Nvidia GeForce Now coming to India: Everything you need to know

Nvidia's GeForce Now is one of the most prominent cloud gaming platforms. Millions of gamers across the world have had access to it for a while now, but the service was not made available in India. However, Nvidia has just announced its plans to roll out GeForce Now with dedicated Indian servers to offer an exciting gaming experience.

In this article, we explain everything you need to know about the Nvidia GeForce Now service for India.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and solely reflect the writer's opinions.

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Nvidia Announces GeForce Now for India

GeForce Now is coming soon to India (Image via Nvidia)

Nvidia has officially announced its plans to extend the GeForce Now cloud gaming service to more regions, including India and a few Latin American countries. The Indian gaming market is witnessing rapid growth, and Nvidia wants to capitalize on that by bringing its cloud gaming to the country.

The company is expected to set up its first local data center in India by the end of H1 2025. This data center will be equipped with Nvidia RTX 4080-enabled servers to provide high-performance gaming for its users.

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GeForce Now performance tier

Here's the complete list of performance tiers of the Nvidia GeForce Now cloud gaming platform:

Tier	Free	Performance	Ultimate
Gaming Rig	Basic PC with 4 CPU cores	GeForce RTX PC with 8 CPU cores	GeForce RTX 4080 PC with 16 CPU cores
Advertisements	Yes	No ads	No ads
Queue times	Long queue time	Short queue time	Least queue time
Monthly playtime allowed	N/A	100 hours with 15 hours of rollover every month	100 hours with 15 hours of rollover every month
Maximum gaming length per session	1 hour	6 hours	8 hours
Game resolution	Up to 1080p	Up to 1440p	Up to 4K
Game framerate	Up to 60 FPS	Up to 60 FPS	Up to 240 FPS
NVIDIA Ray tracing	N/A	Yes	Yes
Ultrawide monitor support	N/A	Yes	Yes
In-game settings persistence	N/A	Yes	Yes
Nvidia DLSS Frame Generation	N/A	N/A	Yes
NVIDIA Reflex	N/A	N/A	Yes
HDR and SDR10	N/A	N/A	Yes
Cloud G-Sync	N/A	N/A	Yes
Audio	Stereo	Surround 5.1	Surround 5.1 / 7.1

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When will you be able to play games via GeForce Now in India?

The GeForce Now service should go live in India by the end of H1 2025, although Nvidia hasn't provided an exact date. We will learn more about it as we approach its release.

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Pricing of GeForce Now

Details about the pricing are not yet available. We should hear more about it soon.

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GeForce Now is also arriving on Steam Deck

GeForce Now is coming to the Steam Deck (Image via Nvidia)

Nvidia has also announced its plans to bring GeForce Now to the Steam Deck. Team Green is developing a native SteamOS app for the handheld and plans to offer up to 4K60FPS gaming performance through the app.

The app will also support HDR in Steam Deck OLED or when connected to an external display. To be clear, GeForce Now is available on the Steam Deck via a community installation method. However, a dedicated app will allow users to game with ease and make the installation process a whole lot simpler.