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Modders have ported Nvidia’s driver-level frame generation technology to GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs, letting owners of Ampere cards improve motion in titles that lack built-in support. Nvidia officially supports Smooth Motion only on RTX 40 and 50 Series hardware, but two separate GitHub projects now enable the feature on RTX 30 Series cards. One project expands an existing DLSS Frame Gen mod to add Smooth Motion, a
second project intercepts the Nvidia presentation layer to initialise the feature on SM86 hardware. User reports indicate the mods are working in games such as Batman: Arkham Knight, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Dead Space Remake, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. The mods work by patching driver checks and intercepting CUDA module loading, which allows the frame-generation code to run on Ampere silicon. Nvidia has not announced plans to officially support Smooth Motion on older GPUs, but the availability of these mods shows that no technical barrier is blocking the feature. The mods could pressure Nvidia to bring the technology to RTX 30 and older cards, though users should treat the implementations as experimental.
Why It Matters: Frame generation is a key performance tool for older or less powerful hardware, and this modding effort demonstrates that Nvidia’s driver-level tech is not locked to newer silicon. By enabling Smooth Motion on RTX 30 Series cards, modders give Ampere owners a way to improve motion in games that lack built-in frame generation, potentially extending the lifespan of older GPUs.