The Nvidia App has received a much-awaited feature making it a breeze to swap DLSS versions. Now you can update your game’s upscaling or add previously unavailable options without developer intervention.
Nvidia is all-in on the software side with new features every generation, the latest of which concerns its all-in-one driver app. From now on, GeForce RTX users will have an option to update their game files to the new transformer model debuted with the RTX 50 Series and DLSS 4. This includes taking advantage of the latest DLSS upscaling, Ray Reconstruction, and DLAA models.
The latter is the most exciting of the bunch as it will allow you to add DLAA (Deep Learning Anti-Aliasing) to games that don’t have it. A fantastic news for old games that would benefit more from a strong anti-aliasing rather than upscaling, not to forget those that are no longer updated to recent DLSS versions. The only caveat is that games should support some sort of DLSS to begin with since the app simply updates/swaps the game’s original DLL files for new ones.
Those of you who are into modding will find this familiar as you could do it manually or via software like DLSS updater for a long time already. In effect, the Nvidia App Override feature does the same thing, but makes it far more accessible regardless of technical knowledge. The only question is, will this feature be available on all RTX cards or will it be limited to the newer RTX 40 and 50 Series?
It would be great if all RTX cards could leverage new DLSS upscalers based on the transformer model. The latter replaces CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) which processed pixel information using a small number of neighbouring pixels. Transformers on the other hand can easily identify a range of patterns across a larger pixel window, and scale much more effectively.
Nvidia claims that its Transformers models ingest over two times more parameters with four times higher compute, allowing it to achieve better quality and more stable images. This is especially noticeable in ray traced content with moving objects and challenged lighting.
But regardless, having a simple solution to update the DLSS algorithm is already great. Now, with the possibility to bring DLAA to more games, the Nvidia App putting the old driver suite to shame.
