Journalists caught NVIDIA lying. RTX 30 is capable of more than the company claimed
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
For years, NVIDIA claimed that Frame Generation was technically impossible on GeForce RTX 30 graphics cards. Hardware Unboxed journalists tested a third-party mod and proved the opposite.
In recent weeks, mods have emerged whose creators claim it is possible to run the original version of Frame Generation on RTX 20 and RTX 30 series graphics cards. Hardware Unboxed journalists decided to test these claims and found that the technology actually works. Thanks to the mods, owners of older RTX graphics cards can get the same high-quality frame generation as RTX 40 and RTX 50 users.
This is not some other variety of Frame Generation that merely mimics the real thing. It looks like we are looking at the genuine technology. (...) This is great news for owners of older graphics cards who were previously denied access to this feature.
Most importantly, frame pacing smoothness here is on the same level as with the native Frame Generation implementation on RTX 40 and RTX 50. The load on the GPU is also practically the same.
In short, NVIDIA lied to us regarding Frame Generation support on the RTX 30 generation. That is my conclusion after testing. These tests show that NVIDIA turned its back on RTX 30 owners, artificially restricting access to the feature without any technical justification.
The MFG Unlocker mod works as a plugin for OptiScaler. You can download it and read the installation instructions on GitHub.
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