The free cloud gaming service by Nvidia: GEFORCE NOW
The legends are back with their another product. The legends of graphic card is providing their cloud based gaming service for free - "GEFORCE NOW". The Nvidia GeForce was formerly launched in 2013 under the name "NVIDIA GRID". The former service was launched with subscription based service which provide unlimited access to library of games to people who got their subscription plan. Back in 2019, this plan of 'Buy and Play' is changed to 'Bring your Own Games' model. For instance, the user will be able to play games that are absolutely free of cost on steam or Uplay. But for the games that are not free of cost like watchdogs 2 on steam or Uplay, user had to first buy them on the respective store.
| Developer | NVIDIA |
| Type | Cloud Gaming |
| Launch date | October 1, 2015 February 4, 2020 (Public) |
| Platform(s) | Nvidia Shield devices, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Android |
| Website | www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/geforce-now/ |
The servers of GeForce Now are located in North America and Europe. And recently had servers in Japan, Korea and Russia. These servers hosts the game in these and nearby regions.
Features
- The servers of Nvidia GeForce Now utilizes Nvidia Graphic Card for streaming games.
- Huge library of Games.
- Can play online games like Fortnite.
- The servers can stream games at 1080p resolution at 60 FPS (Frames Per Second) or even higher FPS upto 120 FPS.
- Users can also stream games at 720p at 60 FPS and 720p at 30 FPS.
- GeForce Now uses Adaptive Bitrate Streaming i.e. it works by detecting a user's bandwidth and CPU capacity in real time and adjusting the quality of the media stream accordingly.
- You can use your controller or you can play with on screen controls.
Requirements
It requires-
- At least 2 gb of ram.
- Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or later.
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50 mb/s for 1060p resolution gaming at 60 FPS. - 25 mb/s for 720p resolution gaming at 60 FPS.
- 10 mb/s for 720p resolution gaming at 30 FPS.
These are some of the requirements that are needed to stream games at higher resolution and high FPS. But you can try the app if you have greater than 500 kbps and 1 GB or more than 1 GB of RAM.
Where is it available
GeForce NOW is currently available in the following 71 countries:
- Åland (Finland)
- Albania
- Andorra
- Anguilla
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Canary Islands (Spain)
- Cayman Islands
- Croatia
- Czechia (Czech Republic)
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- MACEDONIA
- Malta
- Mexico
- Montenegro
- MONTSERRAT
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Romania
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Serbia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- United Kingdom
- United States
~source: Nvidia
How to avail it's service in India
GeForce Now is not available in India however you can avail it's service by using VPN like Hola VPN.
- First you have to download and install the free VPN app like Hola VPN.
- Now, Download the GeForce Now Android application from Google.
- Switch on the unknown sources of your phone and install the GeForce Now application
- Now, open Hola VPN and connect it to USA free server.
- Open the GeForce Now app and login/sign-in to Nvidia id.
- Now, you will see library of games which you can buy from steam or Uplay or play games which are free of cost on steam or Uplay.
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