The Verge sees subtler changes in DLSS 5 for Hogwarts Legacy
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The Verge says new comparison images published by Nvidia show a more restrained version of DLSS 5 in Hogwarts Legacy, with less pronounced changes to faces and the environment. The technology debuts in the game on November 5 and is also coming to Where Winds Meet late next month, Nvidia says.
Nvidia says an October update to its neural rendering system will shrink the model by 24%, to roughly 118 million parameters, and reduce 4K video memory use by 20%. The company says this will make DLSS 5 twice as fast on RTX 50 GPUs and upcoming RTX Spark laptops. The new model debuts in NBA 2K27 on October 16 and will ship by default in future DLSS 5 games. A beta update to the Nvidia app also promises up to 35% faster Frame Generation, with minor image-quality trade-offs, the company says.
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The update could make DLSS 5 more efficient in memory use and performance, according to Nvidia, while The Verge’s comparisons point to less pronounced visual changes. That puts efficiency and visual consistency at the center of the feature’s evolution, with possible quality trade-offs in the Frame Generation beta, also according to the company.