Nvidia calls DLSS 5 the ‘GPT moment’ for graphics in PC games
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In summary:
- Nvidia unveiled DLSS 5 with 3D neural-guided rendering at its GPU technology conference, using AI to add photorealistic lighting and materials to games in real time.
- PCWorld reports that this technology aims to bridge the gap between rendering and reality, improving details like skin and fabric in major titles such as Hogwarts Legacy and Starfield.
- DLSS 5 launches this fall and represents what Nvidia calls a “GPT moment for graphics,” potentially delivering unprecedented visual realism in PC gaming.
We’ve only just learned about some of the main features of DLSS 4.5, and now Nvidia has announced the next version. At its GPU technology conference in California, Nvidia unveiled DLSS 5. The main feature is “3D Neural Guided Rendering”. And based on CEO Jensen Huang’s brief presentation during the keynote, it appears to be an “AI” filter.
Huang appeared to broadcast the DLSS 5 announcement on stage, so luckily there’s a press release offering a bit more detail. The next generation of Dynamic Learning Super-Sampling will include what the company calls “the rendering-reality gap.”
“DLSS 5 takes a game’s color and motion vectors as input for each frame and uses an AI model to infuse the scene with photorealistic lighting and materials that are anchored to the source 3D content and consistent from frame to frame. DLSS 5 operates in real-time at up to 4K resolution for smooth, interactive gameplay.”
Calling the new system “the GPT moment for graphics” and comparing it to pre-rendered Hollywood cinema effects, Nvidia says the system adds detail for subsurface scattering on skin, lighting effects on fabric and hair, and other complex effects, while “retaining the structure and semantics of the original scene.”
I’m not a software engineer, but it seems to me that games that support DLSS 5 3D Neural Guided Rendering will apply a real-time generative AI visual filter to the game’s graphics output. Imagine asking an “AI” photo editor to render a graphical screenshot more realistic, and then doing it for each frame. This is what the demo video looked like. PCWorld is on the ground at GTC and will report more impressions later.
According to the announcement, DLSS 5 will arrive “this fall”, with gaming support for “AION2, Shadows of Assassin’s Creed, Black State, CITY OF ASH, Delta Force, Hogwarts Legacy, Justice, NARAKA: BLADE TIP, NTE: From never to eternity, Ghost Blade Zero, Resident Evil Requiem, Sea of remains, Star Field, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Where the winds meet and more.
