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Modders expand Nvidia DLSS 5 to more games and add performance-boosting mode, but caution urged

New mods let Nvidia's DLSS 5 run on many more PC games and add a neural upstream mode that boosts frame rates, though TechRadar advises against installing them.

AI News Feed · 2026-09-08 01:19

One tool, called DLSS 5 Swapper, is available on GitHub from developer Rakan Alkhaldi. It automates the process of adding DLSS 5 files to unsupported games. Users drag and drop a game folder into the app, which detects eligible titles on the PC and installs the required components. It relies on a companion community mod called DLSS 5 Feeder, which lets DLSS 5 run in games that have no built-in DLSS support.

A separate tool, DLSS 5 Autopilot, created by a developer known as Kizzuwatnaa and also on GitHub, provides one-click setup via Feeder. It includes an optional 'neural upstream' add-on from matiasLombo that runs DLSS 5's neural rendering process before upscaling instead of after. TechRadar reports that tests on Reddit by a user named ToxicFatee showed the effect on performance. With an RTX 4080, Assassin's Creed Shadows at 4K ran at 63 frames per second natively, dropped to 31 fps with standard DLSS 5, and returned to around 50 fps with the neural upstream option, a loss of about 20% versus native but a large gain over the unmodified DLSS 5 result. Other Reddit users reported similar findings. One commenter wrote: 'Absolutely amazing time to be a PC gamer.'

TechRadar, however, cautioned against installing such third-party mods. It cited security concerns over software from unknown sources, although the tools are open source and can be inspected. It also noted that altering the rendering pipeline is likely to cause image degradation or artifacts, and said that if the neural upstream approach were truly superior, Nvidia would likely have adopted it. Official DLSS 5 is currently designed for a single title, NBA 2K27.