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Gamers slam NVIDIA's DLSS 5 as AI overkill

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Gamers erupted on Reddit and Twitter after NVIDIA unveiled its next‑generation DLSS 5, calling the move “disgusting” and “AI slop.” The company pitched the feature as the biggest graphics leap since its 2018 RTX 20‑series, but the community’s response echoed the Fallout 4 meme: “Everyone disliked that.”

Demo footage shows DLSS 5 adding photorealistic lighting and material detail to titles like Resident Evil: Requiem, Hogwarts Legacy, and Starfield. While the new AI layer sharpens faces and hair, critics argue the effect feels like a glossy filter rather than a true