Display your FPS in Apex Legends
Having an FPS counter running shows how many frames you are running and how well your computer handles it. The higher the number, the better your computer is running APEX Legends, and the less likely you are to suffer any delay in getting kills. It’s also an accurate measure of whether you can turn the graphics settings up or not. Here’s how to display FPS in Apex Legends.
Open the Origin Launcher and log in.
Select “Origin” from the top and then “Application Settings.”
Select the “Origin In-Game” tab.
Scroll down to the “During Gameplay” section and select a drop-down setting from “Display FPS Counter” (Top Right, Top Left, Bottom Right, or Bottom Left).
You can set the position to any corner of your screen. It is small, gray, and easy to see without getting in the way.
Boosting FPS and Performance in Apex Legends
Apex Legends requires a minimum of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 or Radeon HD 7730 graphics card, which is reasonable. You can tweak many settings to maximize performance from the game and increase your FPS and other aspects. Here are a few suggestions.
Tweak 1: Update Your Graphics Driver
First, make sure your graphics driver uses the latest drivers because of specific updates on Apex Legends.
Tweak 2: Set The Resolution
Adjust your resolution and aspect ratio to your screen default to minimize any lag.
Tweak 3: Run Apex Legends in Full Screen
Apex Legendas runs borderless, in a window, or full screen. While all screen options work fine, you should see a small FPS increase if you use the full-screen setting. However, the windowed option is great for troubleshooting, such as when the game locks up or faces an error that prevents you from closing it. You can click the red “X” in the window, and it doesn’t affect other windows that are running.
Tweak 4: Adjust Field of View
Apex Legends recommends a “Field of View” (FOV) set to “under 90″ for best performance. If you change the FOV to over 80, you may find your sniper scope becomes inaccurate. The sweet spot is known as 90. Try it and see how it works.
Tweak 5: Turn Off V-Sync
Unless you are sensitive to screen tearing and see it often while running APEX Legends, turn off “V-Sync.” There is an overhead to using it that causes input lag, which could hinder player performance.
Tweak 6: Disable Adaptive Supersampling
Disable “Adaptive Supersampling” for maximum FPS unless you have a newer graphics card that is way above the minimum, especially since there is overhead for this too. It may be grayed out anyway, depending on your GPU.
Tweak 7: Adjust Texture Streaming Budget
“Texture Streaming Budget” takes some experimentation. It is useful to know how much of your VRAM you’re going to use with a particular setting, but you won’t know whether you can cope with it until you play the game. Set it as low as you dare and gradually increase it until you can balance performance with prettiness.
Tweak 8: Adjust Texture Filtering
Set “Texture Filtering” to “Bilinear” for maximum performance.
Tweak 9: Turn Off Ambient Occlusion Quality
Disable “Ambient Occlusion Quality” for maximum performance.
Tweak 10: Adjust Shadow Settings
Disable “Sun Shadow Coverage,” “Sun Shadow Detail,” and “Spot Shadow Detail.” Disable “Dynamic Spot Shadows” too while you’re there. Shadows in Apex Legends are negligible in their visual effect, so you may as well use your power elsewhere.
Tweak 11: Set Model Detail to High
Surprisingly, setting “Model Detail” to “High” makes very little difference in FPS. You may as well leave it set to high.
Tweak 12: Adjust Effects Detail
“Effects Detail” will take some testing. Only when you’re in the midst of a firefight will you know whether this works or not as it controls the quality of explosions, muzzle effects, tracers, and all that good stuff. “Medium” is an acceptable setting if you cannot cope with “Low.”
Tweak 13: Adjust Impact Marks
It is occasionally sweet to see bullet holes as you fire, but they are instantly forgettable. If you need to maximize performance, turn “Impact Marks” to “Low” or “Medium.”
Tweak 14: Set Ragdolls to Low
“Ragdolls” describe how a death animation looks. As you are likely already scanning for other targets as one dies, this has little consequence. Turn it to “Low” to maximize FPS.
Overall, Apex Legends runs well on all kinds of computers, but if you need to boost your FPS and gaming experience, the above settings are an excellent place to start. See you out there!
How To Show FPS in Apex Legends
FPS or frames-per-second helps players determine how smooth your game will be. Most players aim for around 60 FPS as a standard in Apex Legends. Too low of an FPS can ruin your immersion and stop you from making that clutch play. Too high of an FPS is great to make the action even smoother but this can put a strain on your graphics card in the long run. However, to figure out what your FPS is in the first place, you'll need to turn it on in Apex Legends through the settings. Doing this can help you determine what FPS you're currently playing at and make any necessary adjustments to your performance settings. In this article, we will see how to show FPS in Apex Legends in-game, in the Origin client, and on Steam.
How to turn on FPS in Apex Legends
Follow these steps to turn on the FPS counter for Apex Legends on PC.
In-Game
Go to Settings.
Go to the Gameplay tab.
Toggle Performance Display on.
Origin
Open Origin.
Click your EA ID in the bottom left corner.
Click Application Settings.
Go to the Origin In-Game tab.
Scroll to During Gameplay.
Under Display FPS Counter change where you want to display FPS.
Adjust the FPS Counter Window Size and FPS Counter Transparency to your preference.
You’ll see FPS displayed in the corner of your screen where you chose to display it.
Steam
Open Steam.
Click Steam in the top left corner.
Click Settings.
Click In-Game.
Find the In-game FPS counter.
Toggle it from Off to On and choose where you want to display FPS.
You’ll now see FPS and ping data in the top-right corner of the screen.
WHY FPS MATTERS IN APEX LEGENDS
To find out whether your PC is delivering the maximum performance or not, you need to check out how many FPS you are getting in Apex Legends. If the number of FPS is high, then your gameplay experience will be smooth.
SHOW FPS IN APEX LEGENDS
Having an FPS counter will help you greatly as you'll be able to tell whether your PC is handling the game well or not. If you get a low FPS number, then you can keep on tweaking your settings until the number increases. Following are 4 methods that will help show FPS in Apex Legends.
Frames-per-second (FPS) helps determine how smooth your gameplay is. Most players aim for around 60 FPS as a standard in Apex Legends.
You can turn on your FPS tracking to monitor whether you should turn down other gameplay settings. For example, if your FPS is lower than 60, you may decide to turn some settings down, or adjust the Adaptive Resolution FPS Target in the Video settings tab under the Advanced section.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some more answers to your questions about Apex Legends playability.
Which consoles support Apex Legends?
Apex Legends is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S & X, Nintendo Switch, and of course PCs. If you’re a PC gamer, use Origin or Steam to download Apex Legends. Unfortunately, Apex Legends isn’t designed for Mac and Linux users.
How much space does Apex Legends take up on a hard drive?
To download Apex Legends you’ll need at least 22GB of space on your hard drive. You’ll also need at least 1GB of GPU RAM dedicated to the game.
How do I show FPS and ping in Apex legends?
Go to your Settings, and under the Gameplay tab, turn on Performance Display to show frames-per-second, latency, and packet loss. Good game performance is a mix of good ping and packet loss combined, and turning on this setting allows you to track both.
How do I show FPS in Apex Steam?
Click Steam in the top left corner. Click Settings. Click In-Game. Find the In-game FPS counter.
How do I get constant 144 FPS in Apex legends?
The answer to this is simple: Turn every graphics setting you can to the lowest possible option. This will give you higher FPS (and is definitely advisable with lower-end or older GPUs).