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DLSS 5 Works on RTX 30 Cards, But Performance Is Terrible

Modders have enabled Nvidia's unreleased DLSS 5 AI upscaling technology on older RTX 40 and RTX 30 series graphics cards, including an RTX 3080, but performance is severely degraded, with even the RTX 5090 experiencing significant slowdowns, according to VideoCardz.

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Considering it tanks RTX 5090 performance, this should come as no surprise.

Game modders have managed to get Nvidia's unreleased DLSS 5 AI beautification technology working on older RTX 40 and RTX 30 series graphics cards, with predictable results. As VideoCardz reports, one user ran it on an RTX 3080 in …

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