Published May 2, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT Hamlin has been in the tech field for over seven years. Since 2017, his work has appeared on MakeUseOf , OSXDaily, Beebom, MashTips, and more. He served as the Senior Editor for MUO for two years before joining XDA. He uses a Windows PC for desktop use and a MacBook for traveling, but dislikes some of the quirks of macOS. You're more likely to catch him at the gym or on a flight than anywhere else. Frame generation has always been a controversial topic among gamers ever since Nvidia introduced it alongside the RTX 4000-series GPUs. It started with a simple 2x multiplier, but fast-forward to 2026, and we now have Multi-Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi-Frame Generation with up to a 6x multiplier . At this point, I'm sure some of you wonder whether it's worth splurging on a flagship card like the RTX 5090 when something like an RTX 5060 Ti or 5070 Ti can just lean on frame generation to close the gap.…