Hands-On With DLSS 5: Our First Look At Nvidia's Next-Gen Photo-Realistic Lighting

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Coming in Fall 2026, Nividia's DLSS 5 is a brand-new technology for RTX 50-series GPUs, bringing next-gen quality, photo-realistic lighting to any supported game. We went hands-on with four existing games running with DLSS 5 in place, discussing how the technology works, how games are transformed, and starting the discussion on ML tech vs artistic intent in video games. Truth is, we're still processing this one and we'll have a longer DF Direct coming soon with further impressions from our time with the tech.

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00:00 Introduction
01:31 First contact: Resident Evil Requiem
03:36 Nvidia’s intent
05:04 Starfield
07:06 Oblivion Remastered
08:41 Assassin’s Creed Shadows
10:05 DLSS 5 implementation details
12:52 Concluding thoughts: neural rendering, artistic intent, remaining questions