"Today, NVIDIA are rolling out DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution to all NVIDIA app users. Announced at CES last week, DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution introduces a 2nd generation transformer model for DLSS Super Resolution, delivering state-of-the-art image quality for all GeForce RTX GPUs in over 400 games and apps," the company stated. Users can access the latest features by simply opening the Nvidia app and letting it auto-update.
Nvidia says DLSS 4.5's second-gen transformer model should hopefully cut down on some of the distracting artifacts synonymous with DLSS. DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution purportedly reduces "shimmering" or flickering on static surfaces, as well as ghostly trails and after-images.
In our short hands-on time at CES 2026, we definitely noted an impressive improvement over the existing model. Per our previous report: "What we didn't expect is that DLSS 4.5 actually makes certain lighting and particle effects look richer and more natural, too." For users of the RTX 50-series and 40-series RTX GPUs, the Tensor Cores of those cards should take some of the increased resource load thanks to support for accelerated FP8 processing.
While this week's headline launch is Super Resolution, Nvidia also highlighted that its existing DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation is now available on over 250 games and apps — but there's no sign of 6x DLSS Multi-Frame Generation, also unveiled at this year's CES, just yet. Other updates to the Nvidia app include a new Debug Mode that can instantly disable all overclocks and voltage tweaks in case of system instability.
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