Learn what DLSS is, Nvidia’s exclusive technology that renders quality graphics while consuming less hardware resources.
The DLSS is a unique feature of video cards Nvidia next-generation, which uses deep learning to render cutting edge graphics and deliver a performance without loss of frames per second , requiring less hardware to your PC. Understand how DLSS works and get to know 5 games that use the feature.
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Fortnite is one of the DLSS-compatible games (Image: Press Release / Epic Games)
Which is?
DLSS is the acronym in English for Deep Learning Super Sampling, or Super Sampling with Deep Learning in Portuguese. It is a proprietary upscaling technology from Nvidia, used by its latest video cards, that raises the resolution of a source (in this case, a game) in real time, using deep learning, a machine learning technique that makes modeling multiple data sources, with multiple layers of processing.
In the first generation (DLSS 1.0), the technology was geared towards seeking a balance between better images and more frames per second, focusing primarily on performance. This was achieved through an image reconstruction technique, which simulates a frame using fewer pixels.
In the original model, the neural network is trained to recognize a scene from a game, and then the same scene is rendered with fewer pixels. The software then has the task of reconstructing the image using what it has learned, in order to save processing power. It was introduced in conjunction with ray tracing , which aims to deliver realistic effects of light, shadow and reflections in games.
In contrast, DLSS 1.0 was limited to a few titles, which had to be trained by the software individually in advance, for the feature to work.
Game demonstration with DLSS 2.0 off (left) and on (Image: Disclosure / Nvidia)
As of DLSS 2.0 , Nvidia employed a technique that uses the Tensor Core cores of RTX cards more efficiently, ensuring not only a higher frame rate, but the same image quality as would be possible if a frame were rendered in fact pixel by pixel, and using fewer resources than DLSS 1.0
Finally, DLSS 2.0 uses a more general neural network, which does not require intensive prior training and because of that, it is a technique now compatible with more games.
5 DLSS compatible games
Check out the following 5 PC games, among the most popular, that support DLSS:
1. Crysis Remastered
Crysis Remastered is the reimagined version of the classic from developer Crytek, whose original version has yielded memes for years thanks to its insane hardware requirements. In the PC version, the title has support for ray tracing and DLSS 2.0 on high-end Nvidia cards, showing results equivalent to native resolutions, even in 4K .
The final quality of the graphics using the feature are as good as using the actual rendering, with the advantage of requiring less of the GPU.
2. Fortnite
The most popular Battle Royale of the moment also received support for DLSS 2.0 and ray tracing in 2020, to the delight of those who play on next-generation PCs with RTX cards. Although the game has more cartoonish graphics, it is possible to note that the fluidity in the action remains the same, with or without super sampling.
3. Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 , the latest game from CD Projekt Red, also supports DLSS 2.0 and ray tracing on the latest generation Nvidia GPUs. Although it has suffered from numerous problems since its launch, the title is one of the ones with the best realistic light and shadow effects.
Allied to the effects of ray tracing, DLSS 2.0 maintains the graphic quality and the frame rate without losses, even at higher resolutions, without compromising performance, in addition to the already known problems.
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War
Activision’s annual FPS franchise was another flagship of DLSS 2.0 in conjunction with ray tracing, introducing technology in Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War . The game, which features combat between American and Soviet forces during the 1980s, features cutting-edge graphics thanks to Nvidia RTX GPUs.
The result of DLSS 2.0, in graphic quality, owes nothing to native rendering, with the advantage of consuming less resources.
5. Control
Control is another game that looks good on PC, thanks to DLSS 2.0 and ray tracing. The title features FBC director Jesse Faden against a mysterious entity called Hiss, on an adventure of paranormal investigation and psychic powers.
Control’s unique gameplay makes excellent use of the cutting edge features provided by Nvidia’s GPUs, which deliver lush graphics with less hardware demands.
