MSI GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16G EXPERT Video Card Review

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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

Horizon Forbidden West 4K DLSS 3 Frame Generation Performance Graph

In Horizon Forbidden West turning on DLSS 3 Frame Generation improves smoothness over just Quality DLSS by 24% at 4K to 121FPS average. If we compare this to native resolution that is a smoothness improvement of 70%.

Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2 4K DLSS 3 Frame Generation Performance Graph

In Alan Wake 2 turning on DLSS 3 Frame Generation improves the smoothness over DLSS Quality by 29%. If we compare this to the native resolution that is a smoothness improvement of 108%.

Alan Wake 2 4K Ray Tracing DLSS 3 Frame Generation Performance Graph

With Path Tracing turned on at 4K it’s very demanding, but DLSS 3 Frame Generation allows a smoothness improvement over DLSS Quality by 54%. If we compare this to the native resolution that is a smoothness improvement of 162%.

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 4K DLSS 3 Frame Generation Performance Graph

In Cyberpunk 2077 if we enable DLSS 3 Frame Generation we see a smoothness improvement over DLSS Quality of 21%. Compared to the native resolution that is a smoothness improvement of 56%.

Cyberpunk 2077 4K Ray Tracing DLSS 3 Frame Generation Performance Graph

Ray Tracing Ultra at 4K is demanding, but DLSS 3 Frame Generation allows a smoothness improvement over DLSS Quality of 47%. If we compare this to the native resolution then it allows a smoothness improvement of 169%.

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REVIEW OVERVIEW

Gaming Performance
10
Build Quality and Cooling
10
Overclocking
9
Price Value
9

SUMMARY

The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16G EXPERT Video Card offers a unique Founders Edition like design from MSI, with a Push/Pull fan configuration and die-cast aluminum allow frame with mesh metal cover. It has excellent performance at 4K, blasting through games, and with DLSS Upscaling and fast Ray Tracing the gameplay experience is among the best. It has some overclocking potential with GPU and Memory, and Voltage control, it's more expensive than the competition, but offers a lot of features like DLSS 3 Frame Generation.
Brent Justicehttps://www.thefpsreview.com
Former managing editor of GPUs at HardOCP for 18 years, Brent Justice has been reviewing computer components since the late 90s, educated in the art and method of the computer hardware review, he brings experience, knowledge, and hands-on testing with a gamer-oriented and hardware enthusiast perspective. You can follow him on Twitter - @Brent_Justice You can sub to his YouTube channel - Justice Gaming https://www.youtube.com/c/JusticeGamingChannel You can check out his computer builds on KIT - @BrentJustice https://kit.co/BrentJustice

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