An NVIDIA RTX 5080 stops working after testing a version of GTA V modified with DLSS 5
With the filtration of DLSS 5there are many users who are adding this technology, challenging NVIDIA’s own limits. This includes carrying DLSS 5 to unsupported devices and gamesand which may also never arrive from NVIDIA. But the consequences can also be disastrous, since it has been reported that a NVIDIA RTX 5080 has stopped working after testing DLSS 5 in a version of GTA V modified to add this technology.
An RTX 5080 stops working after trying DLSS 5 in GTA V
Specifically, the affected card has been a MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Ventus 3Xwhich stopped working after using it to play GTA V in an unofficial version that includes DLSS 5. The card had already been in the user’s possession for 1 month, but when trying this game the image began to flicker until it faded away. Just change to the integrated graphics processor managed to start the equipment.
The user tried reinstall the card and its drivers without success, and only a replacement of this card managed to get your computer back to normal. It is not known if DLSS 5 was the reason for breaking the graphics cardbut a modified version of GTA V and the injection of DLSS 5 seems like a more than enough pattern to understand that consumption could have skyrocketed, causing the graphic error.
DLSS 5 may be used in more cards and games unofficially
It is known that DLSS 5 can work on a multitude of models beyond the RTX 50 series and in more gamessince the only one officially supported is NBA 2K27. But it is also known that this increases the graphics card consumptioncausing errors and other times even damaging our hardware.
It is not the first time that we see how DLSS 5 seems responsible for ruining our cardswe already saw one RTX 5090 with the 16-pin connector melted after being officially used in the only supported game at the moment. The situation caused the card to reach 613 W consumptionwhich continually caused the connector to melt.
This tells us that you have to be careful if you decide to try DLSS 5 on your graphics card unofficiallyyou may be left without it.
Juan Antonio Soto
I am a Computer Engineer and my specialty is automation and robotics. My passion for hardware began at the age of 14 when I broke down my first computer: a 386 DX 40 with 4MB of RAM and 210MB of hard drive. I continue to give free rein to my passion in the technical articles I write for Geeknetic. I dedicate most of my free time to video games, contemporary and retro, on the more than 20 consoles I have, in addition to the PC.
