Alternatives to FPS Monitor

An in-game overlay for Windows PCs that shows frame rate and hardware sensor readings while you play. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • FPS Monitor

    An in-game overlay for Windows PCs that shows frame rate and hardware sensor readings while you play.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindows

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as FPS Monitor.

  • MSI Afterburner

    Widely used GPU overclocking and monitoring tool with on-screen display.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    MSI Afterburner is free and adds GPU overclocking and benchmarking to its on-screen display, working with graphics cards from any vendor on Windows.

  • RivaTuner Statistics Server

    Frame limiter and on-screen display framework that powers MSI Afterburner's overlay.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    RivaTuner Statistics Server is a free on-screen display framework with a frame limiter, though its interface feels dated compared with newer tools.

  • NVIDIA FrameView

    Free frame rate, frametime, latency, and power-draw monitor for any GPU.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    NVIDIA FrameView is free and tracks frame rate, frametime, latency and power draw for any GPU, with a less integrated overlay feature set.

  • CapFrameX

    Open-source frametime capture and analysis tool for measuring real game performance.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    CapFrameX is free and open source, focusing on capturing and analysing frametimes and stutter rather than showing a live sensor overlay.

  • PresentMon

    Measure graphics application performance on Windows.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    PresentMon is an open-source MIT tool that captures CPU, GPU and display timing for Windows graphics workloads instead of a configurable in-game overlay.

  • MangoHud

    A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for Linux games that shows FPS, temperatures, CPU and GPU load.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    MangoHud is a free open-source Vulkan and OpenGL overlay showing FPS, frame timing and hardware load, but for Linux games instead of Windows.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.