Final animation speed
 

when animating how do know how fast the final render will be?? will it be the same speed as the viewports without the surfaces i.e.only the skeleton showing??

that is all dependant on ur gfx card and processor
best thing is to create a playblast (window>playblast) and then play that, that shud give u correct speed

but u need to set the FPS before you animate, in the preferences for maya, theres one thats the animation playback speed (FPS)

thanks for the quick reply

will check that from now on.