DLSS 3 Frame Generation Performance
On this page, we are going to evaluate the smoothness advantage that DLSS 3 Frame Generation adds to the games that support it. *Note* that while we are reporting the average FPS (Frames Per Second) on the graph, to represent the advantage, this is not really indicative of what Frame Generation does, as it does not contribute to the input of the game, it doesn’t factor into actual performance, but rather motion smoothness. It’s not a performance booster, it’s a smoothness booster. Please keep this in mind as you read the graphed results.
Horizon Forbidden West
In Horizon Forbidden West we can enable Quality DLSS Upscaling as well as DLSS 3 Frame Generation. We can see that at native 4K performance starts out at 69, and then moving to DLSS Quality improves the game performance by 32%. When we enable DLSS 3 Frame Generation the game smoothness increases to a reported framerate of 117, which is a further 29% increase in smoothness.
Alan Wake 2
In Alan Wake 2 the framerate starts out at 54FPS at 4K with max settings, and enabling Quality DLSS improves performance by 61%. When we enable Quality DLSS Upscaling and DLSS 3 Frame Generation the smoothness increases to 112, a 29% improvement in the smoothness onscreen.
In this graph above, we have Ray Tracing enabled at the High setting at 4K. The native framerate starts out at 30FPS and enabling Quality DLSS improves performance by 67%. When we enable Quality DLSS Upscaling and DLSS 3 Frame Generation it rises to 80.5, a smoothness increase of 61%.
Dying Light 2
In Dying Light 2 at 4K performance starts out at 101.1 FPS, and with Quality DLSS that improves to 148 FPS an increase of 46%. When we enable Quality DLSS and DLSS 3 Frame Generation the smoothness increases onscreen to 165, a 12% increase in smoothness.
In the graph above now we have Ray Tracing enabled at 4K. Performance starts out at 48FPS in native resolution and increases to 83.7FPS an increase of 73% in performance. When we enable Quality DLSS and DLSS 3 Frame Generation the smoothness increases by 39%.
Cyberpunk 2077
In Cyberpunk 2077 the performance starts out at 54FPS in native resolution at 4K and with Quality DLSS that bumps up to 71FPS a 32% performance improvement. When we enable Quality DLSS and DLSS 3 Frame Generation the smoothness increases onscreen by 19%.
In the graph above we have Ray Tracing enabled at 4K, so performance is unplayable until we use DLSS. Enabling DLSS Quality improves performance by 88%. When we enable Quality DLSS and DLSS 3 Frame Generation the smoothness onscreen improves by 43%.
Discussion (15 replies)
Join Discussion →I recently gave in to getting a Zotac Amp Aero Extreme OC version of this. Loving it so far and have mostly had identical experiences with it but so far only had a few hours of playtime and testing this past Sunday. I was lucky enough to find one on Amazon for $1150 plus tax and free shipping. I'm also impressed with its power efficiency. I totally agree, the 4080 done right.
While I think its a great card, its still overpriced IMO.
It's only overpriced if they can keep it in stock...
Well, the one I got is already out of stock and the other sellers start at least $100 higher.
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oh, and I messed up on what I paid. It was $1099.
The super cards have been over msrp since they came out unless you were lucky enough to get one pretty early on. I've been pretty happy with my MSI 4080 non super which I paid under $1,000 for at the time. Got it before things got crazy again with the GPU market again.
There've been some ups and downs with them. I've been checking somewhat regularly since the 4070 Ti Super launched because I knew I wanted to upgrade that rig. The one that I've never seen at MSRP is what Brent reviewed, the Founders Edition, but only having one or two official sources for that makes it incredibly difficult to get.
I forget who, but someone mentioned in another thread that B&H has had some AIB cards at MSRP, PNY I think, and I almost ordered one from them. Newegg has some but you usually have to get them in a PSU combo and there are some decent combos (saw a MSI Suprim X 4080 Super and 1300W ATX 3.0 for ~$1300) but I really don't need a new PSU right now but I almost pulled the trigger on that one. I ultimately reminded myself how this was really a splurge and to stick to a budget that started in the 900-1000 range.
It's a shame though, yeah, anyone wanting to get one at MSRP still has to put in the time to look around. They can be found and some days are easier than others but persistence is key for those who want to save money. The only reason I didn't go with the 4070 Ti Super, and I've absolutely found some at $799, is that it would be a wash with the 3090 Ti I replaced while the 4080 Super is ~10% improvement, and more when factoring in DLSS 3 options. That combined with significantly less power usage and better cooling vs the 3090 Ti was enough to convince me for this card and I'm definitely happy.
Just did a quick search at NVIDIA and yep, no sign of the founders edition but there are two other models at MSRP.
Just to add that I've been pleasantly surprised with the 4090 FE card I have. This is my first FE card and so far it has run the coolest out of the three 4090's I have owned.
I almost grabbed the MSI Expert version of the 4080 Super because it's more-or-less a clone of the FE and accessible but I wanted to try the strategy of an even bigger heatsink for more passive cooling. Having heard of the energy efficiency of the 4080 Super I was curious about that strategy but as your experience and Brent's review shows, the FEs are usually awesome. I'm pretty happy with the Zotac though, it boosts to 2685 MHz at stock and I can't hear it above the AIO/case fans which are all pretty quiet most of the time.
I don't think Zotac gets enough appreciation in the hardware community. I have used them off and on going back to I believe was a 9800GT card that lasted for years.
They're just not as focused on NA as the standard gamut of GPU vendors. Believe they're bigger in EU.
I've had folks telling me for about a decade that they make good cards at great prices but the name is what held me back. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings but its just not one that makes me think, yeah I need a Zotac to get the job done. However, I'm somewhat converted now, at least on the affordable side of things for OC model.
I only had one Zotac card as they are hard to come by here, it was a Geforce 4 Ti 4200, it OCed past my brothers Ti 4600, really good performance at the time.
I didn't know, or at least remember, they'd been around that long. They didn't get on my radar until around the 700 or 900 series.
They're part of the Olde Garde.
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