How DLSS 4.5 Works: a VGTimes Interview with an NVIDIA Representative at CES 2026

During CES 2026 in Las Vegas, VGTimes editor-in-chief Rodion Ilin visited NVIDIA’s booth, where a company representative Kyle Suddarth used Black Myth: Wukong to clearly demonstrate the difference between the previous version of the DLSS upscaler and its new generation.

NVIDIA: Just yesterday, we announced DLSS 4.5. And here you can see a side-by-side comparison of DLSS 4 versus DLSS 4.5. DLSS 4.5 introduces several key new features. The first one is a second-generation Transformer model for Super Resolution. This results in better lighting, increased stability, improved anti-aliasing, and reduced ghosting.

As you can see here on this scene, on the DLSS 4 side, the particles are barely visible, while on the DLSS 4.5 side they are much more defined and brighter. Lighting has also improved. If you look at the background here, it looks like there’s only a single open block, but on this side you can see much more detail in the wall itself. There’s also additional sharpness on the armor elements and the weapon compared to DLSS 4.

Additionally, this spring DLSS 4.5 will introduce upgraded Multi Frame Generation. DLSS 4 supported what we call 4× Multi Frame Generation — one rendered frame followed by three generated frames. DLSS 4.5 will be able to generate up to five generated frames plus one rendered frame, which we call 6× mode.

On top of that, Multi Frame Generation will also get a dynamic mode this spring. Depending on the game and the specific scene, the frame generation multiplier will dynamically adjust to maintain a target frame rate.

VGTimes: How long have you been working on this specific update — DLSS 4.5?

NVIDIA: DLSS as a whole has been in development for at least a decade but I have no information regarding specifically this latest version.

VGTimes: How many game developers are already using it?

NVIDIA: I don’t know the exact number of developers, but DLSS 4, specifically the Multi Frame Generation feature, is already supported in over 250 games and applications. DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution will be available in more than 400 games and applications.

VGTimes: Thank you.

NVIDIA: Thank you.

Article by Rodion Ilin and Fazil Dzhyndzholiia.

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