Summary of GeForce Now RTX 3080 Cloud Review vs xCloud/Stadia - The Best Streaming Solution?

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The GeForce Now RTX 3080 Cloud service is a good streaming solution, but there are some drawbacks. It can stutter, and the Nvidia front end needs more work. Overall, it's a good option if you're looking for a cloud-based gaming experience.

• 00:00:00 The GeForce Now RTX 3080 Cloud service offers a new premium tier with an RTX 3080 GPU that is difficult to find, and is based on Nvidia's servers. It streams games to a PC, laptop, smartphone, or Nvidia Shield device, with maxed out hardware settings, at 4K resolution with 60fps. Compared to xCloud and Stadia, the service has better image quality and responsiveness, but requires a Nvidia Shield device. The downside is that the memory bandwidth is lower than for the RTX 3080 installed locally, and that the memory size is limited to 10 Gigabytes.
• 00:05:00 The GeForce Now RTX 3080 Cloud service falls short of the performance of a genuine RTX 3080 gaming PC in several tests, particularly in 4K. However, it is possible to improve performance by using ray tracing in specific games.
• 00:10:00 In this YouTube video, NVIDIA's cloud gaming service, GeForce Now, is compared to xCloud and Google Stadia. While xCloud lags behind GeForce Now in latency, it is still in beta and does not support higher resolutions. On the other hand, Google Stadia is still in development and does not support 1080p or 120Hz on console. Finally, GeForce Now is better in visual settings than both xCloud and Google Stadia, though it has a lower latency than xCloud on the PC app.
• 00:15:00 The three cloud gaming services compared in this video are Nvidia's GeForce Now, Google's Stadia, and Xbox One's own Code. GeForce Now is the best option for 4k streaming at 60fps, with quality settings enabled. Stadia falls behind in terms of image quality, while xCloud has the worst results overall. Google's Stadia Pro membership offers a 4k resolution stream at 60fps on both a PC and Chromecast Ultra. In my experience, however, Stadia doesn't always meet that 4k potential. Outriders is the best comparison point between the three, as it has the most resolution potential of the three games, but it falls behind in graphics settings and in stream quality on xCloud. XBox One's own Code is the lowest latency option of the three, and Apex Legends is the game with the lowest latency that I've experienced using remote streaming.
• 00:20:00 The GeForce Now RTX 3080 Cloud is a good streaming solution, but there are some drawbacks. It can stutter, and the Nvidia front end needs more work. Overall, it's a good option if you're looking for a cloud-based gaming experience.