DLSS 3 Frame Generation- major selling point, or worthless marketing gimmick?
What is DLSS 3 frame generation? Can it really double framerates? What are the downsides? In this video I go in depth on my hands-on experience using DLSS 3 Frame Generation and way in on whether it is an amazing new selling point, or a worthless marketing gimmick. All footage was captured on an RTX 4090 unless stated otherwise.
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The real problem is when developers launch games that REQUIRES it to run properly even on high end computers. Other than that, it's a nice feature to have.
That can also be said of true performance uplifts, so I can’t really see it as a downside.
It‘s not a problem if it runs fine on Medium/High settings while still looking great. In fact, that should be desired, Ultra settings should be a setting for top-end and future PCs whereas Low settings should be running well on a 5 years old mid-range system
It is not required in any game...
This is it! DLSS 3 is amazing and will beat FSR 3 when it releases. But I hate games that need it to hit 60 fps
i understand your grievance here but i actually completely disagree... i think developers need to push graphics as far as they can in some cases, we need games that push boundries and if they can do that knowing technology is there that will allow them to reach those levels and make them playable im all for it... i think its pretty clear now that games like portal RTX would not exist without DLSS 3, they simply would not have bothered because who could play it at 6fps, the technology literally gives developers a reason to show us what they can do and im happy about that... i do not want to play console quality graphics on my £2000 graphics card, i want a game now and then that goes fuck it lets go for it.
I love how this channel is not just reviews, but quality education on GPUs and games / settings. I have learned so much here.
Thats the natural teacher coming out in him lol
As someone who plays the witcher on a 4k 144hz monitor, I’m definitely thankful this feature exists. I was very skeptical at first cause yknow “fake frames” but after getting a 4090 and experiencing it first hand, it’s pretty nuts
It's great but for millions of people in the future it will be 300$ rtx4050, 60fps with DLSS, and frame generation, so lower image quality, and bad latency
@@1GTX1none of that is true lol
@@sonnieslim5973 What do you mean
I agree with you! Playing 2k 240hz Witcher, and FG helpful a lot, without it, frames getting fucked even on 4090...
@@1GTX1 sorry can you explain what you mean by that? if you mean the 4090 will be a xx50 someday then yeah for sure. That’s a good thing though? technology gets better, by the time that happens everyone that’s bought a 4090 would’ve switched to the xx90 already
Great objective breakdown. I like how Daniel’s “math teacher” side shines through (IMO). As someone who works in finance, I like my data to be objective, measurable/quantifiable, and without bias (or with full transparency of existing bias). Great work!! Thank you, sir. And thank you for educating our youth and us.
nobody asked lil bro
@@istheway-gu6yo nobody asked if anyone asked big fella.
@@istheway-gu6yo Nobody told, Biatch. Perhaps it’s for the Algo. I’m a retired WildLand firefighter and I’m sure I could handle your kind. Do your worst, baby boy.
@@istheway-gu6yo Nope, you didn’t ask.
Like you I need facts. Anything less and I feel the truth is being hidden. If I feel like the truth is being hidden I walk away.
Yeah I can see that frame generation will be better at higher fps because each frame persists on the screen for a shorter amount of time so the image quality degradation shouldn't be as noticeable. It will be interesting to see how they continue to improve it as well and this really does feel like a game changer.
I've tried it at low fps and high fps scenarios and honestly its more important in low FPS scenarios, that said yeah it doesn't really take anything away at high FPS, in my experience its just almost always better
@@ToonamiAftermath so I guess lower fps is when you would need the fps boost the most but the higher the average fps maybe you wouldn't notice image quality issues as much?
If there are flickering HUD elements, it doesn't matter what your FPS is. Also, if you are already at high FPS, why introduce glitches when it is already smooth?
@@xeridea not high fps but around 50 or so. What I'm saying is u need the boost for lower fps yes but the higher the fps is the less u will notice the visual degradation. Or let's say 70 fps but could potentially dip below 60 in cpu intensive areas so you turn it on and average alot higher. You prob won't notice because the time between frames is much faster and each frame is on the screen a far shorter amount of time
@@TheAbvsyork If I am getting 50 FPS I don't want my game to feel closer to a 40FPS experience when it comes to responsiveness. I will most likely turn down one of the ultra settings to get a 60 FPS experience. If a game is running at 70-80 I don't mind a slight loss to responsiveness but at that point I feel like the visual downgrade would be the bigger issue.
Your channel has become one of my favorite tech channels. Keep up the great work!
Super useful breakdown of Frame Generation across multiple use cases. Probably won't be able to take advantage of it myself until the next generation of GPUs, but this sounds great for the types of computationally difficult games I tend to play (single player and often more CPU limited)
This was an outstanding breakdown of the tech and pros/cons. Thanks for your work on this.
My take on this is it will get better. Much like the leap from dlss 1 to 2, frame generation 2.0 will probably be awesome
at what cost?
@@Anon1370 1000$ more
Opinion prior to video: It's worth it on singleplayer games that dont require quick reactions as the latency is there. Kinda similar to how V sync used to suck for that reason. BUT you gain massive frames making it feel smother. Making it very useful for most singleplayer stuff. (will post an update after the video to see if my opinion has changed) Updated opinion: Completetly forgot about nvidia reflex, which could potentially offset the delay. Seems like implementation might the biggest factor. I imagine it could be really really good for getting smoothness if you're hitting fps in the 40-60 range where you really notice the drops. Being able ot maintain 60+ could be huge. So in a sense it feels very much like how DLSS 2.0 is, where you use it for that extra hump of performance over a threshold.
Bro, I love your videos, so detailed yet simple to understand, thanks man !
DLSS 3 is amazing. it's supposed to be used with single player games. Not competitive. So the extra latency doesn't matter. It also helps with alleviating cpu bottlenecks, so in games like spider-man that are very cpu heavy, you can get extra smoothness from the image by turning on one setting and having an image that's extremely similar to the original, but with extra smoothness
input latency still carries over to single player games, so youre getting a less responsive experience in single player which people who play at 100+fps WILL notice
@@visceraeyes525 yes I know it carries over. I'm just saying that it doesn't matter. It's not a 30 second delay. It's milliseconds. You also shouldn't be turning it on if you're already getting over 100fps. There's no point. You feel it, but you don't need the most responsive experience for single player games. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the game
@@dragonicprime1736 you will still notice the artifacts from it though as it still ultimately degrades image quality
@@visceraeyes525 The artifacts are minimal from my experience. The game that has the most is spiderman. Other games, they're less noticeable. So if you're actually playing instead of pixel peeping, they're not noticeable
and multiplayer games are already made to run fast anyway so it's really a non-issue
I'm really hoping that fsr3, or some future version of dlss frame gen integrates time warp reprojection that has been used in VR for years now. Technology like that actually increases the responsiveness of games, and are pretty light on hardware afaik. It could really improve game feel for keyboard and mouse users.
Many games have had something like timewarp reprojection built in long before VR, going back 12 years.
@@Wobbothe3rd really? That's cool, I hadn't heard of that. Which games? I'd be curious to check that out.
Good video, Daniel. I got my 4090 a couple of days ago but I have barely been able to use it. The problem with DLSS is that it is an "I win more card". That is, it works best, when you don't need it. You have to be over 60 fps already, and in games that aren't fast paced like Spider-man, which is precisely where you want and need the extra fluidity, well, perceived fluidity. Also, I'm not sure I'd rather have 87 real fps with 290W or 120 fake fps with 400W of power, as you showed in A Plague Tale Requiem.
Exactly.
I would say its must have for me at Portal RTX.
power limit your 4090. 3% lost performance with 30% less power draw
True
at least one person here which gives an honest statement.
Wow, great analysis of DLSS! Thanks for the insight, getting my 4080 today, looking forward to testing this out.
Really clear and useful explanation. I think I'll aim at having it off as much as possible, but will definitely try it in a few games to experience by myself how they feel. Thanks for the time and effort you put into it.
It is a killer feature when is well implemented. In Portal RTX is really perfect, I can’t see any artifacts in this game.
Like Quake rtx was the bomb?
thats due to the simple geometry in that game. You won't be getting path tracing in cyberpunk anytime soon unless you want a 5FPS experience.
@@clownavenger0 the difference in polygon count doesn’t result in as big of a difference in performance compared to raster, though. Also, they bumped that count up tremendously with the new assets
@@clownavenger0 What do you think about path tracing now in Cyberpunk? Now that it is out if I may ask. :)
@@NonOfYourRizznessSir its cool and runs well on my 30 series card. the mod that came out within 24 hours is also very useful to boost frame rates.
Tried out Portal RTX on my 4080 at 4K, it was an amazing experience especially on controller. Absolutely no discernable difference to DLSS2 other than a smoother experience! Time to try out portal RTX on my laptop 3050 lmao UPDATE MY LAPTOP MELTED AT 10FPS
Thanks for the video, it's given me more information about dlss 3 frame generation. The issue I have is I am lock 4k@60fps on a 4k 60Hz monitor in the games I play. 1:06 contradicts his conclusion about latency. Native 4k 12ms, DLSS Quality 11.6ms and DLSS frame generation 8.2ms.
Beautifully explained, thank you Always a pleasure
After having used frame gen in requiem I can say it’s definitely nice to have and I don’t see any artifacts at all. I play at native 4K with a 4080 and get around 60fps without frame gen and with it on I get about 80-100 fps. It’s definitely nice to have and let’s me use native 4K + DLAA rather then upscale.
Yeah exactly. It was perfect in that game. Like I keep saying and Daniel is 100% right is that you have to try it for yourself to be able to judge it. It like VR and HDR in that way that it can't be accurately portrayed on a YT video or a review.
@@TerraWare STOP COMMENTING AND GO PLAY ON YOUR 4090 😂
@@Drip7914 Not a bad idea
just because you dont see artifacts doesnt mean they arent there lol. you probably also dont ever notice stutter like shader compilation in games do you? youre obviously used to bad input latency anywaay since you play a 60fps
@@visceraeyes525 And you obviously have never experienced frame gen.
Interesting to know how Witcher 3 even tanks on 4090 when you turn on RayTracing because it's CPU limited. I have a 3080 Ti and also noticed that no matter what settings I change (e.g. crank up DLSS 2.0, or turn down graphics options) it doesn't make a huge difference when RT is on; makes me want a 4000 series card to do frame generation!
Loads of useful information. Thanks for a wonderful video!
It is fantastic and keeps improving! I was not really that sure on it but yeah after a bunch of testing it's a great feature.
I know how this whole enthusiasm can make you feel good. Almost like reading specs + enthusiastic comments about some cool product you would like to purchase but then you learn what those not so positive have to say and look at return rate statistic which give you cold shower feeling. Some say 1000R screens are immersive while ignoring 200 ping, some have it otherwise like me. This whole "feature set" makes me a little bit concerned if it wont make devs lazier by instead of proper (alert buzz word) optimizing just slapping those features and call it a day.
Haven't seen enough videos on frame generation I think u did a great job and was very informative about the pros and cons and overall experience, I think overclocking the cpu to its boost clock from base clock would help the bottleneck this time around there heavier just an idea, great job again I stumbled apon ur videos from intel xess and enjoyed ur content ever since.
For my DLSS3 working very well with Witcher 3 for example and possibly this will be a good choice for most of RPG games, problem is how to enabled it.... I was looking for ages until finally somebody wrote to enable Hardware Acceleration in Windows otherwise this option do not appear in graphic options (game), at least I do experienced this problem. Now I can finally play with DLSS3.
That was an awesome video , thank you. I just bought an 4090 , coming from an 6900 xt and you gave me all the information i needed.
Absolute insane feature. DLSS and frame generation just work and are fantastic!
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if your original FPS was around 40 or lower and you enable Frame Generation then the latency would suck but the game would look smoother the input delay would just get worst now if you have 60 or more FPS before you enable frame Generation then the latency impact can be tolerable depending on the game.
So if i have 220 fps without, and then i get 280 fps with frame gen in MW3(i tested it); then what kind of negative latency increase am i getting? a tiny one?
New subscriber here! Fantastic video. Best in class. Thank you 🙂👌
I would argue that fps has not always been a direct representation of input lag, anyway. Depending on how they were programmed, some games can feel much floatier and less responsive at 60 fps than others at 30 fps.
That's almost always caused by some other thing being enabled; in particular v-sync which introduces a ton of input lag, or certain mouse acceleration issues can cause the mouse to feel off. The relation between FPS and latency should still be the same regardless.
Yes, and no. Yes, the game can be more or less responsive. But in the same game, the responsiveness will always be better at 60 fps than at 30 fps.
Die the pre rendered frame cause this.
@@larion2336 But that's the point. That's true in some games where input processing is locked to render timing. But it doesn't need to be that way. When input processing is not locked to graphics output, the effect of fps on input lag is much smaller. The final delay to display the actual frame still exists, of course, but the game world can react to your input independently even while it's not still being displayed.
Having actually used Frame Generation in a few games, I will say it's an absolute game changer.
It sure is, now you'll be able to watch me blow your ass out of the water in RT/DLSS quality on World of Warships! 🤣
Yep absolutely think the same way. It was awesome to have as an option in Witcher 3. Instead of 70-80 fps with a 4080, I now get 120-130 and im happy 😊
only if you get 120+ FPS if you are bellow 100 FPS you will notice the artefacts galore. if i already got 100+ FPS there is no reason to turn on DLSS3 and if im bellow 100 FPS there will be a noticeable artefacts, its a lose lose in both cases, ITs useless.
@@mercurio822 im sure that many people will have differing opinions but as i said, even with a baseline of 70 fps, frame generation worked wonders with witcher 3
@@donomar789 yeah I feel 60 or maybe 50 should be the minimum to enable it, it's almost unnoticeable speaking from personal experience. Its awesome tech to have that will only get better an gain more and more support
My biggest issue with this is when it’s technically possible to run frame generation on a 2000-3000s card but they make it a software limitation to be able to use it. That makes the benchmarks skewed in my opinion
frame gen works on 3000 series gpus but its unstable. A guy tried it with a hack and it just wasnt stable enough to use daily driven
What I would love to see is a comparison of this Nvidia Game Motion Interpolation and that same concept on a Samsung TV. If you could manage to do a side by side comparison of those two, it would really show how much frame interpolation can benefit from having the power of a GPU as opposed to the power of a dedicated but weak image processing chip in a TV.
Is there really a benefit of higher fps if there is no decrease in latency? I.e is there any added smoothness when there is an increase in latency especially on low to medium specced machines?
The latency induced by DLSS frame generation is probably similar to that you'd experience with Vsync, as they work in similar ways. Yes, it's true that Vsync increases input lag, but not many people, except hardcore FPS players would turn off Vsync and put up with screen tearing.
Honestly I would really not describe myself as hardcore and yet I find games feel horrible with vsync on, it always throws me off and ive had to quit games that dont let me turn it off because it feels so awful. I want the game as responsive as possible, and screen tearing is a small price to pay for the game being playable for me.
Vsync is abysmal, fastsync is ok... We do have freesync though
vsync is so bad, compared to freesync its day and night
It's not actually that similar in my experience. It's just barely, slightly worse than the input delay you'd get running at the framerate that the frame-gen predicts with. So running the game at say, 144 fps with frame-gen on will feel like if you ran the game at around 66 fps or so. The reason why is because he's actually not quite right about his assertion. It does not delay a frame to generate a new one between, it PREDICTS what the next frame will be, AS the GPU is rendering a new, real frame. That said, I don't think Frame-Gen is useful outside of high refresh-rate scenarios, 120 fps at the minimum. Below that and it does start to feel sluggish.
I use a 4k samsung TV as a monitor, running at 60Hz, get no tearing with vsync off.
Its a killer feature, that's proprietary and hidden behind a massive pay wall. Please don't continuously promote it until it comes to more reasonably priced cards
what isn't hidden behind a paywall, your whole life is a paywall, you literally have to pay to live, the computer you use to type this message on uses electricity hidden behind a paywall... you are not paying for DLSS 3 exclusively, there are many reasons to buy a graphics card and having extra features is only a good thing, you have to pay basically the same money for a 7900xtx which does not have the feature.
this reply is gold. It's annoying to hear FG is shit over pricing bitterness and people who have never used it.@@jinx20001
Great point to have explained it can help with CPU limitation! Thanks!
Your take on this is exactly what I think about this feature. I love FG. Personally I can't see any difference in gameplay and I'm not going to slow my gameplay down just to see a difference in the visuals. It's not ideal for competitive shooters but I love it for my single player games.
On a 27in monitor (1440p X 1.78) the visuals in SpiderMan are fine for me with DLSS3 (and im pretty sensitive to visual aesthetics), on a massive 4K monitor that might be different. On my side it just allowed me to crank all the RT and gfx on max and truly enjoy the game without a hiccup. For the Witcher 3 it's literally unplayable without FG if ppl want all the bells and whistles, but the game is still a bit stuttery and I'll hold off till they do more patches. I can't wait to try CP2077 with DLSS3 and for Nvidia to generally improve the tech even further. Fantastic video imo on DLSS3 and I totally agree.
I've used it on the 4090 and, to me, the tech is a nice addition for sure. Like you said in your video, very few people have seen it live, so saying it's a gimmick without testing it for yourself in your favorite games is not really fair. That being said, you have to take it from Nvidia's perspective. To me, it's clear that Nvidia implemented DLSS 1.0+ at the same time as RT to reduce the FPS penalty and it's pretty much the same with the new 4000 class of GPU's. RT taxes the CPU and cards like the 4090 can't be fully used to it's full potential because of it. Add the brut performance of the card at 1440p and it's CPU bound in most games ! For the most part, DLSS 3 is useful for RT titles which are CPU bound. I really doubt we'll see DLSS 3 in non-RT games.
It’s already in plenty of games without RT.
@@Keivz You're correct. But my point is that it will be much less useful in those non-RT games, with the horse power of the new gen cards. We'll see...
I have a 4070FE and hate frame generation in any form. I use DLSS mostly for AA in titles like tomb raider. DLSS does help with alaising even at 1080P 120 or 240hz. Fake frame generation sorry its a gimmick.
Fascinating and hugely informative , you got a subscribe and a like
@Daniel Owen: It would be nice to see how it will help on the future mid-range cards!? I can't find any analysis on that on YT... What's happening if you pull the handbrake? If you downclock the card targeting for example 30-40 fps? Your content is of top-notch quality -> .
I have rtx 4080 and I can honestly say almost not feel any issue with image quality and game responsiveness while DLSS 3 enabled. Also feels much smoother with high refresh rate monitor g sync enabled. I belive Nvidia will improve frame generation technology near future...
It doesn't really matter as long as it is software locked to the 4000 series. It is nice to see it works on the 2000 series with mods now, but for real relevance, Nvidia has to offer it on all RTX cards officially. Otherwise my money is on FSR 3.0
Great video! Myself i've been looking to upgrade since 2020. Waiting and waiting.. Thinking of pulling the trigger, would the 4090 be the better buy compared to the 4080? I've saved plenty to go for the big bucks but it still feels insane to spend 2k euros on a GPU alone where my last system was 1900 in total..
Only if youre fine with the idea that much better cards will always only be a few months away
@@Dempig That is the struggle we all face I guess.. As soon as you buy a part of electronics and you walk out the door it is already 'old' as the new thing is developed. Potential new GPUs can't run my games though ;)
@@TheTomster94 Things do not become "old" right when you walk out the door. That's just FOMO not becoming "old"
4090
informative as always, thank you
Doesn't feel like a gimmick to me. I've been playing Witcher 3 Next Gen at 4K max raytracing. It's so choppy that it's unplayable without frame generation, but with DLSS Quality and Frame Generation, it feels very smooth and I almost never notice the AI generated frames, and I don't notice any input latency.
I noticed the latency but it's still surprisingly good. I actually said I would probably never use it before I tried it.
@@adamdunne6645 Agree, the latency difference is so negligible.. you can notice it ever so slightly but it doesn't affect the experience at all in a game like that.
I dont like it at all, but the thing i hate the most is that i need to use it on my 4090 to have acceptable framerates in witcher 3 next gen ^^
create an artificial problem, then make people buy a solution for it, lol
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I'm far more interested in if this will help boost lower end GPUs performance than top their GPUs because that's the only area I see this having value. 90fps to 130fps isn't as noticeable as 30 fps to 60+fps.
DLSS3 itself seems to work pretty well. But for my use case specifically, on an ultrawide in Witcher 3 I get flickering during cutscenes on the sides because they shrink the cutscenes to 16:9. It's so damn distracting I had to disable it.
Hi Daniel, I noticed some screen tearing. Is this caused by the recording software, not having gsync enabled, or is it being caused by using DLSS3?
There's a note in the vid saying it's the difference between the unlocked framerate of his game vs the 60 fps capture card.
@@airelleavils8394 Ok thanks, missed that.
What matters is that tearing that happens with DLSS3 over the sync framerate. That's a deal breaker. Also the the latency reported in the nVidia overlay in the video is nonsense. On the left side you have reflex off, while ideally you would have reflex on on both sides. Keep reflex on in the driver. Compare the best case for both sides, not the worst case for the left side and the best case for the right side. You also want reflex on without DLSS if you happen to have low framerate. You know, to feel 30FPS more responsive.
tldr: if comparing apples to apples it is simply a tradeoff of latency for framerate and you would feel it if you were at low framerate to begin with
You can control the tearing by setting a fps limiter to slightly below half of your display so it stays within gsync/freesync range.
Tell us you’ve never used it without telling us you’ve never used it. You’ll always get tearing above your refresh rate, FG or not. That’s why you use reflex to keep your framerate under your max frame rate. Also, in the video he has reflex on with his comparison of FG both on and off. But do realize the Witcher 3 didn’t have reflex until dlss 3 was added and no one complained about the lag then. Regardless, you’re not going to notice a different in a sp game.
One thing that I notice is that in addition to increasing latency, consumption increases by about 60 watts. On the other hand, if the callisto protocol with a 4090 makes you wish you had dlss 3, it only speaks of how poorly optimized the game is, which is left for those with medium or low-end video cards
This is my conspiracy on why most of the latest releases have terrible CPU utilization. To push 4000 series cards (which is good for the PC industry regardless) and also to ease work on devs so they don’t have to properly optimize there games CPU usage thus can fall back on ngreedia’s crutch! It’s a master plan!
@@jose131991 but Callisto protocol is amd sponsored title???
@@jose131991 whatever u smoking clearly is the good stuff
Back when I first used it in Darktide, I thought it was black magic. But now I can't unsee the visual errors after knowing what to look for. It's definitely good enough for single player or PvE.
It has to be experienced in person because we all generally differ in how we feel latency. For example, with framerate, I am one of those that doesn't notice real difference past 75hz on a monitor. So while i do have a 144Hz monitor, it's wasted on someone like me, and I tend to prefer gaming on my 75hz ultrawide. But I do think that it would be more noticeable when say the native performance is putting out 30ish frames and DLSS is pushing out say 50-60, because it will still feel like 30fps input wise. The midrange cards is where DLSS3 is really going to be tested. Not so much these halo high end cards.
I used frame generation for my entire play through of plague tale requiem on a 4090, never noticed any difference from regular gameplay. In fact there were a few times when I saw an artifact or graphical glitch thinking it was frame generation only to turn it off and see it was a glitch in the game. I used vsync as well and had frames locked to 141 max on a 144hz monitor, frame generation worked perfect with it and response time was steady at around 21-26ms vs regular 7-9ms which was unnoticeable in a third person game on controller. I should note that there was issues with using vsync when I first received the 4090 as the game would appear to extremely stutter if it and frame generation was turned on, however this disappeared in a driver update.
Does it genuinely feel like running your standard high refresh gameplay?
@@tryharder1053 Well yes and no, at the end of the day it does increase latency as I said I went from 7-9 ms to 21-26 as reported by NVIDIA overlay. At the beginning of the game there’s a tutorial where it teaches you to use the sling and I replayed this section several times turning frame generation on and off to test if I could feel the difference. Using a mouse I definitely could feel the difference but it was very slight and something that you would naturally forget about as your playing the game and not directly comparing. Using a controller there was 0 tangible difference to me. The key thing to note was even on mouse where I could feel the difference slightly the overall visual experience was improved drastically in my opinion. I don’t remember exact frame rates but without frame generation with dlss quality at 1440p widescreen I’d hover around 110-120 fps (13900kf). With gsync enabled this should have been fine but requiem suffers from extreme stutters when loading a new area that bugged the hell out of me, it would jerk the camera with the stutter as well so it did affect gameplay. Turning on frame generation completely resolved the issue. It’s not that the performance hit didn’t happen anymore it was that the additional fake frames weren’t affected by this performance hit and prevented a visible stutter in gameplay. It also kept the frame rate at a locked 138 as per NVIDIA reflex which in my opinion combined with the stutter issue was well worth the trade of 21-26ms latency. TLDR; No it does not feel exactly the same, but the latency difference is extremely slight when considering the trade for a fps locked smooth visual experience with the prevention of stutters and extreme dips in fps that normally occur in the game.
@@Zumboria holy crap man 4090 must be the biggest leap nvidia has made ether way my 3090 dips below 60fps on requiem dlss quality (1440p to 4k) and my frame time is far larger than 20ms lol
@@tryharder1053 you know when i got my 3090 people was telling me it was overkill at the time when they was buying 3070s now look 😆the card aint shit
@@Anon1370 when the 5090 comes out the 4090 will look like shit
My opinion towards this frame generation thing is, they are definitely some early stage of unfinished technology, it is like how you buy into the ray tracing technology back in RTX2000 series, you are buying into the ray tracing technology just to find out you need to turn off ray tracing option in the game because it tanks your FPS so much. Similarly for this frame generation thing, you will feel so left out in about 2+ years time when the technology improve so much more rapidly. Don't have the mindset of "I'm going to YOLO overpay right now, to have that 16 or 24GB of VRAM, and whatever DLSS3 tech, L2 cache, ray tracing cores, tensor cores just to futureproof", you can't futureproof your GPU purchase, things get so rapidly outdated nowadays, especially with Intel joining the triopoly, competition will heat up and take things to the next level. Unless, you play those games that are not dependent on these graphics technology, then you can sit on your GPU for many years.
Playing Witcher 3 on max settings with RT in 1440p and the Frame Generation is amazing. Basically pushing my true 60-80 fps to silky smooth 120+ fps. Now when I get into Novigrad, my true fps drops to something like 40+ fps (hard CPU bottleneck), you can notice some issues. But I will still take generated 60 fps over true 30 fps any day.
Almost 100K subs man!!
Frame Generation is literally a "game changer".
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what about if we had frame generation fps without the frame generation and just had raw performance like we did in the past yeh nah too much to ask for.
It's a killer feature for the problems that NVidia created, Raytracing. And currently there are only high end 40 series cards with this technology. This feature seems a lot more beneficial to the midrange where you'd actually be taking gameplay from unplayable to playable. When they show the DLSS 3 frame rates versus previous gens it's pure marketing gimmick to justify the price increases.
"taking gameplay from unplayable to playable" there's the problem, Nvidia are a greedy company, they don't want people holding on to their older GPU's
Raytracing isn't practicable for midrange cards even today with the latest midrange GPU's.
Raytracing is a problem? I'd say screen space reflections are more of a problem because they make my eyes bleed with incessant occlusion artifacts, and/or constantly reflecting objects that are in the foreground.
I think that's why they paired the 4060 with FrameGen. 4060 is a midrange card (without the typical midrange prices).
@@Magnulus76 Oh definitely. I was just referring to the OP calling raytracing a "problem" that nvidia created. Raytracing certainly requires excessively overpriced hardware, but when I'm seeing reflections of stuff that's not on screen, or when it's filling in the occlusion gaps in SSR, I think of it as an improvement, not a problem. If someone doesn't want to pay the premium to run it, games still run without it, so the only problem I see is FOMO.
That was a great explanation of dlss (if correct). It's been a while, but I watched videos explaining dlss when it came out and dlss 2 when it came out and never remembered how it worked. I know it's a good technology and I'm sure I would use it but I'm a latency stickler so I have AMD
Great video, thanks for the discussion.
Glad you're talking about DLSS because it's been absent from all the reviews Nvidia 4000 / AMD 7900... Just making more obvious that there is zero reason to consider the AMD GPUs over the 4080/4090.
But fsr 3.0… 💀
There is. Money and value.
I would have liked to see benchmarks with DLSS and FSR, I believe this is how most people are playing modern games. Imo value is not a question anymore with $1,000+ GPUs, if you can spend that money you just get a 4090.
@@freddumartin7878 You're buying a $14000 car, you might as well spend the extra $8000 to get the version with the heated seats.
@@ZXLink Nice comment!
i like it, as a 4090 owner im surprised to say when its been available its been useful. Very difficult to spot any issues when playing... literally game changing in some cases like portal RTX. But im sure there will be those that do not have a 40 series card that will tell us how much of a trash gimmick it is because digital foundry froze the frames for them so that's it that's all they needed to see lol.
If 4090 is giving you 60fps+ natively on all the games why bother frame generation?
@@user-in4ij8iq4c because i use a 120hz OLED display and 120hz is smoother than 60hz... but to be clear ill not use it if i dont need to use it, for example... i do play f1 2022, i have a full simulator setup and i simply dont need to use frame generation because framerates are already high, its just a nice feature to have if you want to use it. another side note on f1 2022... everytime you hear youtubers complain that in f1 2022 you can see the names having issues above the car you can take 1 thing away from that... that being they probably dont play the game, because if they did then they would know that you have the option to turn the names off and that is the best option because the names obscure your view of upcoming corners. So f1 2022 is actually a bad example of DLSS 3 not working well because most people who play the game switch the names off to see the corners lol just an interesting side note there.
@@jinx20001 I don’t blame dlss3 as an additional feature that NV offers. But it’s actually charging customer as a big selling point. Like you said, why I pay for the feature I don’t need to use in F1 2022 since the it’s already high fps. Actually for all the competitive games, like fighting, racing, fps games, when you play with human, dlss3 won’t be used. And these games could already have been 200fps+ with 4090..
@@user-in4ij8iq4c i dont really understand what the issue is? if you dont want to use it then you dont have to use it... its nvidias job to sell you a product, that is literally what they want to do and to do that they tell you about all the features it has, what would you prefer them to do just not include it or not mention it? You could say they are charging more money because they have extra features but they are not forcing you to buy, its totally and utterly your choice. im happy to pay the extra to have access to the extra features, if you are not then dont buy it, you can pay 200 less and skip all the features if you think thats better value for you (comparing 4080 to 7900xtx ofcourse), i think 200 extra to have much better RT performance, DLSS and FSR and DLSS 3 aswell as better efficiency is a good 200 well spent but thats just me, you certainly can have a different opinion.
well said, very objective thinking with no bias.
Hi, is it like truemotion option we found on tv smoothing videos ? If so, why we need 4000 series to do it if tv soc less cabable can do it
For one, most tv’s can’t interpolate content that’s already 60 fps. Secondly, there is massive input lag with true motion and it is nearly unusable for most people. And third, it has a ton of artifacts. Not sure you can use vrr with it on either but I doubt it.
It is good, used it in a bunch of games. Feels like real FPS and I don't notice any input lag, probably because it's in singleplayer games mostly so it doesn't matter at all even if there's something. Some games like Portal RTX and Witcher 3 pretty much unplayable without it so I'd say it is a very good feature. When people compare 7900XTX and 4090 they love to just leave out DLSS3 for some dumb reason as if it doesn't exist.
@@mattkostandin Wel the 4090 still can use some help with fps on the Witcher 3 at 4k with raytracing all the way up
reviewers do the same thing, in fact reviewers are even worse when it comes to GPU reviews, they literally have to ignore half of the graphics cards features to come to a value conclusion in order to make it easier for them. RT doesn't even get a mention in most reviews when it comes to value because apparently it adds no value at all... or they just cant be bothered to change the way they have done value charts for the last 15 years, i know which is more likely.
frame generation add less than 10ms of input lag (sometimes 10-11ms). On Witcher 3 Next Gen update for exemple, without it, it's 50ms, with it it's 58ms.
@@JoPeTuYaTroJoueY Yh and that’s actually one of the worst ones. In Spider-Man it’s like 3 and 4 in f1, frame gen is getting hate from people who will never experience it lol
@@mattkostandin I have 4080 (combined with i7 13700k). I tested frame generation in Witcher 3 (with the latest patch) and it keeps the game above 60 fps even in the most intensive parts of Novigrad. Without it the fps are in the 40s. The only noticeable downside is that the text above npcs is more distorted when galloping around them. Dlss is at quality, without it, fps will drop below 40; the image is somewhat softer with it on (sharpening helps), any other AA option looks worse though.
After trying it. It is quite awesome. Would I like to have that amount of real frames? yes....but since GPUs cannot possibly do that, FG is a great thing to have and it does make a big difference. Latency wise, as long as you're at 60 real fps or more, I don't feel the latency.
You’re absolutely right. Thanks for the video!
I think it's great. I don't notice any difference but the more smooth gameplay locked at my refresh rate (144hz). I'm sure in competitive games it may be noticeable but it's literally happening in milliseconds which is nearly imperceivable even if you tried. They also have Nvidia Reflex with most games with these DLSS settings which combats any input latency. I think it's a non issue UNTIL it's being relied on to make games run at a basic level.
The big problem with this tech is how much a niche it is. If it's really only useful on slow paced single player games, and you need to be already at 60+ fps before it, then is it really that important? High fps on that sort of game does not matter much, so the only difference is the fluidity, which is something very subjective.
depends on if you like 60fps or 100+ fps.. The same tricks can be done with async re-projection, but almost no games use that atm outside of SOME VR (but it works great when used).
I think "frame interpolation" would describe the tech better, but I believe that monicker was already taken.
Fake frame interjection … FFI 💀
its wrong....its not interpolating the images....its taking one image + engine state + the next engine state ...if it were "frame interpolation" you would have to wait for the second image/frame to be rendered which it isnt...it alteres rendered frame 1 based on engine data that would lead to frame 2 , parallel to the "normale " hardware starting to actualy render frame 2, that alteration is way faster than the render of frame 2 so frame 1.5 can be output befor frame 2 reaches (and needs ) the frame buffer... frameinterpolation is a already used technic on higher end tvs and it is explicitly creating a shiftmap between those 2 images. That name suggest something diffrent IMO...maybe the best name would be "intermediate frame updating "? or "frameremapping" or somehting of that lines
Its not interpolation.
I use a Samsung G9 Odyssey. I am hearing about flickering issues especially in cutscenes. I am not sure if I should replace my 3090ti with a 4090 just yet to be honest. I'm kinda torn..
is fg coming to 3000 series ? what do you think?
In Portal RTX with FG on, if you enable mouse acceleration in the options and increase mouse sensitivity, that latency feel pretty much disappears even if you are trying to feel for it.
But then you also have to deal with mouse acceleration...
@@TheMaestro116 What is there to deal with when it negates the latency in portal essentially making it base level and now you get to enjoy double the fps and all the RTX enabled. Until you have sat down playing Portal RTX with a 4090 on an LG C2 48 inch display, I am not sure how else I could ever explain how amazing it looks and feels.
"latency feel pretty much disappears" sounds like confirmation bias. Either it disappears or it doesn't. Using weasel wording for wiggle room does not inspire confidence.
@@sammiller6631 try it
@@sammiller6631 do you own a 4000 card?
This is exactly why I bought a 4080. I'll be able to play everything maxed out for years to come because of this feature alone.
If you are ready to pay for card $1100, next one will $1300. More you are ready overpay more they will increase price
I'm using it with an i5 13600K on a RTX 4070 Ti in MSFS2020. It's awesome. Smooth flowing frames on Ultra with double FPS in the range 60 to 120 depending on the scenery and the aircraft. Most of the time 90 FPS.
Best thing for future Videos, add a timer, that is slowed down too, 50% yeah sounds nice, but you when you see 1 seconds visualized its much better.
I've tried frame generation with my 4090 extremely underclocked to simulate what it would be like on lower hardware and it still looks way better than just having low framerate. If every game had it I would pretty much always use it. The net gain is almost always more than what you lose in latency, it really does a good job at fooling you that more is there, like 80% compared to a real extra frame
100%. It's an absolute godsend for MS Flight Simulator in 4K VR. Without it you can struggle to manage a locked 60 in highly built up airports. And it's MSFS, you don't notice artifacts because of the inherent sedate nature of the visuals.
but does it make the game look worse?
Yeah nvidia love mass marketing pseudo bar graphs to trick you to think that DLSS 3 while good can be misleading in certain titles. Happy Xmas Dan
people that say that frame generation is a marketing gimmick have never experienced it, theres no way that anyone thats experienced frame generation is saying that its just a gimmick, imo, its one of the biggest advances in gaming performance from the past decade
It should theoretically be a benefit at graphics settings, where your card can't provide player framerates normally, but do when you turn DLSS 3 on. So on the lower end it should be clutch.
I have 4090. I use frame gen in Darktides. It's revolutionary! It's bigger than upscaling and ray tracing combined. In fact, with it, it allows you to use ray tracing even more easily. I want it in as many games as possible, provided it's enabled correctly. I'm pissed off that CDPR has it in Witcher 3 but not in Cyberpunk 2077, when it's already working in reviewers versions.
Same!
Cyberpunk is an FPS with LOTS of HUD details. Might really be a flop in that game.
So DLSS 3 Frame Generation is good for games when you already are getting 60 FPS or so and want to see more fluid motion in single player games. If you are planning to use it on 4050 and think that it will "double" the frame rates from 40 to 80, it will not be a nice experience. Just as Hardware Unboxed said, Frame Generation is good if you already have high FPS, if you are barely running 30 FPS don't think that it will improve your experience by a lot.
thats exactly what people are planning to do with the 4050 oh well let them find out.
@@Anon1370 Yeah. DLSS 3 is not worth it. Maybe DLSS 4 will be better, but until that happens at least for another generation DLSS 2 will be the most used and favoured DLSS on the Nvidia GPUs.
Do you have the option to use DLSS 2 with a 40 series GPU? I wonder how that compares.
You can use both at the same time. Works fine that way
Daniel, could you compare DLSS 3.0 against what is often called "Truemotion" on various TV's and some monitors. Similar thing, just done on display. I think that is what is needed to figure out if DLSS 3 FG is a gimmick or not.
God no, TV Motion Smoothing will always be significantly worse because it does not have access to motion vectors and its AI performance is also significally worse than the one in any gpu.
it is good, sadly most people hating on it are probably on AMD bandwagon which I can relate as I was heavily biased and wanted amd to win all the time. Now I'm 3070 user and love what dlss has to offer. no plans on getting 4000s series since I just got this one. but definitely getting 5K series and I believe frame generation will improve even more
No, there are non-AMD critics too, but that's more a critique of 4090 owners thinking everything is a "game changer" without acknowledging that features work differently on lower cards like a 3060 or 1660. 4090 owners have a vested interest in not seeing the flaws in such an expensive purchase, so they dismiss any discussion from "peasants".
Killer feature in witcher 3, portal, and Warhammer Darktide. Was nice quality of life in Requiem.
Given the latency increase, extra FPS is just creative accounting then. Case closed for me at 2:03. I wish that info was in the first 10 seconds of the video lol.
Best test would be to answer if you can make a game getting choppy 20FPS go to a smooth 40FPS experience just by toggling this DLSS/FSR setting.
This is why I like Daniel... He's a No Bullshit kind of dude. I've watched reviewers playing with Nvidia 4000's and AMD 7900's and I can't see, feel, or tell a difference between any of them. As we all know You Tube over compresses the hell out of video and audio so your You Tube experience is gonna be half assed at best. To me these type of 'Benchmark' streamers are a bit elitist in my opinion, kinda like 'Look what I can afford and you can't' type streams. I like the way Daniel brings everything back to reality and real world results.
You don't think any 4090 review isn't a little elitist? What's lowest tier that Daniel reviews? What gives Daniel the most views? Is their a correlation?
I love dlss 3.0! I do notice some lag every now and then. But overall it just feels like free fps! What it really needs is an input override where the split instant a movement input is registered, it dumps a single fake frame and runs the 1st available real frame until movement becomes relative again (for example fake frames while motionless, only real frames at the point of beginning movement, and fake frames again during the movement, then dump the fake frame again as soon as movement ceases or changes)
Similar to DLSS is the frame generation already built into most TV’s. I use it in conjunction with BFI on my OLED, and the resulting motion clarity with 60fps locked is equivalent to that of 240fps. It’s a killer feature yet mostly overlooked by gamers and tech KZheadrs.
damn love your channel;D can imagine you being a sick math teacher!
I think this is great for demanding single player games like cyberpunk and plague tale where the highest responsiveness isn't that critical.
Cyberpunk doesn't even need frame generation to hit 60fps with all raytracing on with a 4000 series gpu. That game is actually surprisingly well optimized now.
@@mr.grumps354460fps? Pshhh. I'll turn on frame generation and get 100fps thank you very much.
On my computer spiderman have 50fps in the bottom of swings, DLSS3 doubles this to 100. The game looks noticebly smoother. I can't feel any extra latency, I'm using a controller. I have tried to turn it on/off to notice any artfact, super pixelpeeping. It's extremely hard to spot any. I definitely need to stare at where I think the artifact will pop up.
tbh even on this video at full speed I could see the visual artifacts in Spiderman
@@demrasnawla First, you can't record this and upload it to youtube, and get the result you get when playing. Second, everybody is different. To you it might look awfull, but to many it does not. And certanly not as bad as the difference beetween 100 and 50 FPS. It happens but it's seldom you read about somebody actually having used DLSS3 and dont like it.
@@demrasnawla not really fair to the live experience considering the youtube playback is 60fps , and the game runs at 100+ the dlss genrated frames that you see on the playback would be staying on screen twice as long as what it is on the computerr
Agreed. Try as I might, I couldn’t find artifacts in Spider-Man. Every time I thought I saw one it was normal game engine pop in/lod swap. It’s a game changer.
@@demrasnawla are you superman??? I couldn’t see Anything lol
I use DLSS 3 in the Witcher 3 and Spider-Man. Not noticeable since I use controller for both those games. Haven’t noticed any image distortion. In all honestly I think DLSS 2 distorts images worse since it can give it a grainy effect on the outline of textures. That is completely eliminated with DLSS 3.
What i am interested is how well dlss 3 will work on nvidia lower models, 4070 and below.
Funnily enough, I recently finished Spiderman where I played with DLSS 3 from start to finish (20 hours for the campaign) and during actual gameplay as well as cutscenes I could honestly not notice anything wrong with the image quality on my 42" LC C2 OLED TV which I am using as a monitor. The main reason I used frame generation were the CPU bottlenecks, because even with an overclocked i9-12900K and fast manually tuned memory I was still getting drops to ~90 FPS or so, which is a very noticeable drop from 120. DLSS 3 solved this and gives me stable 116 FPS (limiter to keep G-sync enabled) even when swinging through the city at street level where all of the cars / NPCs have to be rendered. Even more significant impact can be observed with Witcher 3 - a combination of DLSS 2 and 3 allows me to run pretty much 4K @ 120 FPS with maxed out settings. Just disabling DLSS 3 would drop me below 60 FPS in certain parts of Novigrad which is completely unplayable for me (I am a snob who needs 100+ FPS always). NV overlay says the latency is about the same and I cannot tell any meaningful difference (mouse and keyboard). The RTX 4090 costs an arm and a leg (2300 Euro for my Asus TUF here in Europe), but damn, playing all games at 4K HDR OLED and 120 FPS is really a completely different experience than what I had with my previous RTX 3080 and Asus PG279Q LCD.