Guide: show FPS in games [Fraps, ATi Tray Tools, Riva Tuner]

ATI Tray Tools

Based on ATT v. 1.2.XX [that is what Ive got on my PC, but I guess nothing has changed in the newer versions]

newst version available here:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=733

It usually comes with Omega drivers. If You are not using those download, install and run it.

Right click on the tray icon to bring the menu up. Select 'Tools and Options' and then 'On-Screen Display'.
Make sure 'Enable OnScreen Display' is checked and 'Hide' in FPS meter section is NOT checked.
You can customize other things here if You wish. FlashOSD can provide more information during gameplay [if You dont want it to flash, select Show all time from the first drop down menu].

Run any game to check if it is working correctly.

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FRAPS

Based on Fraps 2.9.2 [that is what Ive got on my PC, but I guess nothing has changed in the newer versions]

newst version available here:
http://www.fraps.com/setup.exe

Install that handy tool. Start it and go to FPS tab. Click 'Disable' next to a field with F12 written in it. Tick MinMaxAvg and FPS boxes. From now on, if You run a game You can perform a benchmark using Fraps that will save You 2 files in 'benchmarks' directory where Fraps is installed. One file will contain all FPS while the benchmark was performed, second will have Minimum, Maximum and Average FPS calculated for You. To start benchmarking You need to press F11 button when You will be in a game. I advise that it should be done duirng actuall gameplay only, without any menu's, videos, etc as this might affect the score. If You know Excel enough You can play around with those files to get some more out of it.

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Riva Tuner

Prepared for/based on Riva Tuner 2.04.

newst version available here:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163

I will try to make this as short as possible but there is a few things to do to make it work. Good thing about it is that after You do it once You can do it for any game You want

Download, install and run RT.
Go to Power User tab and scroll down until You find 'RivaTuner\Monitoring'.
Set BackgroundMonitoring, EnableMonitoringPluginWizard, EnableOSDGroups, EnablePlugins vlue to 1. [double click on selected name and enter 1, than hit Enter. or RMB on the name and select yellow lightbulb].

Scroll down and select 'RivaTuner\Monitoring\Plugins'.
Here we need to make sure that CPU, NVThermalDiode, SysMem and VidMem DLL's have value set to 1.

Scroll down to 'RivaTuner\Monitoring\Framerate'. We need to change 'ShowInOSD' value to 1 and we're half way through

Go back to 'Main' tab and select Hrdware Monitoring icon [microchip with magnifying glass, access that clicking small arrow next to 'Customize'.

You should be shown a lot of graphs.
A red dot in left bottom corner should be clicked but check that.

Depending on what graphs You want to be shown in OSD [setup button enables You to customize it] You need to make them visible there. Click 'Setup'. Select ie. Framerate, hit Setup again. Last setting - 'Show framerate in on-screen display' should be ticked.
You have to repeat this for all bits that You want to monitor while gaming!!!

Save all the setting by clicking OK where You need [You can also close that window] and go to Launcher tab.
We have to add to launchers. One to start the monitoring server and 2nd one to shut it down.
Click small green cross on the bottom and choose 'Regular Item'.
Give it a name, ie. Start_the_server. Click the field with hotkey and press Your combination of keys [ie. Ctr+Alt+S] Check 'Associated application' and from the drop down menu select 'Server Load'. Click Ok to complete.
Do the same steps to create something like Stop_the_server, assign it a different hotkey and instead 'Server Load' select 'Server Unload'.
Check if Your hotkeys are working. Press the combination to load the server and You should see a RT icon with a small green arrow in your Tray. Check the unload combination. Icon should disappear.

Last thing now. You need to tell the server what application should it monitor and display the OSD. Turn the server on, and click MB on its tray icon and select 'Setup'. For every game You need to create a profile following those steps:
- Click Add Profile
- finde the *.exe file that run/starts the selected game
- click Open

You can customize the color, where the OSD is displayed here as well. Close the window when You finished.

That's all about setting it up.

!!! To see OSD servers must be running as well as the main RT Client !!!

Run the game to check if everything is working correctly.

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ENJOY!!!

Please let me know if You think that some pictures/screenshots are needed to make it more clear.