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There's a problem with DLSS 5, and it's not even the AI slop
xCruzo Brief
DLSS 5 is arriving with a clear trade-off: big performance losses. While Nvidia’s technology has triggered “AI slop” jokes over face rendering, the article argues the bigger issue is frame rate. Nvidia has said enabling DLSS 5 can cut performance by 50–60%. Reported results align with that warning, with TechSpot citing a drop on an RTX 5080 from 185 fps to 53 fps at 4K (a 71% decline) and the RTX 5090 running about 60% slower at 4K. Even lowering settings back to low reportedly recovers only around 9 fps on a 5090 at 4K.
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