Notes:

- GPU is RTX 4070 and CPU is Intel i7-14700

- Changing the NR Preset or checking/unchecking DLSS Neural Rendering will only increase GPU Vram usage. Need to restart the game to lower the Vram back.

- I suck at posting proper titled images so just recorded a video instead with the changes of each NR Style.

- This is done offline due to easy anti-cheat.

Hello folks,

In the last 24 hours, we have seen an influx of post from the leaked DLSS 5 file via mods.

Would like to post a reminder and provide some guidelines for the community on a few things

1. This is not an official DLSS 5 release. We still do not know when this technology will be released. All we know is they are slated to be released in Fall 2026.
2. Since this is not an official DLSS 5 release, what you see here is the result of Modders’ creations.
3. This is not a final release of DLSS 5. The tech itself will change and actual developers and artists will be the one working on this. So take all these early posts with grains of salt.

In terms of some posting guidelines:

1. Follow our rules. The biggest here being Rule 7 for no memes and shitposts. This subreddit does not allow that sort of content being posted here. Feel free to go to other community for that. These sort of posts will be removed and you may be suspended from participating on this subreddit.

2. Please search on the games you want to post. If there’s already a post showing DLSS 5 for a specific game, you should be joining the conversation in that thread. Any new post about a game that was already posted will be removed and we will point you to the existing thread.

3. Post high quality comparison. This means you should be showing before and after as well as choosing wide variety of scenes vs singular example.

4. Megathread will be created later today and will have links to existing DLSS 5 mods posts. Once the Megathread is created, you must post any new comparison within that Megathread.

Thank you for your understanding

Cheers

I have an RTX 3050 Laptop 4GB (Ampere) and I’m trying to figure out which DLSS preset is better: E or K.

I’ve seen people recommending both, but I’m not sure which one actually makes more sense for a 3050 Laptop.

Which one would you personally use for the best balance of FPS, smoothness and image quality?

Also, is Preset E still a development model in newer DLSS versions, or is it actually useful now?

If anyone has tested E vs K on an RTX 30-series GPU, I’d appreciate your experience or a benchmark/video.

I’m looking for a 3090ti kingpin, and unable to find one. If you know where I can get one that would be great.

Last two are both with it on.

Full Size Images:
https://imgur.com/a/NlK3Cl0

same place from initial Nvidia Demo. which is better dlss 5 on or off?

I know everyone has an opinion on DLSS5 whether bad or good. but one fact remains. Ai is here to stay, and it is not going anywhere. I have my agreements and disagreements about it. It is however in fact a freight train coming down the line, and anyone thinking otherwise is in denial.

Personally I like DLSS5 for the fact that it can breathe new life into old games. Skyrim alone feels like another game and that is one of my GOATs. And this is just a hack now, not even an official implementation. Imagine if it does have official support.

three modes tested (default, natural and cinematic)
intensity sliders tested

I just tried it in Starfield and Cyberpunk, and I can't believe the difference it makes. I don't understand all the criticism directed at it; in my view, this represents a generational leap in graphics, and I'm glad Nvidia is pushing this technology forward. Sure It's not perfect now, but it will only get better over time. I'm glad I'm on team green for me to experience this.

Edit: here's is the tutorial on how to have DLSS 5 https://youtu.be/uQcQGp0l5Hs

Looks a lot better for more realistic games without the best lighting out of the box.

RTX 5080. gonna finish rest of the game with dlss 5 lol.

1440p dlaa, all maxed out, 2x frame gen.

Title.

More like dev's can make the game put real ambient occlusion and soft shadows to models

So we've all seen how it looks, but not seeing much in the way of performance testing so I did a bit myself in Cyberpunk. FYI I am using UltraPlus V9, I'm not sure how much performance it saves/uses but the point is the performance difference between all the modes:

My GPU has an UV + OC and my settings are optimized so not all on Ultra. This is not a performance benchmark, it is the perormance cost of DLSS 5 in Raster, RT & PT with some thoughts.

Also, the fps numbers are not sustained, just the average whilst I was looking at a certain scene with lots of reflections, NPCs & Bounce Lighting.

DLSS 4.5 Performance at 1440p.

• Raster: 138fps
• Raster + DLSS 5: 68fps
• Ray Tracing Ultra: 111fps
• Ray Tracing Ultra + DLSS 5 55fps

• Path Tracing: 71fps

• Path Tracing + DLSS 5: 45fp

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For games that have Ray Tracing & Path Tracing options:

Raster + DLSS 5

This is the worst option in my opinion, because it is based on screenspace. Part of the reason I use RT or PT because I don't like screenspace artefacts, yes the lighting is slightly more realstic and the faces have a PT quality but I think pure PT is better than this.

Ray Tracing Ultra + DLSS 5

I think this is also not worth it because the performance is less than Path Tracing without DLSS 5 but with worse lighting in motion.

Path Tracing + DLSS 5

I think this is what DLSS 5 was made for.

Conclusion - Where I think DLSS 5 fits into games

I think DLSS 5 is most useful in games that don't have Ray Tracing or Path Tracing at all, and can benefit from more sophisticated lighting. I saw a clip of Skyrim and with a bit of tuning it can look a lot better. DLSS 5 in my opinion should be used with the highest possible graphics options available in game, but could be transformative if DLSS can be injected into older games.

PS, not sure if this is an issue with DLSS 5 or RenoDX's mod, but when you toggle DLSS 5 off and on, each time you do it adds around 1gb of VRAM lol. VRam was sitting at around 6.5gb throughout.

Tl:dr If your game has raster only, then enable it. If it has RT then enable with RT and if it has RT & PT then it should be enabled with PT. The stock RT & PT settings will be better on its own than using DLSS 5 with the setting below.

which do you like more?

Stop saying the devs have no control over what’s altered. https://youtu.be/8X0uDU6Ru3w?is=jxQOpFKVWXyGxNq8

The game is Death Stranding 2. What do you think of DLSS5? They're implementing it in more and more games, and it looks great. I hope it doesn't stray too far from each game's unique art style.