DLSS 5 Autopilot Guide: Routes, Setup, Safety and Undo

What is DLSS 5 Autopilot?

A free tool that installs DLSS 5 per game, picks the route itself and then checks whether it worked. DLSS5-Autopilot is by Kizzuwatnaa, licensed under MIT and published at github.com/Kizzuwatnaa/DLSS5-Autopilot. It is a single exe in a 13 MB zip, with nothing to install and no administrator rights. It bundles nothing: every part is downloaded from its publisher when you install. It runs on Windows 10 and 11 with an NVIDIA RTX 20 or newer card.

Facts from each project's README, checked 2026-10-05. Release versions from the automated check on Nov 11, 2026, 16:15 UTC.

Besides installing DLSS 5, it keeps the DLSS files that games ship up to date (its dlss page), runs the neural pass on video files, YouTube links and webcams in a portable MPC-HC, switches DLSS 5 on inside RTX Remix mods, and has an experimental VR mode.

How do I install DLSS 5 with it?

1. Download DLSS5-Autopilot-v2.0.8-win64.zip from the Releases page and check it against the SHA256SUMS.txt published with it, or in the download verifier.
2. Unzip it, run dlss5-autopilot.exe and press find my games. It reads Steam, Epic, GOG, EA, Ubisoft, Battle.net, Rockstar, Amazon, itch, Heroic, Xbox / Game Pass and 19 emulators; add a game covers anything else.
3. Open a game. Its page shows what the tool read (32 or 64-bit, graphics API) and the route it chose. Press install.
4. Press play, switch DLSS 5 on with the key the tool names (table below), and after you close the game press did it work?. It reads the logs and says whether the model ran, and if not, which part stopped.

Or press autopilot: it installs, starts the game, checks which DLLs loaded and tries the next route on its own. It is experimental.

Set the resolution and display mode before you turn neural rendering on, prefer borderless to exclusive fullscreen, and keep MSAA and SSAA off.

Which route does it pick?

It reads the executable and the game folder, then offers the routes that fit and marks the recommended one:

Results that other players share can also change the recommendation. Online games with anti-cheat are marked in the library and need your confirmation before an install.

How much frame rate does it cost?

The tool picks the nvngx_dlssnr.dll build for your card and checks it against the card before installing. Its README describes the cost like this:

On the optiscaler route, a model resolution dial from 25 to 100% lowers the cost, which falls with the square of the resolution. On the optiscaler and 64-bit DirectX 11 feeder routes, the tool reads the last session’s cost back from the add-on’s log, in milliseconds per frame.

Is DLSS 5 Autopilot safe?

Check the file, and keep it to single-player games. According to its README:

• Built by GitHub, not uploaded by hand. A version tag runs the release workflow on GitHub’s runners, which builds the exe from the public commit, writes SHA256SUMS.txt and attaches a signed provenance attestation. The README also describes code signing through SignPath, yet still says to expect a SmartScreen prompt; this site has not checked a release’s signature.
• Few permissions. It needs no administrator rights. It writes only into the game folders you install into, plus its own data in %LOCALAPPDATA%\dlss5-autopilot and, for Vulkan games, one registry value that it announces first and removes with the last Vulkan game.
• No telemetry, no account. It downloads components from ReShade’s and GitHub’s servers and asks before it looks up game covers online.
• Antivirus warnings. Defender’s cloud heuristics, such as Wacatac.B!ml, can delete a new release in its first hours, and the developer reports each release to Microsoft as a false positive. Restore only a file whose hash matches the release, and don’t exclude whole folders (how to judge an alert).
• Online games. Games with anti-cheat are marked and need your confirmation, and the README is clear that a ban is then your risk: the risk game by game.

How do I undo it?

uninstall on a game’s page, or in the game’s right-click menu in the library, removes exactly what the tool wrote and restores anything it replaced. On the dlss page, restore original puts back a game’s own DLSS file after an update. Before an install, what will happen? lists every file it would write, back up and remove, without writing any.

DLSS 5 Autopilot or DLSS 5 Swapper?

Choose DLSS 5 Autopilot if you want the route chosen and checked for you, or DLSS 5 in RTX Remix mods, video or VR. Choose DLSS 5 Swapper for one app with bundled components, an in-game F8 panel and Restore originals. The tool comparison covers the other tools, and the status page shows each tool’s latest version.