Valve adds integrated framerate counter to Steam Client Beta update

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Plus the gaming platform hits a record high 8.5 million concurrent users.

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Finally

I just tried it out watching a video and there was no frame rate reported, unlike fraps which is kind of annoying when watching any videos.

Oh nice, hopefully there will be a way to bind a toggle for it.

Very nice of them to do this.
Combined with the F12 ScreenCap and in-game comms between friends, Steam is getting niftier.

Personally, I still prefer the FPS on Shadowplay, mainly because I have shortcut keys to turn the FPS and recording on/off. The only thing I'd likely want there is a screencap feature too.

All the thumbs up! Now, for full compatibility with D3D9-D3D11.

I'm enjoying ShadowPlay as well but since some games for some reason don't accept its hotkey functionality, will be good to have an alternative.

Well that would be nifty. But wouldn't that almost eradicate the need for software such as Fraps or Dxtory? I mean, they would presumably loose a chunk of their potential and existing customers if there was an easier way to record Steam games.

Indeed Steam is finally starting to branch out to do a few more things other than sell/store our games.

Recently started using the voice comms as our main one for small groups instead of Vent/Mumble, the screencap stuff is good, being able to watch what your friends are playing (added last beta) is AWESOME just to check out a game you're curious about.

Now if they would just update the crappy Steam Web Browser and sort out big picture mode so that 90% of the stuff you click on takes you to a webpage all we will be good :D