DLSS 5 will be the worst thing to EVER happen to video games

Gladius Legis · 2026-03-17T18:00:28+0000

MarkB said:
I admit I have no idea what DLSS is, but the person on the left looks like an early 2000s videogame character and the person on the right looks like a person. What's the catch?

Wrong. The one on the left looks like a real person, and the one on the right looks like an Instagram filter.

Gladius Legis · 2026-03-17T18:01:32+0000

Artamo said:
I think for the example above, it is clearly an upgrade on the image

No, it is not. The "upgrade" looks like one of those filters you use in Instagram or Snapchat. It's gross. It's getting roundly mocked for a reason.

Gladius Legis · 2026-03-17T18:03:44+0000

Cergorach said:
Oh that's nice! * goes off to buy a RTX 5090 and a small powerplant *

Great, enjoy your slop machine.

Artamo · 2026-03-17T18:07:18+0000

Gladius Legis said:
No, it is not. The "upgrade" looks like one of those filters you use in Instagram or Snapchat. It's gross. It's getting roundly mocked for a reason.

Are you saying this because you objectively think the first image is better or are you saying this because of negative associations to Nvidia, AI, Meta, etc?

Gradine · 2026-03-17T18:08:24+0000

MarkB said:
I admit I have no idea what DLSS is, but the person on the left looks like an early 2000s videogame character and the person on the right looks like a person. What's the catch?

The catch is that the person on the left was crafted by one or more human artists who doubtlessly spent many hours designing, crafting, and animating a character to fit within a world in a game with a distinct artistic style also developed by many human artists, and the one of the right erases all of that in favor of a sloppy yassify filter.

Gladius Legis · 2026-03-17T18:09:08+0000

Artamo said:
Are you saying this because you objectively think the first image is better or are you saying this because of negative associations to Nvidia, AI, Meta, etc?

I'm saying it because I have functioning eyes.

MarkB · 2026-03-17T18:09:11+0000

Gladius Legis said:
Wrong. The one on the left looks like a real person, and the one on the right looks like an Instagram filter.

You're in no better position to objectively state what it looks like than I am, so drop the "wrong". I've seen more people who resemble the right-hand image than the left-hand one. Also the background in the right-hand image actually has enough contrast to discern details.

Artamo · 2026-03-17T18:11:41+0000

Gladius Legis said:
I'm saying it because I have functioning eyes.

C’mon. That’s just uncool.

Gladius Legis · 2026-03-17T18:12:22+0000

MarkB said:
You're in no better position to objectively state what it looks like than I am, so drop the "wrong". I've seen more people who resemble the right-hand image than the left-hand one. Also the background in the right-hand image actually has enough contrast to discern details.

If you want to argue backgrounds, that makes the right image look even worse. It is not, in fact, more detailed. Instead it is brightened up to the point it ruins whatever mood the original artists intended.

Also having actually played that game, I can tell you it definitely ruins it.

Cergorach · 2026-03-17T18:14:42+0000

Gladius Legis said:
It's getting roundly mocked for a reason.

Maybe by some... But Oh the horror of someone else having a different opinion...

Gladius Legis said:
I'm saying it because I have functioning eyes.

They might be functioning, but beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder, and it's always a matter of taste, of which you clearly have none!

NVIDIA DLSS 5 Delivers AI-Powered Breakthrough In Visual Fidelity For Games

NVIDIA DLSS 5 infuses pixels with photorealistic lighting and materials to bridge the gap between rendering and reality.

www.nvidia.com

It's currently only going to work in a handful of games, many of which I have very little interest in playing: Resident Evil Requiem, EA SPORTS FC, Starfield, and Hogwarts Legacy. I'm only slightly interested in playing Starfield, but I suspect I won't be playing that soon anytime either. There will probably more support down the line, we'll see.

GL is probably of the crowd that only wants to see 'real' pixels...