After several years of testing and betas, NVIDIA GeForce Now is now live for anyone who wants to sign up.
GeForce Now is NVIDIA’s game streaming service which allows users to stream their existing PC games library but on NVIDIA servers. You can stream to PC, Mac, Android devices and NVIDIA’s own Shield TV box. It supports libraries from Steam, Epic Game Store, Ubisoft U-Play and more. There are more than 300 games available, over 30 of which are free to play.
The key difference between other streaming services like Google Stadia is that you stream games that you already own, so even if you decide not to use GeForce Now, you will still have access to you games.
Whilst Google Stadia aims for an ambitious 4K resolution at 60 FPS, GeForce Now is capped at 1080p 60 FPS. This makes for a much smoother and reliable streaming experience. Most games can be ramped up to ultra graphics levels using the powerful hardware on NVIDIA’s servers.
There are two pricing tiers available. The free plan limits you to one hours playtime, however once the session ends you can simply log back in again. You may have to wait for a rig to free up though. The paid Founders plan is $4.99 a month and adds the ability to skip the queue, enable RTX Ray Tracing graphics and bumps up the session time to six hours.
The Founders plan is available at the discounted price for a limited time and comes with 3 months free.
GeForce Now is available in 30 countries with several data centres across the world. NVIDIA claim that they are all capable of delivering game streaming at less than 20 milliseconds.
We’ll be testing GeForce Now in the coming weeks to see if game streaming is really ready for prime time.