The fpsVR has been updated with the following changes: · A bug in fpsVR when getting data via the Oculus API (Oculus Link on Quest or Rift) has been fixed. Previously, it hadn't showed up itself or gone unnoticed. The issue was: after switching the statistics session to "standby mode" after removing the headset and putting it back, fpsVR could get stuck waiting for a long time for data, even th…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: · A bug in fpsVR when getting data via the Oculus API (Oculus Link on Quest or Rift) has been fixed. Previously, it hadn't showed up itself or gone unnoticed. The issue was: after switching the statistics session to "standby mode" after removing the headset and putting it back, fpsVR could get stuck waiting for a long time for data, ev…
In-game event · published 12 Jun 2026, 18:03:18 UTC
fpsVR - 2.6
The fpsVR has been updated with the following changes: General · The font used has been changed from MS San Serif to "IBM Plex Sans". This will allow for further development of the app for Windows and Linux (Proton) with a (nearly) identical user interface for both operating systems. · Motion Smoothing modes descriptions have been updated, removing the mention of half framerate, as it's irrelev…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: · The font has been changed to IBM Plex San, it fits better than the one added in the previous update. · Motion Smoothing modes descriptions have been updated, removing the mention of half framerate, as it's irrelevant to how Motion Smoothing works now. · Added the ability to use a keyboard shortcut to disable/enable Chaperone. · fpsVR…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: General · The font used has been changed from MS San Serif to "M PLUS 1p." This will allow for further development of the app for Windows and Linux (Proton) with a (nearly) identical user interface for both operating systems. Let me know in the comments if the overlay interface breaks when displaying the game name in the overlay using…
The fpsVR has been updated with the following changes: General · VRAM information has been added to the overlay variant "Small". · The "Full" and "Small" variants of overlay now explicitly display "GPU Monitoring: Off" and "GPU Monit. Off," respectively, when the user has disabled GPU monitoring via the fpsVR settings (via the monitoring refresh rate parameter). Windows · AMD · A change has bee…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: Windows · AMD · A change introduced in the previous update allowed correct GPU selection for monitoring in cases where multiple GPUs on a PC. However, for some users, the AMD driver likely returning incorrect PCI Bus and PCI Device values. This caused GPU monitoring to break completely for some users (presumably less than 10% of AMD GP…
In-game event · published 26 May 2026, 15:55:38 UTC
fpsVR - 2.5
The fpsVR has been updated with the following changes: On first launch after installing this update, Steam may request elevation of Steam privileges (request for admin rights) to update the processor temperature polling service. Windows: · The PawnIO driver is now used for CPU monitoring. This driver is signed not only by its author but also by Microsoft. Advantages and disadvantages of using t…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: · Minor corrections and improvements. This update is a release candidate for version 2.5 to the public branch.
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: Linux ( Proton 10.0-4+ ): · Added automatic detection for Proton launches. There's no point in using the "-proton" launch key. · CPU and GPU monitoring has been added. Testing required, feedback are welcome. CPU data is read for the following modules: AMD: k10temp, zenpower; Intel: coretemp. GPU data is read for amdgpu and data from nv…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: On first launch after installing this update, Steam may request elevation of Steam privileges (request for admin rights) to update the processor temperature polling service. · The PawnIO driver is now used for CPU monitoring. This driver is signed not only by its author but also by Microsoft . Advantages and disadvantages of using the…
NewsTesting CPU monitoring with the new driver PawnIO———23121795
Game update · published 7 May 2026, 09:24:08 UTC
Testing CPU monitoring with the new driver PawnIO
Testing in this format has been completed. Thank you to everyone who participated. Please return to the beta or public branch. I'm asking YOU for help testing the new PawnIO driver, which will replace WinRing0. The new driver (PawnIO) is signed not only by the driver's author but also by Microsoft , which fundamentally changes the situation and will likely almost completely resolve the issue of…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: General: · Detailed graphs (per-second data) have been added to the history viewer (desktop version), the same graphs as in the built-in fpsVR history viewer. As a reminder, you can find the history viewer shortcut in the "Documents/fpsVR" folder. · When using SteamVR with Steam Link and VD, the "FPS:" field in the in-game overlay will…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: General: · Added an option to force Chaperone to be disabled. This will likely help with VR headsets for which the Chaperone disable option was not originally intended. More details can be found here: · Fixed an issue where the overlay would not hide under specified conditions if the controller position was not linked to the headset or…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: fpsVR · Optimization · Added the "Try Use Oculus API for stats (Quest Link)" option to the "fpsVR" tab in the settings. When using Quest Link, statistics were collected via the Oculus API by default (unless the user had configured the Oculus API to be blocked using special software or in the SteamVR configuration). To address some poss…
In-game event · published 6 Sep 2025, 17:55:00 UTC
fpsVR - 2.4.9380
The fpsVR has been updated with the following changes: This update was not planned for an early release, but circumstances force urgent changes. This is due to another wave of "hardwareprovider.sys" file blocking by antivirus programs. · The CPU temperature poll is disabled for everyone by default. If you want fpsVR to display the CPU temperature, you will need to enable this functionality manu…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: · The history viewer has been updated (VR version, there will also be changes for the desktop version later). Three new graphs have been added (which show what and how changed during the game session, second by second) and the size of the old two has been slightly increased: · Other minor fixes.
In-game event · published 31 Mar 2025, 08:59:08 UTC
fpsVR - 2.3.9210
The fpsVR has been updated with the following changes: Intel · Added support for monitoring the temperature of Intel Arrow Lake and Meteor Lake processors. After installing this update, when you first start the application, Steam will ask for elevated rights to complete the update of the fpsVR service that polls the processor. Reminder for users of other processors: if your CPU temperature moni…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: Oculus · A change has been made that will ignore negative frame compositor GPU frame time values for data received from the Oculus API (when using a wired headset or Meta Link for wireless headsets) for some individual frames. This was due to a bug in the Oculus software. Therefore, it is likely that users of the Oculus Rift S and CV…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: · Fixed the issue of cutting off some of the information about the battery charge of trackers in the interface of the desktop window. · Added an option for a sound warning about cable tangled. You can enable a single warning and a looped one (the sound will be played until the cable is untangled) · Added an option to display the center…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: Intel · Added support for monitoring the temperature of Intel Arrow Lake and Meteor Lake processors. After installing this update, when you first start the application, Steam will ask for elevated rights to complete the update of the fpsVR service that polls the processor. AMD · There were several requests for support due to the fact t…
In-game event · published 12 Dec 2024, 14:50:57 UTC
fpsVR - Zen 5
The fpsVR has been updated with the following changes: · Added support for displaying the temperature for AMD Zen 5 processors. The application version has not changed, but one library has been updated. For the update, Steam may request elevated permissions (admin rights) to update the files of the service that polls the processor temperature. To complete the update process, you need to agree (…
The fpsVR has been updated with the following changes: · The app has been updated to use the latest version of the OpenVR API: OpenVR SDK 2.5.1. Therefore, this version of fpsVR requires SteamVR version 2.5 or higher. · When the SteamVR keyboard appears, the fpsVR overlay will now disappear to avoid causing unwanted effects. A recent SteamVR update had a change that prevents applications from r…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: · The app has been updated to use the latest version of the OpenVR API: OpenVR SDK 2.5.1. Therefore, this version of fpsVR requires SteamVR version 2.5 or higher. · When the SteamVR keyboard appears, the fpsVR overlay will now disappear to avoid causing unwanted effects. A recent SteamVR update had a change that prevents applications f…
The fpsVR has been updated with the following changes: · Added new grapths in the built-in history viewer. · Changes and fixes to the beta and error reporting system.
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: · Added new grapths in the built-in history viewer. · Changes and fixes to the beta and error reporting system.
In-game event · published 13 Jan 2024, 21:46:19 UTC
fpsVR - 2.1.8778
The fpsVR has been updated with the following changes: · Fixed an issue: when starting the game, there is a high GPU or CPU frametimes, sometimes even up to 100ms. The source of the problem was the OpenVR API function: WaitFrameSync. fpsVR has been using it for a long time to synchronize work, it is not clear why the problem appeared recently. There may have been some changes in SteamVR or the…
The fpsVR has been updated with the following changes: · Fixed a bug where fpsVR could function incorrectly if the user enabled saving history for the desktop version of the history viewer, but his Documents folder was damaged or inaccessible for some reason (after incorrect removal or installation of OneDrive, incorrectly configured access, etc). In a future update, I plan to make it possible…
The fpsVR BETA has been updated with the following changes: · The CPU temperature poll is disabled for everyone by default. If you want fpsVR to display the CPU temperature, you will need to enable this functionality manually, go to the fpsVR settings (open the SteamVR dashboard and click on the blue fpsVR icon), on the "fpsVR" tab, go and click the "CPU Temperature Monitoring Status" button. B…