Tests show that NVIDIA DLSS 5 and its 3D-Guided Neural Rendering technology can run on AMD Radeon RX 9000 series graphics cards, following a rapid series of community-made optimization patches tracked across GitHub and YouTube by outlets like WCCFTech and VideoCardz. According to testing data from the YouTube channel Ancient Gameplays, performance on a Radeon RX 9070 XT jumped by up to 74% over multiple iterations of the mod, pushing frame rates in Cyberpunk 2077 close to 50 FPS at a 3440 x 1440 resolution.
Rapid Performance Gains on AMD Hardware via Modded DLSS 5
When NVIDIA first launched its DLSS 5 technology, early modifications quickly broke hardware locks to run 3D-Guided Neural Rendering on older NVIDIA boards and competing AMD Radeon GPUs. Initially, the performance on AMD hardware was virtually unplayable. However, the creator of the DLSS-NR-on-AMD modification has sharply accelerated optimization efforts, rolling out successive updates that drastically improve rendering speeds on non-NVIDIA silicon.
Over a span of just two days, consecutive releases of the tool yielded significant efficiency gains. Version 0.3.3 introduced a graphical installer with an integrated settings editor, new overlay controls, and targeted neural rendering fixes, delivering a 23% performance gain over version 0.3.2. Just a day later, version 0.4.0 added another 42% boost in performance specifically for Radeon RX 9000 hardware, which utilizes the RDNA 4 architecture officially targeted by the mod.
Testing Results in Cyberpunk 2077 on Radeon RX 9070 XT
Real-world testing highlights just how far the software has come in a short window. Testing conducted by Ancient Gameplays demonstrated that in Cyberpunk 2077 at a 3440 x 1440 resolution, a Radeon RX 9070 XT achieved nearly 50 frames per second using version 0.4.0. In earlier iterations of the modification, that same hardware configuration struggled to reach 30 frames per second.
Following version 0.4.0, weekend updates pushed the software even further. Version 0.4.1 brought an additional 8% performance lift, while version 0.4.2 added another 15% boost specifically measured in Full HD resolution. While RDNA 4 cards like the RX 9000 series receive the bulk of these optimizations, reports indicate the mod can also boot on Radeon RX 7000 series cards, albeit with significantly lower efficiency.
Community mods enable DLSS 5 on AMD Radeon graphics cards
Can NVIDIA DLSS 5 run on AMD Radeon graphics cards?
Yes, community modifications such as DLSS-NR-on-AMD allow users to run DLSS 5 3D-Guided Neural Rendering on AMD Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs, with experimental support also noted for RX 7000 series hardware.
How much has the performance of modded DLSS 5 improved on Radeon cards?
According to data from YouTube creator Ancient Gameplays, successive updates from version 0.3.3 to version 0.4.2 have increased performance on Radeon RX 9000 series cards by up to 74% cumulatively, raising Cyberpunk 2077 frame rates from around 30 FPS to nearly 50 FPS at 3440 x 1440 resolution.
Which graphics architectures are officially targeted by the DLSS-NR-on-AMD mod?
The modification officially targets AMD’s RDNA 4 architecture, which underpins the Radeon RX 9000 series graphics cards.
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