Instead of paying a monthly subscription fee to access a separate library of games or special discounts, you bring your library of games along. GeForce Now is a bit different from other cloud gaming services. Not only that, GeForce Now is compatible with a wide range of devices and internet browsers: PC, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, and of course Nvidia’s streaming box, Shield TV. This means you don’t need the latest console or a high-end PC to play the most popular games-and you can play games anywhere you have a good internet connection, even with 4G LTE and 5G. Like Xbox cloud gaming, Playstation Now, Google Stadia, and Amazon Luna, Nvidia’s GeForce Now is a cloud gaming platform that connects your device to a server and streams the games you already own to your device in real-time.
Nvidia's Shield TV is not only one way to game in the cloud, but it's also a fully-fledged streaming box.
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A 25Mbps download speed will be the bare minimum for most games played at a 1080p resolution, but you’ll need a lot more bandwidth if you want to play in 4K without any lag or high input latency. If this sounds like you’d need fast internet, it depends on the games you play and at what resolution. It’s sort of like playing Bandersnatch, but more complex. Your game is installed on that server instead of on your console or PC, but you’re still controlling what happens in the game.
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What is cloud gamingĬloud gaming is like streaming a movie to your phone, computer, or TV-except your device is constantly “talking” to a server likely located hundreds of miles away. If you’re new to cloud gaming or wondering if subscribing to GeForce’s RTX 3080 tier is worth it, here’s what you need to know. We were incredibly impressed with how smoothly the games ran (especially on Nvidia's Shield TV device), even at a level of detail so precise you can see pores on the characters’ skin. We recently tried out the new subscription tier and all it has to offer.
As of last month, anyone can pre-order a membership to Nvidia’s new RTX 3080 subscription tier, which provides more resolution options, features, and benefits than any other dedicated cloud gaming service out there-and for the moment it’s also the only cloud gaming platform that supports true 4K gaming. Just as Xbox starts to make some major strides with its cloud gaming service, Nvidia comes out with a whopper of an update to its cloud gaming platform, GeForce Now.