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NVIDIA recently introduced its new DLSS 3 technology that adds a new feature known as Frame Generation on supported GPUs. The company officially said that this feature was only available on their new GeForce RTX 40 series cards but it looks like a Redditor has bypassed the lock & enabled it on an RTX 20 series graphics card.

DLSS 3 Lock Bypassed? Redditor Enables Frame Generation on GeForce RTX 2070 With A Simple Config File​

The Redditor who goes by the username, JusDax, posted in the NVIDIA subreddit under a thread talking about new settings and features being added to Cyberpunk 2077. One of the upcoming features within Cyberpunk 2077 will be DLSS 3 which enables AI-Assisted frame generation that does wonders in boosting the frame rate.

The user says that he was able to bypass the DLSS 3 lock on older GeForce RTX cards by adding a config file to remove the VRAM overhead in Cyberpunk. He ran the game at 1440p with HDR off & DLSS set to balanced mode. He was also able to select the Frame Generation tab under the Ultra ray tracing preset.

DLSS Frame Generation doesn't seem to be hardware locked to RTX 40 series. I was able to bypass a software lock by adding a config file to remove the VRAM overhead in Cyberpunk. Doing this causes some instability and frame drops but I'm getting ~80 FPS on an RTX 2070 with the following settings:

2560x1440 res

HDR off

DLSS Balanced

DLSS Frame Generation ON

Ray Tracing Ultra preset

(I get ~35-40 FPS without Frame Generation and DLSS at Quality)



u/JusDax via r/NVIDIA

Without frame generation, his NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 gets around 35-40 FPS but with DLSS 3 frame generation enabled, the user got 80 FPS. That's almost twice or a bigger performance jump. The user did use a different DLSS preset (Balanced) to test frame generation but still, switching from quality to balanced preset even in DLSS 2 won't net you a 2x gain.

Full article : https://wccftech.com/nvidia-dlss-3-...rtedly-bypassed-rtx-2070-gets-double-the-fps/

 

[LiquidMetal14]

That is awesome if true.

 

[Ezekiel_]

Fucking Nvidia being Nvidia

 

[SmokedMeat]

Nvidia lying to us to sell their new GPUs?

Say it isn’t so.

 

[Quixz]

Now this is interesting, Nvidia caught marketing

 

[Skifi28]

I'm sure nvdia has been working non-stop to get DLSS3 on older GPUs and they just didn't have the time to announce it yet as they just got it running like 5 minutes ago. Darn modders ruining their plans.

 

[Kuranghi]

NVIDIA recently introduced its new DLSS 3 technology that adds a new feature known as Frame Generation on supported GPUs. The company officially said that this feature was only available on their new GeForce RTX 40 series cards but it looks like a Redditor has bypassed the lock & enabled it on an RTX 20 series graphics card.

DLSS 3 Lock Bypassed? Redditor Enables Frame Generation on GeForce RTX 2070 With A Simple Config File​

The Redditor who goes by the username, JusDax, posted in the NVIDIA subreddit under a thread talking about new settings and features being added to Cyberpunk 2077. One of the upcoming features within Cyberpunk 2077 will be DLSS 3 which enables AI-Assisted frame generation that does wonders in boosting the frame rate.

The user says that he was able to bypass the DLSS 3 lock on older GeForce RTX cards by adding a config file to remove the VRAM overhead in Cyberpunk. He ran the game at 1440p with HDR off & DLSS set to balanced mode. He was also able to select the Frame Generation tab under the Ultra ray tracing preset.

DLSS Frame Generation doesn't seem to be hardware locked to RTX 40 series. I was able to bypass a software lock by adding a config file to remove the VRAM overhead in Cyberpunk. Doing this causes some instability and frame drops but I'm getting ~80 FPS on an RTX 2070 with the following settings:

2560x1440 res

HDR off

DLSS Balanced

DLSS Frame Generation ON

Ray Tracing Ultra preset

(I get ~35-40 FPS without Frame Generation and DLSS at Quality)

Edit: forgot to add some details

u/JusDax via r/NVIDIA

Without frame generation, his NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 gets around 35-40 FPS but with DLSS 3 frame generation enabled, the user got 80 FPS. That's almost twice or a bigger performance jump. The user did use a different DLSS preset (Balanced) to test frame generation but still, switching from quality to balanced preset even in DLSS 2 won't net you a 2x gain.

Full article : https://wccftech.com/nvidia-dlss-3-...rtedly-bypassed-rtx-2070-gets-double-the-fps/

I bet a tenner that the bolded is more severe than is being let on, its like Switch emulation:

"I get 180fps in Metroid Dread on my BTS 5090 Ti"

*watches their recorded video and the frametime graph is like the surface of the ocean during a tropical cyclone*

"Nah but I have a shader pack"
"How did you get it?"
"I performed every action in the whole game until it stopped stuttering"

Just play the whole game in a really annoying way first, then you can enjoy playing the game at a higher framerate guys, its simple stuff:

Over the last few years I've learned that one man's "its mostly stable" is my "It feels like someone is hitting me in the back of the head with a frying pan every 6 seconds"

 

[GymWolf]

Yeah, i wanna see an official tests before calling it a victory.

Hopefully tech jesus is gonna try something aswell.

 

[MiguelItUp]

If this is true and functions as intended. This is a huge win across the board if it continues to be an easy modification. I've enjoyed my RTX cards, but man, after the previous months, fuck Nvidia.

 

[amigastar]

Wow, i hope my RTX 2060 OC will be able to do that as well.

 

[GHG]

Well well well.

 

[Skifi28]

Fucking Nvidia being Nvidia

 

[Gudji]

Holy shit my GT710 is going to fly.

 

[GloveSlap]

Its not Nvidia's fault that they can only get DLSS3 to work on older cards once all of the 3000 series are sold out. That's just coincidentally how long it will take for their devs to work out the bugs.

 

[Mephisto40]

So all they did is edited a config file that enabled the option rather than greying it out, and then they just enabled it in the graphics options in cyberpunk?

That is extremely scummy from nvidia if true

 

[TheGecko]

So all they did is edited a config file that enabled the option rather than greying it out, and then they just enabled it in the graphics options in cyberpunk?

That is extremely scummy from nvidia if true

They've done other similar things equally scummy but these PC freak jobs still buy their cards. Myself included.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

Come on guys - that's a good news if true!

 

[bentanchorbolt]

I don't doubt the tech would work on other cards but how well does it actually work. There is more to this tech than just extra frames.

 

[RobRSG]

RTX Voice all over again.

 

[Bulletbrain]

Come on guys - that's a good news if true!

Is it good news if one of the leading GPU manufactures was caught twisting the truth about it's hotly anticipated technology not being possible on older hardware?

 

[T4keD0wN]

There are no latency metrics provided. Would be funny if it runs the same as on ada. DLSS3 is the only reason why i want lovelace, looks like i am sticking with ampere for a long time.

 

[Hot5pur]

Will help kill demand for the new cards. Wonder if they get extra scummy and try to disable it for good on older gen.

Will need to see more proof before I buy this, though.

 

[crazepharmacist]

I don't doubt the tech would work on other cards but how well does it actually work. There is more to this tech than just extra frames.

Well Nvidia says it's hardware+software based. So sounds like this guy is only getting the software based performance boost. Which looks like it's still 2x

 

[bentanchorbolt]

Well Nvidia says it's hardware+software based. So sounds like this guy is only getting the software based performance boost. Which looks like it's still 2x

Sure but I take leaks with a grain of salt. I'll reserve my judgment for when/if channels like Gamers Nexus and the like do actual testing. For all we know the tech may work with older cards but have negative effects outside of more fps.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

Is it good news if one of the leading GPU manufactures was caught twisting the truth about it's hotly anticipated technology not being possible on older hardware?

This is similar as with DLSS 2 and FSR 2. It apparently can be done at worse quality or/and performance. AMD will probably do that.

 

[rofif]

It’s interpolation and adds lag. I would just prefer to play at 30 fps.
If it’s hacked on 3080 I will check it out

 

[Dreamin]

Oooo baby this is interesting, I wasn't going to upgrade but I was a bit disappointed the feature wouldn't come to my 3080

 

[SlimySnake]

Every single gaming CEO is going out of their way to top each other in terms of scummyness. It's like they saw Jimbo, kotick, doing anti-consumer things and thought, no I AM THE WORST!

 

[Uiki]

nvidia gonna nvidia

 

[SmokedMeat]

I called bullshit when they were claiming you need those Optical Sensor whatevers to achieve DLSS 3.0.

 

[Del_X]

Some proof beyond “Bro trust me” in a Reddit post would be fantastic.

 

[CrustyBritches]

He didn’t post the config or a video. Just him saying it happened doesn’t make it true.

 

[Admerer]

Nvidia did say that dlss3.0 frame generation is possible on 3000 cards but at less quality/performance.

They probably want reviewers to test dlss3 on 4000 series then later on it will allow on 3000 series but with no guarantee on frame generation quality/performance.

 

[Rentahamster]

If true, called it lol.

I only half-believe that DLSS 3 is only doable on 4000 series cards. While it's plausible that the 3000 series cards don't have sufficient hardware to run it, Nvidia has enough of a money grubbing record for me to think that perhaps they are gatekeeping this to boost demand. In this particular area, I don't trust them enough to think that it's not just marketing.

 

[Spyxos]

I really hope it is true, but who knows.

 

[M16]

frame generation uses hardware accelerators to do all the math, so this is definitely fake

 

[TheGecko]

If true, called it lol.

Nvidia are dirty bastards but Where's the competition? That's why they get away with it.

 

[Rentahamster]

Nvidia are dirty bastards but Where's the competition? That's why they get away with it.

I hope AMD and Intel make significant strides in their next generation of cards.

I wonder if anyone can implement more things like this and I also wonder why more developers haven't pursued it recently:

When I see DLSS 3, I think back to that thread of that guy who turned on motion interpolation on his TV.

I also think of this too:

LucasArts' 60FPS Force Unleashed II tech demo

At the recent SIGGRAPH 2010, LucasArts coder Dmitry Andreev showed off a quite remarkable tech demo based on work he ca…

www.eurogamer.net

AND's | rtfrucvg

AND's homepage

and.intercon.ru

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Hey, Nvidia, get fucked if this is true.

Even if it isn’t, fuck you and your prices.

 

[sendit]

This was always a software solution. However, Nvidia needs to be called out on this bullshit by soft locking this feature out of their previous generation of cards.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Hey, Nvidia, get fucked if this is true.

Even if it isn’t, fuck you and your prices.

I'd expect no less from the beard of the lord of evil himself.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Before anyone gets excited, the guy on Reddit said that he had visual problems though. Frame rate alone doesn’t tell the whole story. Of course click bait farms won’t tell you that because it’s easy traffic to be mad at Nvidia.

To be seen.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Ah yes gamers hate Nvidia but they keep buying from them.

 

[TrebleShot]

How is this frame interpolation any different from the motion smoothing on most TVs these days?

 

[lukilladog]

Ah yes gamers hate Nvidia but they keep buying from them.

2nd hand from now on mate.

 

[Haggard]

How is this frame interpolation any different from the motion smoothing on most TVs these days?

Motion vectors.

 

[chaseroni]

I bet a tenner that the bolded is more severe than is being let on, its like Switch emulation:

"I get 180fps in Metroid Prime"

*watches their recorded video and the frametime graph is like the surface of the ocean during a tropical cyclone*

"Nah but I have a shader pack"
"How did you get it?"
"I performed every action in the whole game until it stopped stuttering"

Just play the whole game in a really annoying way first, then you can enjoy playing the game at a higher framerate guys, its simple stuff:

Over the last few years I've learned that one man's "its mostly stable" is my "It feels like someone is hitting me in the back of the head with a frying pan every 6 seconds"

Totally off topic but do you know of a way to play metroid prime 2 on an emulator without stutter? Really wanna finish it but the stuttering kills me.

 

[Omega Supreme Holopsicon]

It’s interpolation and adds lag. I would just prefer to play at 30 fps.
If it’s hacked on 3080 I will check it out

We need to see how much lag the older cards get compared to the 4000 series.

But in the 4000s its well worth it it seems as it increases image smoothness dramatically while only introducing minor latency.

 

[BusierDonkey]

Ah yes gamers hate Nvidia but they keep buying from them.

The problem is nobody competes with them past a certain point. If I want blistering 4K performance and have the money to pay for it, I really only have the one option.

 

[bender]

The problem is nobody competes with them past a certain point. If I want blistering 4K performance and have the money to pay for it, I really only have the one option.

Just chain 1,000 Voodoo 2 cards together.