In my brief time with the mod, it massively improved performance in Starfield. Frame Generation was able to push the RTX 4090 above 100 frames per second (fps) in demanding areas like New Atlantis, even with all of the settings maxed out.Īlthough it’s great to see a free DLSS 3 mod, make sure to check out my guide on the best settings for Starfield to maximize your performance in the game. The developer says they weren’t even able to test the mod because they don’t own an RTX 40-series GPU, instead relying on two friends to help test. If you download the mod, make sure to donate or sign up to the Patreon to show your support. PureDark currently has 9,244 members on their Patreon page.īy contrast, LukeFZ, who released a free DLSS 3 mod for Starfield, has 14 members and is making just shy of $50 per month off the page. The DRM protection was cracked within a few hours of it being discovered, according to Rock Paper Shotgun. The problem this time around was PureDark’s choice to use a Digital Rights Management (DRM) tool to keep non-subscribers from accessing the mod. I said you could download Starfield, I didn’t say you could play it.As you may be aware, Starfield will be an Xbox Game Pass day one release, with many fans citing this as the reason they believe Microsoft have now increased the price of Game Pass.If you’re a Game Pass subscriber, you can actually pre-install Starfield right now.

PureDark is the main modder you see adding DLSS to games like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, but the dev has been at the center of some controversy with their Starfield mod.Īs with the developer’s other DLSS 3 mods, you can only access them by signing up to their Patreon, which requires a minimum of a $5-per-month subscription. For context, a mod from PureDark that adds DLSS 2 into the game has been downloaded over 200,000 times.

At the time of writing, the mod has been downloaded just over 4,000 times.

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