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There’s something wrong with the DLSS implementation in #007FirstLight. In Quality mode, the game defaults to Preset K, and the internal resolution looks correct. but for some reason, DLSS is noticeably slower than FSR 3 and delivers much smaller performance gains than expected.

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BenchmarKing

38,242 views • 8 days ago

I've tested several scenes on the 3060 Ti, and DLSS is still nowhere near FSR 3 in terms of performance. What's even weirder is that DLSS Quality seems to handle certain elements better than DLAA. that's a pretty clear sign that something is wrong. #007FirstLight

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BenchmarKing

60,380 views • 1 month ago

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BenchmarKing

31,003 views • 6 months ago

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BenchmarKing

53,027 views • 6 months ago

DLSS 4.5 performance cost on the RTX 3060 Ti, tested in #TheLastOfUs and #ArcRaiders at 1440p. The Last of Us Part I Performance mode – CNN (Preset A) → Transformer Preset K: ~9% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~16% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~10% hit Balanced mode – CNN (Preset A) → Transformer Preset K: ~9% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~23% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~14% hit Quality mode – CNN (Preset A) → Transformer Preset K: ~9% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~23% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~20% hit Arc Raiders Performance mode – CNN (Preset E) → Transformer Preset K: ~9% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~20% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~15% hit Balanced mode – CNN (Preset E) → Transformer Preset K: ~8% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~25% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~21% hit Quality mode – CNN (Preset E) → Transformer Preset K: ~7% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~28% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~25% hit Preset L and M are brutal on the 3060 Ti , which is expected since the 20/30 series GPUs lack native FP8 Tensor Core support, and the performance cost increases even further in Balanced and Quality modes. Visually, unlike the jump from the CNN model to the Transformer, I’m not seeing enough improvement to justify this massive performance hit. Most of the time it’s just a small sharpness boost (which can sometimes look overly sharp) and slightly reduced ghosting. On the flip side, the newer presets also introduce issues that Preset K doesn’t have (check the distant Salt Lake City sign in The last of Us comparison).

DLSS 4.5 performance cost on the RTX 3060 Ti, tested in #TheLastOfUs and #ArcRaiders at 1440p. The Last of Us Part I Performance mode – CNN (Preset A) → Transformer Preset K: ~9% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~16% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~10% hit Balanced mode – CNN (Preset A) → Transformer Preset K: ~9% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~23% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~14% hit Quality mode – CNN (Preset A) → Transformer Preset K: ~9% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~23% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~20% hit Arc Raiders Performance mode – CNN (Preset E) → Transformer Preset K: ~9% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~20% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~15% hit Balanced mode – CNN (Preset E) → Transformer Preset K: ~8% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~25% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~21% hit Quality mode – CNN (Preset E) → Transformer Preset K: ~7% cost – Preset K → Preset L: ~28% hit – Preset K → Preset M: ~25% hit Preset L and M are brutal on the 3060 Ti , which is expected since the 20/30 series GPUs lack native FP8 Tensor Core support, and the performance cost increases even further in Balanced and Quality modes. Visually, unlike the jump from the CNN model to the Transformer, I’m not seeing enough improvement to justify this massive performance hit. Most of the time it’s just a small sharpness boost (which can sometimes look overly sharp) and slightly reduced ghosting. On the flip side, the newer presets also introduce issues that Preset K doesn’t have (check the distant Salt Lake City sign in The last of Us comparison).

BenchmarKing

138,748 views • 6 months ago

For the people that didn't understand what I meant before when I said that TAA blur was basically gone when using DLSS 4 and wasn't only for Cyberpunk 2077, this is the difference in God of War, Native 1440P UW vs FSR 3.1 Quality vs DLSS 4 Quality. Both Native and FSR have the "Blur" in motion, while DLSS4 doesn't (not even mentioning the quality here). DLSS raised the bar here in terms of upscaling, even when just swapping dlls.

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Ancient Gameplays

29,078 views • 1 year ago

There’s a major issue with DLSS 4.5 that I haven’t seen many people talk about. Any RT effect looks noticeably noisier and more flickery with DLSS 4.5 compared to DLSS 4. This applies across the board, from full path tracing to standard Ray Tracing and even software Lumen.

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BenchmarKing

39,839 views • 6 months ago

One of the biggest visual upgrades with DLSS 4.5 is how it handles disocclusion. The new presets, even when upscaling from a lower internal resolution, do a better job reconstructing newly exposed/previously occluded objects and fine details compared to Preset K.

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BenchmarKing

53,650 views • 6 months ago

FSR 4 Redstone VS DLSS 4.5 tested in Black Myth: Wukong at super-low resolutions In this comparison I've set the following settings: 720p output resolution and render scale at 50% (360p) for all the upscalers. I've also included other upscalers that the game offers like NXSR, TSR and FSR 3 so you can see how each one does its job at reconstructing the image. DLSS 4.5 definitely takes the cake here by showing the most pleasing image of them all, followed closely by FSR 4 Redstone. TSR also looks surprisingly good, however the edges around the character are much rougher.

FSR 4 Redstone VS DLSS 4.5 tested in Black Myth: Wukong at super-low resolutions In this comparison I've set the following settings: 720p output resolution and render scale at 50% (360p) for all the upscalers. I've also included other upscalers that the game offers like NXSR, TSR and FSR 3 so you can see how each one does its job at reconstructing the image. DLSS 4.5 definitely takes the cake here by showing the most pleasing image of them all, followed closely by FSR 4 Redstone. TSR also looks surprisingly good, however the edges around the character are much rougher.

NikTek

44,354 views • 6 months ago

#PRAGMATA Demo. Ray Tracing Off vs On. Ray Tracing in this game is quite efficient and doesn’t cost much but at the same time its quality is not particularly high. At native 1440p, there is noticeable noise in RT reflections. The game could definitely benefit from additional RT quality settings, or support for DLSS Ray Reconstruction and FSR Ray Regeneration.

#PRAGMATA Demo. Ray Tracing Off vs On. Ray Tracing in this game is quite efficient and doesn’t cost much but at the same time its quality is not particularly high. At native 1440p, there is noticeable noise in RT reflections. The game could definitely benefit from additional RT quality settings, or support for DLSS Ray Reconstruction and FSR Ray Regeneration.

BenchmarKing

194,710 views • 7 months ago

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Digital Foundry

42,692 views • 5 months ago

Here's a direct comparison between native TAA VS DLSS 4.5 VS FSR 4 Redstone in Cyberpunk 2077. For this comparison I've used the same in-game save file, game settings and the latest drivers on both machines. The first clip shows Cyberpunk 2077 running at 1080p using native TAA. The second clip shows the game rendered at 1080p then using DLSS 4.5 preset M to upscale it to 4k Third clip shows the game rendered at 1080p then using FSR 4 Redstone to upscale it to 4k

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111,325 views • 6 months ago

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RoadCraft is launching May 20th with DLSS Frame Generation, Super Resolution, DLAA, and Reflex! And GeForce RTX 50 Series gamers can enable DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation via the NVIDIA app to further multiply performance. See it in action in our exclusive #RTXOn trailer.

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28,636 views • 3 months ago

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242,749 views • 6 months ago

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Wuwa 3.3 Best Settings (For Mid-End PCs) > LOD Bias is tanking FPS in the new region, so make sure to turn it OFF. > Don’t play on Native resolution. Wuwa uses Temporal Anti-Aliasing Upsampling (TAAU), so DLSS or FSR currently gives better results. > The devs should upgrade the game from FSR 3 to FSR 4 instead of relying on driver override. #WutheringWaves #Gacha

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160,877 views • 2 months ago