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[Runtime Bug]: Something about DLFG feels off

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Description

Describe the bug

With more recent remix updates, me and other people noticed that having an FG multiplier larger than 2x feels somewhat off. I have Intel Presentmon running to see if FG is actually producing frames. I have a 120hz display.

Eg. in GTA4 with a baseline framerate of ~30fps (cpu limited) - no framerate cap in the game nor via nvidia app or dxvk.conf - no vsync - no gsync or freesync active

  • No FG: choppy - 27fps (intel)
  • FG 2x: pretty smooth - 56fps (intel)
  • FG 3x: still smooth but a little stuttery - 81fps (intel)
  • FG 4x: still smooth but even more stuttery / feeling off - 96fps (intel)
  • FG 6x: almost no smoothing - almost feels like no FG but with added delay - 146fps (intel)

Baseline framerate of 60fps still slightly cpu bottlenecked:

  • FG 2x: very, very smooth - 100fps (intel)
  • FG 3x: very, very smooth
  • FG 4x: very, very smooth
  • FG 5x: less smooth, a little choppy
  • FG 6x: still feels like no FG - much worse than 2x - 240fps (intel)

Using throttle presents in the remix dev tab - set to 40ms (same game scene as above which would be at 60fps):

  • 2x: much better than no FG
  • 4x: I think I can "see" more frames but it feels a lot less smooth than 2x?
  • 6x: still better than no FG but worse than 4x and much more worse than 2x

Would love to present some footage but its almost impossible to record / see on footage.

I'd say its only really noticeable with a base framerate of 60 or below. Noticed it in GTA4, Portal 2 and Left 4 Dead 2.
Others also reported weird frametime feeling with FG above 2x. I think 4x FG was fine for me at one point but I'm not totally sure about that.

CR (from the discord community) said he has seen it on:
Skate 3, Garry's Mod RTX, UnityRTX, and BetaRT

How do you reproduce the bug?

Switch between FG modes with a base framerate of around 30 to 60

What is the expected behavior?

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Version

Build 1319 (latest actions build)

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in build 1319 with a 30–60 FPS base rate, switching between 2x, 4x, and 6x FG in GTA4, Portal 2, or Left 4 Dead 2. Use Intel PresentMon and the Remix dev-tab present throttle to compare frame pacing and perceived smoothness. Done means the higher-multiplier behavior is explained and corrected or narrowed to a documented, reproducible runtime issue.

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Domain
computer-graphics, performance
Issue type
Bug
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Estimated time
3-5 days
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Newbie friendliness
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