DLSS5 Explained with Linus Tech Tips
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What is DLSS 5 and how does it differ from previous DLSS versions?
Welcome to the VergeCast, the flagship podcast of deep learning super sampling. I'm David Amel. Nvidia's DLSS5 technology was released on September 3rd. And it's notably different from the ways it's been doing super sampling in the past. Super sampling is a technology used to boost video game fidelity and performance on existing hardware. There's been a lot of pushback from some people in the gaming community and even the developer community about this. So I wanted to bring on Linus Sebastian and David Gautier from Linus Tech Tips to talk to me about what DLSS 5 is and why pretty much everybody is so up in arms about it. But first, here's what's happening on The Verge today. This is 90 Seconds on the Verge for Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026.
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All right, Linus Sebastian, David Gattier, welcome to the VergeCast. Thanks for having us. This is really exciting. Yeah, I'm super glad to have you guys here. Um, it's been a while since I've seen you, so it's nice to see you, first of all. But we really wanted to bring you in because there's this new thing that just dropped, NVIDIA DLSS5. Uh super sampling, sort of, right?
Yeah, we've lost track a little bit of what the SS in DLSS stands for. I think that's pretty clear.
Yeah. We've had DLSS before, which was sort of a way to upscale content when you had a lower-tiered GPU. Can you explain what DLSS V is and why it's different from what we've had before?
Yeah. Well, DLSS in the past meant we've got this lower resolution that we're rendering at internally. And then we're using, you know, some form of of machine learning to take that and extrapolate. Um, you know, kind of like way back in the day when you would have like a a a low resolution image that you took on your one megapixel digital camera and you'd kind of try to stretch it out and then you know sharpen it and and fill in the missing information.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is DLSS 5 and how does it differ from previous DLSS versions?
0:02–5:08
2
Why did the gaming community push back against DLSS 5’s “yassifying” effect?
5:08–10:42
3
How does DLSS 5 add new visual elements instead of just up‑scaling pixels?
10:42–15:45
4
What are the performance costs of DLSS 5 on high‑end GPUs like the 5090?
15:45–19:56
5
How are developers expected to use DLSS 5’s neural rendering in games?
19:56–24:45
6
What real‑world testing results did the guests see in games like Expedition 33 and GTA 6?
24:45–30:12
7
Will DLSS 5 eventually become affordable for mid‑range hardware?
30:12–35:40
8
How might competing technologies from AMD and Intel change the future of AI‑enhanced rendering?
35:40–39:15