The $2,000 Nvidia RTX 5090 is so powerful that it made me wonder if there were such a thing as too many frames when it came to PC gaming. The thought didn’t occur to me until I played Dragon Age: The Veilguard with Nvidia’s touted Multi Frame Generation as part of its DLSS 4 update. During a hectic enemy encounter, it went above 360 FPS on the highest graphical settings and even higher when the action died down. It’s partly a factor of the new Blackwell architecture, but the graphics card is only a vehicle. The rest is AI and “fake frames.”
More to the point, it’s a process called Multi Frame Generation. With the launch of the latest update to Nvidia’s AI upscaler DLSS 4, the new Nvidia cards can essentially generate up to three frames in between two rendered frames. If the card is already powerful, then multi-frame gen is like putting a cherry on top of the most expensive, decadent gold leaf sundae. What’s the difference between playing a single-player roleplaying game at 120 FPS versus 360 FPS? After playing multiple big-name titles with the new DLSS 4 capabilities, I can’t tell whether there’s any reason you need those framerates other than the primordial joy of watching a number go up.
This isn’t a full review of Nvidia’s new GPU. I can’t compare the RTX 5090 Founders Edition to the $1,600 RTX 4090 because I don’t have access to one. I can compare it to the RTX 4080 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super, solid cards with asking prices well below the 5090. With any high-end card, you always need to rely on software. That’s true for the 5090 as well. If you want to play Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K with max settings and ray tracing enabled without DLSS, you won’t hit 60 FPS. With DLSS on balanced settings, you’ll see over 100 FPS. When you apply frame gen, you get a kick out of the high number, but as with anything generated with the help of AI, there will inevitably be some unintended side effects.
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is set to launch on Jan. 30.
How Do Games Run with All the RTX 5090’s Bells and Whistles?
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 specs are only slightly less ludicrous than its price tag. The card is based on the new Blackwell architecture, and the two-fan Founders Edition config packs 32 GB of VRAM, 21,760 CUDA cores with a 2.01 GHz base clock, and a 2.41 GHz boost clock. The card comes with 4th-gen ray tracing cores with a claimed 318 TFLOPS performance. All that’s well and good, but Nvidia has focused most of its attention on the 5th-gen Tensor cores and the promised 3,352 TOPS of AI performance.
The AI is the name of the game here. It would be difficult to justify the price increase without the Blackwell architecture and multi frame gen capabilities. Like previous versions of frame gen first released with DLSS 3, this inputs a generated frame between two rendered frames. Multi Frame Gen is better than before, according to Nvidia. It should be more efficient and 40% faster. What helps is it uses an AI Management Processor on the GPU itself to assign these various AI tasks.
The Blackwell cards use so-called “flip metering” when generating frames. This slots them in such a way to reduce latency. Even then, Nvidia wants you to rely on RTX Reflex 2 to reduce latency further. If this is all starting to sound like a lot to add on top of the traditional horsepower of a new graphics processor, that’s because it is.
Some games won’t be quick on the draw to update their UI for Multi Frame Gen or any new DLSS 4 features. The Nvidia app includes a DLSS override feature that lets you force it to upgrade to the new upscaler and frame gen. Either way, you can choose 4x, 3x, or 2x frame gen.
Older RTX cards will receive some upgrades to DLSS 4. Still, while the RTX 40-series will have access to the transformer model DLSS and some upgrades to 2x frame generation, Nvidia said the Blackwell architecture is necessary for Multi Frame Generation.
How Do Games Play When Most of Your Frames are Generated?
I tested Nvidia’s new flagship on the prebuilt Origin PC Neuron 3500X, which included an Intel Core Ultra 285K CPU and 32 GB of LDDR5X RAM. The PC packs a 1000 W 80 Plus Gold PSU. The power supply is the minimum Nvidia recommends for the 5090. This is a near-$3,400 desktop tower MSRP. A 1000 W PSU is nominal for most high-end PCs, though before, it was for the sake of having headroom and for future-proofing. Considering the RTX 5090 is $2,000, every other component you need to make the most of the GPU capabilities makes an excessive PC feel more excessive.
There’s an unnerving feeling when you jump into a game and watch that frame counter skyrocket. There’s a sense that this can’t be real, and you immediately look for problems. The thing is, I couldn’t spot many or practically any visual discrepancies. I analyzed the foliage as closely as possible in Dragon Age: The Veilguard but couldn’t find any noticeable issues with sharpness or textures.
I took it into other demanding games, like Hogwarts Legacy and Cyberpunk 2077. I never thought I’d ever witness Cyberpunk push 200 FPS, but life tends to throw its curveballs. Multi Frame Gen also meant I could push path tracing to ultra and still maintain such high FPS anybody looking on would assume I’m faking it (and to a point, I am).
While cruising the streets of Night City on a bike, I didn’t encounter any hints of hitching. However, I noticed some of the lights on Jackie’s bike oddly flickering while driving around at high speed. The flickering occurred at 2x, 3x, and 4x frame gen, though it was worse when relying on more generated frames. You can see the issue for yourself in the video above.
I won’t say I wasn’t distracted by the odd UI flickering, though the game was perfectly playable anyway. I also didn’t notice any floatiness in the controls or artifacts in the visuals, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t any other issues I couldn’t make out myself. With Reflex 2, I didn’t notice any responsiveness issues either.
Without Frame Gen turned on, Cyberpunk was running at about 100 FPS with DLSS upscaling on balanced mode. Without DLSS, it would run at sub-60 FPS. The game is perfectly playable on an RTX 5090 without frame gen. The excess frames don’t necessarily add to the experience. Those “fake frames” could distract some players more than it aids.
I was struck by how normal games looked while running all these generated frames. In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, I noticed one cutscene seemed to pass too fast, but the issue didn’t repeat afterward. Playing Alan Wake II, I can’t possibly get beyond 60 FPS with path tracing on Ultra and every other setting turned up to 11, even with the 5090 and DLSS on balance. When enabling 4x multi frame gen, it jumps to past 190 FPS. There were odd issues with pop-in, but that’s a known issue for the game running on the maximum settings on PC. I tried it and found that the difference between 70 FPS without frame gen and 250 FPS with 4x frame gen didn’t disrupt gameplay.
Is the RTX 5090’s Frame Gen Even Necessary?
But does it enhance gameplay? I normally test games at 4K on an AOC U27G3X monitor, which only goes up to a 120 Hz refresh rate. That’s perfectly fine for most GPUs, and it would be fine for the 5090 if it weren’t for multi-frame generation. Without the 2x, 3x, or 4x frame generation, I could only hope to hit around 100 FPS with medium DLSS upscaling and no path tracing for the most demanding titles.
If I wanted to make the most of 360 FPS, I would need a really, really expensive monitor like the LG Ultragear monitor that can go up to 480 Hz refresh rates, but then you may sacrifice the sacred 4K resolution. This last CES was stuffed with 240 Hz 4K OLED monitors from every OEM under the sun. You could grab a beautiful, high-end curved monitor that does 4K and 240 Hz for well over $1,000, but you’ll struggle to find one to make sense of all those frames. LG’s lauded bendable 5K2K monitor will only stick at 165 Hz if you want a higher resolution.
So, plenty of monitors can do 240 Hz, but fewer do more. That’s because there’s a point when framerate doesn’t make a material difference. Even a professional FPS esports competitor will compete on a 240 Hz monitor. You won’t notice a major difference between 120 FPS and 240 FPS if you game casually. I took the 5090 for a spin with Marvel Rivals. It’s the kind of game that doesn’t demand too much from a PC. It will have over 300 FPS with multi frame gen. I’m not a capable enough gamer to know whether the generated frames help or hinder me. It’s not going to make my aim better, in either case.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made it clear in a recent Q&A with press and analysts that the company priced RTX 5090 at $2,000, knowing your average gamer won’t afford it. In the CEO’s words, this is the GPU for the people who want” the best,” and they don’t care what they spend to get “the best.” Having the best also means you would need the best CPU, the highest-rated power supply, and one of the most expensive monitors you can buy. It’s a card made for people where money is no object. At that point, what is the point of a review? You already know the 5090 is a step above the 4090. It had better be because it cost $400 more than Nvidia’s previous flagship.
You still need a game to run at a stable 60 FPS to make frame generation useful, which is why I’m more curious about the RTX 5070 and 5070 Ti for the sake of gamers who can’t spend the equivalent of their monthly rent or mortgage payment on a single graphics card. Multi Frame Gen will be a better bargain for cheaper cards. That’s why I’m more excited for the still unannounced RTX 5060. That will depend on how good the base card offers a standard frame rate with fully rendered frames. Still, budget gamers are used to making compromises. Those who pay $2,000 for a graphics card demand none.
ADVERTISEMENT:
Informasi mengenai KING SLOT, Segera Daftar Bersama king selot terbaik dan terpercaya no satu di Indonesia. Boleh mendaftar melalui sini king slot serta memberikan hasil kembali yang paling tinggi saat sekarang ini hanyalah KING SLOT paling gacor, gilak dan gaco saat sekarang di Indonesia melalui program return tinggi di kingselot serta pg king slot
suara88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://suara88.biz/
sumo7777 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://sumo7777.com/
supermoney888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://supermoney888.biz/
teratai88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://teratai88.biz/
thor88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://thor88.biz/
togelhk88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://togelhk88.net/
topjitu88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://topjitu88.net/
totosloto88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://totosloto88.com/
trisula888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://trisula888.biz/
udangbet88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://udangbet88.net/
via88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://via88.biz/
virusjp88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://virusjp88.net/
warga888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://warga888.biz/
waw88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://waw88.biz/
winjitu88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://winjitu88.net/
wisdom88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://wisdom88.biz/
wnitogel88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://wnitogel88.com/
yoyo888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://yoyo888.biz/
validtoto88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://validtoto88.com/
sule999 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://sule999.com/
sule88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://sule88.org/
ss888bet permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://ss888bet.com/
sia77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://sia77.info/
seluang88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://seluang88.com/
satu88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://satu88.biz/
satu777 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://satu777.asia/
rp88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://rp88.biz/
rp88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://rp88.asia/
rp88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://rp77.live/
qiuqiu88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://qiuqiu88.biz/
pt88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://pt88.org/
pt77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://pt77.info/
produk88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://produk88.asia/
mt88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://mt88.org/
mt77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://mt77.biz/
menang66 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://menang66.biz/
latobet888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://latobet888.org/
kedai96 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kedai96.org/
kedai188 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kedai188.biz/
ids88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://ids88.biz/
hp88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://hp88.org/
hp77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://hp77.org/
gm88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://gm88.asia/
gm77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://gm77.net/
final888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://final888.org/
duit88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://duit88.asia/
duit168 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://duit168.biz/
divisi88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://divisi88.org/
dewi500 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://dewi500.biz/
devil88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://devil88.info/
cuputoto88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://cuputoto88.com/
cukongbet88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://cukongbet88.asia/
bom888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://bom888.biz/
bintaro888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://bintaro888.info/
askasino88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://askasino88.org/
999aset permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://999aset.com/
afb77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://afb77.biz/
aset99 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://aset99.biz/
bendera77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://bendera77.biz/
bendera888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://bendera888.com/
coco88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://coco88.org/
cuma77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://cuma77.biz/
cuma88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://cuma88.org/
dwv88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://dwv88.org/
fafajp88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://fafajp88.com/
gemar88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://gemar88.biz/
gocap88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://gocap88.info/
gocaptoto permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://gocaptoto.asia/
hakabet88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://hakabet88.com/
hwtoto88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://hwtoto88.org/
ina77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://ina77.biz/
ina88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://ina88.info/
jingga8888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://jingga8888.com/
juragan777 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://juragan777.asia/
kastil77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kastil77.info/
kebo888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kebo888.biz/
kkwin77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kkwin77.com/
kokoslot88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kokoslot88.asia/
luckydf88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://luckydf88.org/
microstar888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://microstar888.biz/
monperatoto88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://monperatoto88.com/
mpo1122 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://mpo1122.biz/
mpo122 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://mpo122.biz/
mpopelangi88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://mpopelangi88.com/
pamanslot88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://pamanslot88.biz/
panel88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://panel88.org/
paragon77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://paragon77.biz/
paragon888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://paragon888.info/
pion77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://pion77.biz/
prada88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://prada88.asia/
prada888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://prada888.com/
qqslot88slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://qqslot88slot.com/
rejekibet88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://rejekibet88.com/
rezekibet88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://rezekibet88.org/
sensa77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://sensa77.biz/
sensa888 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://sensa888.biz/
singajp88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://singajp88.com/
sr77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://sr77.org/
sr88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://sr88.org/
surya77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://surya77.biz/
surya88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://surya88.asia/
tajir77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://tajir77.info/
tajir88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://tajir88.biz/
toto122 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://toto122.com/
toto123 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://toto123.biz/
uangvip88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://uangvip88.com/
wajik77 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://wajik77.asia/
777neko permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://777neko.org/
88judi permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://88judi.net/
99judi permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://99judi.org/
abcslot88 permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://abcslot88.asia/
slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kdwapp.com/
akun demo slot gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kdwapp.com/
akun slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kdwapp.com/
akun demo slot pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kdwapp.com/
akun slot demo pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kdwapp.com/
akun slot demo permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kdwapp.com/
akun demo slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://kdwapp.com/
slot demo gacor
akun demo slot gacor
akun slot demo gacor
akun demo slot pragmatic
akun slot demo pragmatic
akun slot demo
akun demo slot
slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://jebswagstore.com
akun demo slot gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://jebswagstore.com
akun slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://jebswagstore.com
akun demo slot pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://jebswagstore.com
akun slot demo pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://jebswagstore.com
akun slot demo permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://jebswagstore.com
akun demo slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://jebswagstore.com
slot demo gacor
akun demo slot gacor
akun slot demo gacor
akun demo slot pragmatic
akun slot demo pragmatic
akun slot demo
akun demo slot
slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://demoslotgacor.pro
akun demo slot gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://demoslotgacor.pro
akun slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://demoslotgacor.pro
akun demo slot pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://demoslotgacor.pro
akun slot demo pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://demoslotgacor.pro
akun slot demo permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://demoslotgacor.pro
akun demo slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://demoslotgacor.pro
slot demo gacor
akun demo slot gacor
akun slot demo gacor
akun demo slot pragmatic
akun slot demo pragmatic
akun slot demo
akun demo slot
slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://situsslotterbaru.net
akun demo slot gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://situsslotterbaru.net
akun slot demo gacor permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://situsslotterbaru.net
akun demo slot pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://situsslotterbaru.net
akun slot demo pragmatic permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://situsslotterbaru.net
akun slot demo permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://situsslotterbaru.net
akun demo slot permainan paling top dan garansi imbal balik hasil besar bersama https://situsslotterbaru.net
slot demo gacor
akun demo slot gacor
akun slot demo gacor
akun demo slot pragmatic
akun slot demo pragmatic
akun slot demo
akun demo slot
situs slot terbaru
slot terbaru