54 PCWorld JUNE 2022REVIEWS GEFORCE NOW
GAME PERFORMANCE
Honestly, we were very impressed. With the
right internet connection, playing some games
in GeForce Now wasn’t much different from
playing them on a local PC. In our testing, the
only notable difference was the 1080p
experience being streamed to our higher-
resolution display, but that was expected.
For context, my testing connection has
400Mbps down, 25Mbps up, with a 24mslatency to Nvidia’s Central U.S. server. Latency
is one of the major concerns regarding cloud
gaming services, understandably—particularly
if you’re not physically located near one of the
service’s server locations. Since my testing
conditions were within GeForce Now’s
recommended guidelines, my experience
was genuinely smooth when it came to the
feel of playing the game. I tried a handful of
games, from action to puzzle, such as a
high-speed fast-clearing
character in Path of
Exile—an online-only
action RPG with very
chaotic moments and
some very quick deaths.
The gameplay experience
was virtually identical to
loading up the game
locally on my gaming rig.
Every game I tested had
similarly smooth and
responsive experiences.
I also took advantage
of a few games that have
benchmarks within them,
including Far Cry 5,
Cyberpunk 2077, and
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
The results were all pretty
much as advertised, with
the Free and Priority tiers
being virtually equivalent
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla benchmark results on RTX 3080 plan. in performance.Assassin’s Creed Valhalla benchmark results on Priority plan.