Nvidia’s GeForce Now Unleashes Game-Changing Blackwell RTX 5080 SuperPods - Cloud Gaming Just Got Real
Nvidia just dropped the hammer on cloud gaming's limitations.
The new Blackwell RTX 5080 SuperPods aren't just an upgrade—they're a paradigm shift. These beasts deliver raw computational power that makes current cloud solutions look like dial-up.
Zero latency. Photorealistic rendering. AI-driven performance optimization that adapts to your play style before you even know what you need.
Meanwhile, traditional finance bros are still trying to figure out how to short innovation while missing the entire digital transformation wave—classic move.
Gaming's future isn't in hardware boxes under your TV. It's in the cloud, and Nvidia just built the highway.
Adding titles on the game library with Install-to-Play
Alongside the hardware upgrade, Nvidia has introduced a new Install-to-Play feature that doubles the GeForce Now library. The service now supports nearly 4,500 games, up from about 2,300 previously available.
Install-to-Play, or I2P, lets gamers temporarily install games onto Nvidia’s streaming servers. Even large titles exceeding 100 gigabytes can be downloaded in minutes, attributed to the data centers’ high-speed infrastructure. Still, for the moment, it only works with Steam titles, although Nvidia says it has developed the system to feel like a “dedicated cloud gaming PC.”
Performance and Ultimate members receive 100 gigabytes of single-session storage by default. Once a session ends, games vanish unless players subscribe to persistent storage plans for them to remain intact, including those without Steam cloud support.
Prices start at $3 monthly for 200 gigabytes, $5 for 500 gigabytes, and $8 for one terabyte.
New weekly updates, featuring Gearbox’ Borderlands 4
As part of its regular content cycle, Nvidia is debuting the RTX 5080 SuperPods launch with three new games this week, including Borderlands 4. The company noted that the title is available at no extra cost for new 12-month Ultimate membership bundles.
Nvidia has promised gamers a steady pace of new game releases through “GFN Thursday,” a weekly schedule of updates where it announces additional supported titles.
Sifting through the company’s wow factors, performance, and input latency are still fundamental issues for cloud gaming on consoles, steamdeck, and handhelds. And as much as the chipmaker has done a lot for adding more titles, its cloud gaming experience is still in the “playable” tier.
According to WIRED, fast-paced and FPS-hungry titles like Silksong have weaknesses, with minor stutters leading to missed jumps and imprecise combat.
Nvidia’s low-latency improvements recorded some gains in certain conditions. Tests recorded 1080p gameplay at 360 frames per second and 1440p at 240 frames per second, with latency dropping to around 28 milliseconds in Silksong.
Nvidia tries out cinematic streaming mode
Nvidia is trying to complement higher frame rates through a new Cinematic streaming mode optimized for 4K visuals at 60 frames per second. The mode improves image quality by switching to 4:4:4 color sampling instead of the more common 4:2:0, solving one of the display weaknesses of cloud gaming.
The company also deployed AI-powered filters to sharpen heads-up displays and menus, features that often appear blurred when streamed. When WIRED tested Cyberpunk 2077 on a MacBook Air, graphics ran at maximum settings with consistent 60 fps performance.
Latency ranged between 35 and 40 milliseconds (ms) on WiFi, which is relatively sweet for those looking for smooth gameplay. However, on the visual fidelity end of the stick, there were several issues found.
If you were to play the GTA-alike game from a distance, on your 4K-rendering HDMI 2.1 television, there is no harm, no foul. But a gamer who is up and close to a monitor with the same output will see fine details appear washed out. Researchers said the effect was like “looking through a faint LAYER of frosted glass.”
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