Frames per second check in Doom 3 and Half Life 2

[WeZona]

I don't know if this question relates to this area of the forum, but how do I check the frames per second of my games, for example, Half Life 2 and Doom 3. Is there an application I have to run outside of the game, or is the something I have to type in the console screen?

 

[Lazn_Work]

Doom3:

change shortcut to look like: Doom3.exe +set com_allowconsole 1

Then in the game use the ~ to bring down the console.

com_drawfps 1
to show FPS

Half Life2:
“Enabled Developer Console.” in menu (under keyboard - advanced or something like that)

Then in the game use the ~ to bring down the console.

cl_showfps 1
to show fps

 

[CastleBravo]

You can also run the time demos supplied with the games.

In Doom 3, pull down the console and type 'timedemo demo1 usecache." (without the quotes)
In HL2, run Counter-Strike:Source, set the graphics settings to what you want to test at, and run the included Source Video Stress Test.

 

[Brent_Justice]

or just use fraps www.fraps.com

 

[doh-nut]

net_graph 3 is an easier to see display of FPS, among other things

 

[minc3d]

FRAPS is so much better to use. No special entries to see my FPS and I can save all my screenshots in ONE folder and ONE file type. Doesnt get any easier than that.