NVIDIA DLSS 4: Redefining Gaming Performance and Visual Quality
NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) continues revolutionizing the gaming industry by delivering enhanced performance and stunning visuals.
At CES 2025, NVIDIA unveiled DLSS 4, introducing groundbreaking advancements like Multi Frame Generation, specifically designed for GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs and laptops.
With support for 75 games and apps at launch, DLSS 4 multiplies frame rates, boosts image quality, and reduces latency, pushing the boundaries of gaming and rendering technology.
What is DLSS 4?
DLSS 4 introduces Multi Frame Generation, which generates up to three additional frames per traditionally rendered frame. This innovation delivers up to 8X the performance of traditional brute-force rendering, enabling GeForce RTX 5090 users to experience 4K gaming at 240 FPS with full ray tracing.
Key highlights include:
- Advanced AI Models: DLSS 4 features the most significant upgrade since DLSS 2.0 (2020), leveraging transformer-based AI models for superior image quality.
- Ray Reconstruction and Super Resolution: Improved temporal stability, reduced ghosting, and higher detail in motion, enhancing gaming experiences in challenging lighting conditions.
- Lower Latency: PC latency is halved for smoother and more responsive gameplay.
How Multi Frame Generation Works
DLSS 3 introduced Frame Generation, which created one additional frame using motion vectors and optical flow fields. DLSS 4 goes further by combining Blackwell hardware innovations with DLSS software to generate multiple frames with reduced computational cost.
- Efficiency Gains: The new AI model is 40% faster, consumes 30% less VRAM, and requires only one run per rendered frame to generate additional frames.
- Hardware Flip Metering: A new Blackwell display engine ensures consistent frame pacing, delivering a smoother gaming experience.
- Improved Optical Flow: AI replaces traditional hardware for faster optical flow field generation, significantly enhancing efficiency.
In games like Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, DLSS Multi Frame Generation delivers higher frame rates while consuming less memory at maximum settings, proving its capability to handle the most demanding scenarios.
The New Transformer Model: A Leap in AI-Powered Image Quality
DLSS 4 introduces the graphics industry’s first real-time transformer-based AI model, marking a shift from Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to Vision Transformers.
- Self-Attention Operations: The new model evaluates pixel importance across entire frames and multiple time steps, improving image quality, stability, and detail in motion.
- Enhanced Visuals: Games like Alan Wake 2 and Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition showcase sharper textures, reduced ghosting, and shimmering-free environments.
The transformer model offers a new level of immersion, with years of potential for continued advancements.
Game Support and Backward Compatibility
When GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs launch, 75 games and apps will support Multi Frame Generation. Existing DLSS integrations in over 50 games will also benefit from upgrades, including the transformer-based AI models for Ray Reconstruction, Super Resolution, and DLAA.
Notable titles with native DLSS 4 support include:
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Alan Wake 2
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™
- Star Wars Outlaws™
For unsupported titles, the NVIDIA app introduces a DLSS Override feature, enabling users to apply the latest DLSS features with just a few clicks.
Why DLSS 4 Matters
Since its inception in 2018, NVIDIA DLSS has redefined gaming performance and visuals. DLSS 4 pushes the envelope further with transformative technologies, offering:
- Up to 8X performance boosts for RTX 50 Series users.
- Up to 1.7X improvements when upgrading from Frame Generation to Multi Frame Generation.
- Better frame pacing and reduced latency, delivering smoother gameplay.
With DLSS 4, NVIDIA continues to lead the charge in AI-powered gaming innovation, ensuring every GeForce RTX gamer—across desktop and laptop—enjoys cutting-edge upgrades.
Stay tuned to GeForce.com for more updates on DLSS and RTX advancements, and get ready to experience the future of gaming with the GeForce RTX 50 Series.
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