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Got a Chromebook? Here’s a free GeForce Now subscription [3 months] (www.theverge.com)
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Google and Nvidia are offering all Chromebook owners a free 3-month subscription to GeForce Now, Nvidia's cloud gaming service, without needing a credit card. Those who bought a gaming Chromebook get the higher-tier Ultimate subscription allowing 1440p resolution and 120fps streaming. The free trial allows users to experience the improved latency and image quality of Ultimate. A fast internet connection is still required for cloud gaming on a Chromebook. Interestingly, this announcement comes shortly after Google canceled plans for more powerful gaming Chromebooks with dedicated Nvidia GPUs, making one wonder if the free subscriptions were originally intended for those canceled devices. The timing also mirrors Google's previous cancellation of its own Stadia cloud gaming platform around the same time it had announced gaming Chromebooks.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

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Click here to see the summaryThe point of cloud gaming is it doesn’t require a powerful PC; a Chromebook should do just fine.

Today, Google and Nvidia are ready to prove it by giving away a free, no-strings-attached GeForce Now subscription to every modern Chromebook owner.

You don’t have to enter any credit card information, Google spokesperson Peter Du confirms to The Verge.

As long as you’ve got a Chromebook from 2017 or newer, you can simply head over to Google’s Chromebook Perks page and hit the “Get perk” button to redeem a three-month subscription to the Priority tier of Nvidia’s GeForce Now.

If you’ve purchased a gaming Chromebook, the deal’s even sweeter: you get three months of GeForce Now Ultimate, the higher tier of Nvidia’s platform that lets you stream at 1440p resolution and 120 frames per second.

Interestingly, this announcement comes just two weeks after Google quietly revealed that even more powerful gaming Chromebooks with dedicated Nvidia GPUs had been canceled.

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