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NVIDIA Brings RTX 5080-Class Blackwell GPUs and Install-to-Play to GeForce Now

Subscribers retain their $19.99 monthly rate despite the Performance upgrade arriving in September.

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Nvidia RTX 5080 Founders Edition graphics card from different angles
Steam Deck console with NVIDIA GeForce Now interface on screen
You can now get 360fps Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 performance without a GPU upgrade

Overview

  • Ultimate subscribers will gain RTX 5080-class Blackwell instances in September at the unchanged $19.99 monthly rate.
  • Install-to-Play immediately makes 2,352 Steam-compatible games available with 100 GB of session storage and optional persistent tiers at $2.99 for 200 GB, $4.99 for 500 GB and $7.99 for 1 TB.
  • Cinematic Quality Streaming adds YUV 4:4:4 chroma sampling, HDR10/SDR10, AV1 encoding with AI filtering and bitrates up to 100 Mbps for higher fidelity.
  • RTX 5080 support launches on a subset of titles, expanding weekly, and promises up to 2.8× FPS gains through DLSS 4 multi-frame generation.
  • NVIDIA cites L4S partnerships with Comcast, T-Mobile and BT to reduce latency for high-frame-rate modes up to 360 fps at 1080p, though such modes demand robust bandwidth.