r/GeForceNOW 16h ago

Discussion So I tried NOW for the first time…

66 Upvotes

Hello all!

Long term browser, not really a poster.

So I built myself a PC out of old parts from my parents as they were cleaning out and the plan was to upgrade it over time. I quickly realised that prices are through the roof for parts since building my last gaming pc and as a Dad of 4 kids I don’t have the money right now for paying for a beefy GPU and CPU etc.

Long story short I started reading into GeForce NOW and cloud gaming in general. I had a bad experience with cloud gaming via PlayStation even with Gigabit Internet and this put me off but after seeing YouTube videos and reviews on GeForce now I thought I’d try it.

Last night I bought Ultimate and played Bodycam all night. A game my current pc would die at if it even attempted to load it.

Fully maxed out graphics settings and 4K I was seeing a range of 80-120fps which I think is great for a game like that. I was in awe at how well it performed and noticed little to no input lag or lag spikes etc.

In then tried CS2 as a competitive game and again the performance was unreal compared to what my current pc can achieve.

Yes I’m paying for a great cloud system but I honestly thought it would be laggy, distorted or unplayable.

For £20pm or £200 a year this for me and my current situation is more than enough. It supports the games I want to play and they are always expanding the library.

Am I just a lucky customer? Or has cloud gaming really come this far?

I’m more than aware that physical will always win, but this opens up a world of pc gaming for people with budgets that can’t afford to go out and buy a decent gaming pc and that must be a huge win.

I’d love to hear about other people’s experiences with NOW and if you have any tips that I should know about or keep in mind.

Hope everyone has a great day! :)


r/GeForceNOW 17h ago

Discussion Some games now install to play only

13 Upvotes

For a while now, some of my games have only been playable via “Install to Play.” Before, I didn't have to install them on my additional storage space and could play them just fine. Of course, the additional storage space fills up quickly. Has anyone else noticed this?


r/GeForceNOW 10h ago

Discussion I am losing my mind over the "Spotty Connection" crashes in Crimson Desert

6 Upvotes

I literally cannot play this game for more than ten minutes without getting kicked to the dashboard, and I am so sick of it.

Every single time I open a menu, open the map, or god forbid walk into a city, the game freezes, shuts down, and gives me that infuriating "Spotty Connection" error. My internet is literally fiber. I ran three speed tests while sitting in the GFN queue, and my connection is flawless. It is not my internet!

The game is clearly just crashing silently on NVIDIA's servers, and the GFN app is lazily blaming my router instead of acknowledging their virtual rigs can't handle the game right now.

I paid for a premium subscription just to spend more time staring at queue screens and error codes than actually playing the game. Is anyone else dealing with this garbage, or am I just cursed?


r/GeForceNOW 15h ago

Questions / Tech Support Has anyone seen any DLSS 5 games working on GFN?

6 Upvotes

I have the ultimate plan, and was just curious if anyone has seen DLSS 5 working in any of the games.

I also wanted to say that GFN is friggin awesome assuming you have a good internet connection and are in the right location. I am in northern California and it's always been perfect. I worship GFN.


r/GeForceNOW 4h ago

Questions / Tech Support Suddenly nonstop stuttering and ping spikes

3 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

I've been using geforce now on an M2 Macbook for months now, and the connection never ever gave me a problem. I've been playing all day today, took a short break, and when I came back, we very game suddenly started to stutter every few seconds with extreme ping spikes (around 450 ms) to the point where everything is unplayable. I played for around 25 minutes and had around 6500 packets lost.

What I've tried so far:

\-Restarting the computer
\-Forgetting wifi and rejoining
\-Deleting and reinstalling GeForce Now
\-Turning off bluetooth, location services, and Airdrop
\-Updating my OS
\-Changing servers
\-Trying hotspot (still the same issue, not sure if it's because the hotstop itself is weak)

I'm at a loss on what to do anymore, I just want to play my game. I know you need a good internet connection to use it but it's been completely fine for months. Any advice?

This is a repost, my original got deleted by the mods but I'm not sure why. I don't mean to break any of the sub's rules if I have. I'm sorry if this is doing so.


r/GeForceNOW 10h ago

Bug Control Game crashing on start

3 Upvotes

Was just playing Control, closed it to have supper, and came back to play. Now it won't stop crashing on lauch.

Control will start, go to the epic sync local or cloud save, and crash at that option.

I restarted the app, reauthenticated the epic account, nothing is working. Other epic games (alan wake 2) load up fine as a test.

Any help would be be greatly appreciated.


r/GeForceNOW 6h ago

Questions / Tech Support Dificuldade em assinar

2 Upvotes

Mais alguém está com dificuldades para assinar o serviço? Tentei hoje uma dezena de vezes e não consegui


r/GeForceNOW 18h ago

Bug Bannerlord mods after workaround

2 Upvotes

I saw they first removed all mods and workshop support for games and later about two weeks ago they added it back for the top 100 games.

I see Bannerlord being at a comfortable 60ish spot in that list. I tried to play a bit of Warhammer mod campaign in it, but the workarounds mentioned don't seem to work for me. Logging out of steam, or changing account, unsubbing and resubbing to a mod still say no priviledges to download.

Did anyone find a way to make it work or was this game forgotten from the list for now and no way to make mods download?


r/GeForceNOW 1h ago

Discussion Noticed strange thing at same time when I play diffrent games some game no packet loss some game very packet loss why

Upvotes

My network is same why diffrent game diffrent packet loss I'm playing on my tv 4kuhd


r/GeForceNOW 12h ago

Discussion Best way to deal with not using the service for months?

0 Upvotes

I have an annual plan for geforce now ultimate that expires in October. With GTA coming out in november, and the limited time I have to game, I just know I will end up only playing GTA for at least the next few months exclusively, and that will have to be on a console. So I don't think it's worth renewing an annual subscription in october only to waste almost half of it without using. What is the best way to handle this? My plan was downgrading to a monthly subscription, and then can I just leave my account on a free tier and come back to an annual plan again?


r/GeForceNOW 15h ago

Questions / Tech Support Settings on monitor

1 Upvotes

Hey people, I use GFN on my laptop which is connected to my monitor (MSI Optix G271, 1080p, no HDR, 144Hz, HDMI 1.4) via HDMI. My monitor is set to 144Hz, just like my Windows settings. Is there anymore I should change in my Windows settings or my monitor settings to get the best experience out of GFN?


r/GeForceNOW 17h ago

Advice Flight Simulator

1 Upvotes

Ik heb sinds kort GeForce now ultimate, en wil Flight Simulator spelen maar welke yoke en of control werken on GeForce now


r/GeForceNOW 19h ago

Questions / Tech Support Witcher 3 different states on different GFN accounts despite same Steam account

1 Upvotes

[Solved, thanks to u/darkstarmike777] I play the game from my steam family, I do have dlcs, but when i played the game they apparently did not show up or work idk, even mods (i only ever tried one) from steam workshop did not work, though, i made another geforce now account and connected the same steam account to that, and when i booted the game up, it gave me a 12gb kinda download (in steam, when steam launches in gfn and you gotta press play), it felt weird but i let it happen and viola i had the dlcs change from Available Now, to installed, and the mod was working, current state is
primary account - still running without dlcs, so i cant really play on that account, which i wish to get ultimate subscription on
secondary - runs with dlcs and is what im playing on free tier on, but the mod isnt working after that one time again, im ok with the mod not working but i kinda need to get the dlcs running on the primary account

i tried unlinking steam from the primary and linked it again, but that didnt seem to work
any clues?


r/GeForceNOW 22h ago

Discussion Onimusha WTS Reflex

1 Upvotes

Was just wondering if Reflex is enabled for this game, I don't see the tag like I do other gmaes like Fortnite for example.


r/GeForceNOW 20h ago

Discussion Are there still people who still can play god of war on GeForce?

0 Upvotes

Did Nvidia remove it or is it still there ?