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NVIDIA GeForce NOW for Linux Officially Arrives

by AleksandarK

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NVIDIA's efforts to enhance gaming on Linux operating systems are increasing. The company announced today that the official, native port of the GeForce NOW cloud gaming service client app is out of beta and now available for gamers worldwide. With months of community feedback integrated into the official Linux release, NVIDIA has implemented many fixes to ensure performance is consistent with the Windows application. Officially, NVIDIA supports Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later, but there is a Flatpak repository to help you get started, complete with official instructions on the download page. For those who prefer to use Linux machines for work and need an occasional gaming session streamed directly from NVIDIA's cloud rendering service, GeForce NOW is officially here.

Additionally, NVIDIA has optimized the Linux app so that DLSS 4.5 Frame Generation feels much more responsive without any hiccups or additional latency. Performance members of GeForce NOW will also experience much higher overall framerates, as NVIDIA has made server-side CPU performance adjustments, significantly enhancing the overall experience. These improvements are more noticeable at higher framerates like 120 FPS or high-resolution rendering like 4K. All of these improvements are made on NVIDIA's servers, so there is no need to update the application.<br>In addition to the 2,000 games already supported in the cloud, NVIDIA is adding the following games this week:Car Wash Simulator<br>Pax Autocratica<br>Clawed<br>Hell Let Loose: Vietnam<br>Sandustry<br>Cat Mail Co.<br>Misery<br>Monster Hunter Wilds Prologue Demo<br>Pratfall

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Add your own comment<br>30 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce NOW for Linux Officially Arrives

#1

I guess this makes sense. Nvidia's end goal is probably to get users out of purchasing there own hardware and instead run everything from there data centers. The easiest way to do this would be to just keep raising the prices of GPUs until you can no longer afford them and go for the subscription model instead - which is exactly whats happening.

#2

Does anyone actually use GeForce Now? I never found any actual use for it, personally. It also feels like the trap companies are trying to set to make the future of gaming as streaming only so that consumers pay a monthly fee to play their games through streaming versus actual ownership.

#3

Drivers autoupdate and that's it.

Maybe it's more for handheld crap...

#4

BigshrimpIt also feels like the trap companies are trying to set to make the future of gaming as streaming only so that consumers pay a monthly fee to play their games through streaming versus actual ownership.<br>DING DING DING!

Fortunately, more likely than not, enshittification will ensure that this doesn't happen. Just look at the video streaming industry.

Time limits, ads, long queues to get in. These companies can't help but make their services worse to try and save a buck.

#5

You will own nothing and you will be happy

#6

BigshrimpDoes anyone actually use GeForce Now? I never found any actual use for it, personally. It also feels like the trap companies are trying to set to make the future of gaming as streaming only so that consumers pay a monthly fee to play their games through streaming versus actual ownership.<br>I'm sure some people do considering it's still around, but as per who I do not know. I would much rather bomb my graphics settings than deal with painful latency and a monthly subscription.

That said, I can see it being helpful for Linux gamers who want to play something like... *Me trying to think of something that doesn't run on Linux at this point*

Anyway it'll probably be helpful for someone.

#7

erixxDrivers autoupdate and that's it.<br>Not a feature that's in linux version

#8

ubuntu is not linux

flatpak is not linux......