If you don't want to spend a lot of time finding a new program, you can usually monitor your frame rate right from the launcher you use to the play games. How you enable this feature will differ based on the app, but they all tend to give the same basic data in one corner of the screen. Steam's FPS Counter Call of Duty: Warzone 2: Go to Settings > Interface > Telemetry and enable Frames Per Second (FPS) Counter. Halo Infinite: Go into Settings > UI and enable FPS Counter and Network Statistics to show FPS and ping, respectively. The desktop PC had Windows 10 Pro installed, with all the latest updates. We also used the latest NVIDIA drivers: version 398.82. All our tests were run on the Kingston SSD drive, and then on the Western Digital Blue hard disk drive, using the same settings. Let's see the tests that we ran, and the results we got, one by one: Far Cry 5: an average difference of just 1 frame per second

For example, if your CPU is always at 100% in-game while your GPU chugs along at 40%, you are better off putting your upgrade money toward a new CPU. Or maybe your CPU and GPU usage are fine while VRAM usage is maxed out, which would indicate that texture resolution is set too high for smooth performance. Install MSI Afterburner Many games actually have their own frame rate monitors built right in to the settings menu. These are particularly useful for online games, since they can show stats like latency. Here are a few popular examples: If you are launching a game on Steam, even if it's a game you didn'tbuyon Steam, you can use the launcher's in-game frame rate counter to measure performance. On Steam, open Settings > In-Game > In-Game FPS Counter. Select a location in the drop-down to turn it on.