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GeForce NOW Transforms Macs Into Ultimate Gaming PCs, Adds 2 New Titles This Week

by Rainier on March 16, 2023 @ 6:00 a.m. PDT

GeForce NOW taps into the thriving PC gaming ecosystem by streaming games from NVIDIA GPUs in the cloud, this week adding 2 new titles to its library.

When you fire up your favorite game, you’re playing it instantly. That’s what it means to be Game Ready on GeForce NOW. The experience has been optimized for cloud gaming and includes Game Ready Driver performance improvements. NVIDIA manages the game updates and patches. And when a game supports RTX, you can play it on GeForce NOW with beautifully ray-traced graphics and DLSS 2.0.

The GeForce NOW library is ever-growing. In an effort to help spotlight the games that are coming to the service, we’re moving to a monthly cadence for announcing new instant access games. Games will continue to be released every week – with new game launches available day-and-date, and back catalog games released each Thursday – but our members, and your readers, will now be able to learn about what’s coming a little further in advance.

Disney Dreamlight Valley is streaming from Steam and Epic Games Store on GeForce NOW starting today.

It’s one of two new games this week that members can stream with beyond-fast performance using a GeForce NOW Ultimate membership. Game as if using a PC on any device — at up to 4K resolution and 120 frames per second — even on a Mac.

Game Different

GeForce NOW gives members the unique ability to play over 1,500 games with the power of a gaming PC, on nearly any device.

The new Ultimate membership taps into next-generation NVIDIA SuperPODs that stream GeForce RTX 4080-class performance. With support for 4K resolution at up to 120 fps or high-definition gaming at 240 fps on both PCs and Macs, even Mac users can say they’re PC gamers.

Macs with the latest Apple silicon — M2 and M1 chips — run the GeForce NOW app natively, without the need to install or run Rosetta. GeForce NOW members on a Mac get the best of PC gaming, on the system they love, without ever leaving the Apple ecosystem. This results in incredible performance from popular PC-only games without downloads, updates or patches.

MacBook Pro 16-inch laptops with 3,456x2,234 ProMotion 120Hz refresh-rate displays enable gaming in 4K high dynamic range at up to 120 fps. With NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology, these Macs can even run graphically intense games like The Witcher 3 and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide at 4K 120 fps. MacBook Pro laptops with smaller displays and MacBook Airs with 2,560x1,664 displays transform into gaming PCs, running titles like Cyberpunk 2077 in 1440p HDR at liquid-smooth frame rates.

GeForce NOW opens a world of gaming possibilities on Mac desktops — like the Mac mini, Mac Studio and iMac. Connect an ultrawide monitor and take in all the HDR cinematic game play at up to 3,840x1,600 and 120 fps in PC games such as Destiny 2 and Far Cry 6. With Macs connected to a 240Hz monitor, GeForce NOW Ultimate members can stream with the lowest latency in the cloud, enabling gaming at 240 fps in Apex Legends, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege and nearly a dozen other competitive titles.

And it’s not just new Macs that can join in PC gaming. Any Mac system introduced in 2009 or later is fully supported.

We’ve Got Games, Say Cheers!

Help restore Disney magic to the Valley and go on an enchanting journey in Gameloft’s Disney Dreamlight Valley — a life-sim adventure game full of quests, exploration and beloved Disney and Pixar friends.

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