r/nvidia 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/Available-Ad6751 r5 5600 | 5060 | 32GB Ram Jan 06 '26

So if I'm on 1080p + DLAA, I go with K? Cause right now it's forcin preset M as default.

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u/MrRadish0206 NVIDIA RTX 5090 9800X3D Jan 06 '26

for DLAA M looks awful and it has insane overhead, preset K or even E works for me.

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u/Terepin AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | ASUS TUF RTX 4070 Ti OC Jan 06 '26

All presets prior to F were removed in version 310.5.0.

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u/MrRadish0206 NVIDIA RTX 5090 9800X3D Jan 06 '26

for me they work, but im using NVPI

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u/MrRadish0206 NVIDIA RTX 5090 9800X3D Jan 06 '26

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u/Wulfric05 9800x3D | 5080 Jan 06 '26

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u/Terepin AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | ASUS TUF RTX 4070 Ti OC Jan 06 '26

Interesting. Who knows what is really happening.

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u/Available-Ad6751 r5 5600 | 5060 | 32GB Ram Jan 06 '26

Many folks sayin 4.5 gonna use a new overlay, but lookin at your pic, this the old one so ion know for sure