Steam beta adds new in-game performance metrics overlay, can show DLSS frames

TL;DR: Steam Client beta participants can now view detailed performance metrics through the in-game overlay. While it doesn't offer as much data as advanced tools like Afterburner, Valve's new frame rate counter can display both real and AI-generated frames when DLSS or FSR frame generation is enabled.

In the current stable release, the Steam client only shows a basic FPS counter via Steam > Settings > In-Game > In-Game FPS Counter. The new performance monitor introduces a broader set of metrics, including:

• Average frame rates with and without frame generation
• Minimum and maximum frame rates
• A frame rate graph
• Average and maximum CPU utilization
• Average and maximum clock frequency
• GPU utilization
• GPU temperature
• VRAM
• System RAM

Users can also adjust the overlay's detail level, screen position, contrast, saturation, and background opacity. A Steam Support page outlines how Valve calculates each data point.

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