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NVIDIA Puts 100-Hour Monthly Limit on All GeForce NOW Subscriptions (www.techpowerup.com)
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NVIDIA has announced that starting January 1, 2026, each GeForce NOW cloud gaming subscription will be limited to 100 hours of play time per month. The company is implementing its long-lasting promise revealed in 2024, with the option for users to purchase additional play time as needed. Under the standard Performance tier, which costs $9.99 per month, after the 100-hour play time is reached, users can buy extra 15-hour blocks for $2.99 each. For the Ultimate tier, priced at $19.99 per month, additional 15-hour blocks are available for $5.99 each.

Since months are averaged to about 30.437 days, any play time exceeding the 100-hour limit is rounded up to the next 15-hour block, potentially leading to extra charge if someone wants more play time. For instance, playing around three hours per day (approximately 91 hours per month) remains within the base fee, but playing four hours daily (about 122 hours per month) results in extra costs of approximately $15.97 on the Performance tier or $31.97 on the Ultimate tier.

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[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you ever tried it? It sounds like a ping nightmare, especially for multiplayer. You gotta wait first for the game server lag and then again while you wait for Nvidia to remotely render your draw call?

I know this service exists but it has always sounded absolutely terrible to me.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 9 points 1 day ago

The latency is way better than you'd expect, but still noticeably worse than local. I think if you've got a decent connection and Nvidia has a server nearby it's about the same as 1 extra frame of lag (or playing on a TV without game mode...)

[–] Ecen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Never tried it and don't really want to! Been thinking the same as you. Seems like a privacy nightmare too.

Would be cool to stream my entire pc in-home though so I could get rid of all fan sounds by putting it in a closet or something, but haven't been something I've prioritised to experiment with.