Frame generation does boost FPS, but at what cost?

[Redaktion]

Frame generation can boost FPS by up to 3-4×, but does it improve real responsiveness? Higher frame rates may mask latency and uneven frame pacing, which makes performance harder to judge. It helps on low-power hardware, but native performance still matters most.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Frame-generation-does-boost-FPS-but-at-what-cost.1252891.0.html

[meandmybroshatenvidia]

To hell with NVIDIA. To hell with DLSS. To hell with Ai. To hell with Jensen.

[Gallo123]

Maybe just stop demanding stupid levels of FPS. Remember when 60FPS was cool? Now you have people buying 144hz monitors then upgrading to 240 then 360 the complain they can't get native 4K graphics.

[jdrch]

Higher frame rates may mask latency and uneven frame pacing, which makes performance harder to judge

That's literally the entire point of the tech. But frame generation has mostly been driven by gamers' own insane obsession with framerate.

[Xorx]

It depends on your base framerate.
When your base FPS is already low, Frame Generation just adds more fake frames and doesn't really reduce latency but keeps it pretty much the same.

FG has always been a tool for mid-to-high-end GPUs. It was never meant to magically turn a weak PC into a high-performance machine.

What did you expect...
The higher your base framerate, the lower your latency.

[Clueless]

What did you expect...

Is it supposed to boost minimum FPS, like 1% lows?

[Drof]

There is no universe in which frame gen would ever be required for Counterstrike. The system requirements for CS are as low as feasibly possible to maximise engagement. Valorant is a better example.

[Xorx]

What did you expect...

Is it supposed to boost minimum FPS, like 1% lows?

It can't magically boost your 1% lows. Those are defined by your real frames, not the generated ones.

[Clueless]

It can't magically boost your 1% lows. Those are defined by your real frames, not the generated ones.

Yeah. What I find odd is, JustJoshTech's recent panther lake laptop benchmarks..with frame gen on, the minimum FPS doesn't change but it like doubles for strix halo and rtx 4060 laptops?

I mean, I know panther lake is slower but when you look at frame gen off the difference in minimum FPS 1% FPS lows isn't as big as when on. It's like off only 25% slower and on... 2x as slow... Just doesn't add up to me.