FPS Counter Added to Steam Overlay in Latest Beta Release - January 2, 2015

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  • FPS Counter Added to Steam Overlay in Latest Beta Release - January 2, 2015

    Today's beta client update for Steam brought about some new functionality to the platform. One of the new features is an FPS counter in the Steam overlay.

    Changelog for Steam beta client for January 2, 2015

    General
    - Reduced CPU usage when drawing animated images or videos
    - Fixed video playback performance regression on Mac OS X and Linux
    - Added FPS counter to Steam Overlay
    - Fixed reloading settings values in the Steam Overlay

    Broadcast
    - Improved capture performance in D3D9 games
    - Improved audio/video synchronization
    - Improved automatically adjusting video encoding bit rate when a change in available upload bandwidth is detected
    - Fixed opening the broadcast watch page from client UI (friends list, invite chat message, etc.) in the Steam Overlay
    - Improved capture performance in OpenGL games when hardware support is enabled on machines with newer Nvidia GPUs
    - Added first time use and other UI to Big Picture mode
    - Fixed first friend invite to a broadcast sometimes getting dropped
    Tags: pc, apple, Other, Multi, valve, steam, fps, steam beta, steam beta client, steam beta client update, steam overlay, fps counter, steam overlay fps
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