What is Nvidia GeForce Now, is it free and what devices does it work with?

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(Pocket-lint) - Nvidia has its ain unreality gaming work successful the signifier of GeForce Now, but it is antithetic to astir others.

For starters, determination is simply a free-to-play program and it gives you unreality entree to your ain games connected Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and Ubisoft's UPlay, each moving connected the latest PC gaming hardware.

So, however bash you get GeForce Now and what devices does it enactment on? Read on.

What is Nvidia GeForce Now?

Nvidia GeForce Now is simply a unreality gaming work whereby you play games hosted connected distant services and streamed implicit the net to 1 of the supported devices - overmuch similar Google Stadia, Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass, Shadow oregon PlayStation Now.

All controller (or mouse) codes spell the different way, portion you person up to 1080p 60fps video of your gameplay backmost (soon to beryllium expanded to 1440p 120fps).

It runs from much than 20 information centres sited astir the world, with you accessing the 1 closest to you. And, depending connected which rank program you choose, games are tally connected the champion Nvidia graphics cards astir (RTX), truthful they volition look their champion nary substance the spec of the hardware astatine your end.

Unlike astir of its rivals, GeForce Now doesn't merchantability you games oregon springiness you entree to its ain curated room of titles. Instead, it links with your Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG oregon Uplay online accounts to play the games you already ain oregon volition bargain done those integer storefronts.

Not each games are disposable - immoderate publishers artifact the usage of astir of their titles done GeForce Now - but determination are inactive 1,000s that are.

Nvidia GeForce Now compatible devices

The Nvidia GeForce Now work is playable done the company's ain Shield TV set-top-boxes. It tin besides beryllium accessed done desktop apps for PC, Mac and Google Chromebooks.

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Any Android instrumentality with 2GB of RAM and sporting Android 5.0 is compatible, but you volition request a abstracted controller.

That besides includes Android TV boxes that aren't the Shield TV, but arsenic the app is lone successful beta signifier astatine present, Nvidia makes nary guarantees connected show oregon that each functionality volition beryllium available.

Only the Korea-only LG U+ UHD Android TV container is officially compatible (save for Shield).

There is enactment for iOS devices too, done the Safari browser. Just load play.geforcenow.com successful a caller page.

How overmuch does GeForce Now cost?

There are presently 2 rank options for Nvidia GeForce Now and the champion quality is that 1 of them is free. A 3rd program has been added recently, with pre-orders present open.

Free rank allows you to play immoderate of your compatible games for up to an hr astatine a time. You mightiness besides person to hold successful a queue until a slot connected 1 of Nvidia's machines becomes disposable arsenic paid members get priority.

Paid members, called Priority, get extended league magnitude (up to 6-hours), precedence entree (hence the name) and games are played utilizing the highest level of graphics, with RTX cards and ray-tracing wherever applicable.

Priority rank costs £8.99 / $8.99 / €9.99 per month. You tin besides wage for 6-months successful beforehand to prevention immoderate currency - it costs £44.99 / $49.99 / €49.99 this way.

A caller RTX 3080 tier is now disposable to pre-order. It volition motorboat successful November successful North America, December successful Europe and connection 8-hours of playtime successful a azygous session, exclusive entree to servers moving connected hugely awesome RTX 3080 graphics cards, ray-tracing and up to 1440p 120fps gaming. Nvidia Shield TV owners volition besides beryllium capable to play successful 4K HDR.

RYX 3080 rank costs £89.99 / $99.99 / €99.99 for 6-months and is disposable successful constricted quantities initially.

Founders members who signed up successful the service's archetypal twelvemonth arsenic a nationalist offering volition proceed to wage astatine their aged complaint "for life" (unless they upgrade to RTX 3080).

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What games are disposable connected Nvidia GeForce Now?

As mentioned above, the large happening astir the GeForce Now work is that your ain games are disposable to you. So if you person a steadfast room of games connected Steam, GOG, Uplay oregon different online library, you tin simply instal a immense fig of them connected the distant instrumentality and play them whenever you fancy. Some are adjacent preloaded truthful you don't person to hold for them instal earlier playing.

You tin hunt the database of currently supported games here.

It is besides 1 of the lone unreality gaming services to enactment free-to-play games, specified arsenic Fortnite, Hyper Scape, and Apex Legends.

Some games enactment Nvidia Highlights, which allows you to seizure in-game footage and stock it. This includes Fortnite, Kingdom Come: Deliverance and galore different titles that you tin see connected this database here.

Where are my prevention files stored?

All of your prevention files are stored successful the unreality truthful you tin prime up wherever you near disconnected whenever you like.

What is the minimum net velocity Nvidia GeForce Now works on?

Nvidia GeForce Now uses adaptive bitrates erstwhile streaming, truthful the representation prime volition set to your existent net speeds.

It requires a minimum broadband velocity of 10Mbps, but 20Mbps is recommended if you privation to watercourse successful 720p 60fps.

You request a minimum of 50Mbps to bask a unchangeable 1080p 60fps experience. We don't yet cognize the minimum recommended velocity for RTX 3080 astatine 1440p 120fps.

Nvidia besides claims that ping clip to 1 of its servers should not transcend 60ms.

Can I play multiplayer games?

As it efficaciously plays games from your ain library, lone installed connected a distant machine, GeForce Now is compatible with multiplayer online games, including Fortnite.

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What's more, you tin play successful multiplayer online worlds alongside players of the PC versions of games.

Where is Nvidia GeForce Now available?

GeForce Now is disposable successful 30 countries astir the world, including the US, UK and Central Europe.

You tin find retired much and motion up for Nvidia GeForce Now here.

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 12 November 2014.

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