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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The plugin isn't available on the plugin store yet, and has to be downloaded manually from the github.

Also general reminder that framegen isn't recommended to be used under 60fps according to AMD. It will work, but you can get really bad input lag. It'll depend on your own tolerance for input lag and the type of game for whether this will be a viable option for you.

[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the tragedy of frame gen. works the worst when you need it the most.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The (fps) rich get richer while the (fps) poor are left behind, the true tragedy of our times.

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

Too close to home. Lol

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Additionally, the artefacts that appear onscreen are more noticeable as that frame is there there for longer, as opposed to if you went from a base FPS of 100 and took it up to 120 with frame-gen.

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So... What does this mean to us dumb people? Can I install this and BG3 will be nicer?

[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lol, thank you for taking the hit for most of us.

Ditto.

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Seems nobody knows

[–] BigDaddyRAAB@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Frame generation will make your game feel more fluid at (minor) expense to input lag by generating "in between" frames. It works like Nvidia's DLSS 3 but on any graphics card because AMD open sources it

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It will make it look more fluid. It will feel like it's running at a lower framerate, and at the framerates BG3 runs at on the Deck, around 25fps or 40ms per frame, the increase would be quite noticeable.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

I wonder if there’s any significant impact to battery life

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

*In games running on Unreal Engine 5

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Curious to see if this could technically make Stalker 2 playable at decent frame rates on the Steam Deck.

[–] MolochAlter@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

It wouldn't, playability is related to actual frames, generated frames don't take input.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Been waiting for this. For those who want to install it before it is officially released. Download the zip file from their GitHub, Enable the developer option in decky loader then choose install plugin from zip file