DLSS 5 on AMD GPUs Gets a Huge Unofficial Performance Boost, RX 9070 XT Jumps From 30 FPS to 75 FPS
DLSS 5 running on AMD Radeon hardware is starting to look far more practical thanks to rapid progress from developer Daniel, who has been pushing major performance updates to the unofficial DLSS-NR-on-AMD runtime tool.
In just a few days, the tool has received several alpha releases that significantly improve performance on AMD Radeon GPUs, especially the newer Radeon RX 9000 series. What recently looked like an experimental feature with limited real-world usability is now delivering playable frame rates in demanding games.
The biggest improvement comes from a string of quick updates that have transformed performance in a very short time. Earlier versions struggled to make modern, GPU-heavy titles feel smooth when using DLSS 5 on unsupported AMD hardware. Now, with the latest optimizations, 60 FPS gameplay is becoming achievable.
The recent update cycle began with Alpha 0.4.0, which already delivered a major performance increase of around 42%. That was followed by Alpha 0.4.1, adding another 8% improvement over the previous version. Daniel also introduced a new priority queue mode, which brought an extra 9% performance uplift in heavier gameplay scenarios.
The next release, Alpha 0.4.2, focused specifically on the Radeon RX 9000 series and delivered roughly 15% better performance over Alpha 0.4.1. This version introduced Fast mode as the default option for RX 9000 GPUs.
Fast mode is designed to reduce the amount of work the GPU needs to perform by using less expensive arithmetic operations. According to the developer, the visual difference between Reference mode and Fast mode is difficult to notice, even though Fast mode can provide a meaningful frame rate improvement. For now, Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs continue to use Reference mode by default.
The latest release, Alpha 0.4.3, pushes performance even further. It delivers around a 20% boost in Reference mode compared to version 0.4.2, while Fast mode sees an improvement of about 18%. Combined, the last few releases bring a total performance increase of roughly 46% to 49% for Radeon GPUs.
The real-world results are impressive. A Radeon RX 9070 XT running Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p with DLSS 5 in Fast mode can now reach around 75 FPS. Previously, the same GPU could barely manage about 30 FPS in similar conditions. That means performance has more than doubled in only a few days of development work.
This is a major step forward for users interested in experimenting with DLSS 5 on non-Nvidia hardware. While this remains an unofficial implementation and is not the same as native vendor-level support, the pace of progress shows how quickly community-driven tools can evolve.
For AMD Radeon owners, especially those using the RX 9000 series, DLSS-NR-on-AMD is becoming much more than a proof of concept. With Fast mode now improving frame rates while keeping image quality differences minimal, modern games using DLSS 5 are becoming far more playable on unsupported AMD GPUs.
If development continues at this speed, the tool could become an important option for PC gamers who want to explore advanced upscaling and neural rendering features without being locked to officially supported hardware.
