We tested DLSS 5 in NBA 2K27 with every RTX 50-series GPU — first official release comes with a big performance hit, but almost every Blackwell card can run it at 1080p

Tom's Hardware's hands-on review of the first official DLSS 5 implementation in NBA 2K27 reveals a transformative visual uplift but a steep performance cost. Testing every RTX 50-series GPU at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K, they found that DLSS 5 makes skin and hair look realistic, but lower-end cards struggle. At 1080p, even the RTX 5060 can manage ~60 FPS, but at 4K only the RTX 5080 and 5090 deliver acceptable latency for frame generation. The article includes detailed power consumption and latency charts, showing the feature's high Tensor Core demand.