How to Use DLSS 5: Turn It On Officially or in Any Game
Officially, turn on DLSS Neural Rendering in a supported game on an RTX 50 GPU or GeForce NOW Ultimate. Other games need a community tool. Steps and risks.
- 개발자 노트 · NVIDIA launch post · 2026. 9. 1.
- 개발자 노트 · Tool READMEs and release notes · 2026. 10. 12.
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Do I need to download anything to use DLSS 5?
Can I use DLSS 5 on an RTX 40, 30 or 20 card?
Can you use DLSS 5 on PS5 or Xbox?
Can I use DLSS 5 on an AMD or Intel GPU?
Does DLSS 5 work in online games?
How do I turn DLSS 5 off?
How do you turn DLSS 5 on?
In a supported game, on a GeForce RTX 50 GPU or GeForce NOW Ultimate, switch on DLSS Neural Rendering in the game’s video settings. There is nothing to install. These are NVIDIA’s steps for NBA 2K27, the first game with DLSS 5:
- Install GeForce Game Ready Driver 616.64 or newer from NVIDIA’s website or the NVIDIA app. The driver makes the option appear in the game.
- In the game, open Video Settings and turn on DLSS Neural Rendering.
- Set DLSS Super Resolution, Frame Generation and Reflex as you like. NVIDIA pairs DLSS 5 with Super Resolution and Multi Frame Generation to win back the frames the neural pass costs.
- Press F9 during play or replays to switch it off and on and compare.
Other announced games add the same kind of setting through updates; the DLSS 5 games list tracks them. The NVIDIA app has no switch that forces DLSS 5 into other games.
Where can you use DLSS 5?
| Where | Official DLSS 5 | With a community tool |
|---|---|---|
| Supported games on an RTX 50 desktop or laptop | Yes | Not needed |
| Supported games on GeForce NOW Ultimate | Yes, streamed from RTX 5080 servers | — |
| Other single-player games | No | Yes, on RTX 20 to 50 cards |
| Online games with anti-cheat | Only if the game itself ships it | No: ban risk |
| PS5, Xbox and other consoles | No | No |
What graphics card do you need?
Officially, a GeForce RTX 50 GPU, desktop or laptop. NVIDIA plans official RTX 40 support once it has tuned RTX 50 performance, without a date, and has announced nothing for RTX 20 and 30 (what DLSS 5 is). Community tools run the model on older RTX cards with a community-modified runtime. Their developers describe the cost like this:
| Card | Official | With a community tool |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 50 | Yes | Full speed |
| RTX 40 | Announced, no date | Moderate cost |
| RTX 20 and 30 | Not announced | Heavy cost: about half the frame rate at full model resolution |
| GTX (including GTX 16), AMD, Intel | No | No; one experimental AMD mode, unverified |
What each card can use instead: the AMD, Intel and GTX guide.
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How do you use DLSS 5 in other games?
With a community tool that installs the DLSS 5 runtime and a ReShade add-on, or an OptiScaler build, into the game. These tools are unofficial: NVIDIA does not support them, there are no developer masks that keep faces and art style as intended, and the neural pass costs frames. Use them in single-player games only.
- Choose a tool from the table below, download it only from its GitHub releases, and check the file.
- If another DLSS 5 tool is already installed in the game, restore the game with that tool first: two injectors in one folder conflict.
- Install into the game with the tool, start the game and switch DLSS 5 on. Most tools use ReShade’s overlay (Home, then the add-on’s tab); DLSS 5 Swapper also has its own F8 panel.
- To undo it, use the same tool’s restore or uninstall option. Do that before you try another tool.
Games without DLSS of their own take a different route, which gets depth and motion data from ReShade; what changes there.
Which DLSS 5 mod should you use?
| Tool | Choose it for | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| DLSS 5 Swapper | One app with bundled components, an in-game F8 panel and per-game restore | How to use it |
| DLSS 5 Manager | Frequent updates, and Live Flow for any borderless window | DLSS 5 Manager guide |
| DLSS 5 Autopilot | A route picked per game, and a check of the logs that says whether the model ran | DLSS 5 Autopilot guide |
| RHI | DLSS 5 next to ReShade HDR mods and NVIDIA driver profile control | RHI guide |
| DLSS5oneclick | A single exe that picks the setup, writes cheaper settings and refuses anti-cheat games | DLSS5oneclick guide |
They all run the same DLSS 5 model, so the picture and the frame cost are broadly similar on the same route. They differ in how they install, update and undo: compare them side by side.
Is there a DLSS 5 download?
Not for official DLSS 5: it comes with the supported game and the driver. The community tools add the DLSS 5 runtime, nvngx_dlssnr.dll, in a community build that runs on your card, and some also place NVIDIA’s DLSS runtime, nvngx_dlss.dll (what these files are). Look-alike downloads circulate, including a password-protected “DLSS5-Manager” ZIP, so take each tool only from its own GitHub releases and verify the file. More in how to spot a fake download.
Can DLSS 5 mods get you banned?
Yes, in online games with anti-cheat. The tools inject files into the game, which anti-cheat detects. DLSS5oneclick refuses games with common anti-cheat files, DLSS 5 Autopilot asks you to confirm, and DLSS 5 Swapper and DLSS 5 Manager show a warning; none of them bypasses anti-cheat. Official DLSS 5 in a supported online game is fine, because the game ships it. The risk game by game.
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DLSS 5 Autopilot Guide: Routes, Setup, Safety and Undo
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DLSS 5 Autopilot picks one of eight routes per game, installs DLSS 5, then reads the logs to tell you whether it ran. One exe, no admin. Setup, safety and undo.
DLSS 5 Manager Guide: Install, Live Flow, Safety and Undo
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DLSS 5 Manager by NODIX-TECH installs DLSS 5, ReShade and OptiScaler per game and adds Live Flow for any borderless window. How to install, use and undo it.
DLSS 5 One Click (DLSS5oneclick): Setup, Routes and Safety
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DLSS5oneclick sets up DLSS 5 in DirectX 11 and 12 games in one click: it picks the setup, writes cheaper settings and refuses anti-cheat games. How to use it.