AV1 is only available on the RTX 4080 tier and requires an end device that supports AV1 decoding (like Intel's latest integrated solutions as well as Arc).
Another interesting piece of information is that, based on your tier and hardware, the streams can use H.264, HEVC, or AV1 encoding. Incidentally, the GeForce Now 4080 tier also uses an unspecified AMD Ryzen chip with 8-cores and 16-threads (or at least that's what the end users sees). The Ada architecture also means the cloud 4080 supports things like DLSS 3. The actual GPUs are not the same, as the GeForce Now "4080" comes with 24GB VRAM and 18,176 CUDA cores - basically, it sounds like an RTX 6000 with half the VRAM. I ran five gaming tests - Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Cyberpunk 2077, Far Cry 6, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Watch Dogs Legion - on both a local RTX 4080 and on the GeForce Now Ultimate RTX 4080. Let's start with the streaming performance. We do know that, increasing prices notwithstanding, the RTX 4080 ranks as one of the best graphics cards. With the introduction of the 4080 tier, does that mean the bottom 2060/1080 equivalents will be phased out and everything shifts down? We're not sure, but it's one possibility. Those are all more like fast mobile variants of said GPUs, though the exact specs differ - actual 3080/2080/2060 GPUs running locally would generally be faster. We know from past testing that there were previously at least three classes of hardware: RTX 3080, RTX 2080, and RTX 2060 (possibly GTX 1080). What's the catch? If you're already a GFN subscriber, there is none, though we're still trying to sort out what these upgrades means for the other tiers.
We were able to test the new hardware to see how it handles the latest games, which naturally includes support for DLSS 3 courtesy of the Ada Lovelace architecture. Existing users of the service at the previous RTX 3080 level will automatically switch to the new GeForce Now Ultimate tier, for the same price: $19.99 billed monthly, or $99.99 for six months. Nvidia's GeForce Now subscription game streaming service just got upgraded again.
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