To the surprise of no one, Intel has announced the next version of XeSS, Intel XeSS 3. Intel XeSS 3 will have support for Multi-Frame Generation, which is identical to the one we’ve seen in DLSS 4.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. NVIDIA is so far ahead of pretty much everyone. When it introduced DLSS 3 Frame Gen, a lot criticized it. Then, when it introduced Multi-Frame Gen, the same people went hard on it. But look what both AMD and Intel are doing. They are copying exactly what NVIDIA did a year ago.

Intel XeSS 3 MFG will work exactly like DLSS 4 MFG. It will support 2X, 3X, and 4X modes. Intel XeSS 3 MFG will be ideal for hitting high framerates. So, you will at least need a base framerate of 45FPS.

The good news here is that Intel XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Gen will be compatible with non-Intel GPUs. Moreover, Intel XeSS 3 will be compatible with XeSS 2. Intel also plans to add an XeSS 3 MFG Override setting on its software. This will allow all Intel GPU owners to use Intel XeSS 3 MFG in the games that already support Intel XeSS 2 Frame Gen.

Those who don’t own an Intel GPU will have to rely on native XeSS 3 MFG support or on mods. This will make things a bit more complicated. Nevertheless, you will still be able to try MFG for yourself. I can also guarantee that most people who criticize it haven’t even tried it — just like when players complained about DLSS 3 Frame Gen.

I’ve been extensively covering DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Gen these past months. So, I’m curious to see how Intel XeSS 3 MFG will fare against it. We’ve seen games in which the DLSS 4 MFG implementation was kind of bad. We’ve also seen games in which the DLSS 4 MFG implementation was amazing. This means that results can wildly vary based on different games.

Intel will debut XeSS 3 with the Panther Lake platform and Xe3 graphics GPUs in 2026. This will give NVIDIA a one-year head start. Oh, and you can also expect AMD to add a similar feature with FSR 5.0!