How to display an FPS counter in EA games

Enabling an FPS counter can help you troubleshoot and optimize your PC settings for a smooth gaming experience, especially if you’re playing on an older device. Here are three ways you can do this:

1. In-game
2. Using a command line
3. Using a third-party tool or platform

A command line is a text-based interface that lets you enter commands for your computer to execute. EA games that use the Frostbite engine have a command line function built in. Here’s how to use it to turn the FPS counter on and off in your game:

1. Open the command console on your computer by pressing the [ ~ ] key. (This key might not work for some locales. If this happens, try setting the keyboard on Windows to EN-US, or changing the input source to English-US on Mac.)
2. To turn the FPS counter on, enter the following command and press enter: PerfOverlay.DrawFps 1
3. To turn the FPS counter off, enter the following command and press enter: PerfOverlay.DrawFps 0

Steam

Whether or not you bought your EA game on Steam, you can use it to bring up an FPS counter.

1. Open the Steam client on your PC or Mac and log in.
2. Click on the Steam tab.
3. Select Settings on Windows, or Preferences on Mac.
4. Select In-Game from the options on the left.
5. Click on the In-game FPS counter drop-down menu and choose where you want the counter to appear on your screen.
   • Check the High contrast color check-box to clearly see the counter.
6. Press OK to save your settings.

To disable the counter, follow steps 1-5 and choose Off from the drop-down menu.

Other tools

If none of the the above options work for your game, you can try using one of these tools to display an FPS counter:

• The Xbox Game Bar for Windows
• Fraps - Real time video capture & benchmarking

Does the EA app have an FPS counter?

Right now, the EA app doesn’t measure frames-per-second. Learn more about the EA app and get the latest updates on EA.com.

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