Yes, for low-end GPUs and non-RTX hardware. LSFG 3 is superior to:
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Psychological heuristics:
| Method | Avg FPS | 99th %ile frametime (ms) | VRAM (MB) | Smoothness rating (1-10) | |--------|---------|--------------------------|-----------|--------------------------| | LSFG 2 (official) | 58.2 | 19.4 | 2840 | 7.2 | | LSFG 3 (official) | 59.8 | 14.2 | 2210 | 8.9 | | Cracked LSFG 3 | 53.1 | 28.7 | 3100 | 5.4 | | Magpie FSR 2 | 55.0 | 25.0 | 2650 | 6.0 | Yes, for low-end GPUs and non-RTX hardware
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