Nvidia's DLSS 4 Leak Hints at Revolutionary AI Features for RTX 50-Series GPUs

Nvidia DLSS 4 leak details huge upgrades coming to RTX 50-series GPUs -- higher frame rates, enhanced ray tracing and more

Nvidia's DLSS update would bring 'new AI-accelerated' features to PC games With Nvidia RTX 50-series GPU leaks coming out of the woodwork, we're starting to get an idea of what to expect from Nvidia's next-gen graphics cards just in time for CES 2025. Now, it looks like one of Nvidia's best features is about to get a big update. Spotted by HardwareLuxx (via VideoCardz), GPU manufacturer INNO3D leaked details of the rumored Nvidia DLSS 4 on its CES 2025 events page. As the page suggests, its GPUs will "highlight new AI-accelerated capabilities giving you the power to innovate with AI." The new AI-enhanced features hint at Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology, offering "even better image quality and higher frame rates." We know DLSS 3 in current Nvidia GPUs uses AI to upscale supported PC games, offering higher resolutions and increased frame rates by "up to 4x," as Nvidia states. However, the leak details even more upgrades and features. While INNO3D has taken down the post, the leak can still be viewed via Internet Archive. As per the post, here's what Nvidia DLSS 4 may deliver: Interestingly, the leak notes "Neural Rendering Capabilities." We're not sure how this will work in games, or whether this is exclusive to RTX 50-series graphics cards or will trickle down to RTX 40- or RTX 30-series GPUs. At the very least, we know it will somehow upgrade how graphics are presented in PC games. Otherwise, we can expect plenty of improvements if DLSS 4 is announced, including enhanced ray tracing, AI-accelerated graphics, improved AI upscaling, better power efficiency and more. With CES 2025 looming, we won't have to wait much longer to know what Nvidia's plans are for its next-gen GPUs. If DLSS 4 is on its way, PC games will look even better and run smoother than before. Well, unless Nvidia fixes its new app, as the Nvidia app has been caught making PC games run up to 15% slower.

Leaked Nvidia DLSS 4 Details Suggest RTX 50-Series GPUs Will Have 'Neural Rendering’

Nvidia may reveal a DLSS 4 update to its AI upscaling suite that will help you run AI tasks and get better frames in games. We already know a lot about the upcoming big, hefty, and supposedly super-powered GPUs from Nvidia. But there’s another side to Team Green’s success, and that’s in its DLSS upscaling software. The proprietary blend of resolution upscaling, frame generation, and anti-aliasing may be receiving an upgrade in 2025 with DLSS 4. New leaks from some industry sources suggest that Nvidia’s super scaling tech could be getting “neural rendering capabilities†alongside other AI enhancements to make games run better on lower-end hardware. German-language tech site HardwareLuxx (via VideoCardz) spotted pre-CES marketing from GPU OEM INNO3D (pay no attention to the alphabet soup of tech naming conventions). The manufacturer talked up Nvidia’s advanced “deep learning super sampling offering even better image quality and higher frame rates.†The next-gen GPUs should also have “enhanced ray tracing,†“improved AI-driven upscaling,†and “neural rendering capabilities.†If you extrapolate based on these bullet points, it seems that whatever update to DLSS 3.5â€"first launched in 2023â€"will be AI-centric. INNO3D has deleted the original DLSS bullet points from its news release. Luckily, the original page is available via the Internet Archive. The screenshot below shows that the manufacturer was heavy on marketing but light on details. We still don’t have a good idea of how neural rendering will change how cards display graphics on PCs. Like other super sampling technologies from AMD and Intel, Nvidia uses AI algorithms to upscale a lower-resolution frame to a higher resolution, which increases frame rates. Nvidia claims more than 600 games currently support various RTX upscaling technologies, but only a fraction of those titles support the latest version, DLSS 3.5. Both RTX 20- and RTX 30-series cards can use DLSS 3 or later, though frame generation is only available on 40-series GPUs. We would be surprised if Nvidia doesn’t bring whatever upcoming DLSS update to its previous range of cards or at least go back to the RTX 30-series. Some features may be restricted to the 50-series cards, especially those that demand a good deal of AI performance. This month, Nvidia revealed its palm-sized $250 Orin Nano chip. It’s built to let regular folk run AI applications on their PC. The new DLSS update will include “generative AI acceleration,†which indicates the new graphics cards will have an AI bent as well. INNO3D’s release mentions that this “new range of graphics cards†will include the liquid-cooling option iChill Frostbite alongside other fan-cooled GPUs. VideoCardz took “Small Form Factor†as a hint that Nvidia may also unveil mid-range cards like the 5060 at CES in January. Nvidia could show off these cards but hold them back for release later in 2025, but we’ll have to wait and see. Both FSR 3 and XeSS (recently upgraded to XeSS 2) are very good at supporting better framerates in games, but in our experience, DLSS offers slightly better overall performance. It’s also the most customizable, with some games, like Cyberpunk 2077, offering specific frame generation and ray reconstruction options. We don’t yet know if the AI capabilities will spill over into games, but maybe we’ll finally get the promised “G-Assist†features to adjust game graphics for users on the fly.

Nvidia might reveal DLSS 4 at CES 2025 - and mysterious new AI capabilities that could be 'revolutionary' for GPUs

New neural rendering capabilities are also set to be aired which could be even more intriguing Inno3D has again been leaking material relating to Nvidia's upcoming revelations at CES 2025, but this time it's more about the software and AI side of the equation, rather than the (purported) next-gen graphics cards themselves. VideoCardz noticed that German tech site Hardware Luxx caught the CES 2025 press release from Inno3D, teasing what it has in store for the show, and oversharing some info that Nvidia would doubtless not want aired. The key mentions here pertain to a possible new version of DLSS and fresh neural rendering capabilities. In the first case, Inno3D talks about: "Advanced DLSS Technology: Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling offering even better image quality and higher frame rates." And secondly, the manufacturer points out: "Neural Rendering Capabilities: Revolutionizing how graphics are processed and displayed." There's also talk of AI enhanced power-efficiency measures whereby the GPU's power consumption and thermals are presumably fine-tuned to be more efficient and work better in general. While we can't read too much into this - it's all pretty vague marketing speak from Inno3D, as you'd fully expect from a pre-event press release - the highlighted bits are still exciting glimpses of what we might be treated to at CES 2025. The mentioned advanced DLSS tech which delivers a better image quality, and bigger frame rate boosts, might well be DLSS 4. That said, we've heard very little about Nvidia's next-gen take on DLSS, which is odd if it is on the verge of being shown off. However, it's not unreasonable to assume that DLSS 4 would be tied to RTX 5000 GPUs exclusively (as Team Green did this with DLSS 3 and RTX 4000 GPUs when they launched). And so when RTX 5000 graphics cards are revealed at CES, it'd make sense that the next-gen DLSS would be teased alongside them, if not fully detailed. On top of that, the apparent new neural rendering capabilities sound intriguing, and the mention of the term 'revolutionizing' graphics has piqued our curiosity. Is this just PR bluster, though? We'll have to wait and see, but there are already theories floating around that it could be some kind of neural texture compression, which would help GPUs with lower amounts of VRAM cope better with weighty textures. Could this be an explanation of why Nvidia might be mulling video RAM loadouts like 8GB for the RTX 5060 and 12GB for the RTX 5070? Perhaps, but that's reaching... Inno3D also mentions that it'll have new graphics cards at CES 2025, without saying they're RTX 5000 models. But it does mention some more standard brands of new products, alongside higher end iChill variants, including a small form-factor board - which is a hint that we won't just see higher-end Blackwell GPUs at the show. As well as the RTX 5090 and 5080, the RTX 5070 or 5070 Ti have been rumored as being ready to be revealed, and this is a further suggestion that this is what Nvidia has planned for CES in January. Inno3D probably isn't Nvidia's favorite partner at the moment, because the graphics card manufacturer recently leaked the existence of the RTX 5090 and that it'll be unveiled at CES 2025.

Inno3D hints at Neural Rendering and Advanced DLSS technology for Nvidia's next-gen RTX 50-series GPUs -- DLSS 4 may debut with Blackwell

Inno3D's press release for CES 2025 includes a few teasers for the AIB's next-gen RTX 50 offerings next month and hints at a potential DLSS 4. The marketing material is extraordinarily vague and could be interpreted in many ways. However, Inno3D's unique emphasis on AI and choice of words lead us to believe that Nvidia has something on the horizon. Only time will tell. Board partners have very likely finalized their SKUs for next month, and it's only a matter of time before we see them put into action. According to a leak from Zotac, Nvidia is set to announce the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 family next month. In case any new features were added, say a potential DLSS 4, AIBs are probably aware, as the same information goes on the GPU box art. Inno3D reports that it will detail new features such as an "Advanced" DLSS, which offers higher FPS and better visuals. Then, the company mentions "Neural Rendering Capabilities," which will quote-unquote "revolutionize how graphics are processed and displayed." Afterward, AI-enhanced power delivery appears to be a partner-specific feature, likely a gimmick or a genuinely new technology; who knows? Generative AI isn't unheard of, but that should also improve with Blackwell owing to the architectural revamps. Inno3D claims that its offerings will have better AI integration in games. This suddenly comes to mind when Nvidia unveiled G-Assist at Computex last year, which was nothing more than an April Fools' prank just a few years past. The press release asserts these features are "new. " To be fair, Nvidia has teased something of the sort in the past. DLSS 3 can generate frames between frames, but what about generating entire in-game assets from scratch? Moreover, Jensen also discussed AI-generated in-game NPCs, each with a unique dialogue and voice; see Nvidia ACE for more context. The "Neural Rendering Capabilities" part could also be a teaser for the long-awaited NTC (Neural Texture Compression) tech the firm revealed last year. NTC employs neural networks to compress textures more efficiently than traditional methods, allowing higher-resolution textures with similar storage requirements. Since NTC decompression leverages matrix multiplication, it should run on practically any modern-day GPU from Nvidia. This should alleviate Nvidia's 8GB memory bottleneck to some extent and might even benefit older architectures, but the final decision rests on Nvidia. AMD will also reveal RDNA 4 with some new AI features next month, so it is best to wait until January to see the whole picture.

GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs will feature revolutionary Neural Rendering Capabilities

NVIDIA is preparing to formally announce its new GeForce RTX 50 Series at CES 2025 in a couple of weeks, with the GeForce RTX 5070, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and flagship GeForce RTX 5090 set to be unveiled. Multiple leaks from NVIDIA's partners have confirmed this lineup, and a new leak from INNO3D hints at a revolutionary AI-powered technology coming along with more. Cyberpunk 2077 is a visually stunning game that makes full use of current GeForce RTX AI technologies, image credit: CD Projekt Red. This is our first glimpse at what could be DLSS 4, with the information from INNO3D covering what to expect with the GeForce RTX 50 Series and its AI capabilities for gaming and content creation. According to INNO3D, the GeForce RTX 50 Series will feature Neural Rendering Capabilities, revolutionizing how "graphics are processed and displayed." This is in addition to DLSS offering "even better image quality and higher frame rates" and enhanced ray tracing with improved RT cores. It doesn't stop there, as the next generation of GeForce RTX graphics cards will also be leveraging AI to improve power efficiency and thermal performance when gaming. With the growing importance of AI in gaming and content creation, INNO3D will highlight new AI-accelerated capabilities, giving you the power to Innovate with AI: Like other NVIDIA partners, INNO3D is expected to unveil a range of new GeForce RTX Series graphics cards at CES 2025, including new models for its iCHILL and TWIN line-ups. As for what Neural Rendering Capabilities entail, earlier this year, NVIDIA presented a new technology called Real-Time Neural Appearance Models at SIGGRAPH 2024 that dramatically improves the look of in-game objects and materials but also improves shader performance compared to traditional rasterized rendering. It's no secret that NVIDIA is all in on AI and has played a significant role in bringing AI to PC gaming with DLSS and Frame Generation, two game-changing bits of technology that have shaped the industry. DLSS 3 debuted with the GeForce RTX 40 Series, so seeing what's in store this time is exciting. 'Neural Rendering Capabilities' is a vague term, but there's every chance it will be another DLSS moment for the GeForce team.

We might see a new version of DLSS next month

As the year comes to a close, we're hearing more about what Nvidia might have in store at CES next month. Not only is the company rumored to launch its RTX 50-series GPUs, which could take Nvidia's best graphics cards to the next level, it could also introduce new software features. At least, that's what Nvidia board partner Inno3D is suggesting. The company, which is an exclusive Nvidia board partner, posted a press release detailing what it will cover at CES next month. In addition to its various GPU models, including the Frostbite range with a "new liquid cooling solution" and the SFF range for small form factor PCs, Inno3D highlighted an AI feature set including "advanced DLSS technology," "improved AI-driven upscaling," and "neural rendering capabilities." Recommended Videos We've already learned a lot about Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs through various leaks and speculation, but that's all been related to the hardware itself. We haven't heard anything about Nvidia's future plans for Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS). Inno3D's press release might provide a few hints. Get your weekly teardown of the tech behind PC gaming ReSpec Subscribe Check your inbox! Privacy Policy With the launch of the RTX 4090 in this past generation, Nvidia introduced DLSS 3. It's been a monumental achievement for Team Green, with the feature oftentimes justifying the purchase of an Nvidia graphics card. Since then, we've seen a big pickup in AMD's FSR 3, which matches the DLSS 3 package, and the introduction of Intel's XeSS 2. Although AMD and Intel have tried to match what Nvidia is offering, DLSS has maintained a lead in features up to this point. There's a good chance Nvidia wants to maintain that lead with the next version of DLSS, so it's possible we'll see that next version arrive alongside the launch of RTX 50-series GPUs. That's certainly what Inno3D's press release suggests. The post says that the company will "highlight new AI-accelerated capabilities" at CES, suggesting that this isn't just fluff about existing DLSS technology. That's always a possibility, but we've heard suggestions about what future versions of DLSS might look like before. Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang has suggested DLSS will "even generate textures and objects" in the future, while Nvidia's Bryan Catanzaro has mused about DLSS 10, where rendering won't even require a graphics card. At this point, there hasn't been anything concrete about a new version of DLSS, and certainly nothing confirming that it'll arrive next month. However, it's clear that DLSS is technology that Nvidia is invested in and wants to continue building upon. Inno3D's press release isn't a confirmation that we'll see a new version of DLSS next month, but it certainly suggests that something new is coming down the pike.

Neural rendering might be Nvidia's next AI trick on RTX 5000

Forward-looking: New Nvidia graphics card generations and major DLSS updates typically introduce new AI-assisted rendering features. With the RTX 5000 series unveiling weeks away, speculation about whether the company will reveal more added functionality has proliferated. Inno3D's CES 2025 press release might have teased Nvidia's plans. Nvidia board partner Inno3D has outlined the new AI-assisted technologies it plans to showcase at CES 2025 in January, where Team Green is expected to unveil its next-generation GeForce RTX 5000 graphics cards. A bullet point on Inno3D's vaguely worded list mentions Neural Rendering, which could dramatically alter graphics rendering pipelines. The feature might be the next major addition to Nvidia's DLSS toolchain, following Super Resolution, Frame Generation, and Ray Reconstruction. Inno3D didn't mention precise details on Neural Rendering but described it as a revolution in graphics display and processing. Nvidia has previously discussed its ambitions for using DLSS to increase the integration of AI and machine learning in video game graphics. However, the company hasn't specified a timeline for the functionality's evolution. Last year, Nvidia speculated that DLSS could render game worlds using neural networks in the far future. In the near term, Nvidia also proposed using DLSS to generate textures, objects, and NPCs through AI. Whether Neural Rendering might achieve any of these goals remains unclear. Inno3D also plans to cover other gaming and content creation advances at CES. For example, AI-enhanced power efficiency might improve the dynamic regulation of power consumption and thermals. Furthermore, the company mentioned enhancements for DLSS Video Super Resolution and other GenAI tasks. The press release might allude to Nvidia's ambitions for handling local GenAI workloads using RTX GPUs, which could outperform the NPUs that have defined recently released "AI PCs." Microsoft plans to eventually enable using Nvidia GPUs for Copilot+ features, which currently require NPUs. Furthermore, Nvidia's previously teased G-Assist chatbot aims to help users when playing games and optimizing graphics settings. If the company debuts new DLSS or AI features with RTX 5000, it remains unclear whether they will be exclusive to the new lineup. DLSS 3 frame generation is only enabled on RTX 4000 cards but the subsequently introduced ray reconstruction feature supports all RTX GPUs. Nvidia is expected to reveal the RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, and 5070 at CES, with the 5060 debuting later. AMD will also likely unveil the Radeon RX 8800 and possibly 8600 at the trade show. Team Red aims to substantially improve ray tracing performance and upscaling quality with its new GPUs to catch up to Nvidia.

'Neural Rendering' could be the new AI-powered sorcery in Nvidia's next-gen RTX 50-series GPUs

INNO3D website lets slip a possible hint at Nvidia's next AI magic. Hot on the heels of apparent confirmation of a monstrous 32 GB RTX 5090 GPU from Nvidia comes news that the world's most valuable company might be plotting a major AI-enhanced upgrade that brings in-game graphics a major step closer to fully AI-rendered graphics. In other words, games that are no longer rendered by a traditional 3D pipeline, but fully rendered by neural networks. The technology could arrive with Blackwell, a new graphics architecture that literally everyone is expecting to debut at the CES show early in the new year. We've arguably discussed numerous variants of this new gen of GPUs ad nauseam at this point. But a little snippet of info has possibly been leaked by graphics card maker -- or add-in board partner, take your pick -- INNO3D (via HardwareLUXX). The company doesn't refer directly to new Nvidia GPUs, instead talking more tangentially about "a new range of graphics cards at CES 2025". However, the accompanying notes makes it clear enough we're talking about Nvidia's next-gen GPUs, thanks to various references to Nvidia DLSS technology, RT cores and so on. The notes lean heavily into AI tech and ray-tracing capabilities, including: Now, much of that could apply to the existing RTX 40-series, but one item stands out. Yup, you guessed (you did guess it, right?), we're talking about Neural Rendering Capabilities. Now, this isn't the first time we've seen mention of Neural Rendering in an Nvidia context. Likewise, you could argue that any rendering tech that uses Nvidia's AI capabilities is "Neural" rendering. So, that includes upscaling, Frame Generation, Ray Reconstruction, the works. However, when Nvidia has used that specific phrase previously, it's typically been a forward-looking aspiration, a technology in development. Speaking last year about Neural Rendering, Bryan Catanzaro, an Nvidia VP of Applied Deep Learning Research explained how it was already possible to generate graphics that were entirely rendered by a neural network in real time, albeit at that time not at terribly high quality. The output of such a system was, "not anything close to Cyberpunk," Catanzaro said. Moreover, Nvidia currently says that with both DLSS and Frame Generation applied, just one in eight in-game pixels are rendered using the traditional GPU 3D pipeline with the remainder created by various AI or "neural" techniques. So, much of the work has already been done. But the implication is that the end game for Neural Rendering is to have every pixel rendered by AI. In this scenario, a game engine might provide data regarding what objects are in a scene, perhaps how they are moving, along with other environmental cues and player inputs, and then the AI works out the rest. So, is that what we can expect from RTX 50-series GPUs? Perhaps not. Fully Neural Rendering might well be a step too far. Instead, Nvidia may be preparing to hand over further elements of the rendering process to AI, perhaps discrete elements of the 3D pipeline. One example could be Real-Time Neural Radiance Caching for Path Tracing. It's all pretty complicated, but the short version is that it uses AI to enable faster, lower-noise path tracing by handing over the radiance caching to a neural network. Of course, the notion of Neural Rendering could also just be the latest marketing buzz to describe things that Nvidia is largely or entirely already doing. But it's hardly surprising that Nvidia's next GPUs will lean even more heavily into the whole AI thing. And it might be nice for the GeForce cards to have something else to do with all those Tensor Cores, right? The company itself is now nothing if not all about AI. So we think it's more likely that there will be some new substance to this whole Neural Rendering thing, even if that substance isn't quite fully AI-rendered in-game graphics.

Inno3D Mentions New DLSS and Neural Rendering for RTX 50 GPUs

Granted we're not at all interested in the press release that inno3D put out today about its participation in the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), where it plans to exhibit a range of new graphics card models. What however is interesting is that they mention a few new NVIDIA technologies in that press release. Key among these is Neural Rendering, a feature expected to transform graphics processing and display methods. The series also leverages Improved Advanced Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology to achieve better image quality and higher frame rates. Inno3D exposed the new features of Nvidia's RTX 50 graphics card in advance in the press release, such as "neural rendering" that "will completely change the way graphics are processed and displayed": Advanced DLSS Technology: NVIDIA's deep learning super sampling technology, providing better image quality and higher frame rates. Enhanced ray tracing: Improved RT cores for more realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections in games. AI-accelerated graphics: Improve performance of AI-assisted tasks and better integrate AI into gaming and content creation workflows. Neural Rendering: Revolutionizes the way graphics are processed and displayed. AI-enhanced power efficiency: Leverages AI to optimize power consumption and thermal management systems, making them more energy efficient. Improved AI-powered Upscaling: Beyond gaming, the enhanced AI Upscaling feature can also benefit content creators, providing better picture quality when upscaling video content. Generative AI Acceleration: Optimizations for accelerating generative AI tasks, in line with the growing trend of AI content creation. Furthermore, the RTX 50 GPUs integrate AI-driven graphics acceleration to boost the performance of tasks assisted by artificial intelligence and to better incorporate AI into gaming and content creation processes. AI-enhanced power efficiency features utilize artificial intelligence to optimize both power consumption and thermal management, thereby enhancing energy efficiency. The GPUs also offer improved AI-powered upscaling capabilities, which not only benefit gaming applications but also provide content creators with higher quality visuals when upscaling video content. Interesting, time will tell ... Source: ithome

NVIDIA To Showcase Several "AI-Focused" GPU Technologies At CES 2025, Teased By Inno3D

NVIDIA is reportedly set to unveil a plethora of "AI-focused" features with its next-gen RTX 50 series "Blackwell" GPUs, as teased by Inno3D's CES 2025 announcement. It looks like the influx of AI into the consumer gaming GPU markets will happen with this CES showcase, as Team Green is now rumored to disclose several technologies focused on accelerating performance by harnessing the power of AI. While NVIDIA hasn't confirmed anything, its AIB partner Inno3D has shown a glimpse of Team Green's plans, revealing that the firm is set to unveil AI technologies such as "neural rendering" and genAI acceleration, likely moving into the next generation of GPU-focused technologies. With the growing importance of AI in gaming and content creation, INNO3D will highlight new AI-accelerated capabilities, giving you the power to Innovate with AI: - Inno3D Interestingly, this is the first time we have seen such details pop up, given that NVIDIA's plans regarding its GPU technologies are often unknown until the very last moment. Not just this, but Inno3D, like all other AIB partners, also plans to unveil a "new range of graphics cards" and has become one of the first manufacturers to disclose next-gen GPU variants, which includes iCHILL Frostbite, iCHILL X3, INNO3D X3, INNO3D Twin X2, INNO3D White and INNO3D Small Form Factor (SFF) variants. The mention of AI-driven technologies here clearly shows that this is the area NVIDIA is going to target at the CES 2025 showcase, and it looks like we will be seeing a lot more than just the GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs getting unveiled, since Team Green is now rumored to showcase several new features, designed to enhance gamer experience. "Neural Rendering" capabilities are an area that intrigues the most, given that NVIDIA is rumored to be working on such solutions for quite some time now, especially for the gaming industry. CES 2025 will definitely hold a lot for gamers and enthusiasts out there, and we cannot wait to see what it brings to the industry, and NVIDIA's keynote will probably be a highlight of the event, which is set to take place on January 6.