{"slug": "nvidia-dlss-5-modders-enable-ai-faces-in-all-sorts-of-games", "title": "Nvidia DLSS 5: Modders enable AI faces in all sorts of games", "summary": "Modders have leaked an early version of Nvidia's DLSS 5, discovered in the NBA 2K27 early access build, enabling AI-enhanced faces in games like Cyberpunk 2077, The Last of Us 2, and Control. The 158 MB nvngx_dlssnr.dll file, which TechPowerUp estimates contains 148 million parameters with 8-bit precision, works with Reshade on GeForce RTX 5000 series cards but can halve frame rates. Nvidia plans to officially release DLSS 5 in the fall, with support limited to optimized titles.", "body_md": "# Nvidia DLSS 5: Modders enable AI faces in all sorts of games\n\nNvidia hasn’t even released DLSS 5 yet, but players are already trying it out in “Cyberpunk 2077” and many other titles.\n\nThe developers of the basketball game NBA 2K27 have kicked off a wave of pre-release tests for Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling 5 (DLSS 5). The starting point is the library file nvngx_dlssnr.dll, which was discovered in the early access version of NBA 2K27. ”nr” presumably stands for Neural Rendering and represents the core function of DLSS 5: the [enhancement of game characters using artificial intelligence](/news/Neural-Rendering-Nvidia-zeigt-DLSS-5-deutlich-zurueckhaltender-11371549.html?from-en=1).\n\nThe dll file is 158 MB in size. [Techpowerup has already taken a look at it](https://www.techpowerup.com/352033/nvidia-dlss-5-dll-leaked-by-nba-2k27-early-access-build-heres-our-analysis) and concludes that model weights make up 89 percent of the library. The website suspects that it contains 148 million parameters with 8-bit precision (FP8). Nvidia itself has only announced DLSS 5 so far, but has not yet released it.\n\nA [Discord server focused on the modding toolkit RenoDX](https://discord.com/channels/1408098019194310818/1542647972695904317) shows particularly high activity regarding the DLSS 5 leak. “lecram” has provided a version that works in all sorts of games. On the Discord server, in the “dlss5” channel, [new versions are pinned](https://discord.com/channels/1408098019194310818/1542647972695904317/1542827065601032262), with interested parties downloading and installing at their own risk.\n\nVideos by heise\n\n### Activatable with Reshade\n\nThe dll works in conjunction with the post-processing injector Reshade. The program intervenes at the end of the rendering chain to change the appearance of games. The [version “Reshade with full add-on support“](https://reshade.me/#download) is required. Interested parties download the necessary files, copy them into the main directory of the game where the exe is located, and start Reshade in the game.\n\nThere are different levels that influence the appearance of faces in games to varying degrees. Depending on the setting and game, it can look very good to unpleasantly plastic. Among other places, [in the Nvidia subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/), members share numerous screenshot comparisons. On [YouTube there are various videos](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dlss+5), including for “Cyberpunk 2077”, “The Last of Us 2”, and “Control”.\n\n## Empfohlener redaktioneller Inhalt\n\nMit Ihrer Zustimmung wird hier ein externes YouTube-Video (Google Ireland Limited) geladen.\n\nIch bin damit einverstanden, dass mir externe Inhalte angezeigt werden.\nDamit können personenbezogene Daten an Drittplattformen (Google Ireland Limited) übermittelt werden.\nMehr dazu in unserer\n[Datenschutzerklärung](https://www.heise.de/Datenschutzerklaerung-der-Heise-Medien-GmbH-Co-KG-4860.html).\n\nThe early DLSS 5 version currently only works with current GeForce RTX 5000 series graphics cards. However, the whole thing is currently hardly practical: the frame rate can drop by half when activated.\n\nNvidia plans to complete the new DLSS version in the fall. Officially, it is only intended to run in specific games if developers optimize their titles accordingly.\n\n([mma](mailto:mma@heise.de))", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-dlss-5-modders-enable-ai-faces-in-all-sorts-of-games", "canonical_source": "https://www.heise.de/en/news/Nvidia-DLSS-5-Modders-enable-AI-faces-in-all-sorts-of-games-11434015.html", "published_at": "2026-08-31 06:58:06+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-31 07:22:25.560730+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Nvidia", "DLSS 5", "NBA 2K27", "TechPowerUp", "RenoDX", "Reshade", "Cyberpunk 2077", "The Last of Us 2"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-dlss-5-modders-enable-ai-faces-in-all-sorts-of-games", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-dlss-5-modders-enable-ai-faces-in-all-sorts-of-games.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-dlss-5-modders-enable-ai-faces-in-all-sorts-of-games.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-dlss-5-modders-enable-ai-faces-in-all-sorts-of-games.jsonld"}}