FPS Counter Added to Steam Overlay With New Update
Now it seems that the usage will be improved even more as the new Steam Beta Client Update has been deployed, and it adds several new features to Steam Overlay including the FPS counter.
As you may have guessed, using this option will allow you to see the frames per second while you are playing the game, which will surely come in handy for a lot of players.
Apart from adding the FPS counter, plenty of other additions have been made to Steam via this new update, you can check out the full patch notes given below:
General:
Reduced CPU usage when drawing animated images or videos
Fixed video playback performance regression on Mac OS X and Linux
Added FPS counter to Steam Overlay
Fixed reloading settings values in the Steam Overlay
Broadcast:
Improved capture performance in D3D9 games
Improved audio/video synchronization
Improved automatically adjusting video encoding bit rate when a change in available upload bandwidth is detected
Fixed opening the broadcast watch page from client UI (friends list, invite chat message, etc.) in the Steam Overlay
Improved capture performance in OpenGL games when hardware support is enabled on machines with newer Nvidia GPUs
Added first time use and other UI to Big Picture mode
Fixed first friend invite to a broadcast sometimes getting dropped
As you can see, some great additions and changes have been brought to Steam, which will help improve the overall experience of the players.
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LoodPosted:
It's really cool how Valve is implementing all of these new innovations and improvements to Steam. It's things like this and the streaming they just put in that will make a lot of gamers happy.
While this is not a massive improvement and could easily have been done with third party programs, it will still make streamers' experiences much more pleasant when they know how their viewers are watching the gameplay. No one wants to watch a laggy and buggy stream.
While this is not a massive improvement and could easily have been done with third party programs, it will still make streamers' experiences much more pleasant when they know how their viewers are watching the gameplay. No one wants to watch a laggy and buggy stream.
CraigPosted:
There are many many programs that already do this... Hell even most games have them if you enable it...
EthicsPosted:
BONDGUY8514697-Skittle-Deano-Skittle
I don't see how an FOS counter is such a big thing? I would be happier with the fact that it lowers CPU usage and improves performance
Because people had to use different programs to achieve this.
Steam works well anyway so the miniscule difference in performance is overshadowed by the gain in performance from not having to run a separate program.
Yes, I know that people have no need for substupitute programs any more but my question is [b]why[/b] is this so useful, why would players want to see their FPS in the first place
Plus, most people like the see their FPS and this is a built-in way to achieve this now.
It's simply an option to check your FPS. Recently, I wanted to see how many FPS I was getting in Shadow of Mordor, but I had to take some time to find where I could run a benchmark. This would've made it much easier to check my FPS, and will make it easier for people who are curious on how well their game is running.
I know this will help a lot of testers.
BONDGUY8514697Posted:
-Skittle-Deano-Skittle
I don't see how an FOS counter is such a big thing? I would be happier with the fact that it lowers CPU usage and improves performance
Because people had to use different programs to achieve this.
Steam works well anyway so the miniscule difference in performance is overshadowed by the gain in performance from not having to run a separate program.
Yes, I know that people have no need for substupitute programs any more but my question is [b]why[/b] is this so useful, why would players want to see their FPS in the first place
Plus, most people like the see their FPS and this is a built-in way to achieve this now.
It's simply an option to check your FPS. Recently, I wanted to see how many FPS I was getting in Shadow of Mordor, but I had to take some time to find where I could run a benchmark. This would've made it much easier to check my FPS, and will make it easier for people who are curious on how well their game is running.
GrownPosted:
Edgy Wow they really adding some cool stuff now.
I am looking forward to this as well once it is out of beta. Looks really good.
SkittlePosted:
-Deano-Skittle
I don't see how an FOS counter is such a big thing? I would be happier with the fact that it lowers CPU usage and improves performance
Because people had to use different programs to achieve this.
Steam works well anyway so the miniscule difference in performance is overshadowed by the gain in performance from not having to run a separate program.
Yes, I know that people have no need for substupitute programs any more but my question is [b]why[/b] is this so useful, why would players want to see their FPS in the first place
Plus, most people like the see their FPS and this is a built-in way to achieve this now.
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