Published Jun 17, 2026, 5:00 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. Not too long ago, you needed a high-end GPU to play games at 4K while maintaining smooth frame rates. In fact, native 4K gaming can still be very demanding on some of the fastest GPUs on the market today, like the RTX 5090 and 4090. However, you don't necessarily need more GPU horsepower to push your frame rates higher, thanks to AI upscaling and frame generation . While upscaling lets your GPU render at a lower internal resolution to reduce workload, frame generation uses AI to insert additional frames between rendered frames.…