NVIDIA RTX 5080 Reportedly Dies After DLSS 5 Test in Modded GTA 5
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Unverified GeForce RTX 5080 Damage Report Raises Questions About DLSS 5 Mods
A Reddit user has reported that an MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Ventus 3X became unusable after they ran a third-party DLSS 5 mod for Grand Theft Auto V. The claim has not been independently verified, and there is not enough evidence to establish that the mod caused the graphics card failure.
More reports are appearing online suggesting that using DLSS 5 may be dangerous for GeForce RTX graphics cards. The latest case involves a GeForce RTX 5080 user whose card reportedly crashed... Full version of the page: https://ithardware.pl/aktualnosci/dlss_5_rtx_5080_awaria_karty_graficznej-54255.html
NVIDIA RTX 5080 Reportedly Dies After DLSS 5 Test in Modded GTA 5
An MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Ventus 3X reportedly stopped working after its owner injected an unofficial version of DLSS 5 into a heavily modded copy of Grand Theft Auto 5. Reddit user "wax469" said the card had been running fine for about a month before the crash. According to the post, the screen began flashing uncontrollably about five minutes into a session, and the system refused to boot afterward. Swapping to his Ryzen 9 9950X3D2's integrat…
RTX 5080 Owner Claims DLSS 5 Killed His GPU, But Did It Really?
Imagine this: you spend thousands of dollars on building a high-end gaming PC, with components like a Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition and a GeForce RTX 5080. You settle in to play some games, and load up an old favorite, GTA V, to see how it runs. Hearing about the new hotness, you mod DLSS 5 into your game, but within minutes, your screen starts
A Reddit user claims that his GeForce RTX 5080 passed to a better life after playing GTA V with a mod that forced the use of DLSS 5. The graphics card, a MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Ventus 3X, with just a month of use, had apparently worked without problems until then. However, there is no evidence that DLSS 5 was directly responsible for damaging the GPU. With this new GPU, it would already be at least two graphics cards that have passed to the be…
RTX 5080 User Claims His GPU Fried After Using DLSS 5 In GTA 5; Unofficial Software Injection Would Have Voided Warranty, But He’s Lucky To Receive A Replacement
NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 is yet to witness an official release, but that hasn’t stopped experimental software from being downloaded and tested on a plethora of games. Unfortunately, it’s always risky tampering with unofficial releases as one RTX 5080 owner found out the hard way when he ran GTA 5 using DLSS 5. Sure, the game receives a major visual uplift, but his GPU is shown to be fried because of this. Luckily, he received a replacement graphics card …
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