What is a good FPS indicator while playing games?

[x86]

What is a good FPS indicator while playing games? What do Anandtech/Tomshardware use? Links are appreciated.

Thanks

-x86

This is not a General Hardware question.

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[TheWart]

you need to see the stats via the game engine. access the game's console, then type the specific command. any requests?

 

[jcmkk]

I just started using fraps, and it seems like it works well. It can be had a fraps.com.

 

[FuManStan]

For games without a built in counter, fraps works well. Otherwise use the games built in time demo

 

[Floydian]

/cg_drawfps 1 in quake3

 

[DT4K]

I can use cg_drawFPS in Quake III, but it always shows 86 fps, no matter what my settings are and I can't run the timedemo. I get an error message that says something about it being cheat protected. Anyone know what's up with that?

 

[BFG10K]

but it always shows 86 fps, no matter what my settings are

All Quake3 games are capped at 85 FPS by default. Use com_maxFPS 0 to disable it.

no matter what my settings are and I can't run the timedemo. I get an error message that says something about it being cheat protected

That only happens in RTCW and shouldn't happen in Quake3. To run timedemos in RTCW run the MP version of the game.