Re: TIL - Steam FPS

On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:13:30 +0200, H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Today I learned that Steam has a built-in FPS counter.
 
 

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I still remember when they implemented it (the barebones classic
version). No more having to run FRAPS on the background. It's so
unobtrusive that I always keep it enabled, even when a game is guaranted
to run without issues. Top right corner, high visibility color.
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I am familiar with the new one since it has existed for more than 2
years on Steam Deck.

(My only complaint is that there doesn't seem to be an easy/quick
way to toggle this from in-game, preferably with a single key-press.
Not so important when it's just a single FPS counter, but a necessity
if there's a paragraph of text on screen, so hopefully that will be
something Valve will add in soon)

Side note / correction: there is a user-configuable toggle switch. I
use CTRL + /

The new thing is neat. I use it on my laptops to see where they are
lagging. In one case, it was definitely a case of not enough memory;
in another, I could tell it was a VRAM issue. Not surprisingly, it's
almost never a problem with insufficient CPU processing power. It's
always the GPU or one of the sub-systems. Our CPUs are so disgustingly
overpowered ;-)

That's the thing from Steam Deck that I wish they would port to the PC
Client (or just port the entire current Steam OS to desktop). a
dedicated button will open all the quick settings: overlay, PWM
management, bluetooth... It's one of those things I really miss when i
go back to desktop.

Isn't that Shift-Tab?