Long criticized for the weakness of its catalog and for its delay in relation to the latest PC releases, the service of cloud gaming GeForce Now is, to this day, a must-see. We have seen it every week for months, Nvidia makes the effort to fill its catalog GFNow games as recent as they are varied. His recent collaboration with Microsoft goes in this directionwith the promise of providing players with the most anticipated games in the catalog Xbox. This week, 16 titles are added to the GeForce Nowand not the least since the triple A Starfield is released on the Nvidia platform, just one week after its initial launch on Xbox & PC.
This is news that should delight Todd Howardthe director of Starfield. After responding to players that it was enough to improve your PC to play it properly (read article), the latter can now backtrack by offering these same players to keep their PC, opt for fiber and a subscription to GeForce Now to enjoy (or how to play without breaking the bank). Without further ado, here is the list of games offered this week:
For those who are not familiar with the service GeForce Nowit’s about being able to streamer on the device of your choice (Smartphone, tablet, desktop or laptop PC, TV Android, Nvidia Shield…) a PC Gamer overpowered (equipped with a graphics card ranging from GTX 1060 to one RTX 4080) but restrained. Exit office automation, exit interface Windows, only the game function is available (Cloud Gaming), And only titles added to the catalog are playable. Contrary to Stadia where you had to (re)purchase your games, just connect your different accounts (Steam, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect, EA App, GOG, Xbox) so that the software detects purchased games and can throw them. Major drawback, you cannot use mods on GeForce Nowit’s up to you to see whether or not this weighs on the scale of membership.
Another point, if you are afraid that your connection will not follow, you can test the service for free Nvidia during one hour. After this time, the service will disconnect you and you can reconnect if you need more time to refine your opinion. Be careful however, in the free format, you will only have one GTX 1060 and you will have to wait in line ranging from acceptable to execrable. This free service is primarily used (due to lack of comfort) to test the service and is not intended to be used in the long term.. Moreover, for this test, we recommend that you first use a cable Ethernetthen, if all goes well, try 5 GHz Wifi (6 if possible) and fall back, in case of the Gon a good old wired connection.
Here is the 3 configurations offered by Nvidia For GeForceNow :
Note thatit is possible to take out 6 months of subscription at once, which allows you to obtain a discount 10 euros on the priority formula and 20 euros on the ultimate formula. If you are interested in knowing how Starfield runs on these different configurations, follow the guide:
Nota Bene :
The number of frames per second (FPS) mentioned in this part refers to a low average. While it is easily possible to achieve much more, it is on the contrary much more difficult to go below the indicated values.
- Free plan: GTX 1060 equivalent, 15 FPS in ultra 1080p, 30 FPS in low 1080p;
- Priority formula: RTX 2080 equivalent, 50 FPS at ultra 1080p;
- Ultimate formula: RTX 4080 equivalent, 50 FPS in ultra 4K.
Don’t lose sight of the fact that the game is very poorly optimized and updates are likely to make constant 60 FPS possible (without DLSS) on the last two formulas. Regarding the free plan, be careful, Starfield can crash multiple times, you have been warned.
GeForce NOW is accessible on computers, smartphones and tablets under Android, browsers, Chromebook or SHIELD TVsold €159.99 on Amazon.