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Activate the frame counter in Steams (FPS)

Steams is the most widely used video game platform in the world. This is not only due to the large number of video games on offer, but also to the tools offered and sometimes unknown within Steam, such as the FPS frame counter that will tell you in real time how fast the video image is running. your video game

How to activate steam frame per second counter
It is very common among gamers to check how many frames per second the video games they play on their computers run. There are numerous programs capable of counting in real time the frames per second of the video game you are playing on your computer.

In general, these tools for counting frames per second are usually quite light so as not to consume resources from your computer that, in the end, can affect the final performance of the video game. However, if you're a Steam user, you should know that the platform's program incorporates a frame counter tool by default.

This is precisely what we show you below, so if you want to know how to activate and use the Steam frame counter for your video games, continue reading:

How to activate and use the Steams frame counter. (FPS)
Open the Steam Launcher program

Once in the interface, click on the Steam menu

When it is displayed, click on: Parameters.

This will open a window in which you will have to go to the section: In the game .

Multiple functions will be displayed in the main part of the window.

Locate the one that says: FPS counter in the game

Click on the dropdown menu and select one of the 4 available options:

Up to the left
Up to the right
Down left
Bottom right.

Once you have indicated the position where you want the frame counter to be placed, you can also check the option: High contrast color.

Finally, you only have to click OK to save the changes of the new configuration.

From this moment when we play a Steam video game, it will show the number of frames per second in the indicated place on the screen.

Note : The High Contrast Color feature allows the frame counter to be easily visible regardless of the background color of the game .

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