We explored early DLSS 5 performance with community mods — and the limits of the 12V-2x6 power connector may hold it back on the RTX 5090

DLSS 5 officially releases later this week, but we tested it on the RTX 5090 using community mods to see what kind of performance drop and extra power draw you can expect.

Original reporting by Tom's Hardware · Jeffrey Kampman. GridIndex is an aggregation and intelligence layer — full credit to the original publisher.