Oliver Mackenzie

@cerny @jackhuynh @AMD Congratulations!

Just tried FSR Upscaling 4.1 in a few PC games. It’s based on the same neural network as the upgraded PSSR we released for PS5 Pro… and it looks stunning! Wonderful working with @jackhuynh and the @AMD team as we collaborate on AI graphics tech. Big win for Project Amethyst :-)

@SwolePixel @dark1x @GeForce_JacobF I haven’t watched it but I think I know what you are getting at. It’s quite striking that it is able to infer plausible material characteristics from so little data. But obviously taking more inputs could be helpful for future versions.

@oliemack and @dark1x I highly recommend watching Daniel Owen’s video and @GeForce_JacobF answering his questions, this gives a lot more insight into DLSS5 and what it is actually doing.

@HotHardware Oh and here’s something I pulled out for today’s Q&A video - a clip of me describing something (in broad strokes) rather DLSS 5-like 2 years ago. This kind of AI transformation of game visuals has been on people’s minds for a while. youtu.be/RnJVUuLx-Ig?si…

@HotHardware Conversely of course, in games that already have stable reflections/shadows/GI, the lighting changes from DLSS 5 demand less screen-space information and will be more stable, but likely will provide a more moderate change or improvement.

Here's some of the DLSS 5 material we saw in the demos but didn't get a chance to film. Here I think you can see the strengths of DLSS 5 - reflections become much more attractive. Starfield doesn't have great lighting to begin with, so the differences can be profound.

@NerdPropellant I did, scroll down.

@oliemack It's strange that you guys seem to invent opportunities to trash on Starfield's visuals. On launch it looked amazing. It was somehow classified as 'primitive' in your coverage which is a goofy thing to say. Also, at least credit the source of the video you are sharing here.

@Zants @renbry That's a good question. Perhaps future models will use them. I certainly thought these models would require way more input to work at all.

@oliemack @renbry That seems like a huge miss to me. The data is there, why not use it? Very curious to see what this looks like on my own screen during proper gameplay

@leoside Only so much time to cover every single thing, and we didn't originally plan to do Alan Wake 2 as a separate video so our capture wasn't that comprehensive.

@oliemack You missed again the balanced 40fps RT mode in your coverage of the Pro

Alan Wake 2 with the upgraded PSSR has smooth, clean imagery. Aggressive upscales are very doable with Sony’s new tech.

@renbry It's kind of hard to believe but perhaps the model is just that good at inferring material characteristics from images. After all, we can infer material characteristics from colour values pretty well.

@oliemack Surely there's more inputs than what I've heard "Colour + MV" like 'Material Roughness' in a UE5 GBuffer sense would be really helpful. I really love the evolving neural-uplift that we're seeing. As you said "put effort in elsewhere" - wise words Olie!

@MisterSpace3 This is a good demo - shows some of the Starfield content we saw but did not get a chance to film.

Hands on #dlss5 and #nvidia developer commentary [I boosted the sound a bit]

@Europeandave CPU situation is hard to anticipate at the moment.

@oliemack Good. Aggressive upscales was one of the things we weren’t sure about for a moment. Bodes well for a 60 fps mode for GTA VI? Or is it still the case of the CPU world sim being the bottleneck?

@BlacklitEden @RiotRMD I believe it is a full patch.

@oliemack Is it an actual patch or just via the toggle? Your video says it’s a patch but @RiotRMD claims it’s automatic (via the toggle I’m assuming).

@darthrahul Most of the issues that are central in the second video were raised in Monday’s video, we just didn’t have time to go in depth.

This is a nice, nuanced follow-up. I do find it funny how Rich and Oliver are NOW vocalising the issues with the tech screwing up the characters and art direction in this one. As if they were blind to it in the original reaction. But good to get follow up on it soon.

@__silent_ In the original video in the first three minutes I say “I think the apparent aesthetic changes to Grace’s face will be most controversial” Most of the prominent criticisms people have are anticipated in the original piece, we just didn’t have time to discuss them at length.

I think the issue are upset with DF is because: *now* Rich and Olivier are admitting that the faces don't look correct, but the original coverage mentioned none of that? If they thought that, why not say it there? It was not supposed to be an ad, so they should have pushed back.

@Joeybatz35 We are working on more PSSR 2 content at the moment.

@oliemack Any chance you have a PSSR2 video for Avatar Frontiers coming? Or know if they will be patching the game? Thanks

More thoughts on DLSS 5 from myself, Rich, and Alex.