GeForce Now update brings RTX 5080 performance to nearly every Ready-to-Play game for Ultimate members

One of the biggest upgrades to GeForce Now this week is one for Ultimate members. RTX 5080-class performance is now available for the entire Ready-to-Play library, minus a few exceptions. Either way, it’s at least a couple thousand games enjoying a performance buff. Before this update, RTX 5080 servers were limited to a select number of titles.

The Install-to-Play library will remain limited to RTX 4080 servers, unless specified otherwise. As part of this week’s update, Nvidia has highlighted six new titles arriving on the service before the end of April. In May, a further sixteen have already been revealed, including upcoming AAA releases such as Forza Horizon 6 and 007 First Light on day one.

Upgraded RTX 5080 support and new games throughout the month

With nearly every Ready-to-Play title now powered by the RTX 5080, those with an Ultimate subscription enjoy support up to 5K at 120 FPS or 1080p at 360 FPS. DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation and Nvidia Reflex support are also available with the RTX 50 series GPU. If you’re wondering if a particular game is part of Nvidia’s Ready-to-Play library, you can do so here.

Closing out April, there are 6 new games joining the library this week. Check out the list of new titles below: 

• Global Rescue (New release on Steam, April 27)
• s&box (New release on Steam, April 28)
• Far Far West (New release on Steam, April 28)
• INDUSTRIA 2 (New release on Steam, April 29)
• Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era (New release on Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass, April 30)
• Bus Bound (New release on Steam, April 30)

And there’s plenty to look forward in May. Here are the games coming throughout the month:

• Conan Exiles (New release on Steam and Epic Games Store, May 5)
• Dead as Disco (New release on Steam, May 5)
• HUNTDOWN: OVERTIME (New release on Steam, May 7)
• Outbound (New release on Steam, May 14)
• Starminer (New release on Steam, May 27)
• Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core (New release on Steam, May 18)
• Forza Horizon 6 (New release on Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass, May 19)
• Luna Abyss (New release on Steam, May 21)
• ZERO PARADES (New release on Steam, May 21)
• 007 First Light (New release on Steam, Epic Games Store and Xbox, available on the Microsoft store, May 27)
• Hotel Architect (Steam)
• Kiln (Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass)
• Sintopia (Steam)
• Nuclear Option (Steam)
• Sudden Strike 5 (Steam)
• Super Battle Golf (Steam)

Source: Nvidia PR

In addition to all the games above, Nvidia will also be adding “a slate” of Firaxis strategy games to its Install-to-Play library. Firaxis Games is also celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with a Steam sale. The studio is best known for its Sid Meier’s Civilization and XCOM series of games.

For more details on all of the above, you can read the official Nvidia blog post here.

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