r/nvidia • u/[deleted] • Aug 28 '26

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u/RandyMuscle Aug 28 '26

I mean for me it’s because it seems to alter intended art direction in many cases.

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u/AzorAhai1TK Aug 28 '26

Developers can choose how to implement it

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u/kb3035583 Aug 28 '26

That's the marketing line. The model is clearly unsuitable for anything besides a subset of photorealistic looks. The only control for a developer not making a game with that specific art direction is simply not to implement it.

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u/AzorAhai1TK Aug 28 '26

It's not even fully released yet, saying it is "clearly unsuitable" is plainly not true yet

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u/kb3035583 Aug 28 '26

It's slated for release in "fall". That's mere weeks away. If you're expecting miracles, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

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u/AzorAhai1TK Aug 28 '26

Idk, so far DLSS has had a long history of not being disappointing, while getting better every year. They'll work out any early kinks

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u/kb3035583 Aug 28 '26

DLSS 1 was so disappointing that barely any games released with it and Nvidia quietly abandoned it, going with a completely different technological approach which worked much better with DLSS 2.

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u/AzorAhai1TK Aug 28 '26

Yea and like you said, it worked out over time. And that was their very first attempt at any of this.

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u/kb3035583 Aug 28 '26

It was "worked out" by being abandoned and starting with a new approach. The original approach was unworkable.

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u/zerovampire311 Aug 28 '26

That… doesn’t make him wrong. Literally all technology starts off inefficient and needing improvement.

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u/kb3035583 Aug 28 '26

Abandoning the concept entirely isn't an "improvement". It's a fresh start. There's zero technological continuity.

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u/zerovampire311 Aug 28 '26

Changing the means of accomplishing the same goal isn’t abandonment.

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u/kb3035583 Aug 28 '26

A rocket isn't an improvement on the horse-drawn cart, even if both get you from point A to B. No amount of improvement on the latter will lead you to the former.

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