Nvidia has announced a major update to its RTX 40-series graphics cards and the Nvidia App ahead of Gamescom 2025, introducing Smooth Motion, global DLSS overrides, and a host of quality-of-life upgrades for gamers.
What’s happened?
Smooth Motion is now available for RTX 40-series GPUs, enabling driver-level AI frame generation in unsupported games.
Global DLSS override allows users to apply preferred DLSS modes across all supported games.
Legacy Control Panel features like anisotropic filtering, anti-aliasing, ambient occlusion, and Surround are all integrated into the Nvidia App.
Project G-Assist AI assistant has also been updated making it lighter, faster, support plugin management, and is available across all RTX GPUs with 6GB+ VRAM, including laptops.
This is important because
It makes advanced AI-enhanced features like frame generation available to a much larger group of gamers.
DLSS management becomes far easier, removing the need to tweak every individual game.
The Nvidia App now consolidates old Control Panel tools into one place, making graphics tuning more straightforward.
AI tools like G-Assist are more efficient and accessible than before.Nvidia
Why should I care?
Smoother gameplay: Even games without DLSS now benefit from higher frame rates thanks to Smooth Motion.
Simplified settings: Global DLSS overrides save time and effort when optimizing multiple games.
More control: Legacy tweaks for classic titles are easier to find and apply.
Wider AI support: G-Assist can help optimize settings and performance across more devices.
What’s next?
The beta release goes live starting today, August 19, with a full public rollout planned the following week.
Nvidia is expected to refine Smooth Motion further, based on community feedback.
More legacy tools may be folded into the Nvidia App as it continues evolves.