RTX 30 Owners Just Got DLSS Frame Gen Preset C, Unofficially

NVIDIA only just rolled out its faster DLSS frame generation Preset C, and the internet has already found a way to bust it wide open. The official line? Preset C is for RTX 50 and RTX 40 series cards, plus RTX Spark laptops. Unofficially? RTX 30 owners can now join the party, courtesy of modder dashdogy.

Their tool, Universal MFG Unlocker 1.5.0, adds unofficial Preset C support for RTX 30 series GPUs. If you're still rocking an Ampere card, this is basically free performance falling into your lap — especially since those cards never officially supported DLSS frame generation at all.

So what's the big deal about Preset C? It swaps out the older model for a lighter algorithm. According to NVIDIA's own numbers, the new preset can deliver up to a 35% frame rate boost on an RTX 5060, with the trade-off being a slight hit to image quality. That's the pitch, anyway.

Now for the fine print, because there's plenty of it. The mod works with DLSS frame generation version 310.9.16. RTX 40 and RTX 30 users can pick Preset C through the mod's built-in menu or by overriding settings in the NVIDIA App, and it also supports 3x to 6x multi-frame generation. But your game needs to have Streamline DLSS frame generation integrated, and RTX 30 support is currently limited to DirectX 12 titles only.

Here's the honest part: the developer admits real-world testing was done on an RTX 40 card running The Witcher 3. Compatibility between RTX 30 hardware and the 310.9.16 runtime was only verified through offline testing, which means that headline 35% performance gain hasn't actually been confirmed on RTX 30 hardware yet. Your mileage will likely vary from game to game.

That's not all the update brings, either. Universal MFG Unlocker 1.5.0 also adds Intel XeSS multi-frame generation support through OptiScaler, and it can override settings across NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel GPUs alike. So no matter which team's card is in your rig, there might be something here for you.

If you've got an RTX 30 card gathering dust in an older build, this could be a fun weekend experiment — just go in with realistic expectations. The performance uplift is promising but unproven on your hardware, and game-by-game results could swing wildly.

Planning to give the mod a shot on your RTX 30 card? Let us know how it runs — and whether that 35% claim holds up in the real world.