Here’s how NVIDIA GeForce NOW is making 2023 the year of cloud gaming
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Imagine a AAA gaming experience on a modest Chromebook or mid-range smartphone. A few years ago, that idea was almost unthinkable. It was widely accepted that high-performance gaming required powerful, local hardware. But with consistent developments over the past few years, GeForce NOW has made the futuristic-looking potential of cloud gaming a modern reality, and 2023 will be the year of cloud gaming. This is how NVIDIA makes it possible:
The graphics reinforce your need
An important element to get a top-notch gaming experience is the powerful hardware that makes it possible. Powered by NVIDIA’s capable gaming hardware, GeForce NOW puts it at your fingertips at all times. Previously, the company had launched the RTX 3080 membership, bringing flagship-level performance to the deck. That level is being upgraded to soon deliver RTX 4080-level speeds, enabling high resolution and high frame rates from the cloud.
GeForce NOW supports gameplay up to 240 fps in the RTX 4080 powered Ultimate plan. It also bumps from the previously offered 4K/60fps peak to 4K/120fps. The platform also expands horizontally to support ultra-wide 21:9 aspect ratio monitors with a maximum resolution of 3,840 x 1,600, as well as support for the popular 3,440 x 1,440 and 2,560 x 1,080 resolutions. GeForce NOW can deliver these crisp and fast gaming experiences with less than 40 milliseconds of click-to-pixel latency.
RTX improvements
Resolution and frame rate are great and all, but the future of gaming is emerging in the real-time ray tracing and AI-powered technologies that have recently hit the market. NVIDIA has pushed these technologies to the forefront with its recent RTX graphics cards, and it’s testament to the magic of GeForce NOW that you can enjoy such features over the cloud.
RTX’s real-time ray tracing provides true-to-life visuals as light behaves in a realistic way in games, while DLSS 3 offers a dramatic frame rate improvement by using AI to generate frames that fit seamlessly between rendered frames.
A large, growing library
It would be hard to get excited about cloud gaming if it weren’t for the games you wanted to play, but GeForce NOW has a huge library that continues to grow every week. The platform’s library recently reached over 1,500 games. Besides supporting a ton of games on Steam, it is also supported by major publishers such as Electronic Arts and Ubisoft.
You’ll find many recent titles like Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, as well as hits like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and the next-gen update. In addition, GeForce NOW has a large and growing library of free-to-play titles such as Genshin Impact, Fortnite, Lost Ark, and Destiny 2. To improve something good, you don’t have to buy games again to play them. on GeForce NOW. You can access the supported games you own on Steam, Ubisoft Connect, Epic Game Store, Origin, and GOG.
PC gaming on your chosen platform
The real magic of cloud gaming is that you’re not limited to playing on specific hardware like PC gaming. You can get the true PC gaming experience on just about any device you have on hand. A power-efficient Chromebook can run GeForce NOW. Your smartphone can run GeForce NOW. An old gaming laptop that can no longer keep up with the latest games can suddenly breathe new life with GeForce NOW.
The platform is available on Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Android and iOS devices. It can run in internet browsers and on supported smart TVs and streaming devices. There are so many ways to play games through GeForce NOW, it dramatically expands the way you approach PC gaming.
Widely accessible
What makes 2023 extra special for cloud gaming is how easy it is to get into. GeForce NOW offers three membership levels. You can jump on a basic rig and enjoy 1-hour play sessions completely free. In other words, you can now try out cloud gaming without spending a penny. To see its true potential, you can upgrade to a Priority membership or the Ultimate membership. The Priority membership gives you priority access to servers, 6-hour session duration, and gameplay up to 1080p/60fps for $9.99/month.
The UTimate membership amps it all up with 8-hour sessions and support for gaming up to 4K/240fps on the speedy servers, putting NVIDIA’s flagship graphics processors at your fingertips for $19.99/month – less than the cost of nearly every graphics card launched in the past few years.
GeForce NOW is already impressive, and over the course of 2023 it will only get better. More features and games are added every week. You can find the latest news on the platform by following weekly GFN thursday blog or follow up on the GeForce NOW Facebook or Twitter. If you’re all set to dive in, you can sign up for GeForce NOW here