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LucaCXI Jun 12, 2021 @ 1:40am
Random FPS counter
Hello, I randomly have a really small FPS counter on the top left corner when I start games in steam. How do I remove them?
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Cathulhu Jun 12, 2021 @ 1:43am 
Depends on what application displays it.
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LucaCXI Jun 12, 2021 @ 1:44am 
Originally posted by Cathulhu:
Depends on what application displays it.
That's the Problem, I don't know. I tried checking all my applications, none of them has FPS counter enabled.
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Callahan420 Jun 12, 2021 @ 1:45am 
Steam > settings > In game select off
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LucaCXI Jun 12, 2021 @ 1:47am 
Originally posted by Callahan420:
Steam > settings > In game select off
Is already off, hm. How do I add a picture to show you how it looks like?
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Cathulhu Jun 12, 2021 @ 1:55am 
Take a screenshot, upload it to a site like imgur and link it here.
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LucaCXI Jun 12, 2021 @ 4:24am 
I found out the FPS counter was from a razer programm, thanks for helping me tho!
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ReBoot Jun 12, 2021 @ 4:34am 
Originally posted by LucaCXI GER:
I found out the FPS counter was from a razer programm, thanks for helping me tho!
Pro tip: install as nothing as possible and as much as barely needed. Even if a program is from a big name brand, such as Razer, it doesn't mean it can't be crap. Like right now, it just got you an FPS counter without you ever requesting it!
Razer Cortex is an example of snakeoil. Yes, it works, technically but the way it works is to reduce background load while gaming. And if reducing background load while gaming is the way to go (which it is), wouldn't uninstalling Razer Cortex be good too? Rhetorical question, it would.
That goes for many, many and many more different kinds of "helpful" programs. "Cleaning" and "tuning" crap is pointless at best and malicous at worst (I've seen CCleaner messing up Steam countless times before I stopped using it years ago).
Mainboard utilities aren't needed either.

Rule of thumb: before you install anything, ask yourself what exactly it's going to do for you. Don't install stuff because it game on the DVD which came with your mouse/mainboard, don't install stuff because someone on the internet said it's cool, only install stuff you a) know what it'll do for you and b) you know what it'll do will help you.
Last edited by ReBoot; Jun 12, 2021 @ 4:36am
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