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NVIDIA finally gave DLSS 5 a date. It is 3 September, it needs an RTX 50 card, it costs 50 to 60 percent of your frame rate, and on day one there is one supported game.

No handheld has an NVIDIA GPU and none ever will. But from 3 September a Steam Deck can put DLSS 5 on its screen, because the rendering happens on an RTX 5080 in a data centre.

The leaked DLSS 5 mod started as RTX 50 only. It now runs on RTX 20, 30 and 40 cards too. Here are the current requirements, the real performance numbers, and the honest answer for handheld owners.

Your Android handheld can play modern AAA games today, by streaming them. Game Pass, GeForce Now, and Moonlight on retro handhelds, and when streaming beats emulating.