results in extra costs of approximately $15.97 on the Performance tier or $31.97 on the Ultimate tier.
Wouldn't these be the total costs: base fee + overages? ($9.99+ 2*$2.99) or ($19.99 + 2*$5.99)
Not defending it, just want to correct the math
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What is a GeForce Now Subscription and why would you want a subscription to your graphic card? ๐ค
It's game streaming, except you stream an entire PC.
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Lol.
Forgive my ignorance, but does this mean that my gforce card performance will be degraded if I don't pay for this subscription? Why would I want to use this cloud gaming to play games I already own?
No, not if you own your own card/gaming pc. This is about their cloud gaming service where the game is run on their servers and streamed to you.
Have you ever tried it? It sounds like a ping nightmare, especially for multiplayer. You gotta wait first for the game server lag and then again while you wait for Nvidia to remotely render your draw call?
I know this service exists but it has always sounded absolutely terrible to me.
The latency is way better than you'd expect, but still noticeably worse than local. I think if you've got a decent connection and Nvidia has a server nearby it's about the same as 1 extra frame of lag (or playing on a TV without game mode...)
Never tried it and don't really want to! Been thinking the same as you. Seems like a privacy nightmare too.
Would be cool to stream my entire pc in-home though so I could get rid of all fan sounds by putting it in a closet or something, but haven't been something I've prioritised to experiment with.
Okay, thanks.
Because some people have digital libraries but no hardware to run them on.
At the very least, this is a loss in gaming accessibility by cost since a month of GeForce Now used to be a decent gaming backup for when mygaming system was down (had to RMA GPU) or a friend wanted to test the PC gaming waters.
That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.