{"id":9908,"date":"2025-02-11T14:34:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/?p=9908"},"modified":"2025-02-11T14:34:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:34:32","slug":"fake-frames-tested-dlss-4-0-mfg-4x-nvidias-misleading-review-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2025\/02\/11\/fake-frames-tested-dlss-4-0-mfg-4x-nvidias-misleading-review-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Fake Frames&#8221; Tested | DLSS 4.0, MFG 4X, &#038; NVIDIA&#8217;s Misleading Review Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nh1FHR9fkJk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We talk about NVIDIA&#8217;s DLSS 4.0 multi-frame generation (MFG), NVIDIA&#8217;s weird decisions on testing tools, differences in transformer vs. CNN (convolutional neural network) models, benchmark performance, and generated frames. 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