GeForce RTX 3080 Drops From 138 FPS to 4 FPS When DLSS 5 Neural Rendering is Enabled; Reports Confirm Similar Performance Drop With RTX 30 Series - Wccftech
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- GeForce RTX 3080 performance collapses from 138 FPS to 4 FPS when DLSS 5 Neural Rendering is enabled, per Wccftech's testing.
- DLSS 5 has leaked ahead of official release, and modders are already applying Nvidia's AI neural rendering effects across games and hardware, per The Verge.
- Reports from multiple outlets confirm the same catastrophic performance regression affects the broader RTX 30 series 'Ampere' GPU lineup, not just a single card.
Why it matters: The 138-to-4 FPS collapse on the RTX 3080 alone — roughly a 34x drop — signals that DLSS 5's neural rendering may be effectively unusable on Ampere hardware, potentially narrowing the feature's addressable install base to RTX 40 and 50 series owners and leaving millions of RTX 30 series buyers without access to Nvidia's next-generation AI upscaling.
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