Hands-On With DLSS 5: Our First Look At Nvidia's Next-Gen Photo-Realistic Lighting

Digital Foundry is now fully independent! Join the DF Supporter Program and support the team: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Coming in Fall 2026, Nividia's DLSS 5 is a brand-new technology for RTX 50-series GPUs, bringing next-gen quality, photo-realistic lighting to any supported game. We went hands-on with four existing games running with DLSS 5 in place, discussing how the technology works, how games are transformed, and starting the discussion on ML tech vs artistic intent in video games. Truth is, we're still processing this one and we'll have a longer DF Direct coming soon with further impressions from our time with the tech. Examine the DF Website: https://digitalfoundry.net Go here to check out DF merch! https://store.digitalfoundry.net Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00 Introduction 01:31 First contact: Resident Evil Requiem 03:36 Nvidia’s intent 05:04 Starfield 07:06 Oblivion Remastered 08:41 Assassin’s Creed Shadows 10:05 DLSS 5 implementation details 12:52 Concluding thoughts: neural rendering, artistic intent, remaining questions