DLSS 3 explained: How Nvidia's AI-infused RTX tech turbocharges PC gaming

You might spend top dollar for fancy new graphics card hardware, but one of the key components to gaming performance is actually software. While the brute force of the hardware gets most of the glory (and is indeed essential), the software side is the magic that pieces it together. Without good software, even the ferocious Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 is reduced to a fancy paperweight--especially when running Cyberpunk 2077's glorious new path traced Overdrive mode. Software can also substantially improve the hardware performance. Including both AI-powered frame generation and Nvidia's wondrous latency-reducing Reflex technology, DLSS 3.0 makes for a potent recipe. This isn't the same old DLSS upsampling you're used to, however. We're going to go over some basics of what DLSS 3.0 is, and its application to Nvidia's RTX 40-series GPUs.