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Nvidia To Introduce A Limit On GeForce Now — 100 Hours Of Cloud Gaming Per Month

Nvidia To Introduce A Limit On GeForce Now — 100 Hours Of Cloud Gaming Per Month

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Credit: Nvidia Starting January 1, 2026, NVIDIA will introduce a hard limit of 100 hours of gameplay per month for all users of the GeForce NOW cloud service, regardless of plan or region. GeForce Now subscription tiers currently cost $9.99 for the Performance plan and $19.99 for the Ultimate plan. Any additional 15 hours beyond the 100 hours included in the subscription will incur a charge of $2.99 ​​and $5.99, respectively. Any 15 unused hours can be carried over to the next month, and the free tier remains limited to one-hour sessions. The exception is users who subscribed before March 17, 2021—they are exempt from the limitation until they cancel their subscription. According to Nvidia, this limitation is intended to ensure pricing "remains consistent for the foreseeable futu...
Nvidia Releases Driver with GeForce RTX 5050 Support

Nvidia Releases Driver with GeForce RTX 5050 Support

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NVIDIA today released a new GeForce Game Ready Driver 576.88 WHQL to support the new RTX 5050 graphics cards. This driver is also optimized to run Mecha BREAK, a mech-themed multiplayer third-person shooter that launches today on PC and Xbox Series S|X. The game features 3v3, 6v6, and even PvPvE modes like Mashmak. List of fixed issues: Fixed an issue where enabling Nvidia Smooth Motion would cause GPU memory to slow down; Fixed an issue where the system would freeze when enabling Nvidia App Overlay in Cyberpunk 2077 with DLSS Frame Generation enabled on laptops; Fixed an issue with a black screen when installing drivers on systems with AMD Ryzen processors; Fixed an issue with a black screen when changing the refresh rate between 480 and 360 Hz on the Sony SDM-27Q10S monit...
Nvidia Releases GeForce Driver With “Doom: The Dark Ages” Support

Nvidia Releases GeForce Driver With “Doom: The Dark Ages” Support

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New NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 576.40 WHQL is now available for Windows 11 and Windows 10. The update delivers optimal performance in DOOM: The Dark Ages and New World: Aeternum by integrating DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation. The new driver also includes the latest DLSS Override models for 15 new games. These settings improve performance and image quality. The list includes the following games: Bodycam, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Commandos Origins, Lost Skies, Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Necrophosis, New World: Aeternum, No More Room in Hell 2, RuneScape: Dragonwilds, Spirit of the North 2, Steel Seed, Tempest Rising, The Talos Principle: Reawakened and Warframe. The new software also adds support for G-Sync-compatible monitors. Yo...
Nvidia Confirms Existence of Defective GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti on Defective Chips

Nvidia Confirms Existence of Defective GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti on Defective Chips

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Nvidia has confirmed the issue with missing ROPs. The company noted that the problem affects not only the flagship GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5090D, but also the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. Interestingly, users have not yet complained about the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti with missing ROPs. Earlier, it was reported that some owners of GeForce RTX 5090/RTX 5090D graphics cards from Zotac, MSI, Gigabyte and Manli complained that their accelerators' GPUs lack rasterization units. Instead of the required 176 ROPs, their cards have only 168 of these units. Since ROPs are one of the key components of a graphics card, their absence negatively affects the GPU's performance. Given how scarce the supply of RTX 50 GPUs is, users of defective accelerators will have to wait a long time for a replacement. ...