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NVIDIA’sRTX 4090 and RTX 4080 GPUsare amazing.
And one of its biggest additions is DLSS 3, a new revision of NVIDIA’s DLSS upscaling tech.
And can you use it on existing hardware?
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What Is DLSS 3, and How Does It Compare to DLSS 2?
DLSS 3is the third revision of NVIDIA’s DLSS super sampling/game performance-boosting technology.
This allows for lower-end graphics cards to run games in 2K or 4K resolutions at decent framerates.
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In addition to upscaling existing frames, DLSS 3 will generate intermediate frames for your games.
This allows for a dramatic boost in performance.
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DLSS 3 also incorporates NVIDIA Reflex, anultra-low-latencysolution to make your games way more responsive.
How Big of a Deal Is DLSS 3?
Ada Lovelace-based budget GPUs could have amazing performance despite their unassuming specifications, all thanks to DLSS 3.
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It’s also a big deal even if you got a honking, monstrous GPU.
Can Older Graphics Cards Use DLSS 3?
Unfortunately, DLSS 3’s biggest improvement, Frame Generation, is exclusive to the RTX 4000-series graphics cards.
If you want to use the full might of DLSS 3, you’ll need to upgrade your GPU.
RTX 2000-series and 3000-series GPUs still have full support for DLSS 2, including its Super Resolution upscaling technology.
DLSS 3 promises revolutionary changes, and it could be key to making high-resolution gaming attainable for everyone.
