What is Geforce Now?
If you don't have the hardware, then you can stream games instead
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With the help of NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW cloud gaming service, customers can play top-notch PC games on gadgets that might not have the necessary hardware, allowing them to run them natively.
Users of GeForce NOW can browse a library of games and stream them to their device via the internet, running the game and providing the user with the video and audio on NVIDIA’s powerful servers.
Because to the fact that the game is being played on NVIDIA’s servers and the user is merely streaming the video and audio output, users can play games that their device may not be able to run natively.
Geforce Now tiers
Free, Priority, and Ultimate are the three subscription levels offered by GeForce NOW. All users have access to the Free tier, which grants them the chance to broadcast video games at up to 1080p quality and 60 frames per second while also having access to a small number of titles but only in 1-hour session lengths.
With the Priority tier, you can stream games at up to 1080p quality and 60 frames per second and get access to the complete selection of GeForce NOW games, which can run in 6-hour sessions.
The top-tier membership, GeForce NOW Ultimate, provides the best functionality and features. Benefits include priority entry to NVIDIA’s data centers, leading to lower latency and faster performance, access to the entire library of games available on GeForce NOW, and more.
Support for ray tracing and other cutting-edge graphics technologies, as well as the ability to use an external game controller or a mouse and keyboard, are all requirements for game streaming at the greatest resolution and frame rate possible (up to 4K and 120 FPS).
The target audience for GeForce NOW Ultimate is largely ardent gamers and consumers who need the service’s highest level of functionality and performance. The Free or Priority tiers might be more appropriate for you if you only play video games sometimes or are just interested in a select few titles.
GeForce Now FAQs
Are RTX 40 cards in GeForce Now?
During the reveal of the RTX 4070 Ti, Nvidia announced that in the face of the new generation of Ampere graphics cards is coming to GeForce Now. With the RTX 4080 the card selected to be installed in Nvidia’s servers. Likely due to being the least appealing of the new cards, there may be an excess of them.
How much is GeForce Now?
With three tiers to the membership, there are three different prices you can pay, either monthly or half-yearly. For just a taster there is the free tier that will cost you nothing to play in 1-hour sessions. Then there is a priority membership that will cost you £8.99 monthly or £44.99 for 6 months ($8.99/$49.99). Whilst an ultimate membership is £17.99 a month or £89.99 for 6 months ($19.99/$99.99).
