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Borderless Gaming: Seamlessly play games in borderless full-screen mode for uninterrupted gaming and effortless multitasking.
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Borderless fullscreen for every game. GPU effects and upscaling. Old games that actually work.Borderless Gaming has three tools that all work together: borderless fullscreen, BGFX for visual effects, and BGProxy for games that refuse to cooperate.Borderless fullscreenForce any game into borderless fullscreen. Alt-tab without crashes, hide the taskbar, lock the cursor to the game window, mute games in the background, position a game at any size on any monitor. Set up a profile once and it applies automatically every time you launch.BGFX — effects and upscalingBGFX captures your game and runs it through a GPU effect pipeline. 390+ effects — FSR, neural network upscalers, CRT scanlines, VHS, sharpening, anti-aliasing, LUT color grading. Stack as many as you want, each one feeds into the next.On Steam Deck, BGFX runs natively in Game Mode. Full gamepad navigation, per-game presets, and an in-game overlay to tweak everything while you play. No desktop mode required.On Windows, the same effect library runs through a Vulkan backend alongside D3D11 capture.BGProxy — fix old and broken gamesBGProxy intercepts a game's graphics pipeline and makes it work properly on a modern PC. OpenGL, DirectX 8 through 12 — from early 2000s classics to modern titles that just won't cooperate.Fullscreen-only games become real, resizable windows. The game re-renders to fit — drag the border, maximize, go ultra-wide, and the resolution follows. Alt-tabbing no longer pauses the game, and input is blocked in the background so you can multitask. BGProxy also upgrades how the game talks to your hardware. DirectX games get FLIP model presentation for lower input latency and smoother frame pacing. OpenGL games are re-rendered through a DirectX 12 pipeline and their GL contexts are upgraded to the highest compatibility profile your driver supports, so the driver can apply optimizations that the original game never asked for. Broken timer code that causes micro-stutter is intercepted and fixed automatically — old 1–16ms sleep timers become sub-millisecond precision. Games that won't launch because they don't recognize your GPU can be spoofed into thinking you have a different graphics card.Pair it with BGFX to upscale and apply effects on top.
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MINORv1.4.0 - Steam Deck
BGFX now works on Steam Deck. How it works Install Borderless Gaming from Steam, open the app, pick a game, choose your effects. Borderless Gaming installs a Vulkan layer that hooks into your games au
MAJORv1.3.4
All of the changes below are for BGProxy.Misc FixesFixed input issues introduced in the previous update. The mouse cursor should now work in Dishonored and other Unreal games again.Fixed some minor re
MAJORv1.3.3
BGProxy FixesBackground Behavior All games now continue rendering and playing audio when alt-tabbed. Keyboard and mouse input is blocked while the game is in the background, so you can type in other a
MAJORv1.3.2 - BGProxy
For years, Borderless Gaming has helped thousands of you wrangle stubborn games into borderless windowed mode. But there have always been two classes of games we've struggled with. The first: games wi
MAJORv1.3.0
New FeaturesSlang-based BGFX - Effects now use Slang as the shader foundation, enabling cross-platform support for the upcoming SteamDeck and Linux release. DX12 Renderer - DirectX 12 is now available
MAJORv1.2.7
Fixes a crash caused by a race condition in window enumeration Fixes a crash on the latest release of WindowsThe app refresh button has been removed from the UI. It’s no longer needed.Profiles can now
MAJORv1.2.0 - BGFX
BGFX is a new mode for Borderless Gaming that captures game windows at the compositor level and processes them through a GPU effect pipeline. If you can see it on screen, BGFX can capture it and upsca
MAJORBorderless Gaming v1.1.3
This update brings multi-language support, a new compatibility mode for troubleshooting stubborn games, and several quality of life improvements. Multi-Language Support Borderless Gaming now supports
MINORUntitled
When Borderless Gaming is launched it will apply profiles to apps started before itFixes launch issues
MAJORBorderless Gaming v1.1.0
Version 1.1.0 - UI Overhaul & Performance Update I rebuilt the interface from the ground up using native Windows UI components for a more cohesive experience that feels right at home on Windows. Moder
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