DLSS 5 officially launches inside NBA 2K27, limited to RTX 50-series GPUs for now — Nvidia promises to bring neutral rendering tech to RTX 40-series soon
Nvidia has launched DLSS 5 inside NBA 2K27, its neural rendering technology that adds photorealistic lighting and shadows. Initially exclusive to RTX 50-series GPUs, Nvidia plans to bring it to RTX 40-series soon. The article details the technical implementation, performance impact (370 FPS with 6x MFG, actual ~61 FPS), and criticism of the heavy compute cost.
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