NVIDIA Confirms DLSS 5 for RTX 40 GPUs After 5x Optimization on RTX 50 Cards
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Updated · Wccftech · Sep 4
NVIDIA Confirms DLSS 5 for RTX 40 GPUs After 5x Optimization on RTX 50 Cards
3 articles · Updated · Wccftech · Sep 4
Summary
DLSS 5 will reach GeForce RTX 40 GPUs after NVIDIA finishes tuning the model on RTX 50 hardware, extending official support beyond the Blackwell-only launch.
A 5x performance gain since March made the model run across all RTX 50 cards, down from an initial demo that needed two RTX 5090s and later one RTX 5090.
NVIDIA said DLSS 5 remains its most computationally demanding model, with hardware, software-kernel and co-design changes shrinking the model and improving realism and developer control.
Further updates are expected later this fall, and the company sees total gains reaching 7x-10x from the original version, potentially cutting the current 50%-60% performance hit to 10%-15% by year-end.
That tuning matters for Ada Lovelace owners because RTX 40 cards lack Multi Frame Generation support, making lower DLSS 5 overhead a prerequisite for viable official rollout.