A new Steam update enables PC gamers to analyze the frame rate generated by their gaming GPU, and it comes with one particularly handy feature if you use frame gen, either through Nvidia DLSS or AMD FSR. The new Steam Performance Monitor doesn’t just report the average frame rate from your graphics card while you’re gaming, but it also separates the figures if you’re using frame gen, so you can see the “real” frame rate rendered by your GPU, as well as the “fake” higher one using frame gen.
I’ve just had a quick play with the new Steam feature in Marvel Rivals, while using my Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU with frame gen enabled, and it provided some interesting live data. As you can see in the image below, the frame rate while using frame gen is clearly labeled “DLSS” at the start as 236fps, but straight after that, you can see the real underlying frame rate is 117fps. All the GPUs in our guide to buying the best graphics card support frame gen in one form or another, but the figures aren’t always what they seem, and this new tool could be handy if you’re trying to diagnose performance problems.
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