News Steam just got a new performance overlay — you can now view real FPS alongside DLSS/FRS-generated frames

[Admin]

Now out of beta, Steam's new performance monitor highlights a much-needed divide between what your GPU is actually capable of versus what it can do with a bit of help.

Steam just got a new performance overlay — you can now view real FPS alongside DLSS/FRS-generated frames : Read more

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

Ha! Turn on MFG on an RTX 50-series for even more fun... though I wonder if this performance monitor supports MFG? That's almost worth testing... (...if I still worked here). You know a technology has reached "overrated" status when Steam creates a tool that specifically shows the shenanigans. Framegen isn't the worst thing ever, but the marketing behind it has been awful, particularly MFG.

 

[Notton]

I like that they properly show frametime/latency.
It's basically the MSI/Powercolor Afterburner, but easier to setup.

I hope they eventually bring this overlay to steamOS.

 

[warezme]

I'm a fan of this. I will definitely set this up with all the settings. My current overlay only shows framerate and VRAM usage which doesn't work because its always 0.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

Steam is launching a new performance monitor today, one that tells you exactly how much FPS you’re getting, but also how many of those are fake frames generated by upscaling technologies such as DLSS or FSR.

I thought we weren't supposed to call AI generated frames "fake frames"?

 

[Pierce2623]

Ha! Turn on MFG on an RTX 50-series for even more fun... though I wonder if this performance monitor supports MFG? That's almost worth testing... (...if I still worked here). You know a technology has reached "overrated" status when Steam creates a tool that specifically shows the shenanigans. Framegen isn't the worst thing ever, but the marketing behind it has been awful, particularly MFG.

You no longer work here? So much for having an experienced competent GPU reviewer.

 

[abufrejoval]

Let's hope they port it to Linux, soon: after all, a big part of Steam's wonderful client is how the OS no longer matters and those measurement tools are very difficult to replicate across platforms.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

You no longer work here? So much for having an experienced competent GPU reviewer.

Yeah, I left two months ago. @Jeff Kampman is the new GPU reviewer, and he's been in the industry a long time. He has my old testbed and test suite, with some basic instructions on how to run the benchmarks, so I'm not worried about that. (He worked for The Tech Report back in the day, then Asus, and most recently for Intel's graphics division.) You can see what he's written so far here:

https://www.tomshardware.com/author/jeffrey-kampman

Do note that there was a one month gap between when I left and when Jeff started, plus delays in getting him the testing equipment since I took a vacation. I'm not sure when the first full reviews will be coming, but I'd like to see an RX 9060 XT 8GB review personally. LOL

 

[Xajel]

Does it work for non-Steam games?

 

[Pierce2623]

Yeah, I left two months ago. @Jeff Kampman is the new GPU reviewer, and he's been in the industry a long time. He has my old testbed and test suite, with some basic instructions on how to run the benchmarks, so I'm not worried about that. (He worked for The Tech Report back in the day, then Asus, and most recently for Intel's graphics division.) You can see what he's written so far here:

https://www.tomshardware.com/author/jeffrey-kampman

Do note that there was a one month gap between when I left and when Jeff started, plus delays in getting him the testing equipment since I took a vacation. I'm not sure when the first full reviews will be coming, but I'd like to see an RX 9060 XT 8GB review personally. LOL

Well I’m glad you’ve got confidence in him but I just NEVER trust it when review type media goes from someone I recognize and trust to someone new.

 

[teeejay94]

Not to be the guy to destroy all your hard work with my quips and what not but honestly RTSS still exists, it is much more technical to get setup and usually I forget what to do to get it to work but honestly when you do get it set up exactly and get it all figured out, it's great. It's a pain to get set up but you see all the performance metric computer YouTubers use it for good reason, because it just works. And again, this isn't a request to get rid of it but you guys gotta work together to create one thing Im really tired of seeing a hundred of the same applications offering unique variations of the exact same thing giving the same results. Id rather see Steam, Microsoft,Sony,Nintendo,SEGA etc etc all work together on one performance metric software and having that software work across PCs and consoles etc. Would be way better, less confusing and would likely benefit all those companies as well everyone would have an even say in the software and whats implemented within it. Take down all the random software why does everyone need their own software, greed is why. The answer is greed and little interest in what actually benefits the consumer, and they try to benefit the consumer as little as possible to the point it has a negative effect on them as well. Ill stop my tangent now ✌️

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

Not to be the guy to destroy all your hard work with my quips and what not but honestly RTSS still exists, it is much more technical to get setup and usually I forget what to do to get it to work but honestly when you do get it set up exactly and get it all figured out, it's great. It's a pain to get set up but you see all the performance metric computer YouTubers use it for good reason, because it just works. And again, this isn't a request to get rid of it but you guys gotta work together to create one thing Im really tired of seeing a hundred of the same applications offering unique variations of the exact same thing giving the same results. Id rather see Steam, Microsoft,Sony,Nintendo,SEGA etc etc all work together on one performance metric software and having that software work across PCs and consoles etc. Would be way better, less confusing and would likely benefit all those companies as well everyone would have an even say in the software and whats implemented within it. Take down all the random software why does everyone need their own software, greed is why. The answer is greed and little interest in what actually benefits the consumer, and they try to benefit the consumer as little as possible to the point it has a negative effect on them as well. Ill stop my tangent now ✌️