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GEFORCE NOW
to play one. Fortunately, Nvidia’s blazing-fast servers
download games in the blink of an eye. Here’s how
Nvidia’s Jordan Dodge describes single-session games:
“The single session installs are games that you can play
after launching Steam, but ones that we haven’t had a
chance to on-board yet (typically older games that you
already own). The way it works is you log in to GeForce
Now, and search for/click Steam as the ‘game’ you want
to play. Once connected, you can go into your Library
and can try installing those games. These installs don’t
persist from session-to-session (hence calling them
single-session installs) but if the game supports cloud
saves, you will be able to pick up where you left off
during your next session.”
There’s bound to be some games you can’t run
onGeForceNow,butbetweenthesupportedand
single-session games, there’s a huge chunk available.
How GeForce Now runs
Nvidia offers GeForce Now clients for PC, Mac, Android
phones, and Android TVs (including its own excellent
Nvidia Shield console). Soon, it’ll launch a WebRTC-
based client so you can bring the power of PC gaming
to Chromebooks, too. Apple’s mobile devices aren’t
supported, however, with Nvidia representatives simply
saying “ask Apple”, when I asked if iPhone or iPad
support is in the works.
The games look incredible, as we noted in our
impressions of the GeForce Now beta. Nvidia optimizes
GeForce Now games to run well at 60 frames per
second at 1080p resolution. (Unlike Stadia, there’s no
4K resolution support.)
