Big leaps in game graphics used to be obvious—the kind you’d notice instantly, no squinty side-by-side comparisons required. Lately? Not so much. Gains have been real, but incremental, easy to miss unless you’re looking for them.
Nvidia thinks it can change that tempo. Its recently announced DLSS 5 isn’t just another iteration—it’s a swing at delivering a within-generation visual jump on a scale we haven’t seen in ages. But, in this age of AI hype and hypersensitivity, that ambition is already sparking debate. (Indeed, CEO Jensen Huang had to step in early to defend the latest twist in the DLSS story.) It’s easy to see why: DLSS 5 pushes well beyond simple upscaling and even the frame-generation tricks of recent versions.
At Nvidia’s…