Nvidia Unveils DLSS 4.5 at Gamescom 2026, Revolutionizing Ray Tracing for GeForce RTX GPUs
August 26, 2026
Nvidia unveiled a broad Gamescom 2026 slate centered on DLSS 4.5 and RTX innovations, including Ray Reconstruction powered by a second-generation transformer that combines denoising and super resolution for ray- and path-traced content, now available to all GeForce RTX GPUs via the Nvidia app and launching with support from about 30 games such as Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction is deploying to all RTX cards through driver updates, delivering improved ray-traced lighting quality across multiple titles while maintaining comparable performance to prior generations.
NVIDIA highlighted a broader RTX platform ecosystem at Gamescom, including Ray Reconstruction, RTX Remix, GeForce NOW enhancements, and new G-SYNC Pulsar monitors, signaling a wide rollout across hardware, software, and services.
Key quality improvements focus on better spatial awareness and reduced ghosting through enhanced temporal/spatial game engine data, plus a larger, better-tuned training dataset for finer control over temporal accumulation and artifact cleanup.
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New network scales with 20% more parameters and delivers a 35% boost in compute efficiency while keeping overall performance on par with the previous version.
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The upgrade emphasizes cleaner temporal stability for path-traced titles while keeping the same performance cost, making it a solid upgrade for GeForce RTX users.
The core change is a 2nd-generation transformer AI model that unifies denoising and super resolution, replacing legacy denoisers and improving lighting, stability, and image clarity, especially with sparse ray sampling.
The coverage notes free-to-try content like Modern Warfare 4 beta and hardware advances like DLSS 4.5 and Ray Reconstruction, signaling broader performance and visual improvements across platforms.
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