DLSS 5 gets toned down for its Hogwarts Legacy debut next month

<figure> <img alt="An image of Nvidia’s logo" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/06/STK083_NVIDIA_2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">When Nvidia originally showed off DLSS 5 earlier this year, the technology immediately got branded as gen AI for video games. To gamers, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/895753/nvidia-dlss-5-slop-face-fake-frames">Nvidia had lost the plot</a>. I personally couldn't get over how faces were transformed using DLSS 5. The 15-year-old student from <em>Hogwarts Legacy</em> suddenly looked much older, and Grace from <em>Resident Evil Requiem</em> looked yassified.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now more than six months later, DLSS 5 is about to debut properly in <em>Hogwarts Legacy</em>, and it looks like it has been seriously toned down. Nvidia published new comparison screenshots today, where the changes to faces are as <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/986378/nvidia-dlss-5-launch-nba-2k27">subtle as they are</a> in <em>NBA 2K27</em>. Teenagers no longer look like …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/1009904/dlss-5-hogwarts-legacy-changes-improvements">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>