Nvidia announced DLSS 5 on September 22, 2026, an upscaler that adds scene elements and colors not present in the original render. The discussion has moved from the demo to the trade-offs: the 60-frames-per-second requirement limits how much the AI can invent, and the performance hit is reported as catastrophic even on an RTX 5090. A Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 creative director defended the results as matching the intended look, while others find it pleasing on background NPCs in Cyberpunk. Whether the results justify the cost remains contested.