GeForce Now cloud gaming service will provide new membership levels
Nvidia announced that it will provide a new membership level for the GeForce Now cloud gaming service, which will use the low-latency GeForce RTX 3080 for cloud streaming games. It can also run on Shield TV with 4K resolution and 60FPS HDR at a cost of $99.99 per 6 months.
At present, the GeForce Now cloud game service provides two different membership levels. One is free and the duration is only one hour per day. The other is a Priority member, which supports ray tracing and 1080P 60FPS for gaming, and has priority access. The cost is $49.99 every 6 months. This service was officially launched in early 2020 after a full five years of public testing.
According to Nvidia, if you want to choose the GeForce RTX 3080 membership service, you need a higher network bandwidth than other levels. 1080P 60FPS requires at least 25 Mbps network, 1440P 60FPS requires at least 35 Mbps network. NVIDIA requires players to connect via Ethernet cable or 5 GHz Wi-Fi and promises a delay of less than 60ms. The service has not been opened yet. NVIDIA will launch it before the end of 2021, but it has begun to accept reservations.
AMD officials subsequently revealed that Nvidia’s new GeForce Now cloud gaming service uses Ryzen Threadripper Pro series processors to power the new GeForce Now Superpods. AMD said that through close cooperation, the two parties provide a perfect platform for the next generation of cloud gaming experience. However, AMD did not specify which Ryzen Threadripper Pro processor is used. Since products based on the Zen 3 architecture have not yet been released, it is possible that models based on the Zen 2 architecture will still be used.