Nvidia app update fails to block unofficial DLSS multi-frame generation mod on RTX 40 series gaming GPUs — modders restore support across multiple games within hours
When NVIDIA launched the GeForce RTX 50 series, a major part of the hype surrounding the new GPU family was its support for DLSS Multi-Frame Generation. This feature was officially locked to the new RTX 50 "Blackwell" GPUs, but modders have been working on unlocking it for RTX 40-series cards for a while now.
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs received an over-the-air update from the NVIDIA App, ostensibly aimed at blocking unofficial DLSS Multi-Frame Generation (MFG) modding on RTX 40-series cards. However, hackers had already developed workarounds within hours of the update. Despite Nvidia's previous claims that MFG was not possible on RTX 40-series cards due to their reliance on a hardware optical flow generator, tech-savvy gamers found a software-based solution using the same method on Ada Lovelace GPUs.
Multiple mods have emerged to unlock MFG across various games, with differing levels of complexity. While Nvidia has previously emphasized the necessity of Blackwell-specific frame timing instructions for proper frame pacing, community developers have managed to backport these instructions to Ada Lovelace GPUs, enabling the mods to function smoothly.
The emergence of these mods contradicts Nvidia's narrative that MFG only works on RTX 50 series cards.
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