I’ve just spent the best $6.99 / £5.89 on the Steam Store after two decades of using Valve’s digital platform. Previously, I would have told you Wallpaper Engine, which cost me the princely sum of $3.99 / £3.49 a few years back was one of the wisest teeny investments I’ve ever given Gabe Newell, but that’s recently changed after I was pointed to a brilliant frame generation app.
First up, if you’re not familiar with frame gen, it was first rolled out by Nvidia when the GPU manufacturer released DLSS 3.0 super sampling. Using AI, it creates entirely new frames then places it between those a game has already rendered (provided a title supports either Team Green’s fps-boosting feature or the likes of AMD FSR 3.1 frame generation). The net result? Significantly boosted frame rates for comparatively little loss in image quality compared to rendering a title at your PC or laptop’s native screen resolution.
