

From there, keep your eyes peeled for Show FPS, Display Performance Stats, Network Information, or anything along those lines. A great place to look (within any game) is in Settings > Video or Advanced Video Options. Most games have their very own framerate monitors built right into the settings. For alternative game launchers, like Origin or Epic, navigate to the settings and look for a similar path directory. Then, fire up your desired game of choice through Steam, and look in the corner of the screen you have it set to. For ease of visibility, check-off the High Contrast Color option for bright green display numbers. In the Steam client, navigate to Settings > In-Game > In-Game FPS Counter, select a corner of the screen to turn it on. Here are several ways to display FPS, depending on the game or the platform/launcher the game plays on. You may want to invest in a new graphics card, CPU, memory, or an entirely new gaming rig altogether if you’re finding games are unplayable due to low FPS. Anything over 120 FPS is excellent, 60 – 90 is good, and anything below 50 FPS, and you’ll notice sluggish performance. As a general rule of thumb, the higher the FPS, the better. In short, FPS generally determines how well your game is running on your computer. Knowing what your in-game Frames Per Second (FPS) is, is a crucial stat to identify.
