NVIDIA DLSS 4: RTX 30 may get support for the new technology

On the CES 2025 NVIDIA has announced a new version of the technology DLSS-4, which will bring improvements in frame generation, reconstruction of rays и super resolution. But the key news for many owners of previous generation video cards was the announcement of a possible DLSS 4 support on RTX 30.

Vice President of Deep Learning Research at NVIDIA Brian Catanzaro noted that despite the fact that DLSS 4 was developed for new GPU RTX 50 series, porting technology to older models, such as RTX 30, it remains possible:

"It's a matter of optimization and design. We'll see what we can do with the old equipment in the future."

Previously, DLSS limitations were related to the use of hardware Optical Flow accelerator, which was improved in RTX 40. But in DLSS 4 this component is completely replaced by AI solution, which Catanzaro says opens up new possibilities for porting.

However, he also stressed that the high demands on Tensor Cores new technology may become a barrier to full porting to older hardware. However, the very possibility of adapting DLSS 4 for RTX 30 gives hope to many users who are not planning to upgrade to RTX 50.

Whether NVIDIA will work on RTX 30 support for DLSS 4 will become clear in the coming months.