The new Nvidia DLSS 4 technology, unveiled at CES 2025, promises to bring significant advances in image quality and performance, as demonstrated by the first tests carried out on Cyberpunk 2077 by Digital Foundry. By leveraging the capabilities of the RTX 5080, this technology achieves impressive performance, even in particularly demanding environments.
Notable improvements thanks to DLSS 4
DLSS 4, which is based on a model based on a visual transformer, differs from the previous version by better image stability, reduced ghosting effects, an increased level of detail and improved image processing. anti-aliasing. These developments correct several limitations observed with the convolutional neural network used in DLSS 3.
One of the major innovations introduced by this version is the multi-frame generation exclusive to the RTX 50 series. This feature allows you to create up to three additional frames for each traditionally rendered frame. With all DLSS technologies, this approach can increase performance by a factor of up to 8x compared to traditional rendering.
Results on Cyberpunk 2077 in 4K with Path Tracing
In one of the most demanding areas of Cyberpunk 2077Petrochem Stadium Black Market, using DLSS 4 and multi-frame generation on an RTX 5080 resulted in a 535% frame rate increase over native 4K rendering.
This improvement increases to 725% with two images generated and reaches 935% with three images generated. In all cases, the refresh rate well exceeds 120 FPS, and this is with path tracing activated, a particularly resource-intensive technology.
Latency and fluidity
Multi-frame x4 generation improves fluidity compared to single x2 generation, although it results in a slight increase in latency. Digital Foundry measured an average latency of 55.50 ms with DLSS 4 at x3 and 57.30 ms at x4, compared to 50.97 ms with x2. This addition of approximately 6.4ms is offset by a 71% performance increase, making this trade-off acceptable to most gamers.
Upcoming support for new games
Cyberpunk 2077 will receive native DLSS 4 support this month, alongside games like Alan Wake 2 et Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Other titles, including Black Myth: Wukong et Marvel Rivalswill also benefit from this technology in the near future. In addition, certain new features such as RTX Hair and RTX Mega Geometry, integrated into the Nvidia RTX kit, will be introduced in specific games.
