GeForce NOW Review: Is This the Future of Gaming?

Nvidia Geforce Now is one of the most advanced cloud gaming services available right now, in this video we will look at the best features of this service and showcase the incredible performance of geforce now, but also talk about the issues with it.
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[@STR82DVD]

I play on my Nvidia Shield TV Pro and it's bloody amazing at 4k in a 65 inch. All good lad. All good 4 years of game streaming and it keeps getting better. Don't worry man, the library gets bigger every month

[@meetdtruth5600]

aif you keep shelling out payments for another four years, you might just save up enough to buy a shiny new gaming laptop! You know, the one that can actually run all those games you’ve already forked over cash for. It’s like a lottery where the grand prize is the privilege of playing your own games! But hey, don’t fall for the temptation! If you want better performance, just grab an iPad. You’ll be gaming like a pro, while your MacBook Air and Pro are stuck in a game of “will it run?”-spoiler alert: it won’t! So, save your money for that laptop and avoid the “performance pitfalls” of the other options!

[@STR82DVD]

@@meetdtruth5600 Did I forget to mention my 4k gaming PC that I already bloody own? Shut the hell up kid.

[@njlucas3357]

Great video quality dude 🔥 keep this shit up

[@gdiggedy9]

Only greedy publishers can hold back GFN and cloud gaming. If they come around it will really take off. Nvidia is headed in the right direction by not caving into paying these publishers. 1900 + games and counting.

[@goldeternal]

no they can't, nothing well stop it, i brought mw3 and dlc all because it was on gfn, these publishers are actually brain dead

[@gdiggedy9]

@@goldeternal Well, GFN will only add a game if they have the publisher's permission. So right now GFN users are being held back from titles like Hogwarts Legacy, Helldivers 2, any RockStar game, any Warner Brother's Game. GFN may get these games at some point, but its probably years from now the way the brain dead publishers are carrying on. Maybe at some point they'll be forced to add their games, similar to what Microsoft has done.

[@Ragnar452]

​​@@gdiggedy9Less sales from them. When the platform grows large enough it will be increasingly hard to ignore. What if it has 100 mil users? Would they willingly ignore all of them? And for what, for the sake of a specific platform?

[@danzen6246]

Do not understand how this would benefit publishers. What is the difference between buying and playing on PC vs buying and playing on GeForce now

[@gdiggedy9]

@@danzen6246 Simple. Not everyone has a PC that can run heavy games or has storage space. For example my PC can't run Cyberpunk locally. On GeForce Now I can play it on my PC on ultra settings. If not for GeForce Now I wouldn't have bought the game. Extra sale for publisher. Also, many stream games on the go on their smart phones, chromebooks, macs, tablets. More sales.

[@FusionTechCinema]

I have a laptop, it’s a razer blade 3070ti and I love it. Best purchase I ever made and probably the last big purchase I’ll ever make for a laptop. I’m happy these services exist because this laptop cost me about $2800 when it came out and I can’t even think to buy something this expensive again and no one should. This service solves that problem. At the highest you pay $240 a year for the highest tier and you still save a lot of money by using the same pc or phone you already have.

[@RKelly.]

Great review man. Don’t listen to all the eye jokes. Remember we are all going to either die young, or get old and have weird shit happen to our bodies. Don’t feel bad.

[@N3XXprod]

what eye jokes? this guy has no enemy..

[@donalddarko4871]

die a hero or live long enough become a villain

[@LucaBrasi125]

Those that laugh at another persons condition will suffer the same fate for themselves or their loved ones, then they'll understand. It costs nothing to not be a shit cunt and to be nicer.

[@ThorSkin69]

Agreed, don’t feel uncomfortable with yourself because others feel a certain way. Own it and be you. Your videos are great, keep going mate 👍🏽👍🏽

[@CeritaFour]

is it true that the left eye is the one that he's viewing?

[@steverl22]

I’ve tried cloud gaming before….wasn’t a big fan. The other day I stumbled across a video talking about GeForce NOW, I took a chance ($20 for a month of ultimate and $1 for Xbox gamepass). I am BLOWN AWAY!! I have a old gaming PC and google fiber, played Halo, Starfield and Cyberpunk just amazing.

[@Irving_tech]

Glad you liked it, im exactly the same, stunned by cloud gaming

[@Untld9]

I just bought a pc and 1000 dollar parts to upgrade it and then i discovered geforce now ultimate and honestly it’s so good i started playing sons of forest and ready or not at it plays so smoothly crazy how far cloud gaming has come

[@johnnysomark7783]

Bro, I love this review. I love how you compared other platforms as well as your previous experience. You explained everything super well, and I genuinely enjoyed your video. Thank you so much for uploading this!

[@simulateandtrade]

LOVED THIS VIDEO! I can see you growing this channel a lot. Keep up the great work!

[@Irving_tech]

Thank you so much!!

[@Martin-el5uu]

I have used GFN ultimate for over two years now and I love it ! I laugh when I hear people spend A LOT of money on gaming laptops with RTX graphic cards to get 60 fps on high settings. I have a Chromebook ACER 516 GE (gaming edition) and a Yoga slim 7 pro (OLED), both cost about one third of a standard gaming laptop but have screens that is fantastic. I run every game on max settings without any problem. No downloads or installations, just play :D A dream would be the day when we can cloud game VR games the same way, I know it's possible with Shadow PC for instance but it seems to be not an optimal solution.

[@zenoafro]

The only problem I have with GeForce now are the gaming companies gate keeping their games and Nvidia requiring the permission before putting their games in the service when the actual user(us) already requires to have purchased or own the game. Heck, Sony even removed the God Of War after they allowed it at first

[@Morbid-wu8hx]

Just buy the game 😂

[@zenoafro]

@@Morbid-wu8hx TF you mean😂😂 GeForce now requires you to have the game in either Steam or Epic games in the first place

[@Morbid-wu8hx]

@@zenoafro yea buy the game so you can play 😂

[@Morbid-wu8hx]

@@zenoafro you need to own the game before you can play

[@zenoafro]

@@Morbid-wu8hx yeah, so what's the problem with that😂😂. I only ever buy games during sales though

[@RIPFPSDOUG]

I tried Geforce now in the middle of our move. My pc was in storage, ps4 was in storage etc. I did have my iphone 8 plus though. So I figured I may as well check into potential mobile games. I went out and purchased a Backbone (Device to make your phone a mobile game console. It gave me a free trial of geforce now. Of course I thought it wouldnt work. I didnt see how I was going to play games that demand 8gigs of vram on my cellphone. Turns out that youre actually using a server somewhere with a dedicated gpu in it. Then its streaming the content to your device. Mindblown. I really figured latency would prevent it form working, and I was pleasantly surprised when I could play jsut about any title on my little Iphone 8. I would say the target demographic for this is someone who has a low hardware, old dated pc. Something that you cannot even load a triple A, demanding game on. It works. Way better than you would ever imagine. Say you have a dated laptop with onboard graphics, that wont even open the loading screen of a game. This is your coup de gras. Its definitely worth a try.

[@Irving_tech]

Yes I think you are right, its great for those who want to play games on old hardware, or even just want to casually play games on a thin and light laptop or iPad hope you enjoyed the video, have a nice day

[@RIPFPSDOUG]

@@Irving_tech I did enjoy it. Keep doing what you're doing. Growth follows quality. Remember that. Especially if you ever have low points in your analytics. Stick it out and I'm certain you're going to have a million subscribers one day.

[@Asadc1995]

One of the big pros vs owning a gaming pc a expensive one is that you dont have to be worrying about it heating up maintaince of the components parts of it

[@juliusjacob1416]

If I look in the app store on my iPhone, I dont see the Geforce Now app anywhere?

[@Asadc1995]

@@juliusjacob1416 try in your google chrome browser on your iphone rather than app store the isnt a App version on iphone not yet

[@Gounen]

I learned quite a bit from this, thanks! I'm going to check it out - I've always been disappointed in my PC's, so haven't bought a new one in a while and using consoles instead. Going to see what this can do on my godly tv lol.

[@omardominguez6968]

I was just looking for a review like this! Thnx!

[@roch4405]

Every question in my mind I had for this, you explained it perfectly in the video

[@StephanieSweetly]

Just found you. Love the production value. Subscribed, liked, and set notifications.

[@adrianzamfir5438]

There was a 50% off on the Ultimate pass. I bought it and I don’t regret it. This way I can game at high fps for 6 months for only £50. The connection to their servers is good enough even to play online premier on cs2. I don’t have to sell my MacBook Air to game.

[@bakeraus]

I did the hookup with my MBP, ethernet, 1GB connection and played COD it was flawless. It was really great but you need a good connection. There is the thing sometimes the connection works better through the browser or the app so you need to try both.

[@SLAYINGVR]

You're 100% right on the gate keeping its slowly being wrestled away from them, I think helldivers is going to end the exclusive era yay democracy

[@pd-youtubee]

TimeStamps would be lifesaver addition. Clean setup btw

[@highlikejordan1818]

Thanks for the info, subscribed

[@tannerbucky]

I have been using geforce now free + pc game pass. Its awesome! Whenever I reach the time limit I just switch to a diff. Geforce account, everything is stored on Microsoft Servers! What I've noticed is graphics and quality feels much better then Xbox Cloud Gaming with ultimate. And Geforces wait time aren't that bad, I believe they expanded. In US South and wait times are no longer then 5mins on free tier! I'd take a guess im connecting to a server in Atlanta, Georgia. Im about in Nashville-ish TN area.

[@Hiiipowerdanni]

I was looking for an in depth review and I found your channel. I will be binging your channel

[@freerangeavo5688]

Irving Tech❤️ Excellent video most helpful and I actually got all my questions answered about this, gonna gives this a go and get a 10 m hdmi in my tele.

[@NatsumeKonno]

What the free tier is amazing. Queue time is like 5minutes wait sure 1 hour befor you get kicked but you get a 2070 and its free. But the priority plan is pretty good price for a 3060.

[@erikhecht4352]

Awesome review thanks! We’re getting closer to the ideal day by day. It’s a fun tech project.

[@KVG03]

I subbed. I believe youll be as popular as Austin Evans one day! Great Review!!!!

[@brendanfogel4573]

Its honestly great and my main form of gaming since i recently got the z fold 5. I just hope in the future they a figure out a way for connects to be more stable with weaker wifis (so everyone could get a smooth experience. Currently it runs well but only if you have good wifi. It still has hiccups though

[@StephanieSweetly]

On big thing I’ve been considering lately, less heat (no super pc acting as a room heater) and lower electric bill. ❤

[@adrianwilliams6577]

I've been on Geforce Now for about 4 years now, I don't pay for the most expensive tier, even so I'm happy with the service. The cut off time has been extended from 4 hours to 6. My PC is old but I plugged in an ethernet cable in to kill the lag. Most of the time I play Elite Dangerous, there's plenty of games to choose from, I tried Stadia but Geforce Now put it to shame, great service 👍

[@craigwalker5032]

Do you ever have to queue to play a game?

[@adrianwilliams6577]

@@craigwalker5032 no queue I know of, sometimes starting a game takes 2 to three attempts.

[@YoulookIncredible]

I just got done playing the division 2 on my samsung s9 ultra and man... it was just as good as this $2000 alienware laptop i just returned. Im genuinely shocked by its performance and clarity. It has completely changed my mind on this stuff... i had 16 ping at 120 fps on this tablets OLED and my god... for a student, fuck buying an expenisive computer or laptop this is good enough

[@nikovz4719]

240 a month * 12 = 2880 a month lolllll yea…….. college students gonna love it

[@kpNov23]

​@@nikovz4719wtf you talking about? $10/month priority membership.

[@Doctor_Dank]

​@@nikovz4719 Are you high? It's 20 a month, 200 a year. Or 240 if you're dumb and don't go with the 6 month plan.

[@ugafan10194]

I just got the galaxy tab 9 ultra . I have a laptop and a 1080 in desktop but i hate lugging around my laptop and i barely desktop pc anymore. I like the idea of having a slim mobile device to move around. I don't know if i made the right decision for getting the tab 9 ultra ( i got a good deal for $1050 for the 16gb 1tb version) but i having it for 2 days it really feels weird I cant play alot of windows games. How much do you recommend GFN? Is it actually good and worth it cause that would be a game changer for my decision.

[@StephanieSweetly]

It would take ten years to spend $2,500 if it stays at this price. If it goes too high a month I can always buy a pc then.

[@algorhythmofficial]

Geforce now is a great platform. I have both geforce now and Xbox gamepass. While gamepass is great, the clarity and responsiveness of cloud gaming on geforce is way better. Stream quality on game pass is decent but def noticeable. While on geforce the picture quality is pretty incredible.

[@wintorz01]

Good video and really informative while staying relevant and concise!

[@artyompashkin]

I've tried gfn after this video. So, I have only one problem. It's too blurry than native graphics. Too much compression, especially in dark scenes. Macroblocking, colour bandings, the whole set of artefacts has ruined experience. There's many treads on Reddit about it. This is a main problem with cloud gaming right now.

[@playafly131]

Which tier are you playing on and from what country? I was having a crappy time as a rookie but now I’m getting serious performance I just added the $199 Shield tv because I didn’t realize that’s how you get HDR So don’t give up too quick

[@Joshua_Anakin]

genuinly thought you had more subs based on the quality - keep it up mate

[@LeeroyGoldmane]

I just tried geforce now after a while and the latency is almost as good as native even on cellular

[@Irving_tech]

Its very impressive isn’t it

[@LeeroyGoldmane]

@@Irving_tech last time I tried it it was utter shit nvidia must have upgraded their hardware while i was not using it

[@001sander2]

I would love this if there was a way to connect my racing wheel and pedals 😿

[@superstar455]

Might be the future imagine all super talented Africa gamer with great story to tell.

[@meetdtruth5600]

why not give your free account users the worst ping possible? Nothing says “Welcome!” like a lag that makes you feel like you’re playing hide-and-seek with the server! That way, you’ll have them so frustrated they won’t even think about splurging on a premium account. But hear me out-if you really want to impress your customers, why not let them experience the best performance for a limited time? Just 30 minutes of lightning-fast glory! It’s like giving them a delicious sample at an ice cream shop. They’ll be hooked and ready to pay for the full sundae-just as long as they don’t have to wait for it!

[@Thamios]

great overview!

[@polmoro]

Thanks mate. Very informative. Subbed

[@PLspacemonkey]

Very helpful going to give this a try!

[@ricachuuuu]

i cant see the free trial in my region

[@RIPFPSDOUG]

First like. Thanks for the video!

[@faceofthemoment4571]

Great review, I think your channel will grow a lot. Keep it up!

[@the_flushjackson]

Excellent review -- so basically the same thing it suffered from a few years back when I tried it out, just doesn't have critical mass on games available from your digital libraries. Bummer!

[@astrocslopes863]

I’ve been using Geforce Now for years now and am pretty happy. I also finished RDR2 on Stadia and hate that its gone. I got a pc with a 4070 but am still on the fence between letting it go and relying on Geforce Now and Boosteroid

[@artursaizikovics3433]

Wait, you have a proper gaming pc? Why you use geforce now then?

[@AkhonaMakhoba-q1k]

Thanks for the video It was very informative

[@mahavakyas002]

so you can play games that are not on Mac with GeForce NOW?

[@Irving_tech]

Yes!

[@playafly131]

go with it. It does look incredible with HDR

[@playafly131]

If anybody wants HDR with the great GeForce Now just remember you will need a Shield TV for $199 Amazing!

[@LionheartTM]

The only Issue realy with Gforce Now is lack of Mod/Addon Support. For example they just added World Of Warcraft. However to play that with any kind of seriousness you need manditory addons. What Gforce now is great for. Portable PC gaming on a Note/Zen/Chrome book. 4080 gaming laptop for £500 rather than £3k gaming laptops cost. In the next 10 years or so people wont need dedicated gaming rigs. Just light weight machines

[@MegaBananka]

Thank you, bro! Great review❤

[@spasko12345]

For me on my tablet Xcloud has a significant drop in quality compared to my Xbox .But GeForce has it almost 1 to 1 it really does look amazing

[@VcTr04.]

Amazing vid bro. So helpfull

[@mcawesome4150]

Great review! Felt very genuine and honest. Thanks for mentioning that there are no rockstar games since that is a deal breaker for me

[@Irving_tech]

No problem!

[@garethhanna9173]

I used it for a couple of years when I couldn't afford a gaming laptop. It is excellent and provides a valid way to game, although now I have a gaming laptop and much prefer it. The image quality on Geforce Now looks less crisp, so much so that gaming on the laptop at 1080p looks much sharper.

[@andrewc31394]

Try using their ultimate tier membership now. I'm playing at 4K 60 HDR on my TV and it looks better than anything other than native 4k games

[@Asadc1995]

I agree with the thing poor experiences with cloud gaming services in the past even Geforce now as we talk about in your video here. But over these past couple months years it has become alot more stable vs 3-4 years ago when it was released. From my own experiences its a big misconception that its always ones own connection that is the problem in terms of the experience. I read some stories even with my own experiences with people who had fiber optic 1000 mbps internet speed at home. They stil got latency delay. Sometimes it is actually from the server end the problem is. Not always ones own connection as many people think. Because sometimes the servers are too overloaded with too many on it at the same time

[@the_gengar_master]

My hope is to one day be able to play this away from home but without a strong internet its kinda pointless

[@billythoren1082]

Thank you so much, btw great video!!!

[@drweb1293]

Great review 👍 Thanks.

[@Irving_tech]

No problem 👍

[@Dogheadman]

gamers like me who mostly use a Mac and do not really have plenty of hours to play will love GeforeNow as long as they have a good wifi. I am too lazy and does not wanna spend $thousands to build a new pc for 4080 just for casual gaming. so I play almost $300 annual fee for Gefore now in Canada for a 4080 experience. what could be better than that?

[@cia1328]

For me its my main gaming rig. Unless games from my library aren't on there.

[@Bass_Nomad.]

i like the subscription but even at ultimate, its very blurry compared to a local card

[@sergheyzaporojanu6872]

Hi, I'm loving the idea of GFN and planning to get rid of my consoles completely and have my libraries all in one place. But I can't do that yet because some if the most obvius titles and widely loved through the history are not there yet... I'm saying Mortal Kombat, FIFA, GTA... On google Stadia they used to be supported and perfectly playable.

[@andrerad10active88]

Geforce now has added a lot of support, even xbox and battlenet library is now part of the fun!

[@KristianLarsson79]

Stadia did let you test the games, you could get a no questions asked refund if you've played the game for less than 2h if I remember correctly. At my previous job we used to play Stadia for 1h each Friday morning. We used to try new games and would all refund them if we didn't think we'd keep playing them.

[@TommeeKnocker]

I have been playing evil west streamed from gamepass through gfn, it is running steady 60 at about 10 ping , but keeps freezing for a second when special effects happen?

[@TheRunpoker]

I have used gforce now since it game out. like it for playing graphically challenging single player games.

[@elena-ri6pq]

tbh i am so happy w it :] i will most likely never be able of getting a gaming pc in the next couple of years, so this option is great for me!

[@mba849]

Geforce now is now available on Linux 😁 so that means you can play it on the steam deck too! Great video btw.

[@melvinowens2687]

Awesome review! TY!

[@ryanvermeulen22]

good sheet man, thanks for the info

[@Irving_tech]

Any time

[@ewat23]

I received an unauthorized purchase notification with my credit card after i signed up for geforce now. It’s a shame because I liked the service.

[@grahamcoughlan2244]

Do you have to already own the games?

[@angelopebs]

Yes.

[@Zelatur]

is input lag noticeable on good internet? i tried it on my WIFI and its a bit too much for any competitive gaming

[@bakeraus]

You need to get it off WIFI and wire it in ethernet and it works much better.

[@ChamaUFC300]

So if i buy ultimate ill have access to all those game pass games including pc game pass?

[@Irving_tech]

No you still have to own them you are just paying for the service to stream the games

[@batmanonholiday4477]

will you get ray traycing with GeForce?

[@Irving_tech]

Yes!

[@sunbozhiy]

Yes for sure!👍🏻

[@swede7581]

Seems like a great thing if u dont have a pc that u can game good on(LIke my old gtx1650 i5 9400f 16gb 2666mhz win10 that was ok a few years back but started to die of fast after 2023 game releases) But i got a little better at that point Rtx 3060 12gb i5 12400f 16gb 3200mhz win11 So is it much better at higest tier u can buy/rent or how to put it than a game in 1080p 60fps ultra setting on a 1080p screen(i also have a 65" tv uhd n other stuff that my new pc just cant keep up w at 4k max settings n even if games do look alot better on my TV vs Screen in 1080p i am not really yet understtod how much better a game can look in 4K 60fps max setings with all ray tracing n stuff turned up to a maximum?? Would it be worth getting the best service to just game on my tv in 4k and is it even popssible because i only have internet from my android phone in tethering? The connection is pretty great though 72.2 Mbps download 19.7 Mbps upload Latency: 1 ms Always around double Download speed at evening nights and is then about 15mb/s when i download or 160mbps,but same upload and latency!! So do i have the recomended way w internet to use iit n is it even worth it for me???? Can my older gtx1650 pc w same internet tethering be using it instesd or too might be the corrct question(if old can use this for 65" tv at 4k ultra settings w r.t on that would be pretty insane....But i guess its mostly internet connection that might be my proble mayby?? Thanks 4 this....looked it up a few years ago w the 1 u talked about n that sucked(but i tried at a friends house n i really cant say what he had when used it then)....

[@teneoultrius6340]

Thanks!

[@Irving_tech]

No problem!

[@snaggyak]

Awesome video

[@rwa81]

Well said Review.

[@tlip3480]

Good info thx.

[@The_GranWizzard]

Great video, Now we Rocking G-force baby

[@emansgaming910]

They should allow you to add the PlayStation games

[@SLAYINGVR]

I use shadow and its been good to me.

[@boosteroidYT]

So what about us? 🧐

[@FightingTheDawn]

So 1980 or 2k will be even better.

[@hvdiv17]

you have to buy the game to play it on gforce now its not much different then google stadia was in that reguard.

[@Irving_tech]

It’s different because you buy the game on steam or epic games or ea therefore you can play the games locally if you wish, whereas Google stadia you were only allowed to play games you purchased on stadia through stadia

[@theandroids]

I wait for them to add a 4090.

[@FlockersDesign]

Yea and its one blurry mess because its streamed

[@Spinz99]

Yes. 👾

[@brandonsargent7105]

Keep up the great vids man - ignore the BS 🙂

[@karls4937]

No mods, no cheat trainers, no in game file fixes, there are definetly setbacks with cloud gaming.

[@willshine_XP]

GFN well never takeoff, until the complete steam library is compatible fully, along with Xbox

[@cia1328]

It will take off. Devs will eventually see the upside.

[@willshine_XP]

@@cia1328 totally agree

[@OceanWarzGTFO]

Damn...

[@sebysebyt12]

Playing on my own pc is 100% better also google was a scam 😂

[@kpNov23]

Sure if you got the money. And then buying a new rig every few years.

[@MariusLorca-q5c]

I Realy Want to Use G Force Now But Phillipines Internet Sucks PLDT - 1700 Php 30 USD Still Get 15 - 20 Mbs 8 - 10 Mbs Average Cloude Gaming is No No In Phillipines Expensive Internet Useless Service Weak ass Internet T- T Still Using Gtx 1650 Laptop Really Need Cloud Gaming But Internet Sucks and Expensive

[@PlayMatrix19]

bulok ng internet no bro, sakin converge 1500 plan smooth sa GFN 35-50mbps

[@terkiAII]

I don't have many$

[@amynaylor6784]

❤