Nvidia will upgrade game streaming with 4K120 HDR on select LG OLED TVs, 5K120 on LG monitors via Windows or Mac, and 360fps at 1080p on PCs, powered by RTX 5080.
Update: Nvidia says that its servers will be upgraded on September 10.
Initially limited to 1080p, Nvidia's GeForce Now service added 4K60 SDR support on Samsung TVs in late 2022.
Now, LG OLED TVs are the first to support 4K120 HDR game streaming via Nvidia’s GeForce Now app, delivering cloud-based games over the internet to your screen at home. A GeForce Now Ultimate subscription ($20/month) and a game controller are required.
Powered by GeForce RTX 5080
The upgrade is possible due to Nvidia's Blackwell architecture and GeForce RTX 5080-class GPUs in the company's server centers.
These cloud GPUs deliver up to 62 TFlops, surpassing the PlayStation 5 Pro's performance by over 3x, according to Nvidia. GeForce Now now uses the AV1 codec on supported devices, supporting bitrates up to 100 Mbps.
- "Bringing the Nvidia Blackwell architecture, one of the world’s most important computer graphics innovations, to GeForce Now represents the biggest leap in cloud gaming ever," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia. "With Blackwell, GeForce Now offers even more stunning graphics, the fastest frame rates and negligible latency to turn any device into a high-quality gaming rig that rivals nearly every other product on the market today."
Nvidia noted that the Steam Deck will have frame rates increased from 60 to 90fps with GeForce Now. The Mac client will also utilize Blackwell architecture, "turning Apple computers into high-performance gaming machines". On PCs, gaming is supported up to 360fps at 1080p.
GeForce Now is one of the game streaming services available on LG Smart TVs. Photo: LG
Game library to double
GeForce Now grants access to games you own from various storefronts, meaning that new releases align with standard game release schedules.
- "Borderlands 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and The Outer Worlds 2 are among the new AAA games that will join GeForce Now, now totaling more than 2,300 games. That number will double instantly with the launch of Install-to-Play, a feature that brings more of gamers’ PC collections to the cloud with new cloud storage," said Nvidia.
The Install-to-Play feature requires downloading and installing games to cloud storage, essentially PC storage in the cloud, with 100GB included.
