{
  "id": 5665996,
  "title": "DLSS 5 officially launches inside NBA 2K27, limited to RTX 50-series GPUs for now — Nvidia promises to bring neutral rendering tech to RTX 40-series soon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/dlss-5-officially-launches-inside-nba-2k27-limited-to-rtx-50-series",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T23:09:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/dlss-5-officially-launches-inside-nba-2k27-limited-to-rtx-50-series-gpus-for-now-nvidia-promises-to-bring-neutral-rendering-tech-to-rtx-40-series-soon"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nvidia's DLSS 5, a real-time rendering technology, has officially launched within NBA 2K27, though it is currently limited to RTX 50-series GPUs. The innovative AI-based rendering technique is being used to enhance the game's visual quality, improving the photorealism of player models and lighting. However, the feature comes at a significant performance cost, with DLSS 5 reducing the game's FPS to around 61 when upscaled from 1080p to 4K. Despite the heavy computational demands, Nvidia has assured that the technology will soon be available on RTX 40-series GPUs, although the exact timeline remains undisclosed. The company's decision to extend DLSS 5 support to older GPUs appears to be influenced by modders successfully modifying the software to work on 30- and 20-series cards as well. As more titles adopt DLSS 5, its dataset is expected to grow, potentially setting it apart from other AI rendering solutions. Currently, DLSS 5 remains an on/off toggle in most games, with specific parameter adjustments made by the developers.",
  "summary": "Nvidia's controversial neural-rendering tech, DLSS 5, is now officially available in NBA 2K27, marking the start of a new era for the company. DLSS 5 will also come to RTX 40-series soon after current work on optimizing it for the RTX 50-series has reached a satisfactory state.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "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."
}