A new Steam beta client was rolled out yesterday. It contains an element that can be important for PC gamers, especially if you’re the sort to screencapture what you’re doing in an attempt to edit videos for Youtube.

The new feature is an FPS counter, which although small was something you could only previously do via a game’s built-in FPS counter, through a third-party program like FRAPS or various GPU addons/programs. Maybe you still prefer to use one of the previous methods if you’re used to them, but in case you’d like to try the Steam counter here’s the instructions to get it working for you by opting into the Steam client beta.

• Go into Steam, and click the “Steam” menu option in the top left.
• Go to “Settings”.
• In the settings menu, you should default onto the “Account” sub menu. Find the “Beta participation” section, and click the “Change” button.
• Here, you can choose to opt into the Steam client beta. Doing so will require you to restart the Steam client after a small update.