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  "path": "/framerate-estimator-evidence-in-steams-new-update-points-to-more-detailed-performance-tests-than-valves-verified-programmes",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T11:15:43.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com",
  "tags": [
    "Hardware",
    "Steam Deck",
    "Steam Frame",
    "Steam",
    "Valve",
    "Steam Machine",
    "ResetEra user dex3108 spotted",
    "newest client update",
    "collecting anonymised framerate data",
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  "textContent": "Steam is, most likely, going to get a lot more prophetic about how its thousands of games might run on your PC. ResetEra user dex3108 spotted, deep within the Valve app’s newest client update, a number of unused text strings relating to a \"Framerate Estimator\" tool. Putting aside my sadness that no-one’s ever thought to call _me_ The Framerate Estimator, in the appropriate title case, it sounds like this would take a rough punt on how many frames per second the user’s hardware can churn out in a given game.\n\nWhile such an addition hasn’t been confirmed by Gabe & Co. themselves, it was only a couple of months ago that Steam began (optionally) collecting anonymised framerate data; I still think this began with Verified programmes for the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame in mind, though that data could absolutely feed a more bespoke tool like this. And serving up specific framerate ranges – even estimates – for _any_ PC player, regardless of hardware, would take Valve’s performance previews into both much wider and much more detailed territory.\n\nRead more",
  "title": "\"Framerate Estimator\" evidence in Steam's new update points to more detailed performance tests than Valve's Verified programmes"
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