NVIDIA GeForce Now is getting a huge upgrade with Blackwell, with RTX 5080-levels of performance at the same price & many more improvements.
NVIDIA GeForce Now is getting a huge upgrade with Blackwell, now offering RTX 5080-levels of performance at the same price, along with many more improvements.NVIDIA Drops Its Biggest GeForce Now Upgrade Yet With Blackwell: RTX 5080 Performance For Cloud Gaming, Better Quality, Smoother Gameplay & Much More
Today, NVIDIA is announcing its biggest GeForce Now upgrade. These include various new features and improvements thanks to the Blackwell GPU architecture, which are listed below:
GeForce RTX 5080 Performance
Cinematic Quality Streaming
Low-Latency Streaming
New Partner Devices
New Games
Install-To-Play
So the first and most major upgrade to GeForce Now is the switch from Ada Lovelace architecture to Blackwell.
This is achieved through the new GeForce RTX 5080 SuperPod network, which includes their dedicated servers equipped with a custom GPU with 48 GB VRAM, a total of 60 GB memory per Superpod, and double the tensor core amount for AI tasks such as DLSS.
This GPU will deliver each user with up to RTX 5080 levels of performance and an 8-Core AMD Ryzen CPU based on the Zen 5 core architecture with a 4.4 GHz clock speed, and a 30% uplift over the current-gen Superpod processor. GPU upgrade from RTX 4080 and RTX 5080 brings a whole lot of efficiency, tech, and performance improvements, while the CPU upgrade from the older 8-Core Zen 3 architecture to the brand new Zen 5 architecture is going to deliver some big gains.
Diving into some numbers shared by NVIDIA shows that GeForce Now RTX 5080 Superpod offers 3x the TFLOPs of the Sony PlayStation 5 Pro. This upgrade also allows NVIDIA to achieve a 2.8x uplift over the RTX 4080 Ultimate „GeForce Now“ solution.
The hardware upgrade also allows NVIDIA to achieve better image quality, which they claim can achieve visuals on par with local PC gaming. This is a huge claim, and NVIDIA has added various features to achieve this level of fidelity, which are part of its CQS (Cinematic Quality Streaming) mode.
The list of features includes:
YUV 4:4:4 Chroma: Full color precision with sharper text and no color blend
HDR10: Wider color gamut
SDR10: Richer colors, deeper contrast, and smoother gradients
AV1 + RPR: Smooth resolution shifts for stable streaming
AI Video Filter: Cleaner motion with less noise and artifacts
DPI Awareness: Sharper visuals on high-res laptop displays
100 Mbps Streaming: Ultra-clear quality, even in detailed scenes
HUD sharpness: Clearer HUD and UI for an improved gameplay experience
GeForce Now will also introduce a new Low Latency Streaming (LLS) mode, which is said to rival the latency of all popular gaming devices.
