FPS Counter?

[FI Fheonix]

I am looking for a FPS counter while I am playing games. I have seen Linus use them and I am wondering how to find them so I can install them.

[Bianks84]

Some games have the option for performance metrics like DOOM (2016) and DOOM:Eternal.

For everything else, get MSI After burner, and be sure to also install RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS). They're usually bundled together.

RTSS can also work with Hwinfo.

 

Be wary of fake links to MSI After burner. Might be better to navigate to MSI's website first to find it instead of google searching it.

 

ETA: When setting up RTSS, do not close it when finished. Minimize it. This is a bit of a common mistake.

Edited January 5, 2023 by Bianks84
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[FrowningHippo]

Depending on where you are playing games. You might not need to install anything. Steam for example has one build in. Once the game is launched press shift + tab and you can find it by pressing settings in the bottom and the in-game tab.

 

If you have GeForce Experience installed (If you have a NVIDIA GPU). Pressing alt + z in-game will allow you to use that to show you FPS (and a lot more information) with the HUD option.

[SlayerOfHellWyrm]

5 minutes ago, FrowningHippo said:

Depending on where you are playing games. You might not need to install anything. Steam for example has one build in. Once the game is launched press shift + tab and you can find it by pressing settings in the bottom and the in-game tab.

 

If you have GeForce Experience installed (If you have a NVIDIA GPU). Pressing alt + z in-game will allow you to use that to show you FPS (and a lot more information) with the HUD option.

Alt + Z is the main overlay, once the FPS counter is enabled, it's Alt + R.

[FI Fheonix]

17 minutes ago, Bianks84 said:

Some games have the option for performance metrics like DOOM (2016) and DOOM:Eternal.

For everything else, get MSI After burner, and be sure to also install RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS). They're usually bundled together.

RTSS can also work with Hwinfo.

 

Be wary of fake links to MSI After burner. Might be better to navigate to MSI's website first to find it instead of google searching it.

 

ETA: When setting up RTSS, do not close it when finished. Minimize it. This is a bit of a common mistake.

Do i have to have a MSI GPU to use MSI Afterburner?

[Bianks84]

1 minute ago, FI Fheonix said:

Do i have to have a MSI GPU to use MSI Afterburner?

Nope! Not at all, it works for all GPUs, whether Nvidia or AMD. It's mainly an overclocking tool so for what you're looking for you'll go into settings and look for the term OSD (On Screen Display)

[Spotty]

2 minutes ago, FI Fheonix said:

Do i have to have a MSI GPU to use MSI Afterburner?

Nope, works with all graphics cards. I use afterburner with my gigabyte card.

[FI Fheonix]

15 minutes ago, Bianks84 said:

Nope! Not at all, it works for all GPUs, whether Nvidia or AMD. It's mainly an overclocking tool so for what you're looking for you'll go into settings and look for the term OSD (On Screen Display)

ok ty

[Bianks84]

1 minute ago, FI Fheonix said:

ok ty

No problem! If you need more details I'm pretty sure Jayztwocents has a video on this topic.

 

Edit: Found it

 

Edited January 5, 2023 by Bianks84
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[Guest]

People used to use "fraps" which is the yellow numbers you used to see in the top left. 

 

I don't know if anyone used it anymore