When Nvidia first announced the RTX 5000 series of graphics cards at CES 2025, it was clear that the company would be leaning even further into AI with these products. As anyone who follows enterprise technology knows, Nvidia is a major player — maybe the single most important player — in AI, so it’s no surprise that it has made significant headway in using AI to accelerate gaming.
While a lot of people will focus on the CUDA cores and Tensor Cores inside the GPU, there are also a lot of improvements that come from the new DLSS 4 software, which includes new transformer models and 4x frame generation. The RTX 50 series is the only product family from Nvidia capable of both features at that level, although the predecessor RTX 40 series does manage 1x frame generation and will take advantage of transformer models.