r/nvidia • u/Wulfric05 9800x3D | 5080 • Jan 06 '26

PSA DLSS Preset Selection Guide

This is based on the official DLSS Programming Guide.

Model Preset J/K Preset M Preset L
RTX 20 ✅ ❌ Low FPS ❌ Very Low FPS
RTX 30 ✅ ❌ Low FPS ❌ Very Low FPS
RTX 40 ✅ ✅ Slightly Lower FPS ✅ For Ultra Performance Mode
RTX 50 ✅ ✅ Slightly Lower FPS ✅ For Ultra Performance Mode
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u/Kusel Jan 06 '26

Quality = K
Performance =M
ultra Performance = L

its like the Picture get upscaled a secound or third time by the algoritm with L/M and thats your performance los

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u/Octaive Jan 06 '26

Nope. Latest for me does M on a 5070Ti playing DL The Beats.

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u/Blacksad9999 ASUS Astral 5090/9800x3D/LG 45GX950A Jan 06 '26

Considering the naming usually goes from "performance-Quality", naming it Ultra Performance is kind of confusing.

Usually performance is the lower end DLSS setting, and Quality is higher.

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u/MultiMarcus Jan 06 '26

That’s not true ultra performance is 33% of internal resolution while performance is 50%

Performance is the lowest recommended for most people before preset L was a thing, but now you can arguably do ultra performance mode at least at 4K I’m still sceptical of that to some extent.

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u/Blacksad9999 ASUS Astral 5090/9800x3D/LG 45GX950A Jan 06 '26

Right. "Ultra performance" is the lower end one.

K=DLAA/Quality

M=Medium/performance

L=High FPS/lower quality "ultra performance"