Nvidia’s GeForce Now arrives on Linux with as much as 360Hz streaming
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In abstract:
- PCWorld experiences that Nvidia has launched a local GeForce Now app for Linux, considerably upgrading the cloud gaming expertise for PC and pocket book customers.
- The brand new app helps spectacular streaming capabilities of as much as 5K decision at 120Hz or 1080p at 360Hz, surpassing the earlier browser model’s 1200p/90Hz limitations.
- This devoted utility gives Linux avid gamers with enhanced stability and higher-fidelity streaming in comparison with browser-based entry, becoming a member of current help for Steam Deck and different gaming handhelds.
Nvidia may be driving up the price of PC gaming to gas the ever-hungry gullet of the “AI” increase, however at the least it affords a considerably inexpensive various to costly GPUs. GeForce Now is a superb selection for recreation streaming, you probably have a superb web connection and a beefy Steam library. At the moment Linux avid gamers get in on the motion with a local GeForce Now app.
Linux avid gamers may already entry GeForce Now by way of nearly any browser, and it reportedly labored fairly properly, as long as you may get a controller to cooperate when needed. (Ditto for Home windows, Mac, and Chrome.) However a devoted app ought to be just a little smoother and extra steady, particularly if you happen to’re hoping to make the most of its most limits. Beforehand the Linux browser model was capped at 1200p and 90hz, however the devoted app can hit 5K decision at 120Hz, or as much as 360Hz if you happen to scale it right down to 1080p. Presumably each of these want the $20 a month Final tier.
Nvidia says the app is designed for “PCs and notebooks,” pointedly leaving out the Steam Deck and its Linux-derived SteamOS. That’s as a result of there’s already a devoted GeForce Now app for the Steam Deck. There are additionally devoted apps for the Asus ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, and MSI Claw.
