diff --git a/src/input_ps5.cpp b/src/input_ps5.cpp
index ba86419..456f38a 100644
--- a/src/input_ps5.cpp
+++ b/src/input_ps5.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
 #include "command.h"
 #include "configuration.h"
 #include "core_option_manager.h"
+#include "core.h"
+#include "core_info.h"
 #include "menu/menu_driver.h"
 #if defined(HAVE_SLANG)
 #include "gfx/video_shader_parse.h"
@@ -1085,6 +1087,15 @@ void run_script_actions() noexcept
             const int slot = settings->ints.state_slot;
             if (action.slot >= 0)
                 settings->ints.state_slot = action.slot;
+            {
+                // What a state needs, in the trace: why a load that logs nothing returns false
+                char why[320];
+                char path[512] = "";
+                runloop_get_current_savestate_path(path, sizeof(path));
+                std::snprintf(why, sizeof(why), "input: state check: core supports savestate=%d serialize_size=%zu path=%s",
+                              core_info_current_supports_savestate() ? 1 : 0, core_serialize_size(), path);
+                ps5_input_trace(why);
+            }
             const bool ok =
                 command_event(save ? CMD_EVENT_SAVE_STATE : CMD_EVENT_LOAD_STATE, nullptr);
             settings->ints.state_slot = slot;
diff --git a/src/ps5_framegen_menu.c b/src/ps5_framegen_menu.c
index 1137102..4c7dd27 100644
--- a/src/ps5_framegen_menu.c
+++ b/src/ps5_framegen_menu.c
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ float ps5_fg_target_fps = 119.88f;
 float ps5_fg_dbg_t = 1.0f;
 /* 1: the core cannot keep its own rate, so frames are shown as it makes them (the driver reads it) */
 int ps5_fg_floor;
+/* For the FPS counter (gfx/video_driver.c): 1 while frames are being generated; the presents a second over the last window */
+int ps5_fg_active;
+float ps5_fg_presents_per_s;
 
 /* The loaded core's frame rate, kept by the video setup (patches/series, 0121) for the driver's cadence check */
 float ps5_fg_core_fps;
@@ -195,8 +198,8 @@ void ps5_fg_osd(bool plan, unsigned subframes, unsigned period, unsigned width,
    char text[200];
    settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
    struct timespec t;
-   if (!settings->bools.video_framegen_osd)
-      return;
+   const bool show_osd = settings->bools.video_framegen_osd;
+   ps5_fg_active = plan && settings->bools.video_framegen && !ps5_fg_floor && pictures >= 2;
    presents++;
    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &t);
    {
@@ -275,11 +278,12 @@ void ps5_fg_osd(bool plan, unsigned subframes, unsigned period, unsigned width,
             gap_n[1], gap_n[1] ? gap_sum[1] / (double)gap_n[1] : 0.0, gap_max[1], gap_off[1]);
       memset(gap_n, 0, sizeof(gap_n)); memset(gap_sum, 0, sizeof(gap_sum));
       memset(gap_max, 0, sizeof(gap_max)); memset(gap_off, 0, sizeof(gap_off));
+      ps5_fg_presents_per_s = (float)((double)presents / seconds);
       presents       = 0;
       last_generated = generated;
       last           = t;
    }
-   if (++osd_calls % 120)
+   if (!show_osd || ++osd_calls % 120)
       return;
    ps5_fg_current(&now);
    if (!now.enable)
diff --git a/tools/apply-port-patches.py b/tools/apply-port-patches.py
index 46da99a..ad4a93e 100755
--- a/tools/apply-port-patches.py
+++ b/tools/apply-port-patches.py
@@ -4389,13 +4389,17 @@ EDITS += [('configuration.h',
  ('gfx/video_driver.c',
   '         last_fps     = TIME_TO_FPS(curr_time, new_time, new_frames);\n         new_frames   = 0;\n',
   '         last_fps     = TIME_TO_FPS(curr_time, new_time, new_frames);\n'
-  '         /* patches/series, 0121: each game frame is presented shader_subframes times (frame generation): '
-  'the rate shown is the rate of\n'
-  '          * the frames the display gets */\n'
-  '         if (video_info.shader_subframes > 1)\n'
-  '            last_fps *= (float)video_info.shader_subframes;\n'
+  '         /* patches/series, 0121: with frame generation on, the rate shown is the rate of the pictures the display\n'
+  '          * gets (the presents a second the generator counted); otherwise it is the core\'s own new frames a second,\n'
+  '          * not the display\'s: a 30 fps game shown twice each is 30 */\n'
+  '         {\n'
+  '            extern int ps5_fg_active;\n'
+  '            extern float ps5_fg_presents_per_s;\n'
+  '            if (ps5_fg_active && ps5_fg_presents_per_s > 1.0f)\n'
+  '               last_fps = ps5_fg_presents_per_s;\n'
+  '         }\n'
   '         new_frames   = 0;\n',
-  'patches/series, 0121: each game frame is presented shader_subframes times'),
+  'patches/series, 0121: with frame generation on, the rate shown'),
  ('retroarch.c',
   '   unsigned shader_subframes              = settings->uints.video_shader_subframes;\n'
   '   bool vrr_runloop_enable                = settings->bools.vrr_runloop_enable;\n'