what are u using to monitor in-game FPS?

hey guys,

i used to use rivatuner with my windows vista system to monitor in-game FPS. i recently checked and i didn't see that rivatuner supports windows 7. what are u guys using, particularly my windows 7 peers. thanks and happy new years!

 

I use FRAPS, I didn't know RivaTuner could do FPS.

 

I use MSI Afterburner as my one-stop program for monitoring GPU clocks, temperatures, and FPS.

 

I use xfire's in game overlay.

 

I use FRAPS.

 

Use FRAPS but I don't know if it has a major impact on the FPS just by being on.

 

Fraps is great, however if you use my Mumble server it also has a FPS counter option and as a bonus you can chat with NBR peeps while playing.

 

FRAPS have impact in performance, its more noticeable in slower system.

If the game support in game framerate monitoring, Doom 3 and Crysis for example, I use that, if not I rather not use anything, or if I really wanted to see framerate ATi Tray Tool support framerate monitoring

 

Fraps recording does, fraps fps monitor does not.

 

Rivatuner works on Win7. If it supported my GPU, I'd be using it instead of Fraps.

 

I use Xfire since I can also chat on msn+yahoo+AIM ingame .

 

yea, rivatuner used to be my one stop program on my m1530. i used it to mess with GPU clocks, as well as display in-game FPS and temps.

would the MSI afterburner work with other manufacturers? does it have better features than some of the free stuff like fraps, rivatuner, etc?

this was what i was really concerned about with FRAPS. i've heard it was a resource hog, so i kind of veered away from it. this would be pretty good new if it were true though.

thanks! do u know which version to be exact? if i remember correctly it was version 2.2, or something around there, and it didn't list win7 as a supported OS. i would much rather use rivatuner since it barely used any resources.

 

Latest version is 2.24c. It doesn't list Win7 as supported, but it worked just fine on my previous laptop with Win7. Only thing I'm not sure about is support for the latest nVidia GPUs.

 

It's built off of RivaTuner and it works for everything. It has an OSD for all those stats.

 

yea, that's the version that i saw too. my laptop is in my sig. that has me a bit worried cuz i do have a 480m. i get compatibility warnings here and there from older games already, so should i be worried? what does it mean if it doesn't support my GPU? will it not read the info i want?

thanks a bunch. i might have to check this out.

 

Yeah, it just won't be able to access the information from your GPU to show you if it's not supported. It won't harm your PC or mess up your software if that's what you're worried about.

 

Actually I have a very similar question; I used to have the RivaTuner OSD show me temps and free ram in addition to the framerate while playing on my desktop machine but my new HP laptop with Mobility HD 5650 isn't supported.

Can the MSI tool do this instead?

 

it can't show free ram but temps can be shown.

 

Yes, either MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision will work with most new gpus out there, including mobile line. To my recollection is just a fancy riva tuner, but it does work with laptops.

 

My eyeballs. If it doesn't bother me, then it's fast enough.

 

thanks guys.

happy new years!

 

Too bad I can't get it to show me anything about the CPU...
Can you combine it with RivaTuner somehow?

Edit:
Actually, using this guide I was able to get RivaTuner to recognize some parts of the card, but clock readings aren't working and pretty much no sensors are found. This might be a dead end but does anyone know which temp sensor the Mobility HD5660 is using?

 

I'm currently using FRAPS and I'm under the impression that recording on FRAPS does have an impact on performance, but not showing the FPS itself on the corner. Can anyone confirm this?

 

I don't use FRAPS myself anymore, but back in the days when I did (really early versions) it usually cut performance by somewhere between 1/4 and 3/4, though I think they have improved a lot since then.

Also with your i7 it shouldn't have any problem handling the actual encoding, but maybe it's clamping your FPS to match some sensible standard rate like 30 or 60? What kind of performance do you have without recording?

 

Well, the only real demanding game that I have is Bad Company 2, and I can run that with FRAPS overlay (but not recording) with HBAO off and Shadows at medium, but everything else at high rendering at 720p at around 40-60FPS (VSync on). Bad Company 2 itself doesn't have an in-game FPS ticker as far as I know so I have nothing to compare it to.

 

Mumble has a fps counter

 

Lost in translation

 

The games I play all have built-in fps counters.

 

what games do you play??

 

About half of games, or maybe more, can display the FPS with a console command without any modifications. Just google whatever game you have to see if it supports this or if there is an easy way for it to display the FPS itself.

 

Starcraft 2 has one, too. The ingame "hover over menu" and ctrl+alt+f

well... two, then

 

i think those types of "FPS monitors" are pretty useless/inconvenient. i have to hover over the menu button (which i turned off anyways) just to check my FPS. that few seconds that it takes me to move my mouse up and check my FPS, i would've gotten ganked/looted/killed/raped by the time i move my mouse back to try to react. if u'r gonna even implement an FPS monitoring system for yur game. make it display on the screen like an HUD.

 

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