I finally got some time to try DLSS 5 on my own game, and here are my thoughts: First and foremost, I consider myself an artist long before I'm a dev (let alone a coder), so I deeply care about artistic visions, especially my own. I wanted to state this because I heard so much negativity from both fellow game artists and gamers about how this tool "destroys the original vision" or "kills art direction." Let's remember this is an OPTIONAL plugin, and it comes with sliders you can tweak to adjust the effect's intensity. I'm sure more controls will be added by the time the tool is ready, especially in the engine. Speaking of control, one huge advantage of this tech no one is talking about is its ability to show what's missing to take your lighting to the next level. So many times I've been in a situation where the lighting on a scene felt off, but I didn't know what else to tweak to get it just right. I feel this tool will help tremendously with that. I was personally quite intrigued when it was first shown, even if the whole presentation was a mess, which led most people to believe that it was just an "AI filter" applied on top of the render. In fact, it's not that, as it uses geometry and shader data to push the render even further. Not much different from Ray Tracing, really. In my experience, Albedo textures don't change AT ALL, especially text, for example (and, trust me, there are many in my game). What's being enhanced is mostly Ambient Occlusion, Global Illumination, and Sky Ambient Light. On the PBR side of the material, I noticed changes in Normal intensity and a boost to Roughness, Specular, and Metallic maps. I've seen many character screenshots from other games, so I'll focus on environments and vehicles in my test. In this first set of screenshots, you can see the difference with and without DLSS 5 applied (in general, check the LAT ms in the top right; if it's higher, DLSS 5 is enabled). I believe this is one of the most impressive changes, as you can see AO being properly generated in the left area, around the yellow door. You can also notice more warm light bouncing from the tunnel's illumination on the right side of the entrance. The rock formation is more defined, with better contrast and a nice highlight boost, likely on the Specular. Concrete is also noticeably more detailed. Metallic barriers also get a visible improvement. Overall, the artistic vision stays the same. In fact, I'd argue this is closer to what I envisioned! Here you can check the two images with a slider: diffchecker.com/image-compar… Follows a long thread with many more examples!