Nvidia has unveiled its new upscaling technology, DLSS 5, which it’s calling “a dramatic leap in visual realism.” However, early examples look an AI filter applied to video game faces that change the features of characters like Resident Evil Requiem’s Grace Ashcroft. Some fans have already dubbed it the “Yassify Filter” for the unnatural way it attempts to make characters appear more attractive.
Players didn’t take long to start roasting the new tech, and DLSS 5ed faces and characters have already become a meme. Please note, however, that the examples below aren’t actually made using the new DLSS 5 technology. Or, at least, we hope that’s the case.
DLSS 5 genuinely looks like they saw one of these and said let’s make it real.
Completely alters the artistic vision of the original. pic.twitter.com/5tLnTv8NOl
— KAMI (@Okami13_) March 16, 2026
🔴 Nvidia anuncia DLSS 5, uma nova tecnologia que pode gerar gráficos extremamente realistas em jogos, porém qual é limite para estes ajustes onde podemos pensar: essa ainda é a obra original? Este personagem ainda é o mesmo?
Imagem meramente ilustrativa* pic.twitter.com/BIG2wQujGP
— Coelho no Japão 🇯🇵🇧🇷👾⛩- NintendoBarato.com.br (@rodrigocoelhoc) March 16, 2026
DLSS off / DLSS 5 on pic.twitter.com/Nd82q5fe7e
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) March 16, 2026
angry birds na dlss 5 pic.twitter.com/BmyF5f3c4H
— bejsbol (@cycitto) March 16, 2026
Nvidia DLSS 5 Off vs On pic.twitter.com/bo1P5Jm7xz
— Eru Thingol (@EruThingol) March 16, 2026
Zombie women won’t be the same after DLSS 5 pic.twitter.com/VoD8rFWkRB
— WickedWiz (@WickedWizard15) March 16, 2026
NVIDIA DLSS 5 com IA generativa desse jeito aqui: pic.twitter.com/KcAIrdW7ZC
— ‘Necro’ Felipe #UnivNintendo (@necrolipe) March 16, 2026
DLSS 5 off – DLSS 5 on
Legit tho, gross https://t.co/xlBruFS8A2 pic.twitter.com/f1pUXSiMgl
— Sonic Paradox (@Sonic_Paradox) March 16, 2026
First look at Kratos with DLSS 5 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WhYf3LXJFb
— KAMI (@Okami13_) March 16, 2026
DLSS 5: Off / DLSS 5: On pic.twitter.com/e05UW8BEx7
— Nabetse Zitro (@NabetseZitro) March 16, 2026
Thus far, the responses to the early tech demo of DLSS 5 have largely been negative in social media, but video game publishers, including Capcom, Bethesda, Ubisoft, and Warner Bros. Games appear to be bullish on it. Nvidia has announced that some of the games that will support DLSS 5 this fall include Resident Evil Requiem, Starfield, Hogwarts Legacy, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and more.
It remains to be seen if the initial reactions to DLSS 5 will affect the planned rollout and implementation of this technology.
