What a couple of days. The build-up, the sleeping in tents, the stock and pricing anticipation, then the actual RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 launch, followed of course by all those gorgeous, hefty cards being snatched up so quick that the stocks hit zero quicker than you could say «yes, I'd like an RTX 5080 please».
But fear not, for in lieu of RTX 50-series stocks, we now have the latest GeForce driver release that should give a nice boost to more than just the latest generation of Nvidia GPUs.
In addition to enabling DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation (for those whopping 4x fps results) in 75 games for RTX 50-series cards, Nvidia says the new Nvidia app update, which should get you on the latest 572.16 driver, also gives RTX 40-series cards enhanced DLSS frame generation.
With Blackwell, Nvidia's also changed how it approaches frame generation, and our Dave noted in his RTX 5090 review that this change allows for lower VRAM use and faster execution—plus flip metering, which ensures all generated frames are spaced evenly between each other, leading to a smoooother experience.
But fear not, 30-series and 20-series gamers. We older-gen folk—me with my RTX 3060 Ti—should now be entitled to a dose of enhanced ray reconstruction, super resolution (in beta), and DLAA (also in beta).