NVIDIA Announces DLSS 4.5 and GeForce NOW Linux App

NVIDIA has announced DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation and a native Linux application for GeForce NOW. These announcements were made at CES 2026.

DLSS 4.5 Features

DLSS 4.5 integrates a second-generation transformer model for DLSS Super Resolution. Key features include Dynamic Multi Frame Generation and a new 6X Multi Frame Generation mode. NVIDIA states that these combined technologies can generate up to five additional frames per traditionally rendered frame, potentially boosting performance to align with display refresh rates. This is projected to enable over 240 frames per second (FPS) gaming with path tracing on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs.

Linux Compatibility and Support

NVIDIA has confirmed that DLSS 4.5 is backward compatible with existing DLSS integrations within games. The functionality of DLSS on Linux platforms is dependent on the integration efforts of Valve's Proton compatibility layer and ongoing updates to NVIDIA's Linux drivers.

Community-Developed Tools

The open-source community-developed application, DLSS Updater, has introduced Linux support in its version 3.3.0 update. The developer has stated that Linux will be officially supported by the tool moving forward.