Frame rate improves when not active window

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Brief description of the issue:

Running the sim (over Hamilton NZ in this case) I see around 75-80fps when the FS window is not selected. But if I click on the FS, the frame rate then drops to the high 60s just by changing window focus

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Open the sim, not in full screen. Click on the task bar to force focus to the task bar, observe FPS, click on sim window, observe FPS. Note audio being enabled in background changes nothing about FPS.

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4080, latest driver

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Current production version


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