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Discover how frame generation can help improve system responsiveness in CPU-bound situations in these 5 games.
Frame Generation, when it launched, received widespread hatred and defamation from the community. This is because it was marketed in a way that showed the GPU’s lack of progress and performance gains through software trickery. But if we take a deeper dive and try to understand how things work, the reality is quite different.
What Frame Generation does is interpolate new frames between existing ones using motion data, effectively doubling perceived frame rate without the need for GPU horsepower. By doing this, it reduces stuttering, improves frame pacing, and increases responsiveness in CPU-bound games, delivering a much smoother experience.
And by doing so, it helps older hardware remain relevant and allows users who can’t afford an optimal 2025 AAA experience. One might call it a matter of optimization, but that’s a topic for another day. If you are unimpressed by the newer hardware options, try out these five games—you will surely love how beautifully they play on your system.
Note: As long as your CPU and GPU pairing is reasonable, you will see the benefits of FG. Don’t go pairing an ancient AMD Phenom or FX CPU with a modern RTX GPU and expect the exact results.
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1. Borderlands 4
Borderlands 4 is built using the Unreal Engine 5 and looks stunning. However, it’s incredibly CPU-intensive, and its performance requires optimization. If you want to play this game on older hardware, frame generation is necessary; otherwise, it will be almost unplayable, with frequent stuttering.
2. Oblivion Remastered
Just like Borderlands 4, Oblivion Remastered also has identical issues. It is, however, a remaster of the legendary Oblivion game. In terms of performance, this game also requires heavy tuning, and only then will you be able to achieve a playable frame rate. That said, on older systems, you have to rely on frame generation via lossless scaling or an optiscaler mod.
3. Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is also a demanding game. With the latest 2.1 update, the developers have mostly ironed out all of the optimization issues. That said, it’s very CPU-heavy even with RT turned off, and this is where frame generation comes in handy should you be playing on older hardware.
4. Dragon’s Dogma 2
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is also an incredibly CPU-intensive game. In this case, the game’s AI system is responsible, as the complex “Pawn” AI system is the source of significant CPU overhead. Frame generation will come in very handy if you have older hardware and look forward to playing this game.
5. Starfield
Starfield is also very CPU-intensive. This is due to the game being vast and procedurally generated. The game’s engine has to constantly track objects, variables, NPCs, and more. As a result, you will see heavy CPU usage while playing the game. Frame generation in this case also helps provide a smooth experience by reducing the CPU’s impact on frame preparation for the GPU and improving responsiveness.
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