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What would be the best way to measure the frame rate of my OpenGL program?

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Mike2012
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Stick a timer at the start of your main loop and test how long it takes to get back there.

Under windows you would do something like:

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double oldTime = 0.0.
while( !exit )
{
__int64 counter;
QueryPerformanceCounter( (LARGE_INTEGER*)&counter );

__int64 frequency;
QueryPerformanceFrequency( (LARGE_INTEGER*)&frequency );

double newTime = (double)counter / (double)frequency;

double frameRate = 1.0 / (newTime - oldTime);
oldTime = newTime;

// Rest of your game loop goes here.

}

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Measure the elapsed time and count the number of frames. Divide one by the other to give frame rate.

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When the elapsed time reached one second, or more if you want to average it over a longer time period
reset both counts and start again.

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If I am using glut and I make this call glutIdleFunc(oneFrame); I am assuming that the oneFrame will be called
every frame is this correct? – Mike2012 Sep 2, 2009 at 22:30

I believe so but I'm not that familiar with glut – jcoder Sep 3, 2009 at 7:25

SPF (Seconds Per Frame) is a bit more informative metric.

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If you're on Windows, just use Fraps.

http://www.fraps.com/
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