NVIDIA GeForce NOW streaming gains G-Sync and Reflex support, Day Passes now available

Gamers who never experienced the GeForce NOW service in its Ultimate tier will now have a new option. Rather than committing to monthly subscriptions, one is now given an option to enable game streaming for a single day. NVIDIA is introducing introduced Game Passes that come in two tiers, the standard Priority one and the Ultimate for the best experience.

The GeForce NOW game streaming service has also been updated to support Cloud G-Sync variable refresh rate synchronization on Windows and macOS systems. For this to work, one will require a G-Sync compatible, FreeSync or Apple ProMotion monitor. The system also must have at least GeForce GTX 16 or RTX 20 GPU, neither Intel nor AMD graphics are supported for Cloud G-Sync.

Furthermore, GeForce NOW gets support for NVIDIA Reflex for 60 FPS and 120 FPS streaming options. This feature is supported on the Ultimate tier. NVIDIA claims that this technology should provide ‘ultra-low-latency streaming that’s nearly indistinguishable from using a local PC’. In reality, it will depend on how close one is living from the streaming service.

Day Passes cost either $3.99 or $7.99 for Priority and Ultimate tiers, respectively. Once purchased, gamers will have access to the GeForce NOW service for a continuous 24 hours.

GeForce NOW, Source: NVIDIA

Current pricing for GeForce NOW:

• Free (1-hour long sessions, ad supported)
• Day Pass:
  • Priority Day: $3.99 (24 hours)
  • Ultimate Day: $7.99 (24 hours)
• Membership
  • Priority: $9.99 (1 month)
  • Priority: $49.99 (6 months)
  • Ultimate: $19.99 (1 month)
  • Ultimate: $99.99 (6 months)

The Free options gives you a good chance to test the service out for a very short game sessions (below 1 hour). What’s worth adding is that NVIDIA recently introduced ads to this service which will be displayed during the session starting, but not during actual streaming.

The difference between the Priority and Ultimate tiers is that the latter supports 4K 120 FPS streaming for up to 8 hour sessions, while the Priority supports 1080p 60 FPS and up to 6 hour sessions.

Source: NVIDIA