DLSS 5 Swapper makes it easier to update and swap Nvidia DLSS DLL files in supported PC games, letting users test newer DLSS versions without manually replacing files.

What's New

New

  • Filter by your graphics card. Pick your card in the Community filter - My card is always first - and see only the reviews from people with that same card.
  • Reviews for your games. Switch to My games and the Community page shows the reviews for the games installed on your PC. Open any game in your library and what the community found is right above Install.
  • My comments - everything you reported, in one place.
  • Sort by most recent, most reports or A-Z, and every card shows which APIs its reviews used (#288).
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DLSS 5 Swapper 2.2.1 brings the app's own control panel into the game. Press F8 and the same panel you see in the app appears over the running game – the real HTML, fonts and sliders, not an imitation – wired to the DLSS Neural Rendering settings that are actually loaded.

Headline: the in-game overlay

  • F8 opens the panel in-game. Change the hotkey on the Overlay page; Ctrl / Alt / Shift combinations are supported. Home and Escape stay reserved for ReShade.
  • The game holds still while the panel is open. No mouse or keyboard input reaches the game, so the camera stays exactly where you left it and a slider can be judged on one fixed shot – the same behaviour as ReShade's own overlay.
  • Real controls, not a mock-up. The panel connects automatically to the pinned, hash-verified RenoDX v4.7 build and drives its original settings: Structure Intensity, Tone Intensity, the character mask, NR Style A/B/C, Diffuse White, motion scale and the rest. RenoDX saves them itself.
  • Install it with DLSS. One switch on the Overlay page. Off adds nothing to future installations and removes nothing already installed. Remove overlay only takes it back out without touching DLSS.
  • Updating is automatic. A new overlay build now retires the copy the previous one installed instead of refusing to install over it.
  • 64-bit DX11 / DX12 games with ReShade add-on support. Not NVIDIA's official overlay or SDK.

Themes, including your own

  • Three built-in themes: Emerald, Azure, Amethyst.
  • Create theme – pick an accent colour, name it, and the panel's other shades are derived from it. The preview is the real panel, not a swatch, and the theme applies in-game as well as in the app. A red button removes it.

Library and artwork

  • Posters and banners for everyone. Artwork now comes from Steam's public endpoints with no key, so every user sees the same covers and heroes.
  • Drive-wide scanning for loose and repacked games across every fixed disk, with each scanned folder removable from Settings.
  • Per-game rendering API override for titles that report the wrong API.
  • 38 languages, right-to-left included.

Fixes

  • The connection line under the panel no longer reads "Disconnected" while the badge above it says CONNECTED.
  • The overlay dialogs follow the app's light and dark themes instead of staying dark.
  • Theme cards render correctly in Arabic, Persian and Urdu.

DLSS 5 Swapper 2.1.1 Changelog

This release adds a complete DLSS5-Feeder path for games without native DLSS, introduces emulator support, makes full-drive scanning optional, and fixes several executable, rendering API and recovery issues reported by users.

New:

  • DLSS5-Feeder for 64-bit games
  • Games without a native nvngx_dlss.dll now default to the Feeder route.
  • Choose Native DLSS or DLSS5-Feeder from the game details screen.
  • Supports DirectX 11, DirectX 12, Vulkan and OpenGL targets.
  • Uses LumeniteFX Kernel 2.0 motion vectors when available, with bundled VORT as an offline fallback.
  • Keeps the upstream-compatible RenoDX DLSS5 host paired with Feeder.

Emulator support

  • Added profiles for DuckStation, PCSX2, Dolphin, PPSSPP, Xenia, Cemu, RPCS3, Ryujinx, yuzu-family emulators, shadPS4, Citra-family emulators, melonDS, Flycast, xemu, Vita3K, RetroArch, mGBA, Snes9x and Play!.
  • Supported emulators expose their Direct3D, Vulkan and OpenGL renderer choices.
  • Vulkan installs use a per-user ReShade layer that remains registered until the last Vulkan target installed by the app is restored.

Scanning and library improvements

  • Full fixed-drive scanning is off by default and can be enabled with a new Settings toggle.
  • Enabling it scans all fixed drives; disabling it does not affect Steam, Epic Games, GOG, or folders and games explicitly added by the user.
  • Automatically discovered and user-added scan roots remain removable.
  • reshade-shaders, _DLSS5_Backup and unrelated folders without a game or emulator executable are no longer displayed as games.

Fixes

  • DuckStation's current duckstation-qt-x64-ReleaseLTCG.exe is recognised.
  • Invalid ReShade search paths such as Shaders\**\** are repaired to make installed Feeder and motion-vector effects visible.
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 now selects RDR2.exe, ignores the Rockstar launcher in Redistributables, and exposes DirectX 12 and Vulkan instead of falsely reporting DirectX 9.
  • Old cached scanner results are invalidated when detection rules change.
  • A recovery manifest is saved before ReShade Setup runs. A partial or failed setup can therefore be cleaned with Restore originals immediately.
  • Existing proxy files are restored instead of deleted after a failed setup.
  • The redundant optional DX12/DX11/DX9 companion was removed. The integrated RenoDX and Feeder routes remain, and custom Add-ons are still supported.

Existing 2.1.x compatibility

  • Includes support for 32-bit DX9/DX10/DX11 games, Xbox Game Pass flat-file installs, deep Unreal layouts, nested DLSS DLL detection and stable restoration after repeated installs. Reported titles handled include Resident Evil 5, Fallout: New Vegas, Far Cry 3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Batman: Arkham Asylum/Origins, Dishonored, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Dying Light: The Beast, NTE: Neverness to Everness and Red Dead Redemption 2.