A modder has created a specialNvidiaDLSS plugin that replaces a game’s Deep Learning Super Sampling implementation with one of the best anti-aliasing features available, DLAA. Deep Learning Anti-Aliasing is the aforementioned GPU manufacturer’s proprietary AI-based edge smoothening feature that has only officially been implemented in a relatively small number of games, but it has quickly proven its mettle compared to other types of anti-aliasing.
As persistent asNvidiamay be when it comes to getting DLSS into as many games as possible, the same cannot be said about DLAA. For whatever reason, this type of anti-aliasing hasn’t been nearly as prolific in getting adopted, but the good news is that this is no longer as big of an issue as it may have been up until now.
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Now thatNvidia DLSS is available in over 200 gameson PC, RTX owners will be happy to hear that the vast majority of them should work just fine with emoose’s all-new DLSSTweaks plugin. The most notable feature of this unofficial DLL plugin is that it allows users to replace a game’s DLSS feature with DLAA, enabling far superior anti-aliasing than is usually available. The open-source project has already been tested in games such asDying Light 2andCyberpunk 2077, and emoose claims that it should work just fine in the vast majority of cases. Some games, such asRed Dead Redemption 2, may require a small amount of extra tweaking, however.
Curiously, modder filoppi recently launched a similar set of tweaks for Remedy Entertainment’s 2019 RTX showpiece. There,filoppi improvedControl’s DLSS, ray tracing, and more, with one of the mod’s biggest features being the availability of DLAA. Of course, emoose’s plugin is almost universally applicable, making it substantially more useful for a greater number of users. It’s worth pointing out, however, that emoose recommends users not to use DLSSTweaks with online games, as anti-cheat software may end up flagging it.
While these features aren’t as impressive as some of Nvidia’s official offerings, such as theNvidia RTX Remix modding suite, it does provide a simple and efficient upgrade to a game’s visuals at a minimum performance cost. 3D aliasing, or “jaggies” as they are sometimes referred to, have been a problem for the longest time now, and most of the solutions developers have provided so far have been rather imperfect. DLAA itself has its own set of issues, but it does provide superior visuals to most of the alternatives that are currently available.
The obvious caveat, of course, is that only Nvidia users have access to DLAA in the first place, makingNvidia GPUs even better for gaming in 2023. In fact, Nvidia RTX 4000 series owners will be able to make even better use of the plugin, as they’ll have access to upscaling preset overrides that could, potentially, improve image quality even further still. DLAA itself, however, will work on any Nvidia RTX graphics card.
