NVIDIA's controversial DLSS 5 is coming to RTX Remix to 'enhance' older games
I'm torn on DLSS 5 in RTX Remix. The promise is seductive, taking a blurry PS2-era texture and making it crisp without a full remake. But the controversy is real, because upscaling artifacts and AI hallucinations can quietly rewrite what a game actually looks like. Modders have spent years hand-crafting fixes, and an automated pass risks flattening that care into a generic "sharpened" look.
What I'd want to know is how much control the platform gives. Can you dial DLSS 5 per-texture, or is it an all-or-nothing filter? And does it touch UI elements, which are usually where AI upscalers stumble? If NVIDIA lets modders treat DLSS as one tool among many, this could be a genuine win. If it's forced, it's a problem.
The bigger picture is that NVIDIA is positioning AI upscaling as the default way to experience old games. That has implications for how we remember them. I'd rather see DLSS 5 as an option, not the baseline, and I'm curious whether the community actually adopts it or pushes back. The best remasters respect the source; the worst just make it look new.