NVIDIA Doubles DLSS 5 Speed and Adds a Faster Frame Generation Mode

NVIDIA has rolled out its October DLSS update. The company sped up the DLSS 5 neural rendering model, named the next games to support it, and added a new frame generation mode that boosts performance on RTX 40 and RTX 50 graphics cards.

NVIDIA says the updated DLSS 5 model runs twice as fast as the September version and uses 20% less VRAM at 4K, with the same image quality. The model itself shrank by about 24%, to roughly 118 million parameters. Compared with the first version NVIDIA showed in March, the new model is ten times faster.

Keep in mind that the 2x speedup only applies to the neural rendering step, not the whole frame, so your real FPS gain in games will be smaller. In NVIDIA’s NBA 2K27 demo on an RTX 5080 at 4K with DLSS Performance and 6x frame generation, the frame rate went from about 240 to 300 FPS.

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DLSS 5 runs on RTX 50 series graphics cards, RTX Spark laptops, and the GeForce NOW cloud service. From now on, every new game with DLSS 5 support will use the new model by default.

NVIDIA also named the first games getting the updated technology:

• NBA 2K27: update arrives October 16
• Hogwarts Legacy: November 5
• Where Winds Meet: late November

Alongside DLSS 5, Hogwarts Legacy will also get the latest versions of Multi Frame Generation and Ray Reconstruction. The developers at Avalanche Software tuned the technology to keep the game’s art style intact. That matters, because earlier this year DLSS 5 drew criticism for visibly changing character faces and materials.

The RTX Remix modding tool will also get the new model on October 23.

Separately, NVIDIA added a new frame generation mode called Preset C. It swaps one of the AI models, the one that handles the UI and ray-traced effects, for a lighter algorithm. On an RTX 5060, that boosts frame generation performance by up to 35%. With 6x frame generation, for example, the frame rate climbs from 255 to 348 FPS. NVIDIA warns that the new mode comes with minor image quality trade-offs, so if you care more about visuals, stick with Preset B.

Preset C supports Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation, and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation on RTX 40 and RTX 50 cards. For now, you can only get it through the NVIDIA App beta. To turn it on, install the beta and go to Graphics → Driver Settings → DLSS Override – Model Presets → Custom → Frame Generation → Preset C.