A question about dynamic frame generation

[Max Eckhardt]

In one of Linus’ recent videos he told us that Nvidia recommends setting dynamic frame gen to our monitor’s refresh rate. 
I game on a 120Hz OLED television. 
Thinking back to my recent struggles with Indiana Jones in which the game struggled to hold a steady 60fps with all of the bells and whistles enabled should I not be setting dynamic frame gen to 60fps then? 

[GuiltySpark_]

2 hours ago, Max Eckhardt said:

I game on a 120Hz OLED television. 

Same, w/ GSync. 

 

I expect to experiment between setting it to refresh rate or just setting it to 116 which is my global framerate cap (which is the deal setup anyway: https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1lokih2/putting_misconceptions_about_optimal_fps_caps/)

No one really knows and we'll know more by playing with it when its available.

 

I don't actually have access to MFG myself (4090) but for 4K, I'm far more reliant on DLSS even down to Performance mode before I'll consider FG. Only in really bad cases like with Stalker 2 do I use it normally. 

 

 

[OddOod]

1 hour ago, Max Eckhardt said:

struggled to hold a steady 60fps with all of the bells and whistles enabled should I not be setting dynamic frame gen to 60fps then? 

In that case you'd probably want to consider turning down some bells and whistles. Otherwise, yeah, target a locked 60

 

[Kilrah]

3 hours ago, Max Eckhardt said:

Thinking back to my recent struggles with Indiana Jones in which the game struggled to hold a steady 60fps with all of the bells and whistles enabled should I not be setting dynamic frame gen to 60fps then? 

If you still have the 3080 that's in your profile then it doesn't support it anyway.

[Max Eckhardt]

On 1/8/2026 at 7:49 PM, OddOod said:

In that case you'd probably want to consider turning down some bells and whistles. Otherwise, yeah, target a locked 60

 

I ok until I watched DF. They made me dissatisfied with my experience and I overextended myself.

[Max Eckhardt]

On 1/8/2026 at 9:35 PM, Kilrah said:

If you still have the 3080 that's in your profile then it doesn't support it anyway.

Oh, sorry, I’ll update. I’m on a 4080 now. Of course, my 4080 doesn’t either. But I plan to upgrade next year. 

[starsmine]

On 1/8/2026 at 1:03 PM, Max Eckhardt said:

In one of Linus’ recent videos he told us that Nvidia recommends setting dynamic frame gen to our monitor’s refresh rate. 
I game on a 120Hz OLED television. 
Thinking back to my recent struggles with Indiana Jones in which the game struggled to hold a steady 60fps with all of the bells and whistles enabled should I not be setting dynamic frame gen to 60fps then? 

I would not. 

Frame gen being turned on when base frame rate is under 60fps is a bad time. 

Frame gen does not increase the FPS of the base game. It makes it worse in all cases. 

You PLAY the game at the base frame rate, not the multiplied frame rate. FG adds overhead (lower base frame rate) as well as holds onto the real frame for frame pacing (even more increased latency). 

MFG is best used when you are running 240+ Screens and you are multiplying up say a base of 80 with 3x. 
or with single FG, a base of 120 with 2x.

Dynamic allows it to lower the multiplier when you do not need it to hit your target fps as every time you increase the multiplier it makes the game look (artifacts) and run worse to give you visual smoothness. 

if you were struggling to get 60fps in indiana jones, FG will just make your game run worse. Lower settings/increase your DLSS. (which is lowering settings)

[OddOod]

On 1/11/2026 at 7:21 AM, Max Eckhardt said:

I ok until I watched DF. They made me dissatisfied with my experience and I overextended myself.

Comparison is the thief of joy

[ewitte]

Being on a 120hz OLED TV (I have a 240hz OLED as well but don't use it much) as well but with a 4090 I don't really ever want to turn FG on.  Looking at an upgrade from the C1 to C6 late this year though which would get me up to 165hz.

[Timme]

On 1/8/2026 at 8:03 PM, Max Eckhardt said:

recent struggles with Indiana Jones

Games that are a poorly optimized mess shouldn't be really taken as a benchmark. But as was previously mentioned, if you struggle to reach 60fps, frame gen wouldn't be a great experience compared to lowering the effects and using DLSS.

[ewitte]

20 minutes ago, Timme said:

Games that are a poorly optimized mess shouldn't be really taken as a benchmark. But as was previously mentioned, if you struggle to reach 60fps, frame gen wouldn't be a great experience compared to lowering the effects and using DLSS.

slow doesn't mean unoptimized.  I'd say I was getting 4k (DLSS but now FG) over 100fps with raytracing on but that is with a 4090...

[Timme]

1 hour ago, ewitte said:

slow doesn't mean unoptimized. 

Slow relative to what's on screen vs the hardware it takes to reach that. I.e., if it is not CP2077 maxed out, it shouldn't struggle to reach 100 fps.

[starsmine]

2 hours ago, Timme said:

Games that are a poorly optimized mess shouldn't be really taken as a benchmark. But as was previously mentioned, if you struggle to reach 60fps, frame gen wouldn't be a great experience compared to lowering the effects and using DLSS.

Indiana jones is not one of the games I would put in the bucket of poorly optimized.

Low fps does not = lack of optimization. Like Crysis 1 was one of the modern marvels of optimization. (its lack of parallelization not withstanding)

Its not UE5 slop.

[Timme]

5 minutes ago, starsmine said:

Crysis 1

Crysis defeated GPUs by the sheer complexity of the graphics, just like CP2077. Indiana Jones is from the same basket as MHWilds and Borderlands 4.

[starsmine]

2 minutes ago, Timme said:

Crysis defeated GPUs by the sheer complexity of the graphics, just like CP2077. Indiana Jones is from the same basket as MHWilds and Borderlands 4.

Are you saying that because you dislike the game?
indiana jones is in the same bucket as crysis and cp2077

[Timme]

Just now, starsmine said:

Are you saying that because you dislike the game?

????

[ewitte]

many kinds of "optimization" most games don't have ALL of them.

 

optimized for graphics (usually slower)

optimized for performance

optimized for gameplay

optimized for story.

optimized for replayability

 

Something can also be highly optimized but give you OPTIONS to increase use crazy settings that barely make any noticeable difference.  Indiana Jones has a VRAM setting that needs like 18GB but if you drop down to "high" your fine with 12GB.  Maybe just trying to use too high of settings?  I had it pretty much maxed out at 4k and it was pretty much always over 100fps.