New Open-Source Neural Rendering App, Apex Neural, Is Said to Offer Better Image Quality than NVIDIA DLSS While Supporting Nearly All Modern GPUs

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By Peter Brosdahl

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A new open-source neural rendering solution, Apex Neural, is said to offer better performance than NVIDIA’s DLSS solutions and, what’s more, is non-proprietary and works on many modern GPUs. The developer, Apex Compute, has been posting benchmarks on social media showing the app, which relies on another popular open-source app, Optiscaler, to run. Optiscaler was also recently in the news after another developer used it with DLSS 5 Autopilot to add neural rendering in games that do not initially support it. One of the more interesting things with Apex Neural is its ability to be run on NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel GPUs, along with the Apple M1 and even the Steam Deck. In essence, it supports nearly every modern GPU made in the last five years or so.

Compatible GPUs:

“Introducing Apex Neural Rendering (ANR), our cross-platform Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, and Frame Generation technology, delivering up to 2.4× faster performance and higher quality rendering than NVIDIA DLSS.”

– Apex Compute
  • NVIDIA: GeForce RTX 20, 30, 40, and 50 series, plus GTX 16 series
  • AMD: Radeon RX 5000, 6000, 7000, and 9000 series, plus Steam Deck
  • Intel: Arc A and B series
  • Apple Silicon: M1 and later
Image: Apex Computing

It’s definitely been an exciting week for the discovery of new free open-source apps. Yesterday we had a story about SCSKiller, a new solution for users to manually do shader compilation for games to help eliminate game stuttering. We then also had another story the day before revealing GPU Taskman, a task manager-type app allowing users to more closely monitor processes for their GPU and VRAM resources. Who’s to say what tomorrow will bring, but exciting times indeed for enthusiasts seeking ways to use their hardware.

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Peter Brosdahl
As a child of the 70’s I was part of the many who became enthralled by the video arcade invasion of the 1980’s. Saving money from various odd jobs I purchased my first computer from a friend of my dad, a used Atari 400, around 1982. Eventually it would end up being a lifelong passion of upgrading and modifying equipment that, of course, led into a career in IT support.

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