How to Show Your Framerate in Counter Strike: Source

Ever wanted to measure your frame rate in CS:S? It's actually very simple... read on!

Steps

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    Join a server and begin playing.
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    Open up the console in-game by pressing the tilde (~) key which is located above the Tab key.
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    Type "cl_showfps 1" (without the quotation marks).
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    Exit the console.
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    Look in the top right hand corner of the screen - there should be a number in a small font.
    • The FPS rate will be either red (below 50 FPS), yellow (50-60 FPS) or green (more than 60 FPS) or white (more than 100 FPS).
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Warnings

  • Remember to watch your enemy more than the frame rate or your team will get annoyed by your performance and you may be kicked.
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