DLSS 4 on Nvidia RTX 5080 First Look: Super Res + Multi Frame-Gen on Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive!

Nvidia unveiled the RTX 50-series range of GPUs at CES 2025, but we had the chance to take a quick look at DLSS 4 running on an RTX 5080 over the preceding holiday break. Here’s a look at DLSS 4 super resolution and ray reconstruction improvements stacked up against the existing technology, plus a look at the new Frame-Gen 3x and 4x options and some frame-rate, consistency and latency comparisons. A few notes: Super resolution and ray reconstruction comparisons taken with frame generation disabled and with CP2077 post-process features (chromatic aberration, film grain, motion blur etc) disabled on RT Overdrive mode. All b-roll uses frame-gen 3x, RT Overdrive mode but again with post-process features disabled for improved clarity. Frame-rate clips captured on RT Overdrive but with film grain disabled for better image quality on YouTube. More thoughts on DLSS 4 in this Eurogamer article: Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and various items based on DF catchphrases? Check out our store: Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to DF Retro, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: 00:00 Introduction 02:06 Capturing DLSS 4 Multi Frame-Gen: It’s Tricky 03:17 Super Resolution and Ray Reconstruction: The Transformer Model 04:32 Transformer Model vs Prior CNN Model 07:06 DLSS 4 Multi Frame-Gen Introduction 07:39 Frame-Gen 2x, 3x, 4x Frame-Rate Improvements 08:30 RTX 4080 Super Frame-Gen 2x vs RTX 5080 Frame-Gen 4x 08:55 DLSS 4 Multi Frame-Gen: Frame-Pacing And Latency 12:05 DLSS 4 Features for RTX 20, 30, 40 and 50 Series GPUs 12:42 DLSS 4 on RTX 5080: First Look Summary