See the frame rate

In the game itself, hit CTRL-F


Useful Galactic Civilization 2 Cheats

To use codes, you must launch the game from a shortcut that has the word "cheat" added to the end of the Target line in the shortcut's properties screen.

For example: "drive letter:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\galciv2.exe" cheat

Then enter the codes at any time during game play.
Code                    Effect
Ctrl + M                Adds 10,000 bcs
Ctrl + B                Adds core battleship
Ctrl + C                Clones selected ship
Ctrl + R                Completes current research
Ctrl + H                Heals selected ship
Ctrl + T                Teleports selected ship to cursor