DLSS on my GTX 1650… Is this normal?

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At first, I thought I was seeing things, but I’ve managed to get DLSS running on games like Cyberpunk 2077, Hitman 3, Spider-Man, AC Mirage, Battlefield 5, 2042, and even Jedi Survivor. Now I’m wondering, do I have a special version of the GTX 1650?

Here’s an imgur link showing it in action: https://imgur.com/gallery/somehow-i-can-use-dlss-on-ac-mirage-lSG1OQ4

Also, I’ve got my system info from the NVIDIA Control Panel here:

NVIDIA System Information report created on: 10/18/2024 15:13:48
System name: DESKTOP-1EFAJO0

[Display]
DirectX version:12.0
GPU processor:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Driver version:561.09
Driver Type:DCH
Direct3D feature level:12_1
CUDA Cores:896
Core clock:1620 MHz
Memory data rate:12.00 Gbps
Memory interface:128-bit
Memory bandwidth:192.03 GB/s
Total available graphics memory:10220 MB
Dedicated video memory:4096 MB GDDR6
System video memory:0 MB
Shared system memory:6124 MB
Video BIOS version:90.06.6F.00.46
IRQ:Not used
Bus:PCI Express x16 Gen3
Device ID:10DE 1F0A 411D1458
Part Number:G161 0033

[Components]

nvui.dll8.17.15.6109NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component
nvxdplcy.dll8.17.15.6109NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component
nvxdbat.dll8.17.15.6109NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component
nvxdapix.dll8.17.15.6109NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component
NVCPL.DLL8.17.15.6109NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component
nvCplUIR.dll8.1.940.0NVIDIA Control Panel
nvCplUI.exe8.1.940.0NVIDIA Control Panel
nvWSSR.dll32.0.15.6109NVIDIA Workstation Server
nvWSS.dll32.0.15.6109NVIDIA Workstation Server
nvViTvSR.dll32.0.15.6109NVIDIA Video Server
nvViTvS.dll32.0.15.6109NVIDIA Video Server
nvLicensingS.dll6.14.15.6109NVIDIA Licensing Server
nvDevToolSR.dll32.0.15.6109NVIDIA Licensing Server
nvDevToolS.dll32.0.15.6109NVIDIA 3D Settings Server
nvDispSR.dll32.0.15.6109NVIDIA Display Server
nvDispS.dll32.0.15.6109NVIDIA Display Server
PhysX09.23.1019NVIDIA PhysX
NVCUDA64.DLL32.0.15.6109NVIDIA CUDA 12.6.65 driver
nvGameSR.dll32.0.15.6109NVIDIA 3D Settings Server
nvGameS.dll32.0.15.6109NVIDIA 3D Settings Server
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I compared it to my RTX 3050 laptop, and honestly, the DLSS quality looks the same on both. Weird but cool!

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The GTX 1600 series uses the same Turing architecture as the RTX 2000 cards, but the Tensor cores for DLSS are usually disabled. It’s possible that your card has these enabled by accident, or something else is going on. There have been some rare reports like yours, but no clear answers yet.

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@Vic
That would be a wild manufacturing quirk! I guess I should thank Gigabyte for the lucky card!