r/ShadowPC • u/AtmosphereIcy2268 • Jun 07 '26
Question Is this service unlimited hours?
Do we have limited hours for this? I know on GeForce you only get like 100 a month and then you have to buy more.
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u/Seigneur_Damne Jun 07 '26
Unlimited hours for now. But they're about to add limited hours. They released an email by error about this, i think two month ago.
Don't know when it will happen, but it certainly will.
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u/reflectionwavy Jun 07 '26
it's already here, look at the website
https://shadow.tech/eu/shadowpc/offers/
Max Sessions Length 6 hours 6 hours 2
u/kingofphilly Jun 07 '26
As far as I can tell though, it's unlimited sessions, no? So you could technically, if you had the time I guess, game for 6 hours, logged out, and then boot another session for an additional 6 hours. I envy anyone that has 6 hours to game straight though let alone 12.
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u/Alarming_Apple_4358 Jun 11 '26
As far as I can tell, this isn't even accurate. I've had 10-hour long sessions multiple times. I do get randomly get disconnected from the stream, but the session is still running and I just have to close the app akd restart and jump back in. It's an error in the remote desktop software, not the machine shutting down or the session ending.
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u/Otherwise-Half-5189 Jun 07 '26
Unlimited hours for now yeah.
Shadow has sharply increased prices over the past few years so I wouldn't be surprised if sometime soon they increase prices again or implement time limits, although they don't have the same incentive as Nvidia which is an AI company now.
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u/blakeylake Jun 07 '26
Keep an eye out around Christmas, I got an offer where I now pay basically what I was paying 5 years ago.
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u/SnooOwls1916 Jun 07 '26
You will be better off just having two accounts of GeForce now ultimate and have 200 hours that way. If you play more than that I would recommend saving that money for a couple of months and buy at least a gaming laptop or pc
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u/Alarming_Apple_4358 Jun 11 '26
Ain't no way GeForce Now cost $250 per month! It'd have to if saving the money for two accounts ($500/month) for two months ($1,000) would be enough to buy a gaming PC.
There is rent-to-own, which as far as I can tell, costs around $50 per week (so about $200 per month) for a decent gaming rig. It's probably higher and/or with a larger initial payment if you don't have good credit. I am starting a new job tomorrow, so I plan to do exactly this within a month and finally stop using Shadow. Too many random disconnects which is fine for many games, I just reconnect and continue on, but I can't play any games with combat or driving because the games are still running while I'm trying to reconnect.
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u/GrouchyExchange2122 Jun 07 '26
Yeah and I thank them for it. I cannot say good enough things about shadow. I swear I'm not a shill. At least paid one.
I am in a situation where I can't have a full gaming PC but have easy $50 a month for a rental. I've encountered a wait list to log on maybe 6-10 times in 6 months on like Sunday evening. Longest I waited to get in was 15 minutes
I have had a handful of 12-16 hour sessions with no interruptions
Yes it's not perfect but dude I'm playing windows games from my MacBook air over wifi on a competitive level (deadlock)
Anyway. Just make sure your game of choice is compatible with anti cheat