diff --git a/include/context_win.h b/include/context_win.h
index 6a16af8a2..6e9d39ad5 100644
--- a/include/context_win.h
+++ b/include/context_win.h
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ extern HDC      win_maindc;
 extern HCURSOR  win_arrow;
 extern bool     win_cursor_visible;
 extern int      win_palettized;
-extern int      win_canalttab;
+extern bool     win_canalttab;
 extern DEVMODE  win_gdevmode;
 extern struct sw_ctx_s *win_sw_context;
-extern int      win_minimized;
+extern bool     win_minimized;
+extern bool     win_focused;
 extern int vid_ddraw;
 extern int      win_center_x, win_center_y;
 extern RECT     win_rect;
diff --git a/libs/video/targets/context_win.c b/libs/video/targets/context_win.c
index 93d10caae..41e44b517 100644
--- a/libs/video/targets/context_win.c
+++ b/libs/video/targets/context_win.c
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ HDC         win_maindc;
 HCURSOR     win_arrow;
 bool        win_cursor_visible;
 int         win_palettized;
-int         win_minimized;
-int         win_canalttab = 0;
+bool        win_minimized;
+bool        win_focused;
+bool        win_canalttab;
 sw_ctx_t   *win_sw_context;
 
 #define MODE_WINDOWED			0
diff --git a/libs/video/targets/in_win.c b/libs/video/targets/in_win.c
index 84e805e7d..3bb96b9e2 100644
--- a/libs/video/targets/in_win.c
+++ b/libs/video/targets/in_win.c
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ event_leave (HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 static LONG
 event_focusin (HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 {
+	win_focused = true;
 	in_win_send_focus_event (1);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -673,9 +674,7 @@ event_focusin (HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 static LONG
 event_focusout (HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 {
-	if (modestate == MS_FULLDIB) {
-		ShowWindow (win_mainwindow, SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE);
-	}
+	win_focused = false;
 	in_win_send_focus_event (0);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -829,7 +828,7 @@ IN_Win_Preinit (void)
 	Win_AddEvent (WM_MOUSELEAVE, event_leave);
 
 	Win_AddEvent (WM_SETFOCUS, event_focusin);
-	Win_AddEvent (WM_SETFOCUS, event_focusout);
+	Win_AddEvent (WM_KILLFOCUS, event_focusout);
 
 	Win_AddEvent (WM_KEYDOWN, event_key);
 	Win_AddEvent (WM_SYSKEYDOWN, event_key);
diff --git a/nq/source/sys_win.c b/nq/source/sys_win.c
index 439458f7d..176d8bdf9 100644
--- a/nq/source/sys_win.c
+++ b/nq/source/sys_win.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include "nq/include/client.h"
 #include "nq/include/host.h"
 
+#include "context_win.h"
+
 bool        isDedicated = false;
 
 #define MINIMUM_WIN_MEMORY		0x0880000
@@ -49,11 +51,26 @@ bool        isDedicated = false;
 #define PAUSE_SLEEP		50				// sleep time on pause or minimization
 #define NOT_FOCUS_SLEEP	20				// sleep time when not focus
 
-bool        ActiveApp, Minimized;
-bool        WinNT;
+static int cl_pause_sleep;
+static cvar_t cl_pause_sleep_cvar = {
+	.name = "cl_pause_sleep",
+	.description =
+		"Control whether the client will sleep when paused",
+	.default_value = "1",
+	.flags = CVAR_NONE,
+	.value = { .type = &cexpr_int, .value = &cl_pause_sleep },
+};
+
+static int cl_unfocus_sleep;
+static cvar_t cl_unfocus_sleep_cvar = {
+	.name = "cl_unfocus_sleep",
+	.description =
+		"Control whether the client will sleep when unfocused",
+	.default_value = "0",
+	.flags = CVAR_NONE,
+	.value = { .type = &cexpr_int, .value = &cl_unfocus_sleep },
+};
 
-static double pfreq;
-static int  lowshift;
 HANDLE      hinput, houtput;
 
 static HANDLE tevent;
@@ -64,7 +81,6 @@ static void
 startup (void)
 {
 	LARGE_INTEGER PerformanceFreq;
-	unsigned int lowpart, highpart;
 	OSVERSIONINFO vinfo;
 
 	Sys_MaskFPUExceptions ();
@@ -72,21 +88,6 @@ startup (void)
 	if (!QueryPerformanceFrequency (&PerformanceFreq))
 		Sys_Error ("No hardware timer available");
 
-	// get 32 out of the 64 time bits such that we have around
-	// 1 microsecond resolution
-	lowpart = (unsigned int) PerformanceFreq.LowPart;
-	highpart = (unsigned int) PerformanceFreq.HighPart;
-	lowshift = 0;
-
-	while (highpart || (lowpart > 2000000.0)) {
-		lowshift++;
-		lowpart >>= 1;
-		lowpart |= (highpart & 1) << 31;
-		highpart >>= 1;
-	}
-
-	pfreq = 1.0 / (double) lowpart;
-
 	vinfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof (vinfo);
 
 	if (!GetVersionEx (&vinfo))
@@ -96,11 +97,6 @@ startup (void)
 		(vinfo.dwPlatformId == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32s)) {
 		Sys_Error ("WinQuake requires at least Win95 or NT 4.0");
 	}
-
-	if (vinfo.dwPlatformId == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT)
-		WinNT = true;
-	else
-		WinNT = false;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -211,15 +207,19 @@ WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine,
 
 	Host_Init ();
 
+	Cvar_Register (&cl_pause_sleep_cvar, 0, 0);
+	Cvar_Register (&cl_unfocus_sleep_cvar, 0, 0);
+
 	oldtime = Sys_DoubleTime () - 0.1;
 	while (1) {							// Main message loop
 		if (!isDedicated) {
 			// yield the CPU for a little while when paused, minimized, or
 			// not the focus
-			if ((cl.paused && !ActiveApp) || Minimized) {
+			if (cl_pause_sleep
+				&& ((cl.paused && !win_focused) || win_minimized)) {
 				SleepUntilInput (PAUSE_SLEEP);
 				scr_skipupdate = 1;		// no point in bothering to draw
-			} else if (!ActiveApp) {
+			} else if (cl_unfocus_sleep && !win_focused) {
 				SleepUntilInput (NOT_FOCUS_SLEEP);
 			}
 		}