Watch On In Pragmata , the flickering of a laser trap becomes much more dynamic, and it doesn't leave persistent artifacts when those same lasers deactivate.
Watch On And in Alan Wake II , a wall of TVs displaying nothing but static transforms from a mere suggestion into a crisp, convincing reproduction of CRT snow. And the reflections from those TVs on the nearby floor also becomes much more dynamic and lifelike.
Ray Reconstruction has always been the most specialized of the DLSS model family, so it's perhaps unsurprising that it's the last of the three to be updated this year. Nvidia says it'll come to 27 games in August via the Nvidia App, including hits like Cyberpunk 2077 , Hogwarts Legacy , Pragmata , and Resident Evil Requiem . And of course, it's fully compatible with the Blackwell GPU on the RTX Spark.
Watch On The benefits of Ray Reconstruction will soon move beyond games, too. Nvidia is bringing this model to Blender, where it will replace slow denoisers that incur significant wait times for the viewport to re-stabilize every time the camera is moved. Along with Nvidia Optix, Ray Reconstruction in Blender promises a much more interactive viewport experience and near-final image quality, resulting in a better representation of one's creative vision and less disruption to the creative flow state.
We'll be going hands-on with some of Nvidia's latest products and releases at Computex 2026, and it's likely we'll be able to see DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction in action. Stay tuned for more details as we get them.
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Penzi It seems like low hanging fruit has shifted from hardware to software. Not particularly surprising if you like computing… Definitely appreciating the massive improvements to still-too-immature tech (from my perspective, obviously) focusing on quality over speed. Having faster garbage isn’t overly exciting and feeds the “all AI is ****” narratives. Like the old ads said: first we get good, then we get fast. Helps me to dream of a future that isn’t just more of the same but faster! Or the recent AI fare that says yeah, you lose image quality (and descend into the uncanny valley, probably) but see how fast we misrepresent the art of others?! Would still love to see some next generation hardware stuff coming out and at accessible prices… Reply
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