frontpage2deal posted Dec 04, 2025 08:57 PM
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frontpage2deal posted Dec 04, 2025 08:57 PM
MSI GeForce RTX 5050 8G SHADOW 2X OC 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card
+ Free Shipping$190 after $20 Rebate
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Frame generation essentially has the gpu render two frames and then hold them, preventing them being displayed immediately, while it interpolates ai generated frames in between the two rendered frames and then displays them sequentially, spacing them out to maintain frametime consistency. The benefit to this is that, in theory, you can achieve the appearance of visual smoothness corresponding with a higher framerate on hardware not powerful enough to reach said framerate. There are, however, several major drawbacks:
First, since frames are held back in order to allow ai generated frames be displayed in between them, while visual smoothness will be improved, latency and responsiveness actually worsen. Additionally, the overhead of generating the ai frames will decrease your base framerate. If you were to compare a game running at 240fps multi frame gen 4x and a game running at 60fps without frame gen side-by-side, while the mfg game would look far smoother, the 60fps game would actually feel less laggy and more responsive than the "240fps" game. Frame generation is best suited for giving a boost to visual smoothness when your card is already powerful enough to reach high fps in a game, not to improve performance of weaker hardware. Second, enabling frame generation increases vram use, which is a massive problem for a card with only 8gb of vram. An 8gb card will already struggle to run many modern games at 1080p medium settings without raytracing or frame gen, turning frame gen on will make what's already an enormous issue even worse. Third, the ai generated frames often have artifacts and other visual anomalies, which can drastically worsen the visual quality of the game. This largely depends on the specific title, and is much worse if you have a lower base framerate or use a higher multiplier of frame gen. Fourth, multi frame generation is only really useful with higher refresh rate monitors. To maintain response times anywhere even close to playing the game at 60fps without frame gen you need at absolute minimum an 120hz monitor for 2x, 180hz for 3x, and 240hz for 4x.
Frame gen and multiframe gen are primarily useful for playing games where latency doesn't matter much, and the additional visual smoothness is worth the laggier overall experience. Slow paced third person single player games on a high refresh rate monitor where your base framerate is already 70+ fps are prime candidates for using frame generation. While it's not an inherently "bad" feature, since it can be legitimately useful under the right circumstances, frame generation is ultimately FAR more limited in utility than Nvidia would attempt to convince you of. On a card as weak as the rtx 5050, many of those flaws are magnified further, to the point it really shouldn't factor into your purchasing decisions to any meaningful degree.
With regards to this deal, the rtx 5050 at $190 isn't a bad price if you just want something modern and cheap, but it isn't a truly fantastic value either. Keep in mind the 5050 only has pcie x8 rather than x16, so if your motherboard/cpu don't support pcie gen4 or newer you should avoid this card. If you're technologically savvy at all and have a decent processor (intel i5 12400 or better, or amd 5600 or better) on a motherboard supporting resizable bar (also known as smart access memory), I'd generally recommend going for the intel arc b580 12gb at $250 or less (sales at $230 recently) instead. The extra $40 for 12gb of vram is more than worth it if you plan to keep this card for more than a couple of years. Alternatively, you can definitely find better deals in the used market if you're willing to tolerate the additional risk, lack of warranty, and missing out on certain modern features.
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Now, if you have money, a non-proprietary PSU, don't want to deal with selling off components, etc. - then this is not for you. As others have stated, you can pay a bit more and get something more future proof.
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Edit: Nvm, I found out it's only for Platinum or Business Gold.
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