After spending years in beta, Nvidia's GeForce Now game streaming platform is finally available to the public on PC, Mac, Nvidia Shield, and Android devices. What separates Nvidia's service from competitors like Google Stadia, PlayStation Now, and Microsoft's upcoming xCloud service is that it's the first service to let you stream your own games from Steam, Epic, and other services, and play over a thousand games. on demand. While Nvidia says the service won't be able to stream 4K games directly like Google Stadia, it says it's the first service to offer ray-traced game streaming, which is something no other service on the market has, and it will block games. at 60 frames per second. This means you'll be able to stream games at their highest settings on low-powered hardware, such as a MacBook Air or Windows laptop you use for work as long as you can respond. to the minimum specs to run GeForce Now.
Free streaming game for the masses.
According to Nvidia, GeForce Now will be available to paid and non-paid subscribers, but RTX streaming will only be available to paid subscribers, and unfortunately, sessions will max out after an hour if you use the free version. You'll be able to reconnect and continue your session where you left off as soon as the time comes, but Nvidia says it wants to give paid subscribers a chance to connect without having to wait. a server queue. ``Founders,'' what Nvidia calls GeForce Now paid subscribers, will look at $4.99 per month (£4.99, £5.49, about AU$7.50) for the first 12 months of service, though this number may change after the first year. You don't need to enter a credit card number to sign up, which is a huge benefit for young players who don't have access to it, but rather those who do. Founders membership with a card will get the first 90 days free.