{
  "id": 5764148,
  "title": "We tested DLSS 5 in NBA 2K27 with every RTX 50-series GPU — first official release comes with a big performance hit, but almost every Blackwell card can run it at 1080p",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/we-tested-dlss-5-in-nba-2k27-with-every-rtx-50-series-gpu-first",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-05T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/we-tested-dlss-5-in-nba-2k27-with-every-rtx-50-series-gpu-first-official-release-comes-with-a-big-performance-hit-but-almost-every-blackwell-card-can-run-it-at-1080p"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nvidia has launched DLSS 5 in NBA 2K27, and a team of testers has spent the past night evaluating its performance across every RTX 50-series graphics card. Before discussing the performance cost of DLSS 5, many may wonder if this technology is worth the hype, given the controversy surrounding its recent unveiling. The answer is a resounding yes. This first-party implementation of DLSS 5, tailored to the needs of 2K Games' art directors and artists, looks impressive and near-perfect. With DLSS 5 enabled, faces appear more natural, hair looks more realistic, and eyes have the appropriate tones, depth, and sparkle. The technology brings great life to the game, making it easier to suspend disbelief and get lost in the action. The team set up their testing system with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, 32GB of G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 CL30 memory, an Asus TUF Gaming X670E-Plus Wifi motherboard, a 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD for storage, an MSI MPG Ai1600TS 1600W power supply, and Windows 11 Pro. Performance was measured using Nvidia's FrameView 2.0 utility and graphics card power consumption was directly measured with Nvidia's PCAT hardware power logging tool. At 1080p resolution, the RTX 5070 and above were CPU-bound without DLSS 5 enabled, even with maximum settings and ray tracing on. However, with DLSS 5 enabled, even the RTX 5060 could achieve nearly 60 FPS on average. DLSS Super Resolution (DLSS SR) was also tested, but due to the fixed cost per output frame required to run the DLSS 5 model, enabling DLSS SR may not provide as significant a performance boost as expected.",
  "summary": "We tested Nvidia's DLSS 5 in NBA 2K27 across every RTX 50-series graphics card at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K to see just how much performance it costs to explore the frontiers of neural rendering.",
  "key_points": [
    "DLSS 5 launched in NBA 2K27 with improved realism in faces, hair, and eyes.",
    "RTX 5070 and above CPU-bound at 1080p without DLSS 5, DLSS 5 enables ~60 FPS on RTX 5060.",
    "DLSS SR may not provide significant performance boost due to fixed cost per output frame."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}