NVIDIA is promising up to 2X performance boost at 4K with DLSS.
NVIDIA has released a new display driver that adds Deep Learning Super Sampling Support (DLSS) certified for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
What Is Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS)?
DLSS or Deep Learning Super Sampling is an NVIDIA RTX technology that uses AI to boost your frame rates in games with graphically-intensive workloads. DLSS upscales your game from a lower resolution in order to provide smoother framerates without compromising on quality.
According to NVIDIA:
“To put it a bit more technically, DLSS requires a fixed amount of GPU time per frame to run the deep neural network. Thus, games that run at lower frame rates (proportionally less fixed workload) or higher resolutions (greater pixel shading savings), benefit more from DLSS. For games running at high frame rates or low resolutions, DLSS may not boost performance. When your GPU’s frame rendering time is shorter than what it takes to execute the DLSS model, we don’t enable DLSS. We only enable DLSS for cases where you will receive a performance gain. DLSS availability is game-specific, and depends on your GPU and selected display resolution.”
The 28 additional DLSS games brings the total of games to north of 100. The majority of new DLSS additions come courtesy of the Unreal Engine 4 DLSS plugin that makes it simpler for developers to integrate DLSS into their games.
Every GeForce RTX GPU can get over 60fps at max settings in 4K with DLSS enabled, meaning that cards like the RTX 2080 Ti can jump from 70fps on average to 120fps.
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NVIDIA’s driver includes support for Windows 11 with optimisations for the below games:
- Alan Wake Remastered
- Deathloop
- Diablo II: Resurrected
- Far Cry 6
- Hot Wheels Unleashed
- Industria
- New World
- World War Z: Aftermath