Nvidia’s DLSS 5 Leaks Online, and Modders Have Already Turned It Into a Slop Filter

Nvidia debuted DLSS 5 back in March 2026, promising to bring neural rendering to games in order to make them look more realistic. While pretty much everyone hated it, it seems like Nvidia has continued to work on it behind the scenes: It’s leaked in a build of the NBA 2K27 beta.

Twitter user @renan_maniero spotted the new DLSS file in the NBA 2K27 early access, called nvngx_dlssnr.dll. The ‘nr’ at the end there appears to stand for neural rendering. Just finding the file in the game’s directory would be one thing, but it looks like some enterprising modders have been able to build it into some other existing games.

Eita, o acesso antecipado do jogo NBA 2K27 veio com uma DLL nova do DLSS.

DLSS-NR (Neural Rendering) 👀 pic.twitter.com/X15fYO92RU

— Renan Maniero (@renan_maniero) August 26, 2026

Some modders built a DLSS 5 mod and integrated it into Control, which was spotted by Gizmodo. In the initial post on X, you can see the modders manipulating some sliders to change the degree by which the neural renderer is changing the image. Things like auto skin mask, intensity and style are all customizable, which is something Nvidia said would be possible