NVIDIA's RTX Spark PCs are officially launching in October, powered by the N1X SoC, to deliver game-changing performance & efficiency. NVIDIA Is Ready To Launch Its Game-Changing RTX Spark PCs In October, Top N1X Designs Hit Shelves First The RTX Spark is a PC platform first, made for consumers, and designed to run games, content creation, and AI tasks. It's an all-in-one solution, backed by the first-generation N-series chip, called N1X. Today at IFA, NVIDIA is finally announcing a launch date for its first full-fledged client PC platform. The NVIDIA RTX Spark PCs will be hitting shelves next month in […]
NVIDIA is bringing simpler local AI capabilities and adding various optimizations to its GPUs on RTX and DGX platforms. Local Agents To See Up To 1.9x Faster Performance Through Latest Optimizations Across NVIDIA RTX/DGX Platforms The first announcement is faster local agents, which are delivered through continued optimizations that NVIDIA has collaborated on with the open-source llama.cpp and vLLM communities. The latest results were measured on SpeedBench-Coding 8K Throughput with AIPerf, and the results are as follows. Starting with Llama.cpp, NVIDIA RTX platforms such as the GeForce RTX 5090 now offer up to a 50% boost in Token throughput (tok/s) […]
NVIDIA DLSS 5 is finally here, bringing lifelike visuals in games through the power of 3D-Guided Neural Rendering. NVIDIA DLSS 5 Is Not Changing Geometry, Not Changing Anything; It's Uplifting Existing Games Through 3D-Guided Neural Rendering Which Fully Honors Artistic Intent At GTC 2026, NVIDIA unveiled DLSS 5, its next major update to the DLSS technology suite. The first DLSS 5 off vs DLSS 5 on comparisons showed a day-and-night difference in visuals, massively uplifting the quality of existing assets through Neural Rendering, so much so that people thought that the tech was changing the base model itself. The main […]
NVIDIA is officially launching its latest DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction technology that integrates the 2nd Gen transformer model to boost visuals. DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction Improves Upon The Previous Version, Bringing Enhanced Visuals To NVIDIA GeForce RTX Gamers At Computex 2026, NVIDIA introduced its DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction technology, which builds upon the various DLSS 4.5 enhancements such as the 2nd Gen Transformer-based SR, or Super Resolution, MFG (Multi Frame-Generation) modes up to 6x, and a continued expansion of DLSS-supported games. Today, NVIDIA is bringing the same 2nd Gen Transformer-based models to its Ray Reconstruction technology, which was first introduced […]
NVIDIA has a new GeForce RTX game bundle for its RTX 5070 & above GPU owners, which packs a free copy of Control Resonant, along with NVIDIA App updates. Control Resonant Is Now Bundled With RTX 5070 & Above GPUs, Bringing NVIDIA's DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction & Path Tracing Goodness Starting today, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5070 and above desktops/laptops will be eligible for a free copy of Control Resonant. The game will be part of NVIDIA's latest RTX bundle, which has been announced at Gamescom 2026. In our DLSS 4.5 coverage, we stated that Control Resonant will get DLSS 4.5 […]
Today, Nvidia is launching DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, an update to the original Ray Reconstruction model that arrived nearly three years ago. We first got wind of this at Computex 2026 and DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction is available now in certain games, though just like with DLSS Super Resolution, it does require use of the Override function within the Nvidia App. We went hands-on with early access to the technology, so join us as we take a first look at what it can do…
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:46 Video outline
01:47 Test setup
03:03 Image quality – overall detail improvements
04:07 Fine object handling – ghosting/shimmering
05:39 Reflection detail
06:10 Resident Evil Requiem motion examples
06:38 Light changes in Cyberpunk
07:27 Performance data
08:30 Closing thoughts
First things first, if you want to catch up on what exactly Ray Reconstruction is and how it works, do check out our original analysis from 2023 as it is still very relevant today. What we're focusing on here, however, is what difference the DLSS 4.5 update makes compared to the prior DLSS 4.0 Ray Reconstruction model. Nvidia claims that ‘DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction introduces a second-generation transformer model with 35% more compute capability and 20% more parameters while maintaining similar performance to the previous model', which certainly sounds good on paper – we're here to see exactly what that means for image quality in games.
Test System:
We test using a custom built system powered by MSI, based on AMD's Zen 5 platform. You can view the Powered by MSI store on AWD-IT's website HERE.
RTX 5090 was used for all gameplay footage capture using the latest 610.88 driver.
Image Quality Examples
For a full look at image quality, be sure to watch the video at the top of this page, both to see more examples but also to see how Ray Reconstruction handles motion. Note: The below are 4K screenshots. Please zoom in using your browser if you want to enlarge the image.
Performance
As shown in the video, we observed only a negligible performance cost when using DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction with both an RTX 5090 and RTX 4090 at 4K resolution. However, what is odd is that, despite Nvidia suggesting we should see more of a performance hit on 20 and 30-series hardware, we actually saw a small performance improvement on both the RTX 3090 and RTX 2080 Ti in their respective tests. I'm not sure if this is a quirk of my testing or if others will find the same thing, but it was repeatable so I have included it here.
Closing Thoughts
After this admittedly relatively brief look at DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, I have to say I am pretty impressed by what I’ve seen. I wouldn't say that I've been blown away from the improvements made with the new model – certainly not in the same way as I was comparing RR off to RR on when the technology first launched, but I suppose that is to be expected.
Instead, what we’ve seen is more like going from DLSS 3 Super Resolution, to DLSS 4 – meaning the improvements may not be revolutionary, but they are still very welcome and do improve certain image quality characteristics that can be associated with DLSS technologies – including temporal instability, ghosting or shimmering, as well as general sharpness and detail.
With that in mind then, it’s really hard not to be impressed by the new DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction update. As shown in the video, there are still some issues present, but by and large we have seen a number of improvements across the board, all without any real performance cost, too. In my view, that is an absolute win for the end user, and shows us the best of Nvidia – supporting GPUs all the way back to the RTX 20-series with new updates, completely free, that have basically no downside. Let’s hope that doesn’t stop any time soon.
KitGuru says: Let us know if you will be trying the new update!
mVolt+ is a relatively new overclocking utility that has been receiving rapid updates since launch, with the latest version adding advanced power‑channel and voltage controls for Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs – options not currently available in tools like MSI Afterburner.
As spotted by Videocardz, mVolt+ Release v0.36 introduces separate power‑channel limits for the core and memory, alongside voltage controls across the Core, XBAR, SYS and Video domains. These additions allow certain GPUs to exceed total power limits defined in their VBIOS, enabling behaviour previously restricted to XOC BIOS or shunt‑mod configurations.
Over on Reddit, users have already begun sharing results. One RTX 5090 owner posted a 3DMark Steel Nomad run showing the card pulling close to 700W under load. Another reported core clocks between 3.15GHz and 3.20GHz, with an XBAR frequency around 2.8GHz.
Despite the expanded controls, mVolt+ cannot bypass physical hardware limits. The developer warns that extreme voltage tuning may cause instability and void warranties.
KitGuru says: While mVolt+ unlocks impressive benchmark scores, the massive increase in power draw makes it a bit too risky to run permanently.
Per module temperature monitoring is now going to become common for both AMD and NVIDIA GPUs through third-party monitoring tools. HWiNFO Adds Per-Chip VRAM Temperature Monitoring for AMD Navi GPUs; Also Adds the Same Feature for NVIDIA RTX GPUs With GDDR6X/GDDR7 Chips Not long ago, we had some modders unlock per-chip VRAM temperature monitoring on NVIDIA RTX cards with GDDR6 and GDDR6X VRAM. It was followed by a similar development for the RTX 50 series, which utilizes the latest GDDR7 memory. Popular hardware monitoring utilities quickly followed the same path and added the feature, and it appears that AMD GPUs […]
Another substantial price hike is incoming as the green team has supposedly raised prices for its memory kits. NVIDIA RTX GPUs to See Another Price Hike as the Company Reportedly Passes Increased Memory Kit Costs to its Board Partners The GPUs continue to suffer from the instability caused by DRAM availability and pricing. NVIDIA and AMD have adjusted the prices of their current-gen GPUs multiple times already, and it looks like there is another price hike incoming in the coming days. Since both manufacturers source memory from major suppliers, they have no option but to pass the increased costs to […]
NVIDIA is tackling "Fake News" with a new tool that is designed to help detect synthetic videos, called Synthetic Video Detector, which will be part of the NVIDIA NIM microservices. In Today's AI World, Distinguishing What's Real & What's Fake Is Becoming Harder & NVIDIA Is Solving This With Its Synthetic Video Detector NIM Microservice, Which Tackles "Fake News" With advancements in AI video generation, we're seeing videos that are indistinguishable from real video. While these videos have valuable use cases, they also pose a problem. If we cannot tell the difference between a synthetic video and a real one, it can erode […]
Seven years on from the release of Gears 5, The Coalition is back with a new game. Gears of War E-Day is now scheduled to release in early October, with a multiplayer beta test taking place in August for those who want to try it out early. On PC, the game will launch with Nvidia's latest DLSS features.
Gears of War E-Day will support DLSS 4.5 at launch, Nvidia confirmed today. The new game is a prequel to the original trilogy, rather than a sequel to Gears 5. As a result, fan favourite characters, Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago are back in the spotlight as the main protagonists, with both fighting back the Locust horde during their first invasion of earth.
Like all previous Gears of War titles, E-Day is built using Unreal Engine. This time around, The Coalition is implementing new tech like MegaLights for more realistic ray-traced shadows, and Lumen for RT global illumination and ambient occlusion. The game also promises more advanced real-time destruction for more explosive set pieces throughout the campaign.
Aside from the single-player campaign, Gears of War E-Day will also offer traditional PvP multiplayer modes, as well as the series' biggest co-op horde mode to date.
KitGuru Says: Are you planning on picking up Gears of War E-Day when it drops in October?
The latest update brings NVIDIA's AI upscaling technology to the open-source NVK driver stack, improving the gaming experience on Linux. Valve and Mesa Developers Continue Closing the Feature Gap With NVIDIA's Linux Driver As DLSS Support Lands for Vulkan Games The open-source NVIDIA NVK Vulkan driver has taken a major step forward on Linux as developers merge initial support for NVIDIA's DLSS technology into Mesa 26.2. This enables AI-powered upscaling in compatible Vulkan games running on Linux operating systems. For those not familiar with NVK, it's the community-developed Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs that is built within the Mesa graphics […]
More Fake GPUs are circulating online marketplaces, which use plastic chips to imitate NVIDIA RTX GPUs and scrap memory dies. You Need To Be Extra Cautious of Graphics Cards Being Sold Online As NVIDIA RTX Graphics Cards Have Been Spotted With Glued Plastic GPUs Over the years, we have seen several instances of fake graphics cards appearing online. Most of these graphics cards are sold through online marketplaces, & the region most affected by such products is the Asia Pacific. Previously, we have seen graphics cards with missing components and different GPUs, but this time, scammers have gone an extra […]
Intel's Serpent Lake SoCs featuring NVIDIA's RTX GPU tiles as integrated graphics are expected to roll out by Q1 2028. Intel & NVIDIA's Co-Developed Serpent Lake SoCs Featuring Next-Gen CPU & GPU Architectures Rumored For Q1 2028 Last year, Intel announced that it was working with NVIDIA on a custom SoC that would incorporate NVIDIA's RTX GPU tiles. Intel stated that these SoCs will power a wide range of PCs that require the integration of these levels of CPUs & GPUs together into a single package. It looks like we have our first timeline of when these SoCs will be […]
AURAS is showing off its 1000W TDP cooler designed for next-generation GPUs as the demand for power rises with higher performance. AURAS, A Leading Cooler Maker, Believes Next-Gen GPUs Will Come With a 1000W TDP & Has Designed A Dual 360mm AIO For Them Last year, AURAS displayed its air-cooled solutions for existing and upcoming GPUs. The cooler was designed for 600W GPUs and had the 5090/Next-Module label. This year, the company has revised its expectations for future GPUs and is aiming for even higher TDP cooling solutions. Displayed at its Computex booth, AURAS showcased its "Advanced VGA Solution," which […]
We are kicking off our Computex 2026 coverage with Leo's breakdown of Nvidia's keynote. As you may expect, AI was at the very top of Nvidia's presentation, but there were also some GeForce-related announcements for gamers too. Perhaps the most revealing moment of the entire presentation came when Jensen remarked that ‘a long time ago Nvidia used to be a GPU company’ – a statement that says a great deal about where the company sees its future.
Watch via YouTube below:
The biggest announcement from Nvidia this week is the launch of RTX Spark. This is Nvidia's new ‘superchip' for Windows laptops and as you may expect, many OEMs are already on board with new designs. RTX Spark is intended to allow the masses to run personal AI agents at home. Nvidia claims a massive 1 Petaflop of AI performance from RTX Spark systems, as well as support for up to 128GB of unified memory, and LLMs running at 120B parameters, all running locally. The likes of Microsoft, Lenovo, HP, Dell and Asus will be shipping RTX Spark laptops later this year.
On the gaming front, Nvidia has DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction arriving in August. This update brings a new transformer model with improved compute capability and spatial awareness, allowing for better ray-tracing effects while using DLSS upscaling. Soon. DLSS 4.5 will be available as a UE5 plugin, while software like Nvidia ACE will get multi-lingual support.
Nvidia has also reached a new milestone with over 1000 games and apps now supporting RTX features in one form or another. In the near future, Nvidia hardware partners will begin shipping more RTX 5090-equipped gaming laptops, new G-Sync displays with support for up to 1000Hz refresh rates and more.
KitGuru Says: What did you make of Nvidia's Computex announcements this year?
007 First Light is launching into early access today for pre-order customers and Nvidia is preparing gamers with a new graphics driver. The latest GeForce driver is now available to download, bringing optimisations for IO Interactive's new James Bond title, alongside a few other games.
007 First Light is an original James Bond game from IO Interactive, the studio behind the Hitman franchise. The PC version includes a suite of GeForce-related features, including DLSS 4.5 and Nvidia Reflex. Also launching this week is World of Tanks: Heat, a new PvP spin-off, also launches with DLSS.
Starminer, a new interstellar mining game, launches into early access this week with support for DLSS 4.5, and the new driver also preps gamers for the new Helldivers 2 update, which brings DLSS to the game and Nvidia Reflex for the first time. The final game on the list this week is F1 25, which launches next week with DLSS and Reflex included.
The new Game Ready graphics driver is available to download through the Nvidia app.
Intel's CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, has congratulated NVIDIA's CEO, Jensen Huang, on his Honorary Doctorate in Science and Technology, while working together on "exciting new products". Intel & NVIDIA's Journey Has Just Begun, & The World Will Soon See "Exciting New Product" Collabs Between The Tech Giants Today, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivered a keynote at Carnegie Mellon’s 2026 Commencement and received an honorary Doctor of Science and Technology degree. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan congratulated Jensen on this achievement and also announced that the two firms were working on new and exciting products. Lip-Bu acknowledged Jensen's contributions to accelerated computing and […]
A weird incident was just reported by a Redditor, detailing how his GPU got a different shroud instead of the GeForce one. GIGABYTE Mistakenly Swaps GeForce and Radeon Coolers on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs; Both Users Report Different Branding on Their Cards It's rare to see such incidents, but both reports confirm that GIGABYTE indeed made a mistake in the GPU assembly. A Reddit user u/atta4821 reported that he bought a GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 Ti from Canada Computers. Weirdly, something was unusual when he opened the box, as his GPU didn't look like an NVIDIA GPU. He reports that […]
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