Nvidia tones down DLSS 5 face changes before Hogwarts Legacy debut
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Nvidia publishes new Hogwarts Legacy comparison screenshots showing subtler DLSS 5 face changes, according to The Verge.
The company says teenage characters no longer look middle-aged in the updated output.
DLSS 5 arrives in Hogwarts Legacy on November 5 and in Where Winds Meet late next month. An October update cuts the model's footprint 24% to about 118 million parameters and reduces 4K VRAM usage 20%. The update debuts first in NBA 2K27 on October 16.
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- The Verge · AINewsNvidia tones down DLSS 5 face changes before Hogwarts Legacy debut
AINvidia publishes new Hogwarts Legacy comparison screenshots showing subtler DLSS 5 face changes, with teenagers no longer looking middle-aged. DLSS 5 arrives in Hogwarts Legacy on November 5 and in Where Winds Meet late next month. An October update cuts the model's footprint 24% to about 118 million parameters and reduces 4K VRAM usage 20%, debuting first in NBA 2K27 on October 16.
GameGPU@GameGPU_comXNVIDIA's upgraded DLSS 5 model renders 2X faster, launches October 16AINVIDIA introduces an upgraded DLSS 5 neural model with 3D-Guided Neural Rendering that runs 2X faster than before and 10X faster than March builds. The model launches October 16 with NBA 2K27 Season 2, delivering up to 1.4X higher frame rates on RTX 50 GPUs and cloud platforms. Hogwarts Legacy and Where Winds Meet follow in November, and RTX Remix adds DLSS 5 support on October 23.

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