Nvidia Boosts GeForce Now Cloud Gaming Service With RTX 3080 GPUs

Nvidia is giving its GeForce Now cloud gaming service an enormous increase in efficiency with the brand new RTX 3080 membership.

While most individuals are aware of the RTX 3080 as being a strong (and infrequently offered out) GPU used to play PC video games, Nvidia is now utilizing one in every of its strongest client GPUs to supply the corporate’s sport streaming servers with considerable efficiency for GeForce Now customers.

In reality, Nvidia really created a wholly new class of server to help GeForce Now’s upgraded capabilities. It’s referred to as the SuperPod, and it crams enormous stacks of RTX 3080 graphics playing cards right into a single unit. This configuration permits every GeForce Now buyer with an RTX 3080 membership to get entry to a devoted 3080 GPU within the cloud, which offers a major efficiency increase over current GeForce Now subscription tiers.

Compared to a single RTX 3080 GPU, which options 8704 CUDA cores, Nvidia says every SuperPod boasts a whopping 11,477,760 CUDA cores, which when mixed delivers a lot energy Nvidia says its SuperPod is “the most powerful gaming supercomputer ever built.”

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Previously, GeForce Now’s top-tier Priority subscription provided efficiency that tops out at 1080p at 60fps. But now, Nvidia’s RTX 3080 membership permits for sport streaming at as much as 1440p at 120 fps on Macs and PCs, or 4K HDR at 60 fps with 7.1 sound on Nvidia’s Shield TV units. You may also stream video games by way of GeForce Now at 120fps on cellular units, assuming your cellphone or pill has a excessive refresh charge show.

On prime of that, Nvidia says the added efficiency from its SuperPods is ready to deliver the whole latency of GeForce Now sport streaming down to only 60ms, which Nvidia claims is just like the sort of latency you’d get from a typical dwelling console. And when in comparison with a house PCs, Nvidia says its RTX 3080 membership provides seven occasions higher efficiency than the preferred desktop configuration listed on Steam’s hardware survey, and 13 occasions higher efficiency than an M1 MacBook Air.

Nvidia says its RTX 3080 membership for GeForce Now additionally helps adaptive sync know-how, so GeForce Now can higher match the body charge of your gameplay with the refresh charge of your show, to supply smoother and extra fluid gameplay and visuals.

And to help improved sport streaming all over the world, Nvidia and a few of its companions are opening up new knowledge facilities in Russia, South America, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

The GeForce Now RTX 3080 membership will value $100 for a six-month subscription, which incorporates help for gameplay at as much as 1440p at 120fps and a devoted 3080 GPU powering your video games within the cloud. For these who actually like binging video games, the RTX 3080 membership will likely be restricted to periods of eight hours or much less.

Early entry to GeForce Now’s RTX 3080 membership will likely be obtainable to GeForce Now founders and present GeForce Now Priority subscribers within the U.S. beginning as we speak, with wider availability slated to open up someday later in November.