{"slug": "dlss-5-leaked-and-modders-are-putting-nvidias-ai-effects-on-everything", "title": "DLSS 5 leaked and modders are putting Nvidia’s AI effects on everything", "summary": "Modders have extracted an unofficial version of Nvidia's DLSS 5 from an early-access build of NBA 2K27 and are applying its AI 'Neural Rendering' effects to games including Skyrim, Cyberpunk 2077, GTA V, and Control, with some reporting performance hits such as frames dropping from 90 to 29 FPS in GTA V. The leaked tech, which Nvidia announced in March for real-time photorealistic lighting and materials, has drawn mixed reactions, with some praising the enhanced visuals and others calling them 'AI slop.'", "body_md": "Modders are trying out an unofficial version of Nvidia’s DLSS 5 on *Skyrim*, *Cyberpunk 2077*, [GTA V](https://youtu.be/x2NyX76QaOs?si=CmyyiNcbUth5W6mr), and a bunch of other games after code for the AI upscaling tech appeared in an early-access build of *NBA 2K27*. Members of the RenoDX modding channel on Discord reportedly found a way to extract the DLSS “Neural Rendering” file and apply it to *Control* before it expanded to other games, as [reported earlier by ](https://www.notebookcheck.net/Here-s-a-glimpse-at-DLSS-5-neural-rendering-in-action-ahead-of-official-release.1381000.0.html)*Notebook Check* and *VideoCardz*.\n\nIn [one video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxXdIVc9Suo), a person shows how *Control *protagonist Jesse Faden’s facial features become more and less defined as they tweak various DLSS 5 settings enabled by the RenoDX modders. With the “Neural Uplift” setting disabled within the mod, Jesse’s face has a smooth, uniform look. But as soon as the modder turns this feature on with one of the presets, her face becomes paler, with more visible laugh lines and what looks like more makeup smudged beneath her eyes.\n\nAnother modder appears to have [gotten the DLSS 5 tech working ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2NyX76QaOs)in *GTA: San Andreas*, where it seems to apply a filter effect to CJ’s face and enhances textures across the city. It also makes shadows on CJ’s face and his surrounding environment more pronounced, while the city’s lighting changes from a warm to a cool tone as the modder adjusts one of the sliders. Several other videos are floating around the web as well, with the DLSS 5 mod bringing more definition to the [cartoony look of a Palworld character](https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1w0pet9/dlss_5_palworld/) and altering the intensity of shadows. There are countless other videos floating around on the web (with more likely to come).\n\nThe modders trying out the mod say that it impacts game performance. One person trying out [the mod with ](https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1w0lbsv/dlss5_final_fantasy_rebirth_comparisons/)*Final Fantasy VII Rebirth* says it “halves” their frames per second (FPS) and that “swapping between presets eats a TON of vram.” You can see the frames drop from 90 to 29 FPS as another modder [adjusts the sliders in ](https://youtu.be/x2NyX76QaOs?si=vNJpVw99ESwxG_lt&t=70)*GTA V*. Modders had the unofficial version of DLSS 5 running on RTX 50-series chips, but now some have gotten it working on RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 chips, too, [according to ](https://videocardz.com/newz/leaked-dlss-5-already-working-with-rtx-40-series)*VideoCardz*.\n\nMuch like the reveal of DLSS 5, reactions to the unofficial version of the tech are mixed. While [some players](https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1w0nr5f/comment/p6ejn38/) [think the filters](https://www.reddit.com/r/controlgame/comments/1w029mo/dlss_5_is_here_and_it_looks_amazing/) improve the appearance of games, others [call them AI slop](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1w01i8k/comment/p69e7cg/) and say they look [too much like an “AI-enhanced”](https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1w0nr5f/comment/p6ebsmc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) filter you’d apply to images.\n\nNvidia first announced DLSS 5 in March, which uses AI to bring “photoreal lighting and materials” to game graphics in real-time. Demos showing DLSS 5 across *Resident Evil Requiem*, *Starfield*, and *Hogwarts Legacy* [sparked immediate backlash](/games/895753/nvidia-dlss-5-slop-face-fake-frames), with many players complaining about [characters’ “yassified”](https://www.gamespot.com/articles/everyones-laughing-at-the-new-look-of-dlss-5s-yassify-filter/1100-6538821/) or [generic looks](/entertainment/896213/nvidia-dlss-5-ai-faces-motion-smoothing). Others raised concerns that it could alter a developer’s vision for their characters, to which [Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang responded](https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/jensen-huang-says-gamers-are-completely-wrong-about-dlss-5-nvidia-ceo-responds-to-dlss-5-backlash) by saying the tool “doesn’t change the artistic control.” DLSS 5 is set to officially launch this fall.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dlss-5-leaked-and-modders-are-putting-nvidias-ai-effects-on-everything", "canonical_source": "https://www.theverge.com/games/986197/nvidia-dlss-5-leak-ai", "published_at": "2026-08-28 16:22:16+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-28 16:49:32.642169+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Nvidia", "DLSS 5", "NBA 2K27", "RenoDX", "Control", "GTA V", "Final Fantasy VII Rebirth", "Jensen Huang"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dlss-5-leaked-and-modders-are-putting-nvidias-ai-effects-on-everything", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dlss-5-leaked-and-modders-are-putting-nvidias-ai-effects-on-everything.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dlss-5-leaked-and-modders-are-putting-nvidias-ai-effects-on-everything.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dlss-5-leaked-and-modders-are-putting-nvidias-ai-effects-on-everything.jsonld"}}