{
  "id": 18356074,
  "title": "Gamers go to ridiculous lengths to \"improve\" GTA VI with Nvidia's DLSS 5",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/gamers-go-to-ridiculous-lengths-to-improve-gta-vi-with-nvidias-dlss-5",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-05T17:40:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica",
    "slug": "ars-technica",
    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/11/gamers-go-to-ridiculous-lengths-to-improve-gta-vi-with-nvidias-dlss-5/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "While Grand Theft Auto VI remains a console exclusive, some gamers are resorting to extraordinary measures to leverage Nvidia's DLSS 5 technology on their PC graphics cards. On an unmoderated GTAVI subreddit, user RevolutionaryBus8208 unveiled a speculative setup that involves capturing a PlayStation 5's 4K output to a PC, then processing the video signal through Veyra, an open-source tool capable of applying DLSS 5's AI-driven neural rendering to video content. This process also incorporates DLSS frame generation, which elevates the 30 fps source to a 90 fps output, which is subsequently transmitted back to a 4K TV, purportedly infusing some of the advantages of a high-end PC graphics card into a console-only game. To showcase the potential of this arrangement, RevolutionaryBus8208 employed Veyra to upscale the August Grand Theft Auto VI Extended Look trailer. The DLSS-enhanced version appears marginally improved, featuring sharper background elements, more subdued shadows, and more convincing light scattering on certain surfaces. However, it also seems slightly washed out relative to the original video's deeper blacks and appears unnaturally smooth, with a \"soap opera effect\" in some scenes.",
  "summary": "Using a capture card and open source software to run PS5 video through a PC GPU.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}