What is GeForce NOW? (2024)

GeForce NOW offers three membership plans: Free, Priority, and Ultimate. You can sign up here. Day passes are also available for those looking to experience Premium benefits, without a monthly commitment.

GeForce NOW RTX 3080 memberships have been converted to Ultimate memberships, with the same benefits plus new features as part of the upgrade to GeForce RTX 4080-class performance, with no change in membership cost.

No, you do not need a payment method on file to register for a free membership.

GeForce NOW memberships can be paid for with a credit card,PayPal, SEPA Direct debit (in select countries), Google Pay, or with a GeForce NOW membership gift card. For more information on SEPA and Google Pay limitations, please see this knowledgebase article. Membership gift cards can be purchased with prepaid creditcards and can only be applied toward GeForce NOW membership tiers. We continue to explore accepting alternative payment options. Please send us feedback in the app to let us know what methods you would like to use.

SEPA Direct Debit payments do not immediately debit your bank account. It may take up to five business days to settle, and your membership benefits will be enabled at that time. You will receive the full month of benefits from the date your account was debited. For more information about SEPA limitations, please see this knowledgebase article.

For more information about using Google Pay and SEPA, please see this knowledgebase article.

You can view your membership from the app under Settings, under the GeForce NOW membership section. You can change your membership by clicking the manage button and then selecting membership plans on our website.

Log into your account and visit the GeForce NOW membership section. Under Payment Methods, click Update to view payment methods on file.

Yes, the membership gift card is additive. You will be asked to choose your preferred membership tier when you redeem. Once applied, the term will add on to the remaining duration of your promotional membership. After the completion of the membership gift card duration, you will resume your Priority membership for the duration of the promotional period. For additional information, please visit our GeForce NOW membership FAQs page.

Yes, though you should be aware that redeeming a gift card during a discounted membership period can change your billing date, and may cause you to lose your discounted pricing. For example, if you have two months remaining in a 6-month discounted membership, and you redeem a 3-month gift card, the remaining two months of discounted pricing would not carry over after completion of the gift card duration.

The GeForce NOW free membership provides unparalleled gaming value by allowing users to game on a GeForce PC at no cost. To help provide ongoing support for the free service, starting March 5, 2024, users will experience up to two minutes of video sponsorship messages before each free gaming session while in queue. We anticipate that this change will reduce average wait times for free members over time.

Free users will see video ads after selecting a game and before starting at the beginning of each gaming session. The rollout of GFN free session ads starts March 5, 2024.

Each free session will have a maximum of two minutes of video ads before gameplay begins.

No, ads will only appear before the start of a gaming session while a server is being located and ensures an uninterrupted experience once the game starts. Ads will only run for up to two minutes, regardless of queue time.

Absolutely. We ensure that all ads on GFN are curated to be suitable for all members.

Members are always welcome to upgrade to a Premium tier without ads at any time.

Depending on server traffic, free members may still encounter queues before the session starts. We anticipate that average wait times for free members will reduce over time.

Ultimate is the newest GeForce NOW cloud streaming membership plan, offering gamers the highest performance with exclusive access to up to RTX 3080, and RTX 4080 when available, gaming rigs, the shortest wait times, and the longest session lengths! The Ultimate membership takes cloud gaming to the next level, unlocking the best performance, powering the highest resolutions and frame rates in cloud gaming.

RTX 4080 gaming rigs are rolled out in North America and Europe. Ultimate members can now connect to these high performance servers for the ultimate cloud gaming experience.

GeForce NOW requires at least 35Mbps for streaming up to 1440p or 1600p at 120 FPS. We also recommend a hardwired Ethernet connection, or a 5GHz wireless router. Please visit the System Requirements page for specific device compatibility, hardware recommendations and details on supported regions. You can also read this knowledge base article for more details on how to set up your device for your GeForce NOW Ultimate membership.

GeForce NOW Ultimate members can stream gameplay at up to 4K 120fps using the PC and Mac native applications. Members streaming on SHIELD TV devices or select Samsung TVs can stream at up to 4K 60 FPS. Learn more on our System Requirements page.

The number of days left in your current billing period will be converted to the Ultimate subscription pro rata and rounded up to a full day. The converted days effectively extend the billing cycle of your new Ultimate subscription. For example, if you have 15 days remaining in a 1-month Priority subscription and you upgrade to a 6-month Ultimate subscription, your first billing cycle would be extended by 9 days based on the pro rata conversion.

Founders members can upgrade to the new GeForce NOW Ultimate membership at no risk! You’ll keep your Founders benefits as long as you remain in good standing on any paid membership plan. The number of days left in your current billing period will be converted to the Ultimate subscription pro rata and rounded up to a full day. The converted days effectively extend the billing cycle of your new Ultimate subscription. For example, if you have 15 days remaining in a 1-month Founders subscription and you upgrade to a 6-month Ultimate subscription with the Founders discount applied, your first billing cycle would be extended by 5 days based on the pro rata conversion. Visit the Founders membership FAQs for more info.

GeForce NOW Ultimate memberships are limited and may sell out based on current capacity.

Yes. Gift cards can be used to purchase either an Ultimate or Priority membership. Gift cards that were purchased for an RTX 3080 membership are valid for the same number of months for an Ultimate membership.

Founders members can upgrade to the new GeForce NOWUltimate membership at no risk! You’ll keep your Founders for Life benefits as long as you remain in good standing on any paid membership plan.

To thank Founders, we are offering a special Founders-only discount rate when they upgrade to the new GeForce NOW Ultimate membership. This discount rate is 10% and reflected in the price shown in your account. This offer may not be combined with other promos or discounts.

Your membership will revert back to Founders as long as you keep your account active with a valid payment method on file.

We have put in place a variety of email communications to help alert Founders to a billing failure in advance of their account being downgraded. The purpose of providing this benefit is to keep our Founders on the service, so we will do everything on our end to support them with keeping their account in good standing.

When a member downgrades their membership, they may still have an active period before their account is transitioned to Free status, depending on their billing date. You’ll see if you’re in this downgrade window by viewing your information in the GeForce NOW account portal. If you are still within your billing cycle, you can reinstate your Founders membership and retain the Founders For Life benefit.

Free Founders memberships and Founders memberships billed by a GeForce NOW partner do not qualify for this benefit.

To say thank you to the first to join and support GeForce NOW, Founders members will receive a special VIP Founders member badge in their account and in-app. GeForce NOW would not be what it is without our Founders members, and this is one way we’re saying, “thank you.” If you decide to downgrade, change your account or there is a termination, the VIP Founders badge will be removed from your account and in-app.

Your promotional Founders membership will continue to be provided to you at no cost, but will now become a Priority membership. As a GeForce NOW Priority member, you’ll continue to enjoy the same benefits: priority access to game servers, extended session length and real-time ray tracing with RTX ON games.

You can view your membership from the app under Settings, under the GeForce NOW membership section. Here you can confirm if your account qualifies for the Founders For Life program.

Day Passes offer the full benefits of either Priority and Ultimate memberships for 24 consecutive hours. This includes ad-free gaming sessions, faster access to gaming servers, and access to the higher performance gaming rigs.

Day Passes start immediately upon checkout, and expire after 24 consecutive hours. New members, without a recurring subscription, will revert to a free membership once the Day Pass expires.

Day Passes are only available for new free or Priority members – free members can purchase Priority and Ultimate Day Passes, and Priority members can purchase Ultimate Day Passes. Ultimate members with a recurring subscription are not eligible to purchase Day Passes.

Priority members will have their membership paused for the duration of Day Passes purchased, effectively extending their next billing date by that duration.

Yes. Day Passes are offered at the same price for everyone, regardless of their membership status.

Yes, the Day Pass is additive. After the completion of the Day pass duration, you will resume your purchased membership with the Founders for Life benefit applied.

Users cannot redeem a promotion or gift card while on an active Day Pass. Promotions and gift cards can be redeemed once the Day Pass period ends.

Yes. Day Passes can be stacked, and there is no limit to the number of Day Passes that you choose to stack. However, only three Day Passes can be purchased at a single time. If you would like to purchase more than three Day Passes, you will need to complete the purchase as a separate transaction.

While Day Passes can be stacked, they can only be stacked for the same membership tier. Users would need to wait for their current Day Pass to expire before utilizing a Day Pass for a different membership tier.

Yes. The number of days left in your Day Pass plan will be converted to your new subscription pro rata, and rounded up to a full day. The converted days effectively extend the billing cycle of your new subscription.

No. All driver and game updates are automatically managed by NVIDIA.

Yes, GeForce NOW supports in-game mic. Now you can voice chat with your friends, or foes, in game during your epic battles. You can use Bluetooth and wired microphones with this feature. If you are using a Bluetooth gaming headset, please read this Knowledge Base article to optimize your gaming audio.

Some games support in-game language changes so that you may be able to play games in your native language. We will add more language support through frequent updates.

Games must be accessed from the digital stores. You will be prompted to log in to verify that you own the game before you can play it on GeForce NOW. You must also accept any license agreements that are part of the normal download and install experience set by the publisher.

Yes, you can use the SHIELD controller to play games on GeForce NOW, and newer SHIELD models support third-party Bluetooth or USB-wired controllers. Please check our system requirements for a complete list of supported peripherals.

You can download the latest GeForce NOW apps right here.

Yes, you can use the SHIELD controller to play games on GeForce NOW. Please check our system requirements for a complete list of supported peripherals.

Yes, you can connect a USB or Bluetooth keyboard or mouse to a SHIELD to play games on GeForce NOW.

We do see this issue with non-US Keyboards and are trying to find a way to improve it. In the meantime, we recommend using US English keyboards, or the NVIDIA on-screen control (OSC) keyboard, or Steam Big Picture keyboard to type in characters such as @. However, if you have a Uplay account with non ASCII characters, you cannot use the NVIDIA OSC keyboard or a US English keyboard. You may need to change your password to log in to Uplay on GeForce NOW.

We support Android phones with 1GB or more of memory and Android 5.0 (L) or later. Please be aware streaming games on your phone’s mobile data plan you may use up data quickly. We recommend connected to a 5GHz WiFi network for the best experience.

Yes, your single GeForce NOW account works across your many devices, now including Android phones.

Once you’ve logged in to your GeForce NOW account on your phone, jump into your library of recently played games and continue playing where you left off. A Bluetooth gamepad is strongly recommended, including: the NVIDIA SHIELD controller, Razer Kishi V2, Steelseries Stratus Duo, or Backbone One. Note: Some games may require a connected gamepad controller or wireless keyboard/mouse. Check out these gamepads and more here.

This is Android's way of indicating that the GeForce NOW app wants access to your phone’s microphone. From here, it enables your in-game voice chat. We do not record this audio.

We support a number of Chromebooks. The full list of compatible devices is available on the system requirements page.

Edge is currently supported on Windows devices. The full list of compatible devices is available on the system requirements page.

Only games that support full or partial gamepad are playable on iPhones or iPads. You can only use a keyboard or mouse for navigating game menus or for typing in usernames and passwords. If you wish to play games that require a keyboard and mouse, please download our appon another device such as Windows, macOS, Android, or Chromebook.

At this time GeForce NOW only supports Safari on iOS and iPadOS. We do support using Chrome browser on Windows, macOS and Chromebook devices, and Edge on Windows devices.

An iPhone with iOS14.3 or later or an iPad with iPadOS 14.3 or later. You can find a list of compatible devices on Apple’s website or on our systems requirements.

Please visit our system requirements for a full list of supported gamepads.

You can use a keyboard or mouse for navigating game menus only or for typing in usernames and passwords but a gamepad is required for playing games. Keyboard and mouse is not available for gameplay due to limitations in Safari.