Last June, we learned that Valve was working on a new performance monitoring tool integrated directly into Steam. In particular, it is capable of identifying true FPS from fakes generated thanks to AMD’s DLSS, XeSS or FSR. It features a discreet interface, but more importantly, has just left its beta phase and is now available to all!
New Steam performance overlay now available!
Activation of this new overlay is simply done via the platform settings, directly in the “In-game” tab. From here, you can choose the location of the new FPS counter and the information to be monitored. From here, four levels of monitoring are available:
- FPS counter only
- Framerate details detailing DLSS/XeSS/FSR-generated images of real frames
- Detailed FPS counter with % CPU and GPU utilization
- A comprehensive version with RAM usage included
What’s more, you can customize the interface by adjusting text size, saturation and background opacity.
Of course, this type of tool isn’t just there to boast 8000 fps, but has a very real use. In the event of a performance problem, the aim is to find out where the problem lies. Is it a saturated RAM? A CPU that’s running out of steam, or a game that’s poorly optimized? The tool makes it easier to pinpoint the problem, and Valve intends to add more information to the tool in the future.
Detailed information will be revealed when Alt+Tab is pressed, from which point we can only guess at future items to be monitored. These may include CPU/GPU frequency, FPS mini or 1% low.
In any case, this new overlay is compatible with “common hardware”, which means everything and nothing. Valve indicates that users of older or non-common cards will not benefit from full data monitoring.
