NVIDIA’s GeForce NOWlaunched as a beta program in late 2015 and became publically available in early 2020.

Before you sign up, ensure you have a compatible system by checking thesystem requirements page.

Luckily, I was within range of NVIDIA’s Southwest U.S. servers, which have upgraded computers.

Nvidia GeForce Now sign at the company’s booth at CES 2023

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The app has a user-friendly layout that I found enjoyable to use.

In less than 10 minutes, I had my Steam, Ubisoft Connect, and Epic Games accounts connected.

All you do is allow sync permissions, get in, and you’re good to go.

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This saves you time waiting for a large download and also saves space on your PC.

As a note, though,Luna recently slimmed down its game libraryin the last couple of months.

This doesn’t mean more free games won’t be added to its free section.

The NVIDIA GeForce NOW Windows app on the homepage.

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As Steam and Ubisoft make compatible games free, those should appear in the app.

During hours of gaming, I played a variety of games to test different elements of the service.

A quick restart solved it.

The GeForce NOW Ultimate membership with new RTX 4080.

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I only saw poor graphics during that rainy, bad Wi-Fi day.

From thereon out, everything was as smooth as glass.

And with up to 4K capabilities with a4K gaming monitor, you won’t want to stop playing.

A screenshot of the GFN Thursday category in the NVIDIA GeForce NOW Windows app.

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Of course, the lighting also applies to how shadows and contrast appear in-game.

Without the ray tracing, the lighting appears less realistic and flatter.

NVIDIA’s ray tracing also includes some necessary denoising to keep images sharp.

A screenshot of gameplay in a dark hallway in “Destiny 2."

Destiny 2

To test RTX, I played NVIDIA’s recommendation, “Cyberpunk.”

Related:What Is Ray Tracing?

Again, I wasn’t disappointed.

A screenshot of a woman in a helicopter in the game “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction."

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction

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A screenshot of “Cyberpunk 2077” gameplay using NVIDIA GeForce NOW Ultimate cloud gaming.

Cyberpunk 2077

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