

This is for “you PC master race folks” according to EA, which is suitably gross. Origin overlays your current FPS data over the screen, and can be enabled or disabled in the Application Settings section.


The frames per second monitor meanwhile does pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. Now you can scale it down and continue playing a game online while downloading, as well as set variable speeds depending on whether you’re playing a game or not. The download speed manager is a feature that fans have obviously been crying out for, particularly in an age where 20+GB patches are becoming the norm. This gets Origin up to near feature parity with some of the other more prominent clients, and it’s actually become quite a slick thing to use over the past few years. EA has rolled out a fairly major update to its Origin service, introducing new features such as a download speed monitor, frame rate counter, and cross-game party invites.
