Nvidia’s latest look at DLSS 5 in Hogwarts Legacy suggests a more restrained visual result than the technology’s early demonstrations. New comparison screenshots show smaller changes to characters and surroundings, as the system approaches its first release in the game.
A quieter look for Hogwarts Legacy
When Nvidia first presented DLSS 5, its effects on some faces drew strong reactions. In the initial Hogwarts Legacy example, a 15-year-old student appeared much older. The new comparisons show teenagers retaining a more youthful appearance, while changes to the environment are also less pronounced.
The screenshots offer a glimpse of how the technology’s presentation has changed since those first reactions. Rather than reshaping faces as dramatically, this version appears to make more subtle adjustments. The article also compares the new Hogwarts Legacy results to the less conspicuous changes shown in NBA 2K27.
DLSS 5 is set to appear in Hogwarts Legacy on November 5th. It is also coming to Where Winds Meet late next month, giving players another upcoming example of how the technology can look in a released game.
Developers can shape the results
Nvidia says developers have “detailed artistic control” over DLSS 5 and decide how to use it in their games. That control matters because a rendering system can affect how characters and environments appear. The Hogwarts Legacy comparisons suggest the implementation can be adjusted to produce a softer effect than the one that first attracted attention.
For players, the practical question is how the feature looks in each game. Nvidia’s examples show that results need not be identical from one title to another: developers choose how the technology is implemented. The new images provide a preview, while the game’s November 5th debut will bring DLSS 5 to Hogwarts Legacy.
An update targets speed and memory use
Nvidia also outlined an October update to the DLSS 5 neural rendering system. The company says the revised model should run twice as fast on RTX 50-series GPUs and upcoming RTX Spark laptops. Nvidia’s Andrew Burnes said the update reduces the model’s footprint by 24 percent to roughly 118 million parameters and cuts 4K VRAM usage by 20 percent.
NBA 2K27 is scheduled to receive the new model first, on October 16th. Nvidia says it will ship by default with future DLSS 5 games. These changes address the system’s computing and memory demands as well as its appearance, though the article does not provide specific performance results from the upcoming Hogwarts Legacy release.
Frame Generation gets a separate performance mode
Alongside the DLSS 5 changes, Nvidia has released a beta update for its app with a faster performance mode for Frame Generation on RTX 40- and 50-series GPUs. The mode uses a lighter algorithm for Frame Gen, Multi Frame Gen, and Dynamic Multi Frame Gen.
Nvidia says the option should be up to 35 precent faster, with minor trade-offs in image quality. That gives users a choice between the faster mode and the existing image quality, while DLSS 5’s new model focuses on rendering performance and memory use. Together, the updates show Nvidia addressing both the visual presentation of its tools and the resources they require.