Newbie question about Frames Per Second

[TheRaven2156]

This is a newbie question so don't flame me cause im trying to learn...... But how do you guys find out how many frames per second you're getting on a game?

 

[Matthias99]

Please use the search function before asking common questions.

Many games have a console or menu option that toggles on a display of the current FPS. Games with 'timedemo' or benchmarking functionality can tell you the average FPS while running through a particular saved benchmark file.

For games that don't support either of these option, a program called FRAPS can be used to monitor the FPS (it can also be used to record video of a 2D/3D application). However, it eats up some CPU time, and so can impact performance of some games.