performance measurements showing how these splits affect frame rates or compute throughput.
The players
NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a American technology company known for designing graphics processing units used in gaming, data centers and artificial intelligence.
The details
Users select one of four profiles in the Advanced tab of System Settings: foreground application priority, standard mode, background task priority, or custom configuration. Manual mode provides a slider to set the power allocation percentage. The same update adds a debug mode switch that disables user or factory overclocking until the next reboot, and a developer section that controls access to GPU performance counters used by tools such as NVIDIA Nsight.
Timeline
The update is version 11.0.9.585 of the NVIDIA App, released on November 4, 2026.
The Tech Race
The update extends NVIDIA's existing developer tooling by controlling access to the GPU performance counters that NVIDIA Nsight reads. It adds user-facing resource allocation controls to a GPU application that competes with other graphics driver utilities on Windows systems.
Users who game or run GPU workloads can change how processing capacity is split between the app they are using and background tasks through the Advanced tab. The default 80/20 split applies unless the user chooses a different profile or sets a manual percentage.
The takeaway
Users who want more processing power for the active application can select the foreground priority profile in the NVIDIA App's Advanced tab. Those running background compute tasks may prefer the background priority or custom setting.
Further reading
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