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Nvidia’s DLSS 4 Transformer Model Exits Beta, Expanding to All RTX Cards

Developers can now integrate Nvidia’s vision transformer upscaler to deliver smoother images and faster ray tracing on any RTX graphics card.

Nvidia DLSS 4 Transformer Model
A still from the Nvidia CES 2025 Nvidia announcement for DLSS 4, showing a vase sitting on a set of stairs with fabric flowing down behind it.
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Overview

  • The DLSS SDK 310.3.0 release officially promotes the transformer model out of beta, opening it for widespread developer use.
  • Nvidia’s vision transformer analyzes every pixel across frames to minimize ghosting and produce sharper visuals than the previous CNN approach.
  • All RTX GPUs from the Turing generation onward support the transformer upscaler, while RTX 50-series cards also benefit from multi-frame generation.
  • Performance testing shows a 30–50% uplift in ray tracing efficiency and a reduction in neural network latency from 3.25 ms to 1 ms on an RTX 5090.
  • Several titles, including Cyberpunk 2077, already offer the transformer option and patches for older games are rolling out as upcoming releases like Diablo IV Season 9 prepare to adopt DLSS 4.