Nvidia's controversial, face-changing, gen-AI DLSS 5 tech releases tomorrow for one game, and seems to tank frame-rates
Nvidia's hotly debated DLSS 5 tech, which uses generative AI to apply graphical filters to existing games, arrives this week, albeit only in one game. The game is NBA 2K7, and the GeForce drivers for DLSS 5 arrive Thursday night in the US (9pm PDT) and early Friday morning here (5am BST). This is only available for GeForce 50-series graphics cards, laptops and GeForce Now. Read more
Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 technology, which utilizes generative AI to apply graphical filters to existing games, is set to launch tomorrow for the game NBA 2K7. The GeForce drivers for DLSS 5 will be available Thursday night in the US and early Friday morning in the UK. This advanced version of DLSS 5, known as 3D-Guided Neural Rendering, goes beyond previous iterations by generating rich lighting and material details within the game engine's rendered frame, while preserving the artist's original vision.
However, the introduction of DLSS 5 has raised concerns about both ethical and performance issues. Some users have criticized the technology for "yassifying" characters' faces, while others have pointed out that the performance impact of DLSS 5 is significant. Early tests have shown that the technology can drastically reduce frame rates, with a GeForce RTX 5060 card only managing 43 FPS in 1080p on Ultra settings, and a GeForce RTX 5090 barely breaking 60 FPS in 4K on Ultra.
Despite Nvidia's claims of a 5X performance gain from dual GeForce RTX 5090s to a single graphics card, these results suggest that DLSS 5 may not be the performance-enhancing technology that Nvidia initially touted.
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